International Journal of Epidemiology

Original Article:

Naohito Yamaguchi, Yumiko Mochizuki-Kobayashi, and Osamu Utsunomiya

Quantitative relationship between cumulative cigarette consumption and lung cancer mortality in Japan
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 963-968; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.963 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chris Robertson, Concetta Perone, Maja Primic-Zakelj, Vera Pompe Kirn, and Peter Boyle

Breast cancer incidence rates in Slovenia 1971–1993
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 969-974; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.969 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Theodore R Holford, Tongzhang Zheng, Susan T Mayne, Shelia H Zahm, John D Tessari, and Peter Boyle

Joint effects of nine polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners on breast cancer risk
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 975-982; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.975 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Melissa Schiff, Jill Miller, Mary Masuk, Linda van Asselt King, Kathleen K Altobelli, Cosette M Wheeler, and Thomas M Becker

Contraceptive and reproductive risk factors for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in American Indian women
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 983-990; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.983 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R Warwick Armstrong, Peter B Imrey, Munn Sann Lye, M Jocelyn Armstrong, Mimi C Yu, and Sham Sani

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Malaysian Chinese: occupational exposures to particles, formaldehyde and heat
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 991-998; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.991 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Berthold Gerdes, Andreas Ziegler, Annette Ramaswamy, Anja Wild, Peter Langer, and Detlef K Bartsch

Multiple primaries in pancreatic cancer patients: indicator of a genetic predisposition?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 999-1003; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.999 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Juan Alguacil, Miquel Porta, Fernando G Benavides, Núria Malats, Manolis Kogevinas, Esteve Fernández, Alfredo Carrato, Juli Rifà, and Luisa Guarner

Occupation and pancreatic cancer in Spain: a case-control study based on job titles
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 1004-1013; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.1004 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Beate Pesch, Johannes Haerting, Ulrich Ranft, Andreas Klimpel, Burkhard Oelschlägel, and Walter Schill

Occupational risk factors for renal cell carcinoma: agent-specific results from a case-control study in Germany
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 1014-1024; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.1014 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sd Walter, R Ashbolt, T Dwyer, and Ld Marrett

Do larger people have more naevi? Naevus frequency versus naevus density
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 1025-1030; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.1025 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Judith H Wolleswinkel-van den Bosch, Frans WA van Poppel, Caspar WN Looman, and Johan P Mackenbach

Determinants of infant and early childhood mortality levels and their decline in The Netherlands in the late nineteenth century
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 1031-1040; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.1031 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clara Aarts, Elisabeth Kylberg, Agneta Hörnell, Yngve Hofvander, Mehari Gebre-Medhin, and Ted Greiner

How exclusive is exclusive breastfeeding? A comparison of data since birth with current status data
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 1041-1046; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.1041 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Debendra N Guha Mazumder, Reina Haque, Nilima Ghosh, Binay K De, Amal Santra, Dipankar Chakraborti, and Allan H Smith

Arsenic in drinking water and the prevalence of respiratory effects in West Bengal, India
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 1047-1052; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.1047 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard M Cormack, Yue-Fang Chang, and Gordon S Smith

Estimating deaths from industrial injury by capture-recapture: a cautionary tale
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 1053-1059; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.1053 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Kulldorff, Rashmi Sinha, Wong-Ho Chow, and Nathaniel Rothman

Comparing odds ratios for nested subsets of dietary components
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 1060-1064; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.1060 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cj Parker and Me Dewey

Assessing research outcomes by postal questionnaire with telephone follow-up
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 1065-1069; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.1065 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E Bartfay and A Donner

The effect of collapsing multinomial data when assessing agreement
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 1070-1075; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.1070 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hein Stigum, Per Magnus, Helvi Holm Samdal, and Erik Nord

Human T-cell lymphotropic virus testing of blood donors in Norway: a cost-effect model
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 1076-1084; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.1076 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

María Patricia Arbeláez, Kenrad E Nelson, and Alvaro Muñoz

BCG vaccine effectiveness in preventing tuberculosis and its interaction with human immunodeficiency virus infection
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 1085-1091; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.1085 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Denise H Benkel, Emily M McClure, Diane Woolard, John V Rullan, Grayson B Miller, Jr, Suzanne R Jenkins, Jody H Hershey, Robert F Benson, Janet M Pruckler, Ellen W Brown, Margarette S Kolczak, Robert L Hackler, Betty S Rouse, and Robert F Breiman

Outbreak of Legionnaires' disease associated with a display whirlpool spa
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 1092-1098; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.1092 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Review:

John Lynch

The Widening Gap.: M Shaw, D Dorling, D Gordon, G Davey Smith (eds). Bristol: The Policy Press, 1999, pp.267, £16.99. ISBN: 1–86134–142–3.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 1099; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.1099 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Arja R Aro

Evaluating Health Promotion. Practice and Methods.: M Thorogood, Y Coombes (eds). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, pp.174. ISBN: 0–19–263169–1.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 1099-1100; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.1099-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jilly Rosser

Safe Motherhood Initiatives: Critical Issues.: Marge Berer, TK Sundari Ravindran (eds). UK: Blackwell Science, 1999, £24.00.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 1100; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.1100 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Macleod

Drugs: Dilemmas and Choices.: London: Royal College of Psychiatrists and The Royal College of Physicians, 2000, pp.304, £9.50. ISBN: 1–901242–44–7.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 1100-1101; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.1100-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yoav Ben-Shlomo

Statistics for Veterinary and Animal Science.: Aviva Petrie, Paul Watson. UK: Blackwell Science, 2000, pp.256, £19.99. ISBN: 0–632–05025–X.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 1101-1102; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.1101 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum:

S. Greenland

An Introduction To Instrumental Variables For epidemiologists
Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 1102. [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bulletin Board:

Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 1104-1107; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.1104 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

News:

Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 1108-1110; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.1108 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Spotlight:

Int. J. Epidemiol. 29: 1111-1116; doi:10.1093/ije/29.6.1111 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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