International Journal of Epidemiology

Editor's Choice:

Shah Ebrahim

Socioeconomic position (again), causes and confounding
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 237-238; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi041 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorial:

Mary Shaw

Photography as a metaphor for (epidemiological) research
IJE Advance Access published on April 1, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 239-241; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi034 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reprints and Reflections:

Geoffrey Rose

Incubation period of coronary heart disease
IJE Advance Access published on March 11, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 242-244; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh308 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Anwar T Merchant, Sonia S Anand, and Salim Yusuf

Commentary: Insights from cross-population studies: Rose revisited
IJE Advance Access published on March 11, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 244-246; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh330 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ole Færgeman

Commentary: Geoffrey Rose's thinking about coronary artery disease
IJE Advance Access published on March 11, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 246-247; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh331 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Peter McCarron and George Davey Smith

Commentary: Incubation of coronary heart disease—recent developments
IJE Advance Access published on March 11, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 248-250; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi057 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Cohort Profile:

Michael Marmot and Eric Brunner

Cohort Profile: The Whitehall II study
IJE Advance Access published on December 2, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 251-256; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh372 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Photoessay:

Phillip Mizen

Emerging into the light: working children's photodiaries
IJE Advance Access published on March 31, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 257-259; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh366 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Special Theme: Socioeconomic Position and Health:

Tomas Hemmingsson and Ingvar Lundberg

How far are socioeconomic differences in coronary heart disease hospitalization, all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality among adult Swedish males attributable to negative childhood circumstances and behaviour in adolescence?
IJE Advance Access published on August 27, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 260-267; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh314 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J Yarnell, S Yu, E McCrum, D Arveiler, B Hass, J Dallongeville, M Montaye, P Amouyel, J Ferrières, J-B Ruidavets, A Evans, A Bingham, and P Ducimetière for the PRIME study group

Education, socioeconomic and lifestyle factors, and risk of coronary heart disease: the PRIME Study
IJE Advance Access published on August 19, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 268-275; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh267 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

E Breeze, DA Jones, P Wilkinson, CJ Bulpitt, C Grundy, AM Latif, and AE Fletcher

Area deprivation, social class, and quality of life among people aged 75 years and over in Britain
IJE Advance Access published on January 19, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 276-283; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh328 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ana V Diez Roux

Commentary: Estimating and understanding area health effects
IJE Advance Access published on March 31, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 284-285; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi020 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Johan P Mackenbach, Pekka Martikainen, Caspar WN Looman, Jetty AA Dalstra, Anton E Kunst, Eero Lahelma, and members of the SEdHA working group

The shape of the relationship between income and self-assessed health: an international study
IJE Advance Access published on November 23, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 286-293; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh338 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]

Johan Fritzell

Commentary: On form, comparability, and levels in the income and health relationship
IJE Advance Access published on January 19, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 293-294; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh412 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Anton E Kunst, Vivian Bos, Eero Lahelma, Mel Bartley, Inge Lissau, Enrique Regidor, Andreas Mielck, Mario Cardano, Jetty AA Dalstra, José JM Geurts, Uwe Helmert, Carin Lennartsson, Jorun Ramm, Teresa Spadea, Willibald J Stronegger, and Johan P Mackenbach

Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in self-assessed health in 10 European countries
IJE Advance Access published on November 24, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 295-305; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh342 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Richard Mitchell

Commentary: The decline of death—how do we measure and interpret changes in self-reported health across cultures and time?
IJE Advance Access published on November 24, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 306-308; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh361 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Richard P Sloan, Mei-Hua Huang, Stephen Sidney, Kiang Liu, O Dale Williams, and Teresa Seeman

Socioeconomic status and health: is parasympathetic nervous system activity an intervening mechanism?
IJE Advance Access published on January 19, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 309-315; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh381 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JAA Dalstra, AE Kunst, C Borrell, E Breeze, E Cambois, G Costa, JJM Geurts, E Lahelma, H Van Oyen, NK Rasmussen, E Regidor, T Spadea, and JP Mackenbach

Socioeconomic differences in the prevalence of common chronic diseases: an overview of eight European countries
IJE Advance Access published on February 28, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 316-326; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh386 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Karri Silventoinen, James Pankow, Pekka Jousilahti, Gang Hu, and Jaakko Tuomilehto

