International Journal of Epidemiology

Editor's Choice:

Shah Ebrahim

Pemberton, sex and gender
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 485; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg128 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorials:

Karin B Michels

Nutritional epidemiology—past, present, future
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Reviews:

Joel A Tickner, David Kriebel, and Sara Wright

A compass for health: rethinking precaution and its role in science and public health
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 489-492; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg186 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reprints and Reflections:

J Pemberton

Malnutrition in England
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John Pemberton

‘Malnutrition in England’ University College Hospital Magazine 1934 Some reflections in 2003 on the 1930s
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 496-498; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg213 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JN Morris

Commentary: Minimum incomes for healthy living: then, now—and tomorrow?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 498-499; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg212 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David F Smith

Commentary: The context and outcome of nutrition campaigning in 1934
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 500-502; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg164 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mercedes de Onis

Commentary: Socioeconomic inequalities and child growth
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Peter Elwood

Commentary: John Pemberton Professor of Social Medicine, Queen’s University, Belfast, 1958–1976
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 506; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg224 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Diversion:

Benjamin Zephaniah

War
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Special Theme: Nutrition:

Martin C Gulliford, Deepak Mahabir, and Brian Rocke

Food insecurity, food choices, and body mass index in adults: nutrition transition in Trinidad and Tobago
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 508-516; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg100 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Edward A Frongillo

Commentary: Assessing food insecurity in Trinidad and Tobago
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 516-517; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg218 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mercedes de Onis and Monika Blössner

The World Health Organization Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition: methodology and applications
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 518-526; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg099 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Howard D Sesso, Ralph S Paffenbarger, Jr, Yuko Oguma, and I-Min Lee

Lack of association between tea and cardiovascular disease in college alumni
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 527-533; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg103 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles Poole, Ulrike Peters, Dora Il’yasova, and Lenore Arab

Commentary: This study failed?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 534-535; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg197 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Catherine Sauvaget, Jun Nagano, Naomi Allen, Eric J Grant, and Valerie Beral

Intake of animal products and stroke mortality in the Hiroshima/Nagasaki Life Span Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 536-543; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg151 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gary Fraser

Commentary: Protection from stroke by eating animal foods? Surely not!
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 543-545; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg217 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Junko Ishihara, Tomotaka Sobue, Seiichiro Yamamoto, Satoshi Sasaki, and Shoichiro Tsugane

Demographics, lifestyles, health characteristics, and dietary intake among dietary supplement users in Japan
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 546-553; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg091 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Katherine J Hoggatt

Commentary: Vitamin supplement use and confounding by lifestyle
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YY Gong, S Egal, A Hounsa, PC Turner, AJ Hall, KF Cardwell, and CP Wild

Determinants of aflatoxin exposure in young children from Benin and Togo, West Africa: the critical role of weaning
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 556-562; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg109 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration

Cholesterol, coronary heart disease, and stroke in the Asia Pacific region
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 563-572; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg106 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cancer:

M Hoffman, D Cooper, H Carrara, L Rosenberg, J Kelly, I Stander, A-L Williamson, L Denny, G du Toit, and S Shapiro

Limited Pap screening associated with reduced risk of cervical cancer in South Africa
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 573-577; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg081 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

AE Raffle

Commentary: Case-control studies of screening should carry a health warning
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 577-578; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg188 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Takaaki Kondo, Hideaki Toyoshima, Yoshie Tsuzuki, Yoko Hori, Hiroshi Yatsuya, Koji Tamakoshi, Akiko Tamakoshi, Yoshiyuki Ohno, Shogo Kikuchi, Kiyoshi Sakata, Yoshiharu Hoshiyama, Norihiko Hayakawa, Noritaki Tokui, Tetsuya Mizoue, and Takesumi Yoshimura

Aggregation of stomach cancer history in parents and offspring in comparison with other sites
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 579-583; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg152 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

VV Shakhtarin, AF Tsyb, VF Stepanenko, MY Orlov, KJ Kopecky, and S Davis

Iodine deficiency, radiation dose, and the risk of thyroid cancer among children and adolescents in the Bryansk region of Russia following the Chernobyl power station accident
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 584-591; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg205 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lynn E Eberly, Judith Ockene, Roger Sherwin, Lingfeng Yang, and Lewis Kuller

Pulmonary function as a predictor of lung cancer mortality in continuing cigarette smokers and in quitters
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 592-599; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg177 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cardiovascular Disease:

