International Journal of Epidemiology

Editorials:

Matthias Egger, Shah Ebrahim, and George Davey Smith

Where now for meta-analysis?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 1-5; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.1 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Review:

Kay Dickersin

Systematic reviews in epidemiology: why are we so far behind?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 6-12; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.6 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reprints and Reflections:

Mervyn Susser and Zena Stein

Civilization and peptic ulcer
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 13-17; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.13 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Mervyn Susser and Zena Stein

Commentary: Civilization and peptic ulcer 40 years on
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 18-21; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.18 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Barry Marshall

Commentary: Helicobacter as the ‘environmental factor’ in Susser and Stein's cohort theory of peptic ulcer disease
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 21-22; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.21 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Amnon Sonnenberg, Claudia Cucino, and Peter Bauerfeind

Commentary: The unresolved mystery of birth-cohort phenomena in gastroenterology
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 23-26; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.23 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Michael Langman

Commentary: Peptic ulcer, Susser and Stein and the cohort phenomenon
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 27-28; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.27 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Susan Levenstein

Commentary: Peptic ulcer and its discontents
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 29-33; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.29 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Celebration:

George Davey Smith and Ezra Susser

Zena Stein, Mervyn Susser and epidemiology: observation, causation and action
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 34-37; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.34 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] Bibliographies for Mervyn Susser and Zena Stein [Request Permissions]

Quarraisha Abdool Karim and Salim S Abdool Karim

The evolving HIV epidemic in South Africa
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 37-40; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.37 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fiona Stanley

From Susser's causal paradigms to social justice in Australia?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 40-45; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.40 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ida Susser

Health rights for women in the age of AIDS
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 45-48; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.45 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Gerald M Oppenheimer and David Rosner

Two lives, three legs, one journey: a retrospective appreciation of Zena Stein and Mervyn Susser
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 49-53; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.49 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Kelly N Owens, Michelle Harvey-Blankenship, and Mary-Claire King

Genomic sequencing in the service of human rights
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 53-58; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.53 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Special Theme: Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis:

Earl S Ford, S Jay Smith, Donna F Stroup, Karen K Steinberg, Patricia W Mueller, and Stephen B Thacker

Homocyst(e)ine and cardiovascular disease: a systematic review of the evidence with special emphasis on case-control studies and nested case-control studies
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 59-70; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.59 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Robert Clarke

Commentary: An updated review of the published studies of homocysteine and cardiovascular disease
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 70-71; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.70 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Toshiaki A Furukawa, Gordon H Guyatt, and Lauren E Griffith

Can we individualize the ‘number needed to treat’? An empirical study of summary effect measures in meta-analyses
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 72-76; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.72 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Finlay A McAlister

Commentary: Relative treatment effects are consistent across the spectrum of underlying risks ... usually
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 76-77; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.76 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Stacey A Missmer, Stephanie A Smith-Warner, Donna Spiegelman, Shiaw-Shyuan Yaun, Hans-Olov Adami, W Lawrence Beeson, Piet A van den Brandt, Gary E Fraser, Jo L Freudenheim, R Alexandra Goldbohm, Saxon Graham, Lawrence H Kushi, Anthony B Miller, John D Potter, Thomas E Rohan, Frank E Speizer, Paolo Toniolo, Walter C Willett, Alicja Wolk, Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, and David J Hunter

Meat and dairy food consumption and breast cancer: a pooled analysis of cohort studies
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 78-85; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.78 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Christine M Friedenreich

Commentary: Improving pooled analyses in epidemiology
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 86-87; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.86 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fujian Song, Khalid S Khan, Jacqueline Dinnes, and Alex J Sutton

Asymmetric funnel plots and publication bias in meta-analyses of diagnostic accuracy
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 88-95; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.88 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Julian PT Higgins and David J Spiegelhalter

Being sceptical about meta-analyses: a Bayesian perspective on magnesium trials in myocardial infarction
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 96-104; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.96 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

