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Editor's Choice Back

Shah Ebrahim
Prostate cancer, Cochrane, Durkheim and Beer Lao
IJE Advance Access published on April 21, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 263-264; doi:10.1093/ije/dym070 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Back

Rodolfo Saracci
Epidemiology: a science for justice in health
IJE Advance Access published on March 12, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 265-268; doi:10.1093/ije/dym009 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cochrane Lecture 2006 Back

Martin McKee
Cochrane on Communism: the influence of ideology on the search for evidence
IJE Advance Access published on March 14, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 269-273; doi:10.1093/ije/dym002 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reprints and Reflections Back

Arnold Rice Rich
On the frequency of occurrence of occult carcinoma of the prostrate
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 274-277; doi:10.1093/ije/dym050 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard M Martin
Commentary: Prostate cancer is omnipresent, but should we screen for it?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 278-281; doi:10.1093/ije/dym049 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter C Albertsen
Commentary: Occult prostate cancer—imposter or the real deal?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 281-282; doi:10.1093/ije/dym051 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anthony B Miller
Commentary: Implications of the frequent occurrence of occult carcinoma of the prostate
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 282-284; doi:10.1093/ije/dym052 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jan Adolfsson
Commentary: On the incidence of histological prostate cancer and the probable diagnosis of cases with tumours too small to produce symptoms or to attract attention on physical examination—the findings of Dr Arnold Rice Rich
IJE Advance Access published on April 17, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 285-287; doi:10.1093/ije/dym053 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ian M Thompson, M Scott Lucia, and Catherine M Tangen
Commentary: The ubiquity of prostate cancer: echoes of the past, implications for the present: "What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again,; there is nothing new under the sun." ECCLESIASTES 1:9
IJE Advance Access published on April 23, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 287-289; doi:10.1093/ije/dym056 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cochrane Column Back

Taryn Young, GJ Hofmeyr, A Atallah, L Duley, JP Pena-Rosas, E Casanueva, and Jack Moodley
Cochrane Column
IJE Advance Access published on April 30, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 290-293; doi:10.1093/ije/dym048 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cohort Profiles Back

Stephen J Gange, Mari M Kitahata, Michael S Saag, David R Bangsberg, Ronald J Bosch, John T Brooks, Liviana Calzavara, Steven G Deeks, Joseph J Eron, Kelly A Gebo, M John Gill, David W Haas, Robert S Hogg, Michael A Horberg, Lisa P Jacobson, Amy C Justice, Gregory D Kirk, Marina B Klein, Jeffrey N Martin, Rosemary G McKaig, Benigno Rodriguez, Sean B Rourke, Timothy R Sterling, Aimee M Freeman, and Richard D Moore
Cohort Profile: The North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design (NA-ACCORD)
IJE Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 294-301; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl286 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sean Martin, Matthew Haren, Anne Taylor, Sue Middleton, Gary Wittert, and Members of the Florey Adelaide Male Ageing Study (FAMAS)
Cohort Profile: The Florey Adelaide Male Ageing Study (FAMAS)
IJE Advance Access published on January 12, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 302-306; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl279 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Photoessay Back

Penny Klepuszewska
Living arrangements
IJE Advance Access published on March 2, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 307-308; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl277 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Diversion Back

Tu FU
Meandering Stream II
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 309; doi:10.1093/ije/dym046 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Theme: Social Epidemiology Back

A Kariminia, TG Butler, SP Corben, MH Levy, L Grant, JM Kaldor, and MG Law
Extreme cause-specific mortality in a cohort of adult prisoners—1988 to 2002: a data-linkage study
IJE Advance Access published on December 8, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 310-316; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl225 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peer Christensen
Commentary: Extreme cause–specific mortality in a cohort of adult prisoners—1988 to 2002: a data-linkage study
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 317-318; doi:10.1093/ije/dym014 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roberto J Rona, Nicola T Fear, Lisa Hull, and Simon Wessely
Women in novel occupational roles: mental health trends in the UK Armed Forces
IJE Advance Access published on December 15, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 319-326; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl273 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles W Hoge, Julie C Clark, and Carl A Castro
Commentary: Women in combat and the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression
IJE Advance Access published on March 21, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 327-329; doi:10.1093/ije/dym013 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Tammes
Survival of Jews during the Holocaust: the importance of different types of social resources
IJE Advance Access published on March 21, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 330-335; doi:10.1093/ije/dym006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum] [Request Permissions]  

Yoav Ben-Shlomo and Zeev Ben-Shlomo
Commentary: From links to bonds—what factors determined the survival of Jews during the holocaust?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 335-337; doi:10.1093/ije/dym045 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Fone, Frank Dunstan, Keith Lloyd, Gareth Williams, John Watkins, and Stephen Palmer
Does social cohesion modify the association between area income deprivation and mental health? A multilevel analysis
IJE Advance Access published on February 28, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 338-345; doi:10.1093/ije/dym004 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Stephen R Zubrick
Commentary: Area social cohesion, deprivation and mental health—Does misery love company?
IJE Advance Access published on March 25, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 345-347; doi:10.1093/ije/dym040 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jamie Pearce, Karen Witten, Rosemary Hiscock, and Tony Blakely
Are socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods deprived of health-related community resources?
IJE Advance Access published on December 20, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 348-355; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl267 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Steven Cummins
Commentary: Investigating neighbourhood effects on health—avoiding the ‘Local Trap’
IJE Advance Access published on March 21, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 355-357; doi:10.1093/ije/dym033 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carol Jagger, Ruth Matthews, David Melzer, Fiona Matthews, Carol Brayne, and MRC CFAS
Educational differences in the dynamics of disability incidence, recovery and mortality: Findings from the MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC CFAS)
IJE Advance Access published on January 25, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 358-365; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl307 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joy Adamson
Commentary: Disability and education—the Madonna factor?
IJE Advance Access published on April 30, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 365-367; doi:10.1093/ije/dym028 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Xi-Kuan Chen, Shi Wu Wen, Nathalie Fleming, Kitaw Demissie, George G Rhoads, and Mark Walker
Teenage pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes: a large population based retrospective cohort study
IJE Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 368-373; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl284 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Demography Back

