International Journal of Epidemiology

Editor's Choice:

George Davey Smith

Infection, medical care and inequalities
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 507-508; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi111 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorial:

Matthias Egger, Andrew Boulle, Mauro Schechter, and Paolo Miotti

Antiretroviral therapy in resource-poor settings: scaling up inequalities?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 509-512; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi110 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views from the IEA Council:

Ana Azevedo, Ana Cristina Santos, and Elisabete Ramos

News from the IEA European Epidemiology Federation
IJE Advance Access published on April 14, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 513-514; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi068 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reprints and Reflections:

Thomas McKeown

Medical issues in historical demography
IJE Advance Access published on October 1, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 515-520; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh195 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Leonard G Wilson

Commentary: Medicine, population, and tuberculosis
IJE Advance Access published on October 1, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 521-524; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh196 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Gretchen A Condran

Commentary: History in the search of policy
IJE Advance Access published on October 1, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 525-526; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh213 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

S Ryan Johansson

Commentary: The pitfalls of policy history. Writing the past to change the present
IJE Advance Access published on October 1, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 526-529; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh223 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Emily Grundy

Commentary: The McKeown debate: time for burial
IJE Advance Access published on October 1, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 529-533; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh272 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Photoessay:

Luc Pauwels

Culture, community, and disease control
IJE Advance Access published on January 19, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 534-536; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh404 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Diversion:

Johan P Mackenbach

Odol, Autobahne and a non-smoking Führer: Reflections on the innocence of public health
IJE Advance Access published on March 3, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 537-539; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi039 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Special Theme: Infectious Diseases:

Adam Roth, Per Gustafson, Alexandro Nhaga, Queba Djana, Anja Poulsen, May-Lill Garly, Henrik Jensen, Morten Sodemann, Amabelia Rodriques, and Peter Aaby

BCG vaccination scar associated with better childhood survival in Guinea-Bissau
IJE Advance Access published on January 19, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 540-547; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh392 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

David Harley, Scott Ritchie, Chris Bain, and Adrian C Sleigh

Risks for Ross River virus disease in tropical Australia
IJE Advance Access published on January 19, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 548-555; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh411 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

K Robert Yaméogo, Robert T Perry, André Yaméogo, Chantal Kambiré, M Kader Kondé, Déogratias Nshimirimana, Robert Kezaala, Bradley S Hersh, K Lisa Cairns, and Peter Strebel

Migration as a risk factor for measles after a mass vaccination campaign, Burkina Faso, 2002
IJE Advance Access published on January 19, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 556-564; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Punam Mangtani, Jennifer A Roberts, Andrew J Hall, and Felicity T Cutts

An economic analysis of a pneumococcal vaccine programme in people aged over 64 years in a developed country setting
IJE Advance Access published on March 11, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 565-574; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh341 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]

Norman Waugh

Commentary: Pneumococcal immunization may not be cost-effective in the elderly in developed countries
IJE Advance Access published on March 11, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 575-576; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi009 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

C Costello, KE Nelson, V Suriyanon, S Sennun, S Tovanabutra, CM Heilig, S Shiboski, DJ Jamieson, V Robison, K Rungruenthanakit, and A Duerr

HIV-1 subtype E progression among northern Thai couples: traditional and non-traditional predictors of survival
IJE Advance Access published on February 28, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 577-584; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi023 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Veronica Miller

Commentary: Sifting through the maze of viral and host diversity and HIV/AIDS clinical progression
IJE Advance Access published on April 25, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 584-585; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi090 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes, Eliseu Alves Waldman, and Carme Borrell

Is it possible to reduce AIDS deaths without reinforcing socioeconomic inequalities in health?
IJE Advance Access published on February 28, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 586-592; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi022 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Cynthia M Pérez, Erick Suárez, Esther A Torres, Karisse Román, and Vivian Colón

Seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus and associated risk behaviours: a population-based study in San Juan, Puerto Rico
IJE Advance Access published on March 31, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 593-599; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi059 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

KH Jacobsen and JS Koopman

The effects of socioeconomic development on worldwide hepatitis A virus seroprevalence patterns
IJE Advance Access published on April 14, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 600-609; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi062 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Socioeconomic Influences:

Marianna Virtanen, Mika Kivimäki, Matti Joensuu, Pekka Virtanen, Marko Elovainio, and Jussi Vahtera

Temporary employment and health: a review
IJE Advance Access published on February 28, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 610-622; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi024 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sven Hassler, Robert Johansson, Per Sjölander, Henrik Grönberg, and Lena Damber

Causes of death in the Sami population of Sweden, 1961–2000
IJE Advance Access published on February 28, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 623-629; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi027 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Young-Ho Khang and Hye Ryun Kim

Explaining socioeconomic inequality in mortality among South Koreans: an examination of multiple pathways in a nationally representative longitudinal study
IJE Advance Access published on March 3, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 630-637; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi043 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Archana Singh-Manoux

Commentary: Modelling multiple pathways to explain social inequalities in health and mortality
IJE Advance Access published on April 15, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 638-639; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi074 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JE Ferrie, P Martikainen, MJ Shipley, and MG Marmot

Self-reported economic difficulties and coronary events in men: evidence from the Whitehall II study
IJE Advance Access published on April 14, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 640-648; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi063 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Early Life Origins of Adult Health:

Christopher G Owen, Peter H Whincup, and Derek G Cook

Are early life factors responsible for international differences in adult blood pressure? An ecological study
IJE Advance Access published on March 3, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 649-654; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi046 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Eero Kajantie, Clive Osmond, David JP Barker, Tom Forsén, David IW Phillips, and Johan G Eriksson

Size at birth as a predictor of mortality in adulthood: a follow-up of 350 000 person-years
IJE Advance Access published on March 11, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 655-663; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi048 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jouni JK Jaakkola and Mika Gissler

Maternal smoking in pregnancy as a determinant of rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory polyarthropathies during the first 7 years of life
IJE Advance Access published on January 13, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 664-671; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Deborah Symmons

Commentary: Juvenile idiopathic arthritis—issues of definition and causation
IJE Advance Access published on April 25, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 671-672; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi082 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Mark S Pearce, Ian J Deary, Allan H Young, and Louise Parker

Growth in early life and childhood IQ at age 11 years: the Newcastle Thousand Families Study
IJE Advance Access published on March 3, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 673-677; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi038 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Catharine Gale

Commentary: Height and intelligence
IJE Advance Access published on April 14, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 678-679; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi064 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Methodology:

Anne M Jurek, Sander Greenland, George Maldonado, and Timothy R Church

Proper interpretation of non-differential misclassification effects: expectations vs observations
IJE Advance Access published on March 31, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 680-687; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi060 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

A Rosemary Tate, Carol Dezateux, Tim J Cole, and Leslie Davidson the Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group

Factors affecting a mother's recall of her baby's birth weight
IJE Advance Access published on February 28, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 688-695; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi029 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Perinatal Epidemiology:

Rolv T Lie, Anita Lyngstadass, Karen Helene Ørstavik, Leiv S Bakketeig, Geir Jacobsen, and Tom Tanbo

Birth defects in children conceived by ICSI compared with children conceived by other IVF-methods; a meta-analysis
IJE Advance Access published on November 23, 2004
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 696-701; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh363 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Other Original Papers:

Amod K Pokhrel, Kirk R Smith, Asheena Khalakdina, Amar Deuja, and Michael N Bates

Case–control study of indoor cooking smoke exposure and cataract in Nepal and India
IJE Advance Access published on February 28, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 702-708; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi015 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Nino Künzli

Commentary: Smoke pulls the blinds
IJE Advance Access published on April 15, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 709-710; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi077 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the Editor:

Chuen-Fei Chen and Wen-Chung Lee

Case recruitment in genetic association studies: larger sample size or greater homogeneity?
IJE Advance Access published on April 15, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 711; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi086 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Alexander K Rowe

Should verbal autopsy results for malaria be adjusted to improve validity?
IJE Advance Access published on April 15, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 712-713; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi087 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Charles A Stiller

Thyroid cancer in Belarus
IJE Advance Access published on April 28, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 714; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi093 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Miscellaneous:

Book Reviews:

Debbie Lawlor

Antioxidant Vitamins and Health. Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, Cataracts, and Aging. Claude Fernand Bourgeois, Hnb Pub, 2003, pp. 310, $72.00 (HB), ISBN: 0966428668.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 715-716; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi066 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Liam Smeeth

MMR and Autism. What Parents Need to Know. Michael Fitzpatrick. Routledge, 2004, pp. 218, $19.10 (PB), ISBN: 0415321794.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 716; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi067 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Mario Cortina Borja

Handbook of Computational Statistics—Concepts and Methods. Gentle JE, Härdle W, Mori Y (eds). Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2004, pp. 1070, $299.00 (HB). ISBN: 3-540-40464-3.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 716-718; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi070 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Carolyn Stephens

Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights and the New War on the Poor. Paul Farmer. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2003, pp. 402, $27.50 (HB) ISBN: 0520235509
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 718; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi095 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Books Received:

Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 719; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi019 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Bulletin Board:

Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 720; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi114 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

To see an article, click its [Full Text] or [PDF] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.