International Journal of Epidemiology

Editor's Choice:

Shah Ebrahim

Allende, Cochrane, war and terrorism
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 721-722; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi149 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] Addendum [Request Permissions]  

Editorial:

Jorn Olsen

The future role of the IEA
IJE Advance Access published on June 10, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 723-724; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi122 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

History of the IEA:

Lester Breslow

Origins and development of the International Epidemiological Association
IJE Advance Access published on April 15, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 725-729; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi075 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Pemberton

Commentary: On the article by Lester Breslow on the origins and development of the IEA
IJE Advance Access published on April 15, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 729-731; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi076 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reprints and Reflections:

Salvador Allende

Medical and Social Reality in Chile
IJE Advance Access published on April 28, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 732-736; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi083 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard Muir and Alan Angell

Commentary: Salvador Allende: his role in Chilean politics
IJE Advance Access published on April 28, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 737-739; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh175 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Howard Waitzkin

Commentary: Salvador Allende and the birth of Latin American social medicine
IJE Advance Access published on April 28, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 739-741; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh176 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cohort Profiles:

Richard M Martin, David Gunnell, John Pemberton, Stephen Frankel, and George Davey Smith

Cohort Profile: The Boyd Orr cohort—an historical cohort study based on the 65 year follow-up of the Carnegie Survey of Diet and Health (1937–39)
IJE Advance Access published on June 17, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 742-749; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi124 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Blane

Cohort Profile: The Boyd Orr lifegrid sub-sample—medical sociology study of life course influences on early old age
IJE Advance Access published on June 17, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 750-754; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi125 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Photoessay:

Richard M Martin, David Gunnell, John Pemberton, Simone Watson, Stephen Frankel, and George Davey Smith

The Boyd Orr cohort: an historical cohort study based on the 65 year follow-up of the Carnegie Survey of Diet and Health (1937–39)
IJE Advance Access published on June 20, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 755-757; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi126 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cochrane Column:

Taryn Young, DR Foxcroft, D Ireland, DJ Lister-Sharp, G Lowe, R Breen, Neo Morojele, and Alex Wodak

Cochrane Column
IJE Advance Access published on June 6, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 758-761; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi099 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Annotation:

Basil S Hetzel

Towards the global elimination of brain damage due to iodine deficiency—the role of the International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders
IJE Advance Access published on April 15, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 762-764; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi073 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Theme: Mental Health:

Pia Mäkelä, Pekka Martikainen, and Elina Nihtilä

Temporal variation in deaths related to alcohol intoxication and drinking
IJE Advance Access published on February 28, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 765-771; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi025 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Craig Evan Pollack, Catherine Cubbin, David Ahn, and Marilyn Winkleby

Neighbourhood deprivation and alcohol consumption: does the availability of alcohol play a role?
IJE Advance Access published on February 28, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 772-780; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi026 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Odd Nilssen, Maria Averina, Tormod Brenn, Jan Brox, Alexei Kalinin, and Vadim Archipovski

Alcohol consumption and its relation to risk factors for cardiovascular disease in the north-west of Russia: the Arkhangelsk study
IJE Advance Access published on April 15, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 781-788; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi078 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robin Room

Commentary: Pattern of drinking and the Russian heart
IJE Advance Access published on June 3, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 788-790; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi117 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matthew Hotopf and Simon Wessely

Can epidemiology clear the fog of war? Lessons from the 1990–91 Gulf War
IJE Advance Access published on May 23, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 791-800; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gary D Gackstetter, Tomoko I Hooper, Mohammed S Al Qahtani, Tyler C Smith, Ziad A Memish, Karen M Schlangen, David F Cruess, Drue H Barrett, Margaret AK Ryan, and Gregory C Gray

Assessing the potential health impact of the 1991 Gulf War on Saudi Arabian National Guard Soldiers
IJE Advance Access published on February 28, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 801-808; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kenneth Craig Hyams

Commentary: Adding to our comprehension of Gulf War health questions
IJE Advance Access published on June 21, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 808-809; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi065 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Helen Kelsall, Richard Macdonell, Malcolm Sim, Andrew Forbes, Dean McKenzie, Deborah Glass, Jillian Ikin, and Peter Ittak

Neurological status of Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War and the effect of medical and chemical exposures
IJE Advance Access published on April 25, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 810-819; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi084 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Joris Yzermans, Gé A Donker, Jan J Kerssens, Anja JE Dirkzwager, Rik JH Soeteman, and Petra MH ten Veen

Health problems of victims before and after disaster: a longitudinal study in general practice
IJE Advance Access published on April 28, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 820-826; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi096 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Smith and John Frank

When aspirations and achievements don't meet. A longitudinal examination of the differential effect of education and occupational attainment on declines in self-rated health among Canadian labour force participants
IJE Advance Access published on March 31, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 827-834; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi047 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Michael Oakes

Commentary: Advancing research into SES mechansisms that affect health
IJE Advance Access published on April 28, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 835-836; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi094 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Corey B Bills and Guohua Li

Correlating homicide and suicide
IJE Advance Access published on April 25, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 837-845; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi079 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ping Qin