Kenneth Hill, Patama Vapattanawong, Pramote Prasartkul, Yawarat Porapakkham, Stephen S Lim, and Alan D Lopez
Epidemiologic transition interrupted: a reassessment of mortality trends in Thailand, 1980–2000
IJE Advance Access published on December 20, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 374-384; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl257 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Jacques Vallin
Commentary: ‘Epidemiologic transition’ interrupted or sweep to the second stage of ‘health transition’?
IJE Advance Access published on April 30, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 384-386; doi:10.1093/ije/dym054 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Infectious Diseases Back

R Subramani, T Santha, TR Frieden, S Radhakrishna, PG Gopi, N Selvakumar, K Sadacharam, and PR Narayanan
Active community surveillance of the impact of different tuberculosis control measures, Tiruvallur, South India, 1968–2001
IJE Advance Access published on September 22, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 387-393; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl216 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reuben Granich
Commentary: Back to basics—good news from a birthplace of DOTS
IJE Advance Access published on April 11, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 394-395; doi:10.1093/ije/dym023 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

P Vickerman, M Hickman, and A Judd
Modelling the impact on Hepatitis C transmission of reducing syringe sharing: London case study
IJE Advance Access published on January 11, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 396-405; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl276 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K Msyamboza, E Senga, E Tetteh-Ashong, P Kazembe, and B J Brabin
Estimation of effectiveness of interventions for malaria control in pregnancy using the screening method
IJE Advance Access published on January 25, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 406-411; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl301 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Perinatal Epidemiology Back

Janet M Catov, Roberta B Ness, Kevin E Kip, and Jorn Olsen
Risk of early or severe preeclampsia related to pre-existing conditions
IJE Advance Access published on January 25, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 412-419; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl271 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lorentz M Irgens
Commentary: On the clinical prediction of pre-eclampsia and its enigmatic aetiology
IJE Advance Access published on April 30, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 420-421; doi:10.1093/ije/dym030 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Methodology Back

Dimitrios N Lathyris, Thomas A Trikalinos, and John PA Ioannidis
Evidence from crossover trials: empirical evaluation and comparison against parallel arm trials
IJE Advance Access published on February 14, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 422-430; doi:10.1093/ije/dym001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nutrition Back

Janet Elizabeth Cade, Victoria Jane Burley, and Darren Charles Greenwood the UK Women's Cohort Study Steering Group
Dietary fibre and risk of breast cancer in the UK Women's Cohort Study
IJE Advance Access published on January 24, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 431-438; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl295 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Genetics Back

Muin J Khoury, Julian Little, Marta Gwinn, and John PA Ioannidis
On the synthesis and interpretation of consistent but weak gene–disease associations in the era of genome-wide association studies
IJE Advance Access published on December 20, 2006
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 439-445; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl253 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

H Campbell and T Manolio
Commentary: Rare alleles, modest genetic effects and the need for collaboration
IJE Advance Access published on April 30, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 445-448; doi:10.1093/ije/dym055 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Other Original Papers Back

Sohana Shafique, Nasima Akhter, Gudrun Stallkamp, Saskia de Pee, Dora Panagides, and Martin W Bloem
Trends of under- and overweight among rural and urban poor women indicate the double burden of malnutrition in Bangladesh
IJE Advance Access published on January 22, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 449-457; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl306 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Jürgen Rehm, Urszula Sulkowska, Marta Manczuk, Paolo Boffetta, John Powles, Svetlana Popova, and Witold Zatonski
Alcohol accounts for a high proportion of premature mortality in central and eastern Europe
IJE Advance Access published on January 24, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 458-467; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl294 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE  

Denny Vågerö
Commentary: The role of alcohol in mortality differences between European countries
IJE Advance Access published on April 12, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 468-469; doi:10.1093/ije/dym057 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor Back

IA Jacobs and MT Podobny
Do all benefit from economic growth?
IJE Advance Access published on March 21, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 470-471; doi:10.1093/ije/dym015 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Barbara Forey and Peter N Lee
New edition of International Smoking Statistics
IJE Advance Access published on April 30, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 471-472; doi:10.1093/ije/dym037 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miscellaneous Back

Book Reviews Back

Shahrul Kamaruzzaman
Presenting Medical Statistics from Proposal to Publication: A Step-by-Step Guide. Janet Peacock, Sally Kerry, (eds).
IJE Advance Access published on April 30, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 473; doi:10.1093/ije/dym032 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Olle Lundberg
Social Inequalities in Health. New Evidence and Policy Implications. J Siegrist and M Marmot (eds).
IJE Advance Access published on April 30, