International Journal of Epidemiology

Editor's Choice

Kitchiner and Trotsky on health promotion
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1377-1378; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl298 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial

Reprints and Reflections

Nick Eberstadt

The Health Crisis in the USSR
IJE Advance Access published on December 4, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1384-1394; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl238 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicholas Eberstadt

Commentary: Reflections on ‘The Health Crisis in the USSR’
IJE Advance Access published on December 4, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1394-1397; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl236 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin McKee

Commentary: The health crisis in the USSR: looking behind the facade
IJE Advance Access published on November 3, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1398-1399; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl237 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher Davis

Commentary: The Health Crisis in the USSR: reflections on the Nicholas Eberstadt 1981 review of Rising Infant Mortality in the USSR in the 1970s
IJE Advance Access published on December 4, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1400-1405; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl235 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vladimir M Shkolnikov and David A Leon

Commentary: N Eberstadt's ‘The health crisis in the USSR’ and sustainable mortality reversal in the post-Soviet space during communism and after
IJE Advance Access published on December 4, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1406-1409; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl242 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cochrane Column

Taryn Young, Mike Clarke, Sally Hopewell, Ed Juszczak, Anne Eisinga, Monica Kjeldstrøm, and GDO Lowe

Cochrane Column
IJE Advance Access published on November 12, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1410-1411; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl246 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cohort Profiles

M Woodward, F Barzi, A Martiniuk, X Fang, DF Gu, Y Imai, TH Lam, WH Pan, A Rodgers, I Suh, SH Jee, H Ueshima, and R Huxley

Cohort profile: the Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration
IJE Advance Access published on October 22, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1412-1416; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl222 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cohort profiles

María Seguí-Gómez, Carmen de la Fuente, Zenaida Vázquez, Jokin de Irala, and Miguel A Martínez-González

Cohort profile: The ‘Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra’ (SUN) study
IJE Advance Access published on October 22, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1417-1422; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl223 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Diversion

Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Vending machine
IJE Advance Access published on December 5, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1423; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl243 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review

Special Theme: Infectious Diseases

Get checked abstract Charles P Larson, Unnati Rani Saha, Rafiqul Islam, and Nikhil Roy

Childhood diarrhoea management practices in Bangladesh: private sector dominance and continued inequities in care
IJE Advance Access published on September 22, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1430-1439; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl167 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cesar G Victora

Commentary: Child health surveys: the equity dimension
IJE Advance Access published on November 7, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1439-1441; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl232 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Stephen R Cole, Haitao Chu, Paul D Allison, and Stephen J Gange

Combined analysis of retrospective and prospective occurrences in cohort studies: HIV-1 serostatus and incident pneumonia
IJE Advance Access published on August 26, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1442-1446; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl176 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ma. Cecilia García-Sancho F, Lourdes García-García, Ma. Eugenia Jiménez-Corona, Manuel Palacios-Martínez, Leticia D Ferreyra-Reyes, Sergio Canizales-Quintero, Bulmaro Cano-Arellano, Alfredo Ponce-de-León, José Sifuentes-Osornio, Peter Small, and Kathryn DeRiemer

Is tuberculin skin testing useful to diagnose latent tuberculosis in BCG-vaccinated children?
IJE Advance Access published on September 28, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1447-1454; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl213 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract R Jewkes, K Dunkle, M Nduna, J Levin, N Jama, N Khuzwayo, M Koss, A Puren, and N Duvvury

Factors associated with HIV sero-status in young rural South African women: connections between intimate partner violence and HIV
IJE Advance Access published on September 28, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1461-1468; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl218 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Theme:Infectious Diseases

Get checked abstract R Jewkes, K Dunkle, M Nduna, J Levin, N Jama, N Khuzwayo, M Koss, A Puren, and N Duvvury

Factors associated with HIV sero-positivity in young, rural South African men
IJE Advance Access published on October 9, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1455-1460; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl217 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Amy L Webb, Aryeh D Stein, Usha Ramakrishnan, Vicki S Hertzberg, Miriam Urizar, and Reynaldo Martorell

A simple index to measure hygiene behaviours
IJE Advance Access published on October 5, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1469-1477; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl165 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Tiina Vilkuna-Rautiainen, Pirkko J Pussinen, Merja Roivainen, Tuula Petäys, Pekka Jousilahti, Tapani Hovi, Erkki Vartiainen, and Sirkka Asikainen

