International Journal of Epidemiology

Editorial statement:

George Davey Smith, Marta Gwinn, Shah Ebrahim, Lyle J Palmer, and Muin J Khoury

Make it HuGE: human genome epidemiology reviews, population health, and the IJE
IJE Advance Access published on April 17, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 507-510; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl071 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editor's Choice:

SHAH EBRAHIM

The future of modern epidemiology: genetics, methods, and history
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 511-512; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl102 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials:

Rodolfo Saracci

Everything should be made as simple as possible but not simpler
IJE Advance Access published on May 24, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 513-514; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl101 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Neil Pearce and Franco Merletti

Complexity, simplicity, and epidemiology
IJE Advance Access published on January 16, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 515-519; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi322 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reprints and Reflections:

R C LEWONTIN

The analysis of variance and the analysis of causes
IJE Advance Access published on April 27, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 520-525; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl062 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Steven P R Rose

Commentary: Heritability estimates—long past their sell-by date
IJE Advance Access published on April 27, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 525-527; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl064 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Peter Taylor

Commentary: The analysis of variance is an analysis of causes (of a very circumscribed kind)
IJE Advance Access published on April 27, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 527-531; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl063 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Gert-Jan Vreeke

Commentary: The attainability of causal knowledge of genetic effects in complex human traits
IJE Advance Access published on April 27, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 531-534; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl066 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Jeremy Freese

Commentary: The analysis of variance and the social complexities of genetic causation
IJE Advance Access published on April 27, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 534-536; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl065 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

R C Lewontin

Commentary: Statistical analysis or biological analysis as tools for understanding biological causes
IJE Advance Access published on May 3, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 536-537; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl070 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Cochrane Column:

Taryn Young, EJ Brunner, M Thorogood, K Rees, G Hewitt, Waters Elizabeth, Carolyn Summerbell, and Helen Moore

Cochrane Column
IJE Advance Access published on March 31, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 538-540; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl060 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Cohort Profile:

Merete Osler, Rikke Lund, Margit Kriegbaum, Ulla Christensen, and Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen

Cohort Profile: The Metropolit 1953 Danish Male Birth Cohort
IJE Advance Access published on December 23, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 541-545; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi300 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sten-Åke Stenberg and Denny Vågerö

Cohort Profile: The Stockholm birth cohort of 1953
IJE Advance Access published on December 23, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 546-548; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi310 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

David A Leon, Debbie A Lawlor, Heather Clark, and Sally Macintyre

Cohort Profile: The Aberdeen Children of the 1950s Study
IJE Advance Access published on February 1, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 549-552; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi319 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Carl-Gunnar Janson

Commentary: The revitalization of the Stockholm Metropolitan Study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 553; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl073 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Raymond Illsley

Commentary: Development of the Aberdeen children of the 1950s study
IJE Advance Access published on May 9, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 554-555; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl096 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Annotation:

John Pemberton

Medical experiments carried out in Sheffield on conscientious objectors to military service during the 1939–45 war
IJE Advance Access published on March 1, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 556-558; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl020 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Commentary: Guinea-pigs' private war
IJE Advance Access published on April 17, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 558-560; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl031 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Diversion:

Julia Darling

Poverty
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 561; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl017 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Point-Counterpoint:

Anne V Buchanan, Kenneth M Weiss, and Stephanie M Fullerton

Dissecting complex disease: the quest for the Philosopher's Stone?
IJE Advance Access published on March 15, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 562-571; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

John P A Ioannidis

Commentary: Grading the credibility of molecular evidence for complex diseases
IJE Advance Access published on March 15, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 572-578; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl003 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Robert C Millikan

Commentary: The Human Genome: philosopher's stone or magic wand?
IJE Advance Access published on March 15, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 578-581; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl006 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

David Coggon

Commentary: Complex disease—responding to the challenge
IJE Advance Access published on March 15, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 581-583; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl004 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Douglas L Weed

Commentary: Rethinking epidemiology
IJE Advance Access published on March 15, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 583-586; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl002 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sharon Schwartz and Ezra Susser

Commentary: What can epidemiology accomplish?
IJE Advance Access published on March 15, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 587-590; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl005 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Kathleen Ries Merikangas, Nancy C.P. Low, and John Hardy

Commentary: Understanding sources of complexity in chronic diseases—the importance of integration of genetics and epidemiology
IJE Advance Access published on March 15, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 590-592; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl007 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Anne V Buchanan, Kenneth M Weiss, and Stephanie M Fullerton

On stones, wands, and promises
IJE Advance Access published on March 15, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 593-596; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl008 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Social Inequalities in Health:

Jamie Pearce and Danny Dorling

Increasing geographical inequalities in health in New Zealand, 1980–2001
IJE Advance Access published on February 2, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 597-603; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl013 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sam Harper

