International Journal of Epidemiology

Editorials:

Charles du V Florey

An active network—A stronger International Epidemiological Association
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 521-522; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.521 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Mary Shaw

The accidental epidemiologist: losing the way or following social-epidemiological leads?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 523-526; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.523 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Review:

Dinesh Mohan

Road safety in less-motorized environments: future concerns
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 527-532; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.527 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reprints and Reflections:

G. B. Rodgers

Income and inequality as determinants of mortality: an international cross-section analysis
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 533-538; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.533 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Richard Wilkinson

Commentary: Liberty, fraternity, equality
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 538-543; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.538 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Miquel Porta, Carme Borrell, and José L Copete

Commentary: Theory in the fabric of evidence on the health effects of inequalities in income distribution
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 543-546; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.543 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary data [Request Permissions]

Angus Deaton

Commentary: The convoluted story of international studies of inequality and health
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 546-549; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.546 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

John Lynch and George Davey Smith

Commentary: Income inequality and health: The end of the story?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 549-551; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.549 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Point-Counterpoint:

Debbie A Lawlor and Mary Shaw

Too much too young? Teenage pregnancy is not a public health problem
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 552-553; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.552 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Gabriel Scally

Too much too young? Teenage pregnancy is a public health, not a clinical, problem
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 554-555; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.554 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Janet Rich-Edwards

Teen pregnancy is not a public health crisis in the United States. It is time we made it one
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 555-556; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.555 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sally Smith

Too much too young? In Nepal more a case of too little, too young
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 557-558; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.557 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Debbie A Lawlor and Mary Shaw

What a difference a year makes? Too little too late
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 558-559; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.558 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Special Theme: Injuries and Violence:

Sandra L Martin, Kathryn E Moracco, Julian Garro, Amy Ong Tsui, Lawrence L Kupper, Jennifer L Chase, and Jacquelyn C Campbell

Domestic violence across generations: findings from northern India
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 560-572; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.560 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Gunilla Ringbäck Weitoft, Bengt Haglund, Anders Hjern, and Måns Rosén

Mortality, severe morbidity and injury among long-term lone mothers in Sweden
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 573-580; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.573 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A Mian, SF Mahmood, H Chotani, and S Luby

Vulnerability to homicide in Karachi: political activity as a risk factor
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 581-585; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.581 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Anthony B Zwi

Commentary: Studying political violence: we should push for more from epidemiology
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 585-586; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.585 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Stephen W Marshall, Anna E Waller, Randall W Dick, Christopher B Pugh, Dana P Loomis, and David J Chalmers

An ecologic study of protective equipment and injury in two contact sports
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 587-592; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.587 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Rosa Gofin, Malka Avitzour, Ziona Haklai, and Navah Jellin

Injury inequalities: morbidity and mortality of 0–17 year olds in Israel
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 593-599; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.593 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Social Inequalities:

Gopal K Singh and Mohammad Siahpush

Increasing inequalities in all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among US adults aged 25–64 years by area socioeconomic status, 1969–1998
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 600-613; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.600 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Simo V Virtanen and Veijo Notkola

Socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular mortality and the role of work: a register study of Finnish men
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 614-621; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.614 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Chris Metcalfe

Commentary: Cheap but cheerless. Is it the underpaid or the overworked who die young?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 622-623; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.622 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Infectious Diseases:

Paul Moayyedi, Anthony TR Axon, Richard Feltbower, Sara Duffett, Will Crocombe, David Braunholtz, ID Gerald Richards, Anthony C Dowell, and David Forman

Relation of adult lifestyle and socioeconomic factors to the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 624-631; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.624 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Dietrich Rothenbacher, Guenter Bode, and Hermann Brenner

History of breastfeeding and Helicobacter pylori infection in pre-school children: results of a population-based study from Germany
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 632-637; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.632 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Linda Morris Brown, Terry L Thomas, Jun-Ling Ma, Yun-Sheng Chang, Wei-Cheng You, Wei-Dong Liu, Lian Zhang, David Pee, and Mitchell H Gail

Helicobacter pylori infection in rural China: demographic, lifestyle and environmental factors
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 638-645; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.638 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

David Y Graham and Hoda M Malaty

Commentary: What remains to be done regarding transmission of Helicobacter pylori
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 646-647; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.646 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Arshad Quddus, Stephen Luby, Mohammad Rahbar, and Yousaf Pervaiz

Neonatal tetanus: mortality rate and risk factors in Loralai District, Pakistan
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 648-653; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.648 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Perinatal Epidemiology:

Siri Vangen, Camilla Stoltenberg, Rolv Skjaerven, Per Magnus, Jennifer R Harris, and Babill Stray-Pedersen

The heavier the better? Birthweight and perinatal mortality in different ethnic groups
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 654-660; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.654 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Martin Chalumeau, Marie-Hélène Bouvier-Colle, and Gérard Breart

