Int. J. Epidemiol. -- Table of Contents (32 [6])

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Contents: Volume 32, Number 6: December 2003   [Index by Author]      Other Issues:

       Editor's Choice

       Editorials

       Reprints and Reflections

       Symposium

       Photoessay

       Special Theme: Mental Health

       Income Inequality and Health

       Theory and Methods

       Population Health

       Paediatric Epidemiology

       Letters to the Editor

       Book Reviews

       Books Received

       Bulletin Board

       Spotlight

       Reviewers

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Editor's Choice:

Shah Ebrahim: Randomization, trials and tribulations
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 901; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg327 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials:

David Gunnell and Michael Eddleston: Suicide by intentional ingestion of pesticides: a continuing tragedy in developing countries
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 902-909; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg307 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reprints and Reflections:

George Bernard Shaw: The Doctor’s Dilemma
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 910-915; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg233 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Liam Donaldson: Commentary: The Doctor’s Dilemma: a response
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 915-916; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg322 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Julian Tudor Hart: Commentary: A very Fabian dilemma
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 916-917; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg231 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sally Peters: Commentary: Bernard Shaw’s dilemma: marked by mortality
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 918-919; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg262 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

K Srinath Reddy: Commentary: Shaw’s critique of health care is still valid
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 919-921; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg323 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Symposium:

Iain Chalmers: Fisher and Bradford Hill: theory and pragmatism?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 922-924; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg295 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Peter Armitage: Fisher, Bradford Hill, and randomization
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 925-928; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg286 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Richard Doll: Fisher and Bradford Hill: their personal impact
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 929-931; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg287 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Harry M Marks: Rigorous uncertainty: why RA Fisher is important
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 932-937; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg288 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Walter Bodmer: RA Fisher, statistician and geneticist extraordinary: a personal view
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 938-942; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg289 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Julie Milton: Spies, magicians, and Enid Blyton: how they can help improve clinical trials
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 943-944; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg285 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

: Fisher and Bradford Hill: a discussion
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 945-948; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg316 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Photoessay:

Achinto and Mary Shaw: Childhood
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 949; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg317 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Special Theme: Mental Health:

Carles Muntaner, Carme Borrell, Joan Benach, M Isabel Pasarín, and Esteve Fernandez: The associations of social class and social stratification with patterns of general and mental health in a Spanish population
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 950-958; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg170 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M Bartley: Commentary: Relating social structure and health
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 958-960; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg232 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Allan Steingart, Michelle Cotterchio, Nancy Kreiger, and Margaret Sloan: Antidepressant medication use and breast cancer risk: a case-control study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 961-966; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg155 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

K McPherson: Commentary: Antidepressants and breast cancer risk
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 966-967; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg243 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Laura Pulkki, Mika Kivimäki, Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen, Marko Elovainio, Marketta Leino, and Jorma Viikari: Contribution of adolescent and early adult personality to the inverse association between education and cardiovascular risk behaviours: prospective population-based cohort study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 968-975; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg097 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Richie Poulton and Avshalom Caspi: Commentary: Personality and the socioeconomic–health gradient
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 975-977; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg236 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Kamlesh Joshi, Rajesh Kumar, and Ajit Avasthi: Morbidity profile and its relationship with disability and psychological distress among elderly people in Northern India
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 978-987; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg204 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Rowan H Harwood: Commentary: Disability amongst elderly people world-wide: the need for multi-dimensional health assessment
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 988-989; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg309 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Eva Prescott, Claus Holst, Morten Grønbæk, Peter Schnohr, Gorm Jensen, and John Barefoot: Vital exhaustion as a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and all-cause mortality in a community sample. A prospective study of 4084 men and 5479 women in the Copenhagen City Heart Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 990-997; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg235 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

John Macleod and Doug Carroll: Commentary: What should we make of associations between vital exhaustion and heart disease?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 997-999; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg303 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Tomas Hemmingsson and David Kriebel: Smoking at age 18–20 and suicide during 26 years of follow-up—how can the association be explained?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1000-1004; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg203 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Bruce Leistikow: Commentary: Questionable premises, overadjustment, and a smoking/suicide association in younger adult men
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1005-1006; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg326 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Yiing-Jenq Chou, Nicole Huang, Cheng-Hua Lee, Shu-Ling Tsai, Jen-Huoy Tsay, Long-Shen Chen, and Pesus Chou: Suicides after the 1999 Taiwan earthquake
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1007-1014; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg296 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P Virtanen, V Liukkonen, J Vahtera, M Kivimäki, and M Koskenvuo: Health inequalities in the workforce: the labour market core–periphery structure
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1015-1021; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg319 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Income Inequality and Health:

SV Subramanian and Ichiro Kawachi: The association between state income inequality and worse health is not confounded by race
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1022-1028; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg245 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

John Lynch, Sam Harper, and George Davey Smith: Commentary: Plugging leaks and repelling boarders—where to next for the SS Income Inequality?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1029-1036; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg318 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

SV Subramanian and Ichiro Kawachi: Response: In defence of the income inequality hypothesis
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1037-1040; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg325 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Theory and Methods:

