International Journal of Epidemiology

Editor's Choice:

Shah Ebrahim

Colds, international policy and inequalities
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 233-234; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh133 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial:

Hans-Werner Hense

Observations, predictions and decisions—assessing cardiovascular risk assessment
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 235-239; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh118 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Views from the IEA Council:

Rodolfo Saracci

Public health and epidemiological research: a blind spot among the European Union priorities?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 240-242; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh092 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reprints and Reflections:

Report of the Patulin Clinical Trials Committee, Medical Research Council

Clinical trial of patulin in the common cold
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 243-246; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh028 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ted J Kaptchuk and Catherine E Kerr

Commentary: Unbiased divination, unbiased evidence, and the patulin clinical trial
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 247-251; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh047 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ian Sutherland

Commentary: MRC Patulin trial
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 252; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh134 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Iain Chalmers and Mike Clarke

Commentary: The 1944 patulin trial: the first properly controlled multicentre trial conducted under the aegis of the British Medical Research Council
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 253-260; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh162 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Diversion:

Peter Porter

A Consumer's Report
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 261; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh080 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Theme: Inequality:

Ligia Regina Sansigolo Kerr-Pontes, Ana Cláudia Dorta Montenegro, Maurício Lima Barreto, Guilherme Loureiro Werneck, and Hermann Feldmeier

Inequality and leprosy in Northeast Brazil: an ecological study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 262-269; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh002 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Diana NJ Lockwood

Commentary: Leprosy and poverty
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 269-270; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh115 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Benita Jackson, Laura D Kubzansky, Sheldon Cohen, Scott Weiss, and Rosalind J Wright

A matter of life and breath: childhood socioeconomic status is related to young adult pulmonary function in the CARDIA study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 271-278; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh003 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Annett Arntzen, Sven Ove Samuelsen, Leiv S Bakketeig, and Camilla Stoltenberg

Socioeconomic status and risk of infant death. A population-based study of trends in Norway, 1967–1998
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 279-288; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh054 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jonathan R Emberson, Peter H Whincup, Richard W Morris, and Mary Walker

Social class differences in coronary heart disease in middle-aged British men: implications for prevention
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 289-296; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh006 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Marmot

Commentary: Risk factors or social causes?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 297-298; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh084 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Young-Ho Khang, John W Lynch, and George A Kaplan

Health inequalities in Korea: age- and sex-specific educational differences in the 10 leading causes of death
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 299-308; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg244 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mia Son

Commentary: Why the educational effect is so strong in differentials of mortality in Korea?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 308-310; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh017 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Amir Shmueli

Population health and income inequality: new evidence from Israeli time-series analysis
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 311-317; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh035 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nancy A Ross and John Lynch

Commentary: The contingencies of income inequality and health: reflections on the Canadian Experience
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 318-319; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh108 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chi Pang Wen, Shan P Tsai, Yaw-Tang Shih, and Wen-Shen Isabella Chung

Bridging the gap in life expectancy of the aborigines in Taiwan
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 320-327; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh009 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes:

Hye Soon Park, Sang Woo Oh, Sung-Il Cho, Woong Hwan Choi, and Young Soel Kim

The metabolic syndrome and associated lifestyle factors among South Korean adults
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 328-336; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh032 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Infectious Diseases:

Jan H Richardus, Peter G Nicholls, Richard P Croft, Stephen G Withington, and W Cairns S Smith

Incidence of acute nerve function impairment and reactions in leprosy: a prospective cohort analysis after 5 years of follow-up
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 337-343; doi:10.1093/ije/dyg225 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MD Gupte, BN Murthy, K Mahmood, S Meeralakshmi, B Nagaraju, and R Prabhakaran

Application of lot quality assurance sampling for leprosy elimination monitoring—examination of some critical factors
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 344-348; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh024 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nina Marano and Brian Plikaytis

Commentary: Strategic surveillance—key to attainment of leprosy control and elimination goals at the local level
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 349-350; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh085 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Suzanne Verver, Robin M Warren, Zahn Munch, Emilia Vynnycky, Paul D van Helden, Madalene Richardson, Gian D van der Spuy, Donald A Enarson, Martien W Borgdorff, Marcel A Behr, and Nulda Beyers

Transmission of tuberculosis in a high incidence urban community in South Africa
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 351-357; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh021 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anna Gzyl, Ewa Augustynowicz, Daniel Rabczenko, Grzegorz Gniadek, and Janusz Slusarczyk