Educational inequalities in the metabolic syndrome and coronary heart disease among middle-aged men and women
IJE Advance Access published on January 19, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 327-334; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Chris Power, Hilary Graham, Pernille Due, Johan Hallqvist, Inez Joung, Diana Kuh, and John Lynch

The contribution of childhood and adult socioeconomic position to adult obesity and smoking behaviour: an international comparison
IJE Advance Access published on January 19, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 335-344; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh394 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Richie Poulton and Avshalom Caspi

Commentary: How does socioeconomic disadvantage during childhood damage health in adulthood? Testing psychosocial pathways
IJE Advance Access published on March 3, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 344-345; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi044 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Maternal and Child Health:

Elizabeth Dormandy, Susan Michie, Richard Hooper, and Theresa M Marteau

Low uptake of prenatal screening for Down syndrome in minority ethnic groups and socially deprived groups: a reflection of women's attitudes or a failure to facilitate informed choices?
IJE Advance Access published on February 28, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 346-352; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi021 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Roshni R Patel, Tim J Peters, and Deirdre J Murphy the ALSPAC Study Team

Prenatal risk factors for Caesarean section. Analyses of the ALSPAC cohort of 12 944 women in England
IJE Advance Access published on January 19, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 353-367; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh401 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]

Bridget Fenn, Saul S Morris, and Robert E Black

Comorbidity in childhood in northern Ghana: magnitude, associated factors, and impact on mortality
IJE Advance Access published on March 11, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 368-375; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh335 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Kim Mulholland

Commentary: Comorbidity as a factor in child health and child survival in developing countries
IJE Advance Access published on March 11, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 375-377; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi028 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Susanna Y Huh, Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman, Ken P Kleinman, Janet W Rich-Edwards, Steven E Lipshultz, and Matthew W Gillman

Maternal protein intake is not associated with infant blood pressure
IJE Advance Access published on December 2, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 378-384; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh373 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Tessa Roseboom

Commentary: Maternal diet during pregnancy and blood pressure in the offspring
IJE Advance Access published on March 3, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 385-386; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi033 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Carrie Shapiro-Mendoza, Beatrice J Selwyn, David P Smith, and Maureen Sanderson

Parental pregnancy intention and early childhood stunting: findings from Bolivia
IJE Advance Access published on November 23, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 387-396; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh354 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Cancer:

Kenji Shibuya and Eiji Yano

Regression analysis of trends in mortality from hepatocellular carcinoma in Japan, 1972–2001
IJE Advance Access published on November 23, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 397-402; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh358 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Omer Gersten

Commentary: Liver cancer and the epidemiological and cancer transition theories
IJE Advance Access published on January 19, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 403-404; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi004 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Michelle D Althuis, Jaclyn M Dozier, William F Anderson, Susan S Devesa, and Louise A Brinton

Global trends in breast cancer incidence and mortality 1973–1997
IJE Advance Access published on February 28, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 405-412; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh414 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Cardiovascular Disease:

Marco Ferrario, Paolo Chiodini, Lloyd E Chambless, Giancarlo Cesana, Diego Vanuzzo, Salvatore Panico, Roberto Sega, Lorenza Pilotto, Luigi Palmieri, and Simona Giampaoli for the CURORE Project Research Group

Prediction of coronary events in a low incidence population. Assessing accuracy of the CUORE Cohort Study prediction equation
IJE Advance Access published on January 19, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 413-421; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh405 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

W Moore, F Kee, AE Evans, EE McCrum-Gardner, C Morrison, and H Tunstall-Pedoe

Pre-hospital coronary care and coronary fatality in the Belfast and Glasgow MONICA populations
IJE Advance Access published on March 31, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 422-430; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh377 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Wayne Rosamond and Anne-Marie Johnson

Commentary: Modern day ‘flying ambulances’ for coronary care: a tale of two cities
IJE Advance Access published on March 31, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 431-432; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi018 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Mental Health:

David Gunnell, Olive Bennewith, Keith Hawton, Sue Simkin, and Nav Kapur

The epidemiology and prevention of suicide by hanging: a systematic review
IJE Advance Access published on January 19, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 433-442; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh398 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Emilia Bagiella, Victor Hong, and Richard P Sloan

Religious attendance as a predictor of survival in the EPESE cohorts
IJE Advance Access published on January 19, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 443-451; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh396 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Robert A Hummer