Saul S Morris, Robert E Black, and Lana Tomaskovic: Predicting the distribution of under-five deaths by cause in countries without adequate vital registration systems
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1041-1051; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg241 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Alan D Lopez: Commentary: Estimating the causes of child deaths
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1052-1053; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh298 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Arthur Schatzkin, Victor Kipnis, Raymond J Carroll, Douglas Midthune, Amy F Subar, Sheila Bingham, Dale A Schoeller, Richard P Troiano, and Laurence S Freedman: A comparison of a food frequency questionnaire with a 24-hour recall for use in an epidemiological cohort study: results from the biomarker-based Observing Protein and Energy Nutrition (OPEN) study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1054-1062; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg264 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Martyn Plummer and Rudolf Kaaks: Commentary: An OPEN assessment of dietary measurement errors
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1062-1063; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg310 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Karen Y Fung, Daniel Krewski, Yue Chen, Rick Burnett, and Sabit Cakmak: Comparison of time series and case-crossover analyses of air pollution and hospital admission data
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1064-1070; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg246 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Shakoor Hajat: Commentary: Comparison of time series and case-crossover analyses of air pollution and hospital admission data
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1071; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg300 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R McNamee: Efficiency of two-phase designs for prevalence estimation
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1072-1078; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg230 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Martin Prince: Commentary: Two-phase surveys. A death is announced; no flowers please
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1078-1080; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg321 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Population Health:

Mall Leinsalu, Denny Vågerö, and Anton E Kunst: Estonia 1989–2000: enormous increase in mortality differences by education
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1081-1087; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg192 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Martin McKee: Commentary: Winners and losers
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1087-1088; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg299 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Zachary Zimmer and James S House: Education, income, and functional limitation transitions among American adults: contrasting onset and progression
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1089-1097; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg254 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Paediatric Epidemiology:

O Müller, M Garenne, P Reitmaier, A Baltussen van Zweeden, B Kouyate, and H Becher: Effect of zinc supplementation on growth in West African children: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial in rural Burkina Faso
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1098-1102; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg190 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Kenneth H Brown: Commentary: Zinc and child growth
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1103-1104; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg320 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Katsuyasu Kouda, Harunobu Nakamura, WenYing Fan, and Hiroichi Takeuchi: Negative relationships between growth in height and levels of cholesterol in puberty: a 3-year follow-up study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1105-1110; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg207 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Rebecca Hardy and Claudia Langenberg: Commentary: The association between height growth and cholesterol levels during puberty: implications for adult health
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1110-1111; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg315 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the Editor:

Margaret Hoffman, Lynn Rosenberg, and Samuel Shapiro: Case-control studies of screening should carry a health warning. Response
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1112; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg329 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C Shyam: Epidemiology through the eyes of clinicians
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1113-1114; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg324 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Henrica CW de Vet, Jacqueline M Dekker, Evert Ben Van Veen, and Jørn Olsen: Access to data from European registries for epidemiological research: results from a survey by the International Epidemiological Association European Federation
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1114-1115; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg314 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

M Khlat and N Darmon: Is there a Mediterranean migrants mortality paradox in Europe?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1115-1118; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg308 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Martin Gulliford, Deepak Mahabir, and Brian Rocke: Food insecurity definitions and body mass index. Response
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1118-1119; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg330 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Wen-Chung Lee: Detecting population stratification using a panel of single nucleotide polymorphisms
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1120; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg301 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Reviews:

Julian Tudor Hart: Creating the National Health Service: Aneurin Bevan and the Medical Lords.: Marvin Rintala. London/Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 2003, pp. 163, £45.00 (HB) ISBN: 0-7146-5506-6, £18.50 (PB) ISBN: 0-7146-8404-X.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1121-1122; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg331 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

John Lynch: A Life Course Approach to Women’s Health.: Kuh D, Hardy R (eds). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002, pp. 336, £37.50 ISBN: 0-19-263289-2.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1122-1123; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg332 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Hannah Johnson: Media and Health.: Seale C. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2003. (PB) £18.99 ISBN: 0-7619-4730-2.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1123; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg311 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Stephen Leeder: Foundations for Health Improvement: Productive Epidemiological Public Health Research 1919–1998.: WW Holland with Leon Gordis, Susie Stewart, J Michael O’Brien, and Frank-Peter Schelp. London: The Nuffield Trust, 2002, pp. 236, £21.50. ISBN: 0-11-702994-7.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1123-1125; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg297 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Marcel Zwahlen: Prevention Effectiveness: A Guide to Decision Analysis and Economic Evaluation, 2nd Edn.: Haddix A, Teutsch SM, Corso PS. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 264, £32.50 (HB) ISBN: 0-19-514897-5.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1125-1126; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg302 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Books Received:

: Books Received
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1127; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg306 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Bulletin Board:

: Courses, meetings and conferences listed
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1128; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg133 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Spotlight:

: Spotlight
Int. J. Epidemiol. 32: 1129-1131; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg134 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviewers:

: September 2002–August 2003
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