Can clinical risk factors for late stillbirth in West Africa be detected during antenatal care or only during labour?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 661-668; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.661 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Theory and Methods:

Habibul Ahsan, Susan E Hodge, Gary A Heiman, Melissa D Begg, and Ezra S Susser

Relative risk for genetic associations: the case-parent triad as a variant of case-cohort design
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 669-678; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.669 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ying-Hen Hsieh, Hector de Arazoza, Shen-Ming Lee, and Cathy WS Chen

Estimating the number of Cubans infected sexually by human immunodeficiency virus using contact tracing data
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 679-683; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.679 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Inequality & Health Essay Book Reviews:

Johan P Mackenbach

Mind the gap—hierarchies, health and human evolution
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 684; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.684 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jennifer M Mellor and Jeffrey Milyo

Exploring the relationships between income inequality, socioeconomic status and health: a self-guided tour?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 685-687; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.685 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letter to the Editor:

Mff Lima-Costa, Sm Barreto, Hl Guerra, and Juan C Villar

Chagas' disease among older adults: branches or mainstream of the present burden of Trypanosoma cruzi infection?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 688-689; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.688 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Kerr L White, Nick Day, and Willett Walter

Jerry Morris and Health Services Research in the USA
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 690-692; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.690 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Reviews:

Pauline Allen

Bleeding the Patient: The Consequences of Corporate Health Care.: D Himmelstein, S Woolhandler, I Woolhandler. Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 2001, pp. 238, $15.95. ISBN: 1-56751-206-2.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 696-697; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.696 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jos Kleijnen and Gerd Antes

Systematic Reviews in Health Care. Meta-analysis in Context.: M Egger, G Davey Smith, Doug Altman (eds). London: BMJ Books, 2001, pp. 487, £50.00. ISBN: 072791488X.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 697; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.697 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sing-Eng Chia

Tuberculosis in the Workplace. Marilyn J Field. Oxford: National Academy Press, 2001, pp. 356, £35.95, ISBN 0-309-07330-8.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 697-698; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.697-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Stephen Stansfeld

Social Support Measurement and Intervention: A Guide for Health and Social Scientists.: Sheldon Cohen, Lynn Underwood, Benjamin Gottlieb (eds). New York: Oxford University Press, 2000, pp. 334 US$45.00. ISBN 0-19-512670-X.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 698; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.698 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Mary Shaw

Bodies Politic: Disease, Death and Doctors in Britain, 1650–1900. R Porter, London: Reaktion Books 2001, pp. 304, £25. ISBN 1-86189-094-X.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 698-699; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.698-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Margaret May

Regression Modelling Strategies with Applications to Linear Models, Logistic Regression, and Survival Analysis. Frank E Harrell Jr, New York: Springer 2001, pp. 568, $79.95. ISBN 0-387-95232-2.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 699-700; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.699 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Helene Irvine

The Health Effects of Chrysotile Asbestos: Contribution of Science to Risk Management Decisions: RP Nolan, AM Langer, M Ross, FJ Wicks, RF Martin (eds). Ottawa: Mineralogical Association of Canada, 2001, pp. 304, $US38. ISBN: 0-921294-41-7
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 700-701; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.700 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

James Carpenter

Models for Repeated Measurements (Second Edition). JK Lindsey. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, pp. xx + 515, £45.00, $75.00 (HB). ISBN: 0-19-850599-0.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 701-702; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.701 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Michael Calnan

Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Workplace: Low Back and Upper Extremities. Panel on Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Workplace, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. Washington DC: National Academy Press, 2001, pp. 429, £39.95. ISBN: 309-07284-0 (HB).
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 702; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.702 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Peter Razzell

Poverty, Inequality And Health In Britain, 1800–2000: A Reader.: George Davey Smith, Daniel Dorling, Mary Shaw (eds). Bristol: The Policy Press, 2001, pp. 384, £55.00 (HB). ISBN: 1-86134-328-0; £15.99 (PB). ISBN: 1-86134-211-X.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 703-704; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.703 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ben Wheeler

Ecological Integrity: Integrating Environment, Conservation and Health.: D Pimentel, L Westra, RF Noss (eds). Washington DC: Island Press, 2000, pp. 428, £55.00 (HB). ISBN: 1-55963-8-079; £27.95 (PB). ISBN: 1-55963-8-087.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 704-705; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.704 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Alistair Woodward

Ecosystem Change and Public Health. A Global Perspective.: Joan L Aron, Jonathan A Patz (eds). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001, pp. 526, $85.00 (HB). ISBN: 0-8018-6581-6; $38.00 (PB). ISBN: 0-8018-6582-4.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 31: 705-706; doi:10.1093/ije/31.3.705 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Bulletin Board:

Bulletin Board
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News:

News
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Spotlight:

Spotlight
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