Int. J. Epidemiol. -- Table of Contents (31 [2])

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Contents: Volume 31, Number 2: April 2002   [Index by Author]      Other Issues:

       Editorials

       Review

       Reprints and Reflections

       Point-Counterpoint

       Life Course Epidemiology

       Theory and Method

       Cancer

       Cardiovascular Disease

       Diversion

       Parody

       Essay Review

       Book Review

       Letter to the Editor

       Bulletin Board

       News

       Spotlight

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Editorials:

Yoav Ben-Shlomo and Diana Kuh: A life course approach to chronic disease epidemiology: conceptual models, empirical challenges and interdisciplinary perspectives
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 285-293; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.285 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Review:

Matthew W Gillman: Epidemiological challenges in studying the fetal origins of adult chronic disease
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 294-299; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.294 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Andrew J Hall, Leland J Yee, and Sara L Thomas: Life course epidemiology and infectious diseases
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 300-301; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.300 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reprints and Reflections:

Anders Forsdahl: Observations throwing light on the high mortality in the county of Finnmark.: Is the high mortality today a late effect of very poor living conditions in childhood and adolescence?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 302-308; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.302 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Anders Forsdahl: Commentary: Childhood deprivation and adult mortality
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 308; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.308 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

DJP Barker: Commentary: Components in the interpretation of the high mortality in the county of Finnmark
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 309-310; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.309 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Point-Counterpoint:

Michael H Alderman: Salt, blood pressure and health: a cautionary tale
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 311-316; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.311 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Paul Elliott and Jeremiah Stamler: Commentary: Evidence on salt and blood pressure is consistent and persuasive
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 316-319; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.316 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

David A Freeman and Diana B Petitti: Commentary: Salt, blood pressure and public policy
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 319-320; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.319 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

G MacGregor and HE de Wardener: Commentary: Salt, blood pressure and health
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 320-327; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.320 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jiang He and Paul K Whelton: Commentary: Salt intake, hypertension and risk of cardiovascular disease: an important public health challenge
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 327-331; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.327 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Michael H Alderman: Response
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 331-332; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.331 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Life Course Epidemiology:

Magda Segal: Southampton's Women: by Magda Segal
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 333-335; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.333 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Mel Bartley and Ian Plewis: Accumulated labour market disadvantage and limiting long-term illness: data from the 1971–1991 Office for National Statistics' Longitudinal Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 336-341; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.336 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Marcus Richards, Rebecca Hardy, Diana Kuh, and Michael EJ Wadsworth: Birthweight, postnatal growth and cognitive function in a national UK birth cohort
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 342-348; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.342 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Luc J Smits, Gerhard A Zielhuis, Piet H Jongbloet, and Frans WA Van Poppel: Mother's age and daughter's fecundity. An epidemiological analysis of late 19th to early 20th century family reconstitutions
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 349-358; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.349 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Stephen E Gilman, Ichiro Kawachi, Garrett M Fitzmaurice, and Stephen L Buka: Socioeconomic status in childhood and the lifetime risk of major depression
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 359-367; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.359 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Enrique Regidor, Juan L Gutiérrez-Fisac, M Elisa Calle, Pedro Navarro, and Vicente Domínguez: Infant mortality at time of birth and cause-specific adult mortality among residents of the region of Madrid born elsewhere in Spain
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 368-374; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.368 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ravi Maheswaran, David P Strachan, Brian Dodgeon, and Nicola G Best: A population-based case-control study for examining early life influences on geographical variation in adult mortality in England and Wales using stomach cancer and stroke as examples
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 375-382; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.375 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MEJ Wadsworth, RJ Hardy, AA Paul, SF Marshall, and TJ Cole: Leg and trunk length at 43 years in relation to childhood health, diet and family circumstances; evidence from the 1946 national birth cohort
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 383-390; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.383 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

David Gunnell: Commentary: Can adult anthropometry be used as a ‘biomarker’ for prenatal and childhood exposures?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 390-394; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.390 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sam Harper, John Lynch, Wan-Ling Hsu, Susan A Everson, Marianne M Hillemeier, Trivellore E Raghunathan, Jukka T Salonen, and George A Kaplan: Life course socioeconomic conditions and adult psychosocial functioning
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 395-403; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.395 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Stephen E Gilman: Commentary: Childhood socioeconomic status, life course pathways and adult mental health
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 403-404; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.403 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Isabel dos Santos Silva, Bianca L De Stavola, Vera Mann, Diana Kuh, Rebecca Hardy, and Michael EJ Wadsworth: Prenatal factors, childhood growth trajectories and age at menarche
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 405-412; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.405 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Chris Power and Barbara JMH Jefferis: Fetal environment and subsequent obesity: a study of maternal smoking
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 413-419; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.413 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jan van der Meulen: Commentary: Maternal smoking during pregnancy and obesity in the offspring
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 420-421; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.420 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Theory and Method:

George Maldonado and Sander Greenland: Estimating causal effects
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 422-429; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.422 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

AP Dawid: Commentary: Counterfactuals: help or hindrance?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 429-430; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.429 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jay S Kaufman and Sol Kaufman: Commentary: Estimating causal effects
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 431-432; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.431 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Felix Elwert and Christopher Winship: Commentary: Population versus individual level causal effects
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 432-434; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.432 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Glenn Shafer: Commentary: Estimating causal effects
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 434-435; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.434 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