Suicide risk in relation to level of urbanicity—a population-based linkage study
IJE Advance Access published on April 25, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 846-852; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi085 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vikram Patel, Sulochana Pednekar, Helen Weiss, Merlyn Rodrigues, Preetam Barros, Bernice Nayak, Vandana Tanksale, Beryl West, Prasad Nevrekar, Betty R Kirkwood, and David Mabey

Why do women complain of vaginal discharge? A population survey of infectious and pyschosocial risk factors in a South Asian community
IJE Advance Access published on April 15, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 853-862; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi072 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shireen Jejeebhoy

Commentary: Vaginal discharge and stress: a commentary on directions of influence
IJE Advance Access published on June 17, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 862-863; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi128 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dana A Glei, David A Landau, Noreen Goldman, Yi-Li Chuang, Germán Rodríguez, and Maxine Weinstein

Participating in social activities helps preserve cognitive function: an analysis of a longitudinal, population-based study of the elderly
IJE Advance Access published on March 11, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 864-871; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi049 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Gallacher, A Bayer, and Y Ben-Shlomo

Commentary: Activity each day keeps dementia away—does social interaction really preserve cognitive function?
IJE Advance Access published on May 23, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 872-873; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi107 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Child Health:

Ruth Gilbert, Georgia Salanti, Melissa Harden, and Sarah See

Infant sleeping position and the sudden infant death syndrome: systematic review of observational studies and historical review of recommendations from 1940 to 2002
IJE Advance Access published on April 20, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 874-887; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi088 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Social Inequalities:

Mary Huynh, Jennifer D Parker, Sam Harper, Elsie Pamuk, and Kenneth C Schoendorf

Contextual effect of income inequality on birth outcomes
IJE Advance Access published on April 28, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 888-895; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi092 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jay S Kaufman

Commentary: Income inequality and reproductive outcomes—that model is best which models the least
IJE Advance Access published on June 3, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 896-897; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi116 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lifecourse Epidemiology:

Aimee L Webb, Andrea J Conlisk, Huiman X Barnhart, Reynaldo Martorell, Rubén Grajeda, and Aryeh D Stein

Maternal and childhood nutrition and later blood pressure levels in young Guatemalan adults
IJE Advance Access published on May 13, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 898-904; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi097 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claudia Langenberg, Rebecca Hardy, Elizabeth Breeze, Diana Kuh, and Michael EJ Wadsworth

Influence of short stature on the change in pulse pressure, systolic and diastolic blood pressure from age 36 to 53 years: an analysis using multilevel models
IJE Advance Access published on April 15, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 905-913; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi071 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Infectious Diseases:

C Lienhardt, K Fielding, JS Sillah, B Bah, P Gustafson, D Warndorff, M Palayew, I Lisse, S Donkor, S Diallo, K Manneh, R Adegbola, P Aaby, O Bah-Sow, S Bennett, and K McAdam

Investigation of the risk factors for tuberculosis: a case–control study in three countries in West Africa
IJE Advance Access published on May 24, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 914-923; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi100 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chi Chiu Leung, Wing Wai Yew, Thomas Yan Keung Chan, Cheuk Ming Tam, Chiu Yeung Chan, Chi Kuen Chan, Nelson Tang, Kwok Chiu Chang, and Wing Sze Law

Seasonal pattern of tuberculosis in Hong Kong
IJE Advance Access published on April 25, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 924-930; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi080 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cancer:

Claudia Stahlberg, Elsebeth Lynge, Zorana Jovanovic Andersen, Niels Keiding, Bent Ottesen, Fritz Rank, Yrsa Andersen Hundrup, Erik B Obel, and Anette Tønnes Pedersen

Breast cancer incidence, case-fatality and breast cancer mortality in Danish women using hormone replacement therapy—a prospective observational study
IJE Advance Access published on May 24, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 931-935; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi103 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Other Original Papers:

Jeng-Min Chiou, Shu-Li Wang, Chien-Jen Chen, Chia-Ru Deng, Wender Lin, and Tong-Yuan Tai

Arsenic ingestion and increased microvascular disease risk: observations from the south-western arseniasis-endemic area in Taiwan
IJE Advance Access published on May 23, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 936-943; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi108 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ralph Catalano, Tim Bruckner, Elizabeth Anderson, and Jeffrey B Gould

Fetal death sex ratios: a test of the economic stress hypothesis
IJE Advance Access published on April 15, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 944-948; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi081 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Methodology:

David Coggon, Christopher Martyn, Keith T Palmer, and Bradley Evanoff

Assessing case definitions in the absence of a diagnostic gold standard
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 949-952; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi012 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lucas M Bachmann, Peter Jüni, Stephan Reichenbach, Hans-Rudolf Ziswiler, Alfons G Kessels, and Esther Vögelin

Consequences of different diagnostic ‘gold standards’ in test accuracy research: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome as an example
IJE Advance Access published on May 23, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 953-955; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi105 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miscellaneous:

Books Received:

Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 956; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi140 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bulletin Board:

Int. J. Epidemiol. 34: 957; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi157 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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