Serum antibody response to periodontal pathogens and herpes simplex virus in relation to classic risk factors of cardiovascular disease
IJE Advance Access published on September 22, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1486-1494; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl166 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cancer

Get checked abstract Benjamin H Yip, Yudi Pawitan, and Kamila Czene

Parental age and risk of childhood cancers: a population-based cohort study from Sweden
IJE Advance Access published on September 28, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1495-1503; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl177 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alex Smith, Eve Roman, Jill Simpson, Pat Ansell, Nicola T Fear, and Tim Eden

Childhood leukaemia and socioeconomic status: fact or artefact? A report from the United Kingdom childhood cancer study (UKCCS)
IJE Advance Access published on August 31, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1504-1513; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl193 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jiali Han, Graham A Colditz, and David J Hunter

Risk factors for skin cancers: a nested case–control study within the Nurses’ Health Study
IJE Advance Access published on August 30, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1514-1521; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl197 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Get checked abstract Rohina Joshi, Magnolia Cardona, Srinivas Iyengar, A Sukumar, C Ravi Raju, K Rama Raju, Krishnam Raju, K Srinath Reddy, Alan Lopez, and Bruce Neal

Chronic diseases now a leading cause of death in rural India—mortality data from the Andhra Pradesh Rural Health Initiative
IJE Advance Access published on September 22, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1522-1529; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl168 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maria A Quigley

Commentary: Shifting burden of disease—epidemiological transition in India
IJE Advance Access published on November 7, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1530-1531; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl244 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jane E Ferrie, Claudia Langenberg, Martin J Shipley, and Michael G Marmot

Birth weight, components of height and coronary heart disease: evidence from the Whitehall II study
IJE Advance Access published on August 24, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1532-1542; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl184 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Barry Bogin

Commentary: Proportion not the cause of beauty but of health?
IJE Advance Access published on October 30, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1542-1543; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl230 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lorna J Gibson, Julian Peto, Janet M Warren, and Isabel dos Santos Silva

Lack of evidence on diets for obesity for children: a systematic review
IJE Advance Access published on September 19, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1544-1552; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl208 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Raquel Villegas, Xiao-Ou Shu, Honglan Li, Gong Yang, Charles E Matthews, Michael Leitzmann, Qi Li, Hui Cai, Yu-Tang Gao, and Wei Zheng

Physical activity and the incidence of type 2 diabetes in the Shanghai women's health study
IJE Advance Access published on September 19, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1553-1562; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl209 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paediatric Epidemiology

Get checked abstract PS Blair, M Ward Platt, IJ Smith, and PJ Fleming and the CESDI SUDI Research Group

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and the time of death: factors associated with night-time and day-time deaths
IJE Advance Access published on December 4, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1563-1569; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl212 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Methodology

Get checked abstract The Fibrinogen Studies Collaboration

Regression dilution methods for meta-analysis: assessing long-term variability in plasma fibrinogen among 27 247 adults in 15 prospective studies
IJE Advance Access published on December 4, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1570-1578; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl233 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Other Original Papers

Get checked abstract Oliver Morgan, Clare Griffiths, and Matthew Hickman

Association between availability of heroin and methadone and fatal poisoning in England and Wales 1993–2004
IJE Advance Access published on October 30, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1579-1585; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl207 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Deborah Zador, Soraya Mayet, and John Strang

Commentary: Decline in methadone-related deaths probably relates to increased supervision of methadone in UK
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1586-1587; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl248 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor

ROGER MARSHALL

A method to automate probabilistic sensitivity analyses of misclassified binary variables
IJE Advance Access published on November 14, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1588-1589; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl226 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SANDER GREENLAND, MATTHEW P FOX, and TIMOTHY L LASH

Reply to Roger Marshall
IJE Advance Access published on October 26, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1589-1590; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl227 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

GIO BATTA GORI

Dimensional errors of metaphorical measurements. Can they be resolved?
IJE Advance Access published on October 29, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1590-1592; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl228 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MATTHEW P FOX, TIMOTHY L LASH, and SANDER GREENLAND

Response to ‘dimensional errors of metaphorical measurements. Can they be resolved?’
IJE Advance Access published on October 29, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1592-1593; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl229 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Books Received

Books Received
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1594; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl262 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miscellaneous

Erratum
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1595; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl265 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bulletin Board

Bulletin Board
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1596; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl268 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miscellaneous

REVIEWERS
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2006 35: 1597-1599; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl220 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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