International Journal of Epidemiology

Editor's Choice:

George Davey Smith

Genetic epidemiology: an ‘enlightened narrative’?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 923-924; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh336 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorial:

Lyle J Palmer

The New Epidemiology: putting the pieces together in complex disease aetiology
IJE Advance Access published on September 9, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 925-928; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh326 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews:

Eva Jablonka

Epigenetic epidemiology
IJE Advance Access published on May 27, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 929-935; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh231 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Muin J Khoury, Robert Millikan, Julian Little, and Marta Gwinn

The emergence of epidemiology in the genomics age
IJE Advance Access published on August 19, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 936-944; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh278 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Paolo Vineis

A self-fulfilling prophecy: are we underestimating the role of the environment in gene–environment interaction research?
IJE Advance Access published on August 19, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 945-946; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh277 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Diversion:

Anne Stevenson

A Ballad for Apothecaries
IJE Advance Access published on April 22, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 947; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh137 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Special Theme: Genetic Epidemiology:

A Iliadou, S Cnattingius, and P Lichtenstein

Low birthweight and Type 2 diabetes: A study on 11 162 Swedish twins
IJE Advance Access published on May 27, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 948-953; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh117 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

DIW Phillips

Commentary: Twins, low birthweight and type 2 diabetes
IJE Advance Access published on May 27, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 953-954; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh217 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Rachel Sparks, Jeannette Bigler, Justin G Sibert, John D Potter, Yutaka Yasui, and Cornelia M Ulrich

TGFß1 polymorphism (L10P) and risk of colorectal adenomatous and hyperplastic polyps
IJE Advance Access published on March 11, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 955-961; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sarah J Lewis and Eric J Brunner

Methodological problems in genetic association studies of longevity—the apolipoprotein E gene as an example
IJE Advance Access published on August 19, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 962-970; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh214 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Gail McKeown-Eyssen, Cornelia Baines, David EC Cole, Nicole Riley, Rachel F Tyndale, Lynn Marshall, and Vartouhi Jazmaji

Case-control study of genotypes in multiple chemical sensitivity: CYP2D6, NAT1, NAT2, PON1, PON2 and MTHFR
IJE Advance Access published on July 15, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 971-978; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh251 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Akemi Morita, Masayuki Iki, Yoshiko Dohi, Yukihiro Ikeda, Sadanobu Kagamimori, Yoshiko Kagawa, Toshihisa Matsuzaki, Hideo Yoneshima, and Fumiaki Marumo for JPOS Study Group

Prediction of bone mineral density from vitamin D receptor polymorphisms is uncertain in representative samples of Japanese Women. The Japanese Population-based Osteoporosis (JPOS) Study
IJE Advance Access published on September 9, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 979-988; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh245 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Nigel Morrison

Commentary: Vitamin D receptor polymorphism and bone mineral density: effect size in Caucasians means detection is uncertain in small studies
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 989-994; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh367 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

G McNeill, C Tuya, and WCS Smith

The role of genetic and environmental factors in the association between birthweight and blood pressure: evidence from meta-analysis of twin studies
IJE Advance Access published on September 16, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 995-1001; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh260 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Bernard Keavney, Alison Palmer, Sarah Parish, Sarah Clark, Linda Youngman, John Danesh, Colin McKenzie, Marc Delépine, Mark Lathrop, Richard Peto, and Rory Collins for the International Studies of Infarct Survival Collaborators

Lipid-related genes and myocardial infarction in 4685 cases and 3460 controls: discrepancies between genotype, blood lipid concentrations, and coronary disease risk
IJE Advance Access published on July 15, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1002-1013; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh275 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Nicolle M Gatto, Ulka B Campbell, Andrew G Rundle, and Habibul Ahsan

Further development of the case-only design for assessing gene–environment interaction: evaluation of and adjustment for bias
IJE Advance Access published on September 9, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1014-1024; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh306 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Cancer:

Martin C Mahoney, Silvana Lawvere, Karen L Falkner, Yuri I Averkin, Vladislav A Ostapenko, Arthur M Michalek, Kirsten B Moysich, and Philip L McCarthy

Thyroid cancer incidence trends in Belarus: examining the impact of Chernobyl
IJE Advance Access published on May 27, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1025-1033; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh201 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Karen D Cowgill, Christopher A Loffredo, Soheir Abdel-Latif Eissa, Nadia Mokhtar, Mohamed Abdel-Hamid, Ahmed Fahmy, and G Thomas Strickland

Case-control study of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and hepatitis C virus infection in Egypt
IJE Advance Access published on May 20, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1034-1039; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh183 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Methodology:

David Kriebel, Ariana Zeka, Ellen A Eisen, and David H Wegman

Quantitative evaluation of the effects of uncontrolled confounding by alcohol and tobacco in occupational cancer studies
IJE Advance Access published on May 20, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1040-1045; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh151 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Accidents And Violence:

Gerdur Run Gudlaugsdottir, Runar Vilhjalmsson, Gudrun Kristjansdottir, Rune Jacobsen, and Dan Meyrowitsch

Violent behaviour among adolescents in Iceland: a national survey
IJE Advance Access published on August 19, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1046-1051; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh190 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Colleen A Halliday-Boykins

Commentary: Antisocial behaviour—multidetermined across cultures
IJE Advance Access published on August 19, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1052; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh247 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Philippe Lunetta, Gordon S Smith, Antti Penttilä, and Antti Sajantila

Unintentional drowning in Finland 1970–2000: a population-based study
IJE Advance Access published on June 24, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1053-1063; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh194 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Marilyn L Browne

Commentary: Priorities in epidemiological studies of drowning prevention
IJE Advance Access published on June 24, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1063-1064; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh255 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Socioeconomic Influences:

Anne Ellaway, Laura McKay, Sally Macintyre, Ade Kearns, and Rosemary Hiscock

Are social comparisons of homes and cars related to psychosocial health?
IJE Advance Access published on July 15, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1065-1071; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh197 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Archana Singh-Manoux, Jane E Ferrie, Tarani Chandola, and Michael Marmot

Socioeconomic trajectories across the life course and health outcomes in midlife: evidence for the accumulation hypothesis?
IJE Advance Access published on July 15, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1072-1079; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh224 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Infectious Diseases:

D Zurovac, AK Rowe, SA Ochola, AM Noor, B Midia, M English, and RW Snow

Predictors of the quality of health worker treatment practices for uncomplicated malaria at government health facilities in Kenya
IJE Advance Access published on July 15, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1080-1091; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh253 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Giovanna Raso, Anne Luginbühl, Cinthia A Adjoua, Norbert T Tian-Bi, Kigbafori D Silué, Barbara Matthys, Penelope Vounatsou, Yulan Wang, Marc-Emmanuel Dumas, Elaine Holmes, Burton H Singer, Marcel Tanner, Eliézer K N'Goran, and Jürg Utzinger

Multiple parasite infections and their relationship to self-reported morbidity in a community of rural Côte d'Ivoire
IJE Advance Access published on July 15, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1092-1102; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh241 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Other Original Papers:

Gonghuan Yang, Jiemin Ma, Ai Ping Chen, Shannon Brown, Carl E Taylor, and Jonathan M Samet

Smoking among adolescents in China: 1998 survey findings
IJE Advance Access published on June 24, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1103-1110; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh225 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

TH Lam

Commentary: Adolescent smoking, school leavers, youth smoking prevention and the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
IJE Advance Access published on June 24, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1110-1111; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh254 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Vivian Bos, Anton E Kunst, Ingeborg M Keij-Deerenberg, Joop Garssen, and Johan P Mackenbach

Ethnic inequalities in age- and cause-specific mortality in The Netherlands
IJE Advance Access published on May 27, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1112-1119; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh189 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

P Preziosi, S Czernichow, P Gehanno, and S Hercberg

Workplace air-conditioning and health services attendance among French middle-aged women: a prospective cohort study
IJE Advance Access published on August 19, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1120-1123; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh136 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Mark J Mendell

Commentary: Air conditioning as a risk for increased use of health services
IJE Advance Access published on August 19, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1123-1126; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh264 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Symposium:

Neil Pearce

The globalization of epidemiology: introductory remarks
IJE Advance Access published on June 24, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1127-1131; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh114 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Mauricio L Barreto

The globalization of epidemiology: critical thoughts from Latin America
IJE Advance Access published on June 24, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1132-1137; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh113 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Mason Durie

Understanding health and illness: research at the interface between science and indigenous knowledge
IJE Advance Access published on June 24, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1138-1143; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh250 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Rene Loewenson

Epidemiology in the era of globalization: skills transfer or new skills?
IJE Advance Access published on May 6, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1144-1150; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh112 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the Editor:

Vito MR Muggeo

A note on temperature effect estimate in mortality time series analysis
IJE Advance Access published on August 19, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1151-1152; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh296 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JR Emberson, PH Whincup, RW Morris, and M Walker

Reducing social inequalities and the prevention of coronary heart disease
IJE Advance Access published on August 19, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1152-1153; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh287 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Miscellaneous:

Book Reviews:

Sarah J Lewis

Human Genome Epidemiology: A Scientific Foundation for Using Genetic Information to Improve Health Prevent Disease. Khoury MJ, Little J and Burke W (eds). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 549, £39.50 (HB). ISBN: 0-19-514674-3.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1154; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh279 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Bianca L De Stavola

Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis: Modelling Change and Event Occurrence. Judith D Singer, John B Willett. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 644, £39.50 (HB). ISBN: 0-19-515296-4.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1154-1155; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh280 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Manolis Kogevinas

Research Methods in Occupational Epidemiology. H Checkoway, N Pearce, D Kriebel. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 386, £29.95 (HB). ISBN: 0-19-509242-2.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1155-1156; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh281 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Debbie A Lawlor

Women's Health. Fifth Edn. Deborah Waller, Ann McPherson (eds). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 714, £39.95 (PB). ISBN: 0-19-263286-8.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1156-1157; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh282 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Susan Morton

Weighing the Evidence: How is Birthweight Determined? Nick Spencer. Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press, 2003, pp. 200, £27.95 (PB) ISBN: 1-85775-594-4.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1157; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh291 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

AJ Hedley and SM McGhee

Design and Implementation of Health Information Systems. T Lippeveld, R Sauerborn, C Bodart (eds). Geneva: World Health Organization, 2000, pp. 270, US$ 63.00 ISBN: 92-4-156199-8.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1158; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh292 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Roger Harbord

Statistics for Epidemiology. Nicholas P Jewell. Boca Raton: Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2004, pp. 352, $69.95 (HB) ISBN: 1-58488-433-9
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1158-1159; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh293 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sofia Gruskin

Health and Social Justice: Politics, Ideology and Inequity in the Distribution of Disease. Richard Hofrichter (ed.): San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, John Wiley and Sons, 2003, pp. 688, £34.50 (PB) ISBN: 0787967335.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1159-1160; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh294 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Walter Holland

Towards the Global Elimination of Brain Damage due to Iodine Deficiency. B Hetzel, F Delange, J Dunn, J Ling, V Mannar, C Pandav (eds), 2004, New Delhi, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 578 (PB), ISBN: 019-567095-7.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1160-1161; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh316 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Books Received:

Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1162; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh145 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Bulletin Board:

Int. J. Epidemiol. 33: 1163; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh365 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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