George Maldonado and Sander Greenland: Response: Defining and estimating causal effects
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 435-438; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.435 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Stefano Rosso, Rosa Miñarro, Simon Schraub, Rosario Tumino, Silvia Franceschi, and Roberto Zanetti: Reproducibility of skin characteristic measurements and reported sun exposure history
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 439-446; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.439 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Cristina Fortes: Commentary: Reproducibility of skin characteristic measurements and reported sun exposure history
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 446-448; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.446 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Vonthanak Saphonn, Leng Bun Hor, Sun Penh Ly, Samrith Chhuon, Tobi Saidel, and Roger Detels: How well do antenatal clinic (ANC) attendees represent the general population? A comparison of HIV prevalence from ANC sentinel surveillance sites with a population-based survey of women aged 15–49 in Cambodia
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 449-455; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.449 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Hermann Brenner, Bengt Söderman, and Timo Hakulinen: Use of period analysis for providing more up-to-date estimates of long-term survival rates: empirical evaluation among 370 000 cancer patients in Finland
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 456-462; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.456 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Rajeev Kumar and Abhaya Indrayan: A nomogram for single-stage cluster-sample surveys in a community for estimation of a prevalence rate
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 463-467; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.463 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Cancer:

Oriana Nanni, Giovanna Zoffoli, Emanuela Scarpi, Lauro Bucchi, Paolo Lauriola, Cesare Cislaghi, and Dino Amadori: Gastric cancer mortality in the spouses of patients who died from gastric cancer
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 468-472; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.468 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

David Coggon: Commentary: Preventable causes of gastric cancer may also operate in adult life
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 472-473; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.472 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Cardiovascular Disease:

E Fernández-Jarne, E Martínez-Losa, M Prado-Santamaría, C Brugarolas-Brufau, M Serrano-Martínez, and MA Martínez-González: Risk of first non-fatal myocardial infarction negatively associated with olive oil consumption: a case-control study in Spain
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 474-480; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.474 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

AR Ness: Commentary: Is olive oil a key ingredient in the Mediterranean recipe for health?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 481-482; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.481 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M Rashidul Hassan, Arm Luthful Kabir, Asif M Mahmud, Fazlur Rahman, M Ali Hossain, K Saifuddin Bennoor, Md Ruhul Amin, and M Mostafizur Rahman: Self-reported asthma symptoms in children and adults of Bangladesh: findings of the National Asthma Prevalence Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 483-488; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.483 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer: Commentary: Does the ‘hygiene hypothesis' provide an explanation for the relatively low prevalence of asthma in Bangladesh?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 488-489; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.488 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jérôme Huillard d'Aignaux, Simon N Cousens, Nicole Delasnerie-Lauprêtre, Jean-Philippe Brandel, Dominique Salomon, Jean-Louis Laplanche, Jean-Jacques Hauw, and Annick Alpérovitch: Analysis of the geographical distribution of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in France between 1992 and 1998
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 490-495; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.490 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Martin Kulldorff: Commentary: Geographical distribution of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in France
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 495-496; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.495 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Diversion:

Jo Shapcott: The Mad Cow Talks Back
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 497; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.497 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Parody:

Michael Scarce: Heterocopulative Syndrome: Clinico-Pathologic Correlation in 260 Cases
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 498-499; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.498 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Essay Review:

Cindy Patton: How to Have Theory in an Epidemic: Cultural Chronicles of AIDS.: Paula Treichler. Durham NC: Duke University Press, 1999, pp.496, Cloth US$64.95. ISBN: 0-8223-2286-2; Paperback US$23.95. ISBN: 0-8223-2318-4.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 500-501; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.500 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ilan H Meyer: Smearing the Queer: Medical Bias in the Health Care of Gay Men.: Michael Scarce. Binghampton, NY: Harrington Park Press, 1999, pp.183, US$19.95. ISBN: 1560239263.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 501-503; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.501 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review:

Anthony B Miller: Quantitative Methods for the Evaluation of Cancer Screening.: SW Duffy, C Hill, J Esteve (eds). London: Edward Arnold Ltd, OUP, 2001, pp.156, £40. ISBN 0-340-74125-2.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 504; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.504 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Margaret May: Bayesian Survival Analysis.: JG Ibrahim, M-H Chen, D Sinha. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong: Springer Verlag, 2001, pp.479, ISBN: 0-387-95277-2.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 505; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.505 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Danny Dorling: Poverty: A Study of Town Life. Centennial edition.: B Seebohm Rowntree (ed.). Bristol: The Policy Press, 2000, pp.436. £16.99, ISBN: 1 86134 202 0.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 505-506; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.505-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Irene J Higginson: Epidemiology of Pain.: IK Crombie, PR Croft, SJ Linton, L LeResche, M Von Korff (eds). Seattle, WA: IAS Press, 1999, pp.332. ISBN 0-931092-25-6.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 506-507; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.506 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sandra O'Dell: Molecular Epidemiology. A Practical Approach.: M Carrington, AR Hoelzel (eds). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp.243, £32.50.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 507-508; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.507 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letter to the Editor:

Adnan A Hyder and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta: Structural adjustment in health in Pakistan: defining the questions
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 509; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.509 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Scarlett S Lin, Cynthia D O'Malley, Christina A Clarke, Gem M Le, Emily White, and Michele Pineda: Birthplace and survival among Asian women diagnosed with breast cancer in cancer registry data: the impact of selection bias
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 511-513; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.511 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Gerard MH Swaen and Ludovic GPM Van Amelsvoort: Authors' response to Commentaries on Outcomes in Occupational Cancer Epidemiology
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 513-514; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.513 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Bulletin Board:

: Bulletin Board
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 515-516; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.515 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News:

: News
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 517; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.517 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Spotlight:

: Spotlight
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 518-520; doi:10.1093/ije/31.2.518 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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