KL Woods

Commentary: Biostatistics, biological mechanisms and Bayes: lessons from the magnesium trials
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 105-106; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.105 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Claire L Vale, Jayne F Tierney, and Lesley A Stewart

Effects of adjusting for censoring on meta-analyses of time-to-event outcomes
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 107-111; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.107 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Otavio Augusto Camara Clark and Aldemar Araujo Castro

Searching the Literatura Latino Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS) database improves systematic reviews
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 112-114; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.112 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Peter Jüni, Franziska Holenstein, Jonathan Sterne, Christopher Bartlett, and Matthias Egger

Direction and impact of language bias in meta-analyses of controlled trials: empirical study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 115-123; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.115 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Mike Clarke

Commentary: Searching for trials for systematic reviews: what difference does it make?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 123-124; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.123 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Steve McDonald, Margaret Westby, Mike Clarke, and Carol Lefebvre

Number and size of randomized trials reported in general health care journals from 1948 to 1997
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 125-127; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.125 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Lori A Fischbach, Karen J Goodman, Mark Feldman, and Corinne Aragaki

Sources of variation of Helicobacter pylori treatment success in adults worldwide: a meta-analysis
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 128-139; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.128 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Diana R Elbourne, Douglas G Altman, Julian PT Higgins, Francois Curtin, Helen V Worthington, and Andy Vail

Meta-analyses involving cross-over trials: methodological issues
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 140-149; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.140 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Karen A Robinson and Kay Dickersin

Development of a highly sensitive search strategy for the retrieval of reports of controlled trials using PubMed
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 150-153; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.150 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Theory and Methods:

Jonas Björk and Ulf Strömberg

Effects of systematic exposure assessment errors in partially ecologic case-control studies
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 154-160; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.154 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Thomas Webster

Commentary: Does the spectre of ecologic bias haunt epidemiology?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 161-162; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.161 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Stephen R Cole and Miguel A Hernán

Fallibility in estimating direct effects
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 163-165; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.163 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Tony Blakely

Commentary: Estimating direct and indirect effects—fallible in theory, but in the real world?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 166-167; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.166 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Nicholas J Wareham, Rupert W Jakes, Kirsten L Rennie, Jo Mitchell, Susie Hennings, and Nicholas E Day

Validity and repeatability of the EPIC-Norfolk Physical Activity Questionnaire
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 168-174; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.168 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S Abdulla, JRM Armstrong Schellenberg, O Mukasa, and C Lengeler

Usefulness of a dispensary-based case-control study for assessing morbidity impact of a treated net programme
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 175-180; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.175 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Infectious Diseases:

Nete Munk Nielsen, Peter Aaby, Jan Wohlfahrt, Kåre Mølbak, and Mads Melbye

The Polio Model. Does it apply to polio?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 181-186; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.181 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jon Kim Andrus

Commentary: The Polio Model—Does it apply for polio?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 187-188; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.187 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Peng Bi, Shilu Tong, Ken Donald, Kevin Parton, and Jinfa Ni

Climatic, reservoir and occupational variables and the transmission of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in China
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 189-193; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.189 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J-F Schémann, D Sacko, D Malvy, G Momo, L Traore, O Bore, S Coulibaly, and A Banou

Risk factors for trachoma in Mali
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 194-201; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.194 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Cancer:

Siné Bayo, F Xavier Bosch, Silvia de Sanjosé, Nubia Muñoz, Alba Lucia Combita, Pierre Coursaget, Mireia Diaz, Amardou Dolo, Adriaan JC van den Brule, and Chris JM Meijer

Risk factors of invasive cervical cancer in Mali
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 202-209; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.202 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Paul J Villeneuve, David A Agnew, Kenneth C Johnson, and Yang Mao

Brain cancer and occupational exposure to magnetic fields among men: results from a Canadian population-based case-control study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 210-217; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.210 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes:

Benjamin Torun, Aryeh D Stein, Dirk Schroeder, Ruben Grajeda, Andrea Conlisk, Monica Rodriguez, Humberto Mendez, and Reynaldo Martorell

