International Journal of Epidemiology

Original Article:

A Jeanne M van Loon, Marja Tijhuis, Paul G Surtees, and Johan Ormel

Lifestyle risk factors for cancer: the relationship with psychosocial work environment
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 785-792; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.785 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Patricia Madigan, Rebecca Troisi, Nancy Potischman, Donna Brogan, Marilie D Gammon, Kathleen E Malone, and Louise A Brinton

Characteristics of respondents and non-respondents from a case-control study of breast cancer in younger women
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 793-798; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.793 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Tavani, E Ricci, C La Vecchia, M Surace, G Benzi, F Parazzini, and S Franceschi

Influence of menstrual and reproductive factors on ovarian cancer risk in women with and without family history of breast or ovarian cancer
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 799-802; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.799 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jian-Jian Ren and Petronella GM Peer

A study on effectiveness of screening mammograms
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 803-806; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.803 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cathrine Hoyo, William C Miller, Beth M Newman, and Judith A Fortney

Selective screening for cervical neoplasia: an approach for resource-poor settings
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 807-812; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.807 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Edward D O'Brien, Ross S Bailie, and Paul L Jelfs

Cervical cancer mortality in Australia: contrasting risk by Aboriginality, age and rurality
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 813-816; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.813 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Annabelle Ferrera, Johan P Velema, Manuel Figueroa, Ricardo Bulnes, Luis A Toro, José M Claros, Odessa de Barahona, and Willem JG Melchers

Co-factors related to the causal relationship between human papillomavirus and invasive cervical cancer in Honduras
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 817-825; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.817 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shiliang Liu, Robert Semenciw, Chris Waters, Shi Wu Wen, Leslie S Mery, and Yang Mao

Clues to the aetiological heterogeneity of testicular seminomas and non-seminomas: time trends and age-period-cohort effects
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 826-831; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.826 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chisato Nagata

Ecological study of the association between soy product intake and mortality from cancer and heart disease in Japan
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 832-836; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.832 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Isao Saito, Aaron R Folsom, Hiroshi Aono, Hideki Ozawa, Toshiko Ikebe, and Tsuyoshi Yamashita

Comparison of fatal coronary heart disease occurrence based on population surveys in Japan and the USA
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 837-844; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.837 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rebecca Hardy, Diana Kuh, and Michael Wadsworth

Smoking, body mass index, socioeconomic status and the menopausal transition in a British national cohort
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 845-851; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.845 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dejian Lai, Fei Guo, and Robert J Hardy

Standardized mortality ratio and life expectancy: a comparative study of Chinese mortality
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 852-855; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.852 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Olga Basso, Svend Juul, and Jørn Olsen

Time to pregnancy as a correlate of fecundity: differential persistence in trying to become pregnant as a source of bias
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 856-861; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.856 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Masayuki Shima and Motoaki Adachi

Effect of outdoor and indoor nitrogen dioxide on respiratory symptoms in schoolchildren
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 862-870; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.862 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Schopper, J Pereira, A Torres, N Cuende, M Alonso, A Baylin, C Ammon, and A Rougemont

Estimating the burden of disease in one Swiss canton: what do disability adjusted life years (DALY) tell us?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 871-877; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.871 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sa Bashir and J Estève

Analysing the difference due to risk and demographic factors for incidence or mortality
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 878-884; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.878 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Janneke van de Wijgert, Nancy Padian, Stephen Shiboski, and Charles Turner

Is audio computer-assisted self-interviewing a feasible method of surveying in Zimbabwe?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 885-890; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.885 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sebastian Schneeweiss and Malcolm Maclure

Use of comorbidity scores for control of confounding in studies using administrative databases
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 891-898; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.891 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen Q Muth, John J Potterat, and Richard B Rothenberg

Birds of a feather: using a rotational box plot to assess ascertainment bias
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 899-904; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.899 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shuji Hashimoto, Yoshitaka Murakami, Kiyosu Taniguchi, and Masaki Nagai

Detection of epidemics in their early stage through infectious disease surveillance
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 905-910; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.905 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sm Mbulaiteye, A Ruberantwari, Js Nakiyingi, Lm Carpenter, A Kamali, and Jag Whitworth

Alcohol and HIV: a study among sexually active adults in rural southwest Uganda
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 911-915; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.911 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dewan S Alam, Geoffrey C Marks, Abdullah H Baqui, M Yunus, and George J Fuchs

Association between clinical type of diarrhoea and growth of children under 5 years in rural Bangladesh
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 916-921; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.916 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alberto R Osella, Giovanni Misciagna, Vito M Guerra, Marisa Chiloiro, Renato Cuppone, Aldo Cavallini, and Alfredo Di Leo

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and liver-related mortality: a population-based cohort study in southern Italy
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 922-927; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.922 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Abdollah B Naficy, Robert W Frenck, Remon Abu-Elyazeed, Yongdai Kim, Malla R Rao, Stephen J Savarino, Thomas F Wierzba, Eric Hall, and John D Clemens

Seroepidemiology of Helicobacter pylori infection in a population of Egyptian children
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 928-932; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.928 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anne-Valérie Kaninda, François Belanger, Rosamund Lewis, Essosolem Batchassi, Aristide Aplogan, Yénou Yakoua, and Christophe Paquet

Effectiveness of incidence thresholds for detection and control of meningococcal meningitis epidemics in northern Togo
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 933-940; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.933 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eurico Camargo Neto, Elaine Anele, Rosélia Rubim, Adriana Brites, Jaqueline Schulte, Daniela Becker, and Tamara Tuuminen

High prevalence of congenital toxoplasmosis in Brazil estimated in a 3-year prospective neonatal screening study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 941-947; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.941 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Abla M Sibai, Haroutune K Armenian, L Moore, F Meyer, and I Bairati

Long-term psychological stress and heart disease
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 948; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.948 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

William H James and Irene Figa-Talamanca

The Sex Ratio of Offspring of Men Exposed to Metal Fumes
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 949; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.949 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Review:

Debbie Lawlor

Health and Disease Among Women. Biological and Environmental Influences.: RB Ness, LH Kuller. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, pp.465, ISBN: 0-19-511396-9.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 950; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.950 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joseph D Sapira

21 Medical Mysteries.: John Dickinson. Sussex: The Book Guild, 2000. pp.253, £15.95. ISBN: 1-85776-499-4.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 950-951; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.950-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tom Fahey

Series on Research in Primary Care.: DEVELOPING RESEARCH IN PRIMARY CARE M Saks, M Williams, B Hancock (eds) RESEARCH APPROACHES IN PRIMARY CARE A Wilson, M Williams, B Hancock (eds) STATISTICAL ANALYSIS IN PRIMARY CARE N Mathers, M Williams, B Hancock (eds) Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press, 2000, £15.95 each.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 951; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.951 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ian Grierson

The Epidemiology of Eye Disease.: GJ Johnson, DC Minassian, R Wale. Edward Arnold. UK: 1997, Paperback £45.00, ISBN: 0-412-845-088, Hardback £99.95, ISBN: 0-412-643-103.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 951; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.951-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book News:

Health Futures: A Handbook for Health Professionals.: MJ Garrett. Geneva: World Health Organization. 1999, pp.320 US$91.80. ISBN: 92-4-154521-6.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 951; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.951-b [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bulletin Board:

Bulletin Board
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 952-955; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.952 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News:

News
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 956-957; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.956 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Spotlight:

Spotlight
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 958-961; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.958 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum:

Erratum
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 962; doi:10.1093/ije/29.5.962 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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