Pertussis in Poland
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 358-365; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh012 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kathryn M Edwards and Natasha B Halasa

Commentary: Is pertussis disease increasing?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 365-366; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh066 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Aaby, Henrik Jensen, Amabelia Rodrigues, May-Lill Garly, Christine Stabell Benn, Ida Maria Lisse, and Francois Simondon

Divergent female–male mortality ratios associated with different routine vaccinations among female–male twin pairs
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 367-373; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh004 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Aaby, Henrik Jensen, Joaquim Gomes, Manual Fernandes, and Ida Maria Lisse

The introduction of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine and child mortality in rural Guinea-Bissau: an observational study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 374-380; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh005 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew Hall

Commentary: Vaccines and unexpected events
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 381; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh086 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Social Epidemiology:

Seeromanie Harding

Mortality of migrants from the Caribbean to England and Wales: effect of duration of residence
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 382-386; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh059 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francesco P Cappuccio

Commentary: Epidemiological transition, migration, and cardiovascular disease
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 387-388; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh091 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rikke Lund, Bjørn Evald Holstein, and Merete Osler

Marital history from age 15 to 40 years and subsequent 10-year mortality: a longitudinal study of Danish males born in 1953
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 389-397; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh065 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Luisa N Borrell, Ana V Diez Roux, Kathryn Rose, Diane Catellier, and Bobby L Clark

Neighbourhood characteristics and mortality in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 398-407; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh063 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Diana Kuh, Marcus Richards, Rebecca Hardy, Suzie Butterworth, and Michael EJ Wadsworth

Childhood cognitive ability and deaths up until middle age: a post-war birth cohort study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 408-413; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh043 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Merete Osler and G David Batty

Commentary: Influence of early life intelligence test performance on later health: do lower scoring children become less healthy adults?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 414-415; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh095 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Theory and Methods:

Irene GM van Valkengoed, Servaas A Morré, Adriaan JC van den Brule, Chris JLM Meijer, Lex M Bouter, and A Joan P Boeke

Overestimation of complication rates in evaluations of Chlamydia trachomatis screening programmes—implications for cost-effectiveness analyses
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 416-425; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh029 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

AE Ades

Commentary: Evidence synthesis and evidence consistency
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 426-427; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh103 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Essay Review:

Maurice King

Population policy: ‘Under the Banyan tree’.: A political determinant of starvation and violence of enormous magnitude
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 428-430; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh051 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John C Caldwell

Commentary: Maurice King versus Sheldon Segal: an unnecessary battle
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 430-431; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh052 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letter to the Editor:

Roberta Pacifici, Pier Giorgio Zuccaro, Silvano Gallus, Paolo Colombo, Silvio Garattini, and Carlo La Vecchia

Use of cigarette vending machines by minors in Italy
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 432; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh075 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miscellaneous:

Debbie A Lawlor

A book and website all IJE readers should know about • Forey B, Hamling J, Lee P, Wald N. International smoking statistics (2^nd edition). A collection of historical data from 30 economically developed countries. Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Oxford: Oxford Medical Publications, 2002, pp. 854. £110.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 433-434; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh058 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicola Low

Effective Sexual Health Interventions. Issues in Experimental Design. Judith M Stephenson, John Imrie, Chris Bonell (eds). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 248, £55.00 ISBN: 0-19-850849-2.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 435; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh067 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anna Gilmore

Global Public Health: A New Era. Robert Beaglehole. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 304, £27.50 ISBN: 0-19-851529-4.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 435; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh069 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rachael Gooberman-Hill

Dependence and Autonomy in Old Age: An Ethical Framework for Long-Term Care. George J Agich. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp. 207, £26.95 (PB) ISBN: 0-521-00920-0.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 435-436; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh072 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Gunnell

The Epidemiology of Schizophrenia. Murray RM, Jones PB, Susser E, Van Os J, Cannon M (eds). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002, pp. 470, £55.00 ISBN: 0-521-77540-X.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 436-437; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh076 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rod Jackson

Risk Stratification: A Practical Guide for Clinicians. Miller CC, Reardon MJ, Safi HJ. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, pp. 188, (PB) £25.95 ISBN: 0-521-66945-6.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 437; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh078 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mary Shaw

Child Poverty in the Developing World. Gordon D, Nandy S, Pantazis C, Pemberton S, Townsend P. Bristol: The Policy Press, 2003, £9.99 (PB) ISBN: 1-86134-559-3.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 437-438; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh079 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Books Received
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 439; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh070 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Courses, meetings and conferences listed
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