Rural-to-urban migration and cardiovascular disease risk factors in young Guatemalan adults
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 218-226; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.218 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Longjian Liu, Katsumi Ikeda, and Yukio Yamori

Inverse relationship between urinary markers of animal protein intake and blood pressure in Chinese: results from the WHO Cardiovascular Diseases and Alimentary Comparison (CARDIAC) Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 227-233; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.227 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Anselm Hennis, Suh-Yuh Wu, Barbara Nemesure, Xiaowei Li, and M Cristina Leske

Diabetes in a Caribbean population: epidemiological profile and implications
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 234-239; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.234 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Pascal Bovet, Allen G Ross, Jean-Pierre Gervasoni, Mashombo Mkamba, Deo M Mtasiwa, Christian Lengeler, David Whiting, and Fred Paccaud

Distribution of blood pressure, body mass index and smoking habits in the urban population of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and associations with socioeconomic status
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 240-247; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.240 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Stephen A Stansfeld, Rebecca Fuhrer, Martin J Shipley, and Michael G Marmot

Psychological distress as a risk factor for coronary heart disease in the Whitehall II Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 248-255; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.248 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Lisa F Berkman

Commentary: Psychological distress: a matter of hearts and minds
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 256; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.256 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letter to the Editor:

Lillian Hayes, Gavin Turrell, and Colin Mathers

Socioeconomic inequalities in all-cause and specific-cause mortality in Australia: 1985–1987 and 1995–1997
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 257-258; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.257 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Essay Review:

Jay S Kaufman

It Ain't Necessarily So: How Media Make and Unmake the Scientific Picture of Reality.: David Murray, Joel Schwartz and S Robert Lichter. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2001, pp.249, US$24.95. ISBN: 0-742-51095-6.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 259-260; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.259 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Carles Muntaner and John Lynch

Social capital, class gender and race conflict, and population health: an essay review of Bowling Alone‘s implications for social epidemiology: Bowling alone. The collapse and revival of American community. RD Putnam. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000, pp.544, US$26. ISBN: 0 684 83283 6.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 261-267; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.261 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review:

Julian Tudor Hart

‘The Battle for Health'. A Political History of the Socialist Medical Association, 1930–51. : J Stewart. Aldershot UK/ Brookfield USA: Ashgate, 1999, pp.259, £55.00. ISBN: 1 85928 218 0.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 268; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.268 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Stephen Senn

Biometrika One Hundred Years: DM Titterington and DR Cox. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp.381, £45.00. ISBN 0-19-850993-6.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 269; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.269 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Danny Dorling

The Geographical Structure of Epidemics.: P Haggett. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, pp.149, £40.00. ISBN: 0–19–823363–9.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 269-270; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.269-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Richard Thomas

Island Epidemics.: AD Cliff, P Haggett and MR Smallman-Raynor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, pp.563, £70. IBSN: 0-19-828895-6.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 269-270; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.269-b [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Glyn Lewis

Mental Health Outcome Measures: 2nd edn. M Tansella, G Thornicroft (eds). London: Gaskell (Royal College of Psychiatrics), 2001, pp.325, £25.00. ISBN 1-901242-522.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 271-272; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.271 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Richard M Martin

Regulating Medicines in Europe: competition, expertise and public health: J Abraham, G Lewis. London: Routledge 2000, pp.237, £17.99. ISBN 0-415-208-785.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 272; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.272 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Shah Ebrahim

The Desktop Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine: E Ernst, MH Pittler, C Stevinson, A White (eds). London: Harcourt, 2001, pp.444, £24.95 (+ CD-ROM), ISBN 0-7234-3207-4.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 272-273; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.272-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book News:

Book News
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 274; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.274 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Bulletin Board:

Bulletin Board
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 275-276; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.275 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News:

News
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 277-279; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.277 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Spotlight:

Spotlight
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 280-283; doi:10.1093/ije/31.1.280 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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