Commentary: Understanding religious involvement and mortality risk in the United States: comment on Bagiella, Hong, and Sloan
IJE Advance Access published on March 3, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 452-453; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi037 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Other Original Papers:

Elaine Scallan, Shannon E Majowicz, Gillian Hall, Anyana Banerjee, Cara L Bowman, Leslie Daly, Timothy Jones, Martyn D Kirk, Margaret Fitzgerald, and Fredrick J Angulo

Prevalence of diarrhoea in the community in Australia, Canada, Ireland, and the United States
IJE Advance Access published on January 19, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 454-460; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh413 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sally Macintyre, Laura McKay, and Anne Ellaway

Who is more likely to experience common disorders: men, women, or both equally? Lay perceptions in the West of Scotland
IJE Advance Access published on February 28, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 461-466; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh333 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Christian C Abnet, You-Lin Qiao, Sanford M Dawsey, Zhi-Wei Dong, Philip R Taylor, and Steven D Mark

Tooth loss is associated with increased risk of total death and death from upper gastrointestinal cancer, heart disease, and stroke in a Chinese population-based cohort
IJE Advance Access published on January 19, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 467-474; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh375 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Yu-Kang Tu and Mark S Gilthorpe

Commentary: Is tooth loss good or bad for general health?
IJE Advance Access published on January 19, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 475-476; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi005 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the Editor:

Peter Razzell and Christine Spence

Social capital and the history of mortality in Britain
IJE Advance Access published on March 3, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 477-478; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi035 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Simon Szreter

Response
IJE Advance Access published on March 3, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 479-480; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi036 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Vicente Navarro

Social Capital. Response
IJE Advance Access published on February 28, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 480-481; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi014 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Zubair Kabir

Adult chronic disease and childhood obesity: a life course approach in developing countries?
IJE Advance Access published on February 28, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 481-482; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi017 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Shinkan Tokudome, Imaeda Nahomi, Chiho Goto, Yuko Tokudome, and Malcolm A Moore

Black tea and cardiovascular disease
IJE Advance Access published on March 2, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 482-483; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh211 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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

Authors' response
IJE Advance Access published on March 2, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 483; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh212 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

William H James

A hypothesis on the sexual behaviour of men who are destined to develop prostate cancer
IJE Advance Access published on July 1, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 483-485; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh248 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Benedetto Terracini

Development of environmental epidemiology in Latin America: scope, methodological issues, priorities
IJE Advance Access published on May 20, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 485-487; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh230 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Bernard Harris

Health by association
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 488-490; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh409 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Simon Szreter

Reply to Bernard Harris
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 490-492; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh410 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Miscellaneous:

Essay Reviews:

Michael Marmot

‘Status, anxiety and health or My anxiety is bigger than yours’: Review of Status Anxiety. Alain de Botton. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2004, pp. 336, £10.99 (PB) ISBN: 0241142393
IJE Advance Access published on February 28, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 493-496; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi031 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Reviews:

Jake M Najman

Status Syndrome. Michael Marmot. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2004, pp. 288, £12.99 (PB) ISBN: 0747570493
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 497-498; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi032 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Manuel Posada

Toxic Oil Syndrome: Ten years of progress. Benedeto Terracini (ed.). World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe, 2004, pp. 191, ISBN: 92-890-1063-0
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 498-499; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi050 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Zoe Fewell

Statistical Evaluation of Measurement Errors: Design and Analysis of Reliability Studies. G Dunn. London: Arnold, 2004, pp. 224, £50.00 (HB), ISBN: 0-340-76070-2
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 499; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi051 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jennifer L Baker

The Obesity Myth: Why America's Obsession with Weight is Hazardous to Your Health. Paul Campos. New York: Gotham Books, 2004. pp. 290, $25 (HB), ISBN: 1592400663
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 499-500; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi052 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Mary Shaw

Health Inequality: An Introduction to Theories, Concepts and Methods. Mel Bartley. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2004, pp. 224, £16.99 (PB), ISBN: 0745627803
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 500-502; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi053 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

John Lynch

The Political and Social Contexts of Health. Navarro V (ed). New York: Baywood, 2004, pp. 246, $40.00 (PB), ISBN: 0-89503-299-6
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 502-503; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi054 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Books Received:

Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 504; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi055 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Bulletin Board:

Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 505; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi089 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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