International Journal of Epidemiology

Editorials:

Karin B Michels

A renaissance for measurement error
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 421-422; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.421 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Review:

Elizabeth Barrett-Connor and Cynthia A Stuenkel

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)— risks and benefits
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 423-426; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.423 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reiterations:

Geoffrey Rose

Sick individuals and sick populations
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 427-432; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.427 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Shah Ebrahim and Edith Lau

Commentary: Sick populations and sick individuals
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 433-434; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.433 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

James McCormick

Commentary: Reflections on sick individuals and sick populations
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 434-435; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.434 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S Schwartz and R Diez-Roux

Commentary: Causes of incidence and causes of cases—a Durkheimian perspective on Rose
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 435-439; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.435 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Douglas L Weed

Commentary: A radical future for public health
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 440-441; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.440 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Kate Hunt and Carol Emslie

Commentary: The prevention paradox in lay epidemiology—Rose revisited
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 442-446; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.442 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Child Health in Africa:

Gebre-Egziabher Kiros and Dennis P Hogan

War, famine and excess child mortality in Africa: the role of parental education
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 447-455; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.447 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Richard Garfield

Commentary: War, famine and excess child mortality in Africa
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 456; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.456 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Tarik Kassaye, Margaret R Becklake, Olivier Receveur, James A Hanley, and Timothy Johns

Association between vitamin A status and lung function level in children aged 6–9 years in Wukro wereda, Northern Ethiopia
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 457-464; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.457 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fernando Sempértegui

Commentary: Is vitamin A playing a hidden role in children's lung function?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 465-466; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.465 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C Ronsmans, M Khlat, B Kodio, M Ba, L De Bernis, and JF Etard

Evidence for a ‘healthy pregnant woman effect’ in Niakhar, Senegal?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 467-473; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.467 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

E Goodburn

Commentary: Evidence for a ‘healthy pregnant woman effect’ in Niakhar, Senegal?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 474-475; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.474 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Kirsten B Simondon, Régis Costes, Valérie Delaunay, Aldiouma Diallo, and François Simondon

Children's height, health and appetite influence mothers' weaning decisions in rural Senegal
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 476-481; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.476 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Richard M Martin

Commentary: Does breastfeeding for longer cause children to be shorter?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 481-484; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.481 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Osman A Sankoh, Yazoumé Yé, Rainer Sauerborn, Olaf Müller, and Heiko Becher

Clustering of childhood mortality in rural Burkina Faso
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 485-492; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.485 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Yves Martin-Prével, Pierre Traissac, Francis Delpeuch, and Bernard Maire

Decreased attendance at routine health activities mediates deterioration in nutritional status of young African children under worsening socioeconomic conditions
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 493-500; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.493 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ralph Würthwein, Adjima Gbangou, Rainer Sauerborn, and Christoph M Schmidt

Measuring the local burden of disease. A study of years of life lost in sub-Saharan Africa
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 501-508; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.501 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Theory and Methods:

Daniel Chandramohan, Philip Setel, and Maria Quigley

Effect of misclassification of causes of death in verbal autopsy: can it be adjusted?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 509-514; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.509 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Andrew Boulle, Daniel Chandramohan, and Peter Weller

A case study of using artificial neural networks for classifying cause of death from verbal autopsy
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 515-520; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.515 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jean-François Etter and Thomas V Perneger

A comparison of cigarette smokers recruited through the Internet or by mail
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 521-525; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.521 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Klaus Linde, Wayne B Jonas, Dieter Melchart, and Stefan Willich

The methodological quality of randomized controlled trials of homeopathy, herbal medicines and acupuncture
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 526-531; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.526 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

E Ernst

Commentary: Science friction—complementary/ alternative medicine on the stony road from opinion to evidence
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 531-532; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.531 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Diabetes:

RC Parslow, PA McKinney, GR Law, and HJ Bodansky

Population mixing and childhood diabetes
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 533-538; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.533 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Anthony Staines

Commentary: Population mixing and childhood diabetes
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 538-539; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.538 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Julie C Will, Deborah A Galuska, Earl S Ford, Ali Mokdad, and Eugenia E Calle

Cigarette smoking and diabetes mellitus: evidence of a positive association from a large prospective cohort study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 540-546; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.540 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Lincoln A Sargeant, Kay-Tee Khaw, Sheila Bingham, Nicholas E Day, Robert N Luben, Suzy Oakes, Ailsa Welch, and Nicholas J Wareham

Cigarette smoking and glycaemia: the EPIC-Norfolk Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 547-554; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.547 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ivan J Perry

Commentary: Smoking and diabetes—accumulating evidence of a causal link
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 554-555; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.554 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Environmental Health:

Tanja Pless-Mulloli, Denise Howel, and Helen Prince

Prevalence of asthma and other respiratory symptoms in children living near and away from opencast coal mining sites
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 556-563; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.556 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Leslie London and Ross Bailie

Challenges for improving surveillance for pesticide poisoning: policy implications for developing countries
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 564-570; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.564 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Infectious Disease:

SA Skull, JRG Butler, P Robinson, and J Carnie

Should programmes for community-level meningococcal vaccination be considered in Australia? An economic evaluation
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 571-578; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.571 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R Heyderman

Commentary: Should programmes for community-level meningococcal vaccination be considered in Australia—an economic evaluation
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 578-579; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.578 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

RW Roest, WI van der Meijden, G van Dijk, J Groen, PGH Mulder, GMGM Verjans, and ADME Osterhaus

Prevalence and association between herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2-specific antibodies in attendees at a sexually transmitted disease clinic
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 580-588; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.580 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

FM Cowan

Commentary: Developing preventive strategies in Europe
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 588-589; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.588 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Other Original Papers:

Suzanne L Tyas, Jure Manfreda, Laurel A Strain, and Patrick R Montgomery

Risk factors for Alzheimer's disease: a population-based, longitudinal study in Manitoba, Canada
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 590-597; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.590 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Carol Brayne

Commentary: Searching for risks for Alzheimer's disease
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 598-599; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.598 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Orly Manor, Sharon Matthews, and Chris Power

Self-rated health and limiting longstanding illness: inter-relationships with morbidity in early adulthood
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 600-607; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.600 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Mieko Nakamura, Gary Whitlock, Nobuo Aoki, Tsutomu Nakashima, Tomoyuki Hoshino, Tetsuji Yokoyama, Seiji Morioka, Takashi Kawamura, Heizo Tanaka, Tsutomu Hashimoto, and Yoshiyuki Ohno

Japanese and Western diet and risk of idiopathic sudden deafness: a case-control study using pooled controls
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 608-615; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.608 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Yoko Izumi, Ichiro Tsuji, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Aya Kuwahara, Yoshikazu Nishino, and Shigeru Hisamichi

Impact of smoking habit on medical care use and its costs: a prospective observation of National Health Insurance beneficiaries in Japan
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 616-621; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.616 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Dorothy P Rice

Commentary: Impact of smoking habit on medical care use and its costs
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 622-623; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.622 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the Editor:

Susana Sans and Alun Evans

Are cardiovascular disease trends driven by gadflies?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 624-625; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.624 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Carles Muntaner

Social epidemiology: no way back. A response to Zielhuis and Kiemeney
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 625-626; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.625 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Angelika De Bree, Wm Monique Verschuren, Henk J. Blom, and Daan Kromhout

Alcohol consumption and plasma homocysteine: What's brewing?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 626-627; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.626 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Essay Review:

M Bartley

Health Inequalities in France
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 628-631; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.628 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review:

Andy Ness

The healing sun: Sunlight and health in the 21st century: Richard Hobday. Forres, Scotland: Findhorn Press, 2000, pp. 178, £9.95. ISBN: 1-899171-97-5.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 632; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.632 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

DL Roberts

The healing sun: Sunlight and health in the 21st century: Richard Hobday. Forres, Scotland: Findhorn Press, 2000, pp. 178, £9.95. ISBN: 1-899171-97-5.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 632-633; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.632-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Konrad Jamrozik

Barbarians inside the gate: How the tobacco industry penetrated the World Health Organization: Report of the Committee of Experts on Tobacco Industry Documents. Tobacco company strategies to undermine tobacco control activities at the World Health Organization. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2000, pp. 247.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 633-634; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.633 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

David Wainwright

The Tyranny of Health: doctors and the regulations of lifestyle: M Fitzpatrick. London: Routledge 2001, £9.99, pp. 196. ISBN: 0-415-23571-5.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 634-635; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.634 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sarah Macfarlane

Dying for Growth: Global inequality and the health of the poor: JY Kim, JV Mullen, A Irwin, J Gershman (eds). Monroe, Maine: Common Courage Press, 2000, pp. 584, $29.95, ISBN: 1-56751-161-9.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 635; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.635 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Diana Kuh

Social Epidemiology: L Berkman and I Kawachi. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000, pp. 382, £47.50. ISBN: 0-19-508331-8.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 635-636; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.635-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Shenglan Tang

An Introduction to Health Planning in Developing Countries, 2nd edn.: Andrew Green, Oxford Medical Publications, Oxford University Press, 1999.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 637; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.637 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Trish Greenhalgh

PDQ Evidence-Based Principles and Practice: A McKibbon, A Eady and S Marks. New York: BC Decker Inc, 2000, pp. 212, £18.95. ISBN: 1-55009-118-2.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 637; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.637-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

David Walshaw

Multivariable Analysis. A Practical Guide for Clinicians: Mitchell H Katz. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999, £49.95. ISBN: 0-521-59301-8 (HB); £17.95. ISBN: 0-521-59693-9 (PB)
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 637; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.637-b [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book News:

Book News
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 638; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.638 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Bulletin Board:

Bulletin Board
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 639-643; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.639 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Spotlight:

Spotlight
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 644-648; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.644 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News:

News
Int. J. Epidemiol. 30: 649-652; doi:10.1093/ije/30.3.649 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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