Commentary: What explains widening geographic differences in life expectancy in New Zealand?
IJE Advance Access published on May 9, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 604-606; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl099 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Anne M Kavanagh, Gavin Turrell, and S V Subramanian

Does area-based social capital matter for the health of Australians? A multilevel analysis of self-rated health in Tasmania
IJE Advance Access published on February 28, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 607-613; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl010 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Tony Blakely and Vivienne Ivory

Commentary: Bonding, bridging, and linking—but still not much going on
IJE Advance Access published on May 9, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 614-615; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl084 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Tomas Hemmingsson and Ingvar Lundberg

Is the association between low job control and coronary heart disease confounded by risk factors measured in childhood and adolescence among Swedish males 40–53 years of age?
IJE Advance Access published on December 23, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 616-622; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi308 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Spencer Moore

Peripherality, income inequality, and life expectancy: revisiting the income inequality hypothesis
IJE Advance Access published on February 28, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 623-632; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl026 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Basile Chaix, Maria Rosvall, John Lynch, and Juan Merlo

Disentangling contextual effects on cause-specific mortality in a longitudinal 23-year follow-up study: impact of population density or socioeconomic environment?
IJE Advance Access published on February 1, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 633-643; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J Michael Oakes

Commentary: Advancing neighbourhood-effects research—selection, inferential support, and structural confounding
IJE Advance Access published on March 23, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 643-647; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl054 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Roland Pongou, Joshua A Salomon, and Majid Ezzati

Health impacts of macroeconomic crises and policies: determinants of variation in childhood malnutrition trends in Cameroon
IJE Advance Access published on March 27, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 648-656; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl016 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Shenglan Tang

Commentary: Economic crisis or structural adjustment—which is worse for child health in African countries?
IJE Advance Access published on May 11, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 656-657; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl095 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Life Course Epidemiology:

Patrik K E Magnusson, Finn Rasmussen, and Ulf B Gyllensten

Height at age 18 years is a strong predictor of attained education later in life: cohort study of over 950 000 Swedish men
IJE Advance Access published on January 30, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 658-663; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl011 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Denny Vågerö and Bitte Modin

Commentary: The associations between height, cognition, and education and their relevance for health studies
IJE Advance Access published on May 11, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 663-664; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl087 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Tomas Hemmingsson, Bo Melin, Peter Allebeck, and Ingvar Lundberg

The association between cognitive ability measured at ages 18–20 and mortality during 30 years of follow-up—a prospective observational study among Swedish males born 1949–51
IJE Advance Access published on January 30, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 665-670; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi321 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Ian J Deary and G David Batty

Commentary: Pre-morbid IQ and later health—the rapidly evolving field of cognitive epidemiology
IJE Advance Access published on March 28, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 670-672; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl053 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Mohammad R Hayatbakhsh, Jake M Najman, Konrad Jamrozik, Abdullah A Mamun, Gail M Williams, and Rosa Alati

Changes in maternal marital status are associated with young adults' cannabis use: evidence from a 21-year follow-up of a birth cohort
IJE Advance Access published on March 21, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 673-679; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi320 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

John Macleod and Matthew Hickman

Commentary: Understanding pathways to cannabis use and from use to harm
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 680-682; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl104 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Child Health:

V Mung'ala-Odera, R Meehan, P Njuguna, N Mturi, KJ Alcock, and CRJC Newton

Prevalence and risk factors of neurological disability and impairment in children living in rural Kenya
IJE Advance Access published on February 21, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 683-688; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl023 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Shuaib Kauchali and Leslie L Davidson

Commentary: The epidemiology of neurodevelopmental disorders in Sub-Saharan Africa—moving forward to understand the health and psychosocial needs of children, families, and communities
IJE Advance Access published on May 3, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 689-690; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl090 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Alexander K Rowe, Samantha Y Rowe, Robert W Snow, Eline L Korenromp, Joanna RM Armstrong Schellenberg, Claudia Stein, Bernard L Nahlen, Jennifer Bryce, Robert E Black, and Richard W Steketee

The burden of malaria mortality among African children in the year 2000
IJE Advance Access published on February 28, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 691-704; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl027 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Tom Smith

Commentary: Malaria death rates remain highly pertinent
IJE Advance Access published on May 3, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 704-705; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl078 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Joy E Lawn, Katarzyna Wilczynska-Ketende, and Simon N Cousens

Estimating the causes of 4 million neonatal deaths in the year 2000
IJE Advance Access published on March 23, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 706-718; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl043 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]

H P S Sachdev

Commentary: Utilizing information on causes of neonatal deaths in less-developed countries
IJE Advance Access published on April 27, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 718-719; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl077 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Coronary Heart Disease:

Gerald M Oppenheimer

Profiling risk: the emergence of coronary heart disease epidemiology in the United States (1947–70)
IJE Advance Access published on February 15, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 720-730; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl014 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Joseph Kim, Stephen Evans, Liam Smeeth, and Stuart Pocock

Hormone replacement therapy and acute myocardial infarction: a large observational study exploring the influence of age
IJE Advance Access published on January 4, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 731-738; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi285 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Meir J Stampfer

Commentary: Hormones, heart disease, and the definition of hormone ‘initiation’
IJE Advance Access published on March 31, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 738-739; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl039 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Joseph Kim, Stephen Evans, Liam Smeeth, and Stuart Pocock

Response: Response to the Stampfer commentary
IJE Advance Access published on March 31, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 740; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl061 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Methodology:

Gonghuan Yang, Chalapati Rao, Jiemin Ma, Lijun Wang, Xia Wan, Guillermo Dubrovsky, and Alan D Lopez

Validation of verbal autopsy procedures for adult deaths in China
IJE Advance Access published on September 6, 2005
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 741-748; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi181 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Vendhan Gajalakshmi and Richard Peto

Commentary: Verbal autopsy procedure for adult deaths
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 748-750; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl112 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Kristof Bostoen and Zaid Chalabi

Optimization of household survey sampling without sample frames
IJE Advance Access published on February 15, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 751-755; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl019 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Colin B Begg, Amanda J Hummer, Urvi Mujumdar, Bruce K Armstrong, Anne Kricker, Loraine D Marrett, Robert C Millikan, Stephen B Gruber, Hoda Anton Culver, Roberto Zanetti, Richard P Gallagher, Terrence Dwyer, Timothy R Rebbeck, Klaus Busam, Lynn From, and Marianne Berwick for the GEM Study Group

A design for cancer case–control studies using only incident cases: experience with the GEM study of melanoma
IJE Advance Access published on March 23, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 756-764; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl044 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sander Greenland

Bayesian perspectives for epidemiological research: I. Foundations and basic methods
IJE Advance Access published on January 30, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 765-775; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi312 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

James R Carpenter

Commentary: On Bayesian perspectives for epidemiological research
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 775-777; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl055 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Sander Greenland

Response: Bayesian perspectives for epidemiological research
IJE Advance Access published on April 27, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 777-778; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl081 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Other Original Papers:

Claudia E Kuehni, Marie-Pierre F Strippoli, Marcel Zwahlen, and Michael Silverman

Association between reported exposure to road traffic and respiratory symptoms in children: evidence of bias
IJE Advance Access published on March 2, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 779-786; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl022 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Katherine A McGlynn, Barry I Graubard, Mark A Klebanoff, and Matthew P Longnecker

Risk factors for cryptorchism among populations at differing risks of testicular cancer
IJE Advance Access published on February 21, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 787-795; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl024 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the Editor:

IMRE BONCZ and ANDOR SEBESTYÉN

Economy and mortality in Eastern and Western Europe between 1945 and 1990: the largest medical trial of history
IJE Advance Access published on April 25, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 796-797; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl075 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JOSÉ A TAPIA GRANADOS

Centrally planned economies, economic slumps, and health conditions
IJE Advance Access published on April 27, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 797-799; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl076 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

LISA A JACKSON, MICHAEL L JACKSON, and NOEL S WEISS

Bias in studies of influenza vaccine effectiveness: the authors reply to Hak et al.
IJE Advance Access published on April 17, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 799-800; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl069 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

EELKO HAK, ARNO W HOES, JIM NORDIN, and KRISTIN L NICHOL

Benefits of influenza vaccine in US elderly—appreciating issues of confounding bias and precision
IJE Advance Access published on April 17, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 800-802; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl068 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JAMES A HANLEY, MARIA PATRIZIA CARRIERI, and DIEGO SERRAINO

Statistical fallibility and the longevity of popes: William Farr meets Wilhelm Lexis
IJE Advance Access published on March 16, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 802-805; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl036 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Reviews:

TERRY N FLYNN

The Dictionary of Health Economics. Anthony J Culyer. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2005, pp. 390. ISBN 1-84376-208-0.
IJE Advance Access published on April 25, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 806; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl074 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

J A MUIR GRAY

Evidence for Population Health. Richard Heller, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. £19.95. ISBN 0-19-852974-0.
IJE Advance Access published on April 20, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 806-807; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl059 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CLARE BAMBRA

Life in Britain: Using millennial Census data to understand poverty, inequality and place. B Wheeler, M Shaw, R Mitchell and D Dorling (eds). Bristol: Joseph Rowntree Foundation/The Policy Press, 2005, pp. 114, £49.99, ISBN: 1-861347-73-1.
IJE Advance Access published on April 3, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 807; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl052 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

NEIL W SCHLUGER

Toman's Tuberculosis: Case detection, treatment and monitoring. WHO, Geneva, Swiss Fr 80; ISBN: 92-4-154603-4
IJE Advance Access published on March 31, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 808; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl051 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Miscellaneous:

Bulletin Board:

Int. J. Epidemiol. 35: 809; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl113 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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