KL Rennie, N McCarthy, S Yazdgerdi, M Marmot, and E Brunner

Association of the metabolic syndrome with both vigorous and moderate physical activity
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 600-606; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg179 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Agnès La Batide-Alanore, David-Alexandre Trégouët, Catherine Sass, Gérard Siest, Sophie Visvikis, and Laurence Tiret

Family study of the relationship between height and cardiovascular risk factors in the STANISLAS cohort
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 607-614; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg110 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claudia Langenberg and Michael Marmot

Commentary: Disentangling the association between short height and cardiovascular risk—genes or environment?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 614-616; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg221 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Theory and Methods:

Kate J Brameld, C D’arcy J Holman, David M Lawrence, and Michael ST Hobbs

Improved methods for estimating incidence from linked hospital morbidity data
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 617-624; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg191 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Perinatal Epidemiology:

Kari Klungsøyr Melve and Rolv Skjaerven

Birthweight and perinatal mortality: paradoxes, social class, and sibling dependencies
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 625-632; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg163 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Allen J Wilcox

Commentary: On the paradoxes of birthweight
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 632-633; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg193 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Other Original Papers:

Mohit Bhandari, PJ Devereaux, Marc F Swiontkowski, Emil H Schemitsch, Ketan Shankardass, Sheila Sprague, and Gordon H Guyatt

A randomized trial of opinion leader endorsement in a survey of orthopaedic surgeons: effect on primary response rates
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 634-636; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg112 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Scott D Halpern and David A Asch

Commentary: Improving response rates to mailed surveys: what do we learn from randomized controlled trials?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 637-638; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg184 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BN Murthy, S Jabbar, T Venkatarao, SK Sureshkumar, and MD Gupte

Components of small area variation in fertility rates among married women in south India
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 639-644; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg178 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Liam Murray, Brian Johnston, Athene Lane, Ian Harvey, Jenny Donovan, Prakash Nair, and Richard Harvey

Relationship between body mass and gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms: The Bristol Helicobacter Project
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 645-650; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg108 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Dixon and J Jankowski

Commentary: The relation of obesity, reflux and its implications
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 650-651; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg227 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tutorial:

Nancy Krieger

Genders, sexes, and health: what are the connections—and why does it matter?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 652-657; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg156 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor:

Anna-Karin Hurtig, Miguel San Sebastian, and Jack Siemiatycki

Epidemiology on the side of the angels ... or the people?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 658-659; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg210 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ian Roberts

Biological warfare and the people of Iraq
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 660-661; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg226 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Zubair Kabir and Luke Clancy

Global trends in adenocarcinomas and obesity: an epidemiologic link?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 661-662; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg223 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Essay Reviews:

John Lynch and George Davey Smith

Rates and states: reflections on the health of nations
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 663-670; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg096 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

FC Taylor

Essential Epidemiology: Principles and Applications.: Oleckno W. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press Inc., 2002, pp. 368, US$34.95 ISBN: 1-57766-216-4.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 671; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg219 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Louise Locock

Ethical Dimensions of Health Policy.: M Danis, C Clancy and LR Churchill (eds). New York: Oxford University Press, 2002, pp. 395, £42.50 (HB) ISBN: 0-19-514070-2.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 671-672; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg196 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alastair V Campbell

Ethics and Evidence-Based Medicine: Fallibility and Responsibility in Clinical Science.: Kenneth W Goodman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, pp. 140, (PB) £19.95 ISBN: 0-521-79653-9, (HB) £55.00 ISBN: 0-521-81933-4.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 672-673; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg220 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mary Shaw

Tackling Health Inequalities Since the Acheson Inquiry.: M Exworthy, M Stuart, D Blane, M Marmot. Published for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation by The Policy Press: Bristol, 2003, pp. 68, £14.95 ISBN: 1-86134-504-6.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 673-674; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg229 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mervyn Susser

Peptic Ulcer: Rise and Fall.: Christie DA, Tansey EM (eds). Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine. Vol.14, 2002. London: The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, 2002, £10.00 ISBN: 0-85484-084-2.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 674-675; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg194 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nick Crossley

A Phenomenology of Working Class Experience.: SJ Charlesworth. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. 312, £16.95 ISBN: 0-521-659159.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 675-676; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg234 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jørn Olsen

ActivEpi Companion Textbook. A Supplement for Use with the ActivEpi CD-ROM.: DG Kleinbaum, KM Sullivan and ND Barker. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2003, pp. 518, £28.00 (PB) ISBN 0-387-95574-7.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 676; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg198 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Books Received:

Books Received
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 677; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg200 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bulletin Board:

Bulletin Board
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 678; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg129 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Spotlight:

Spotlight
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 679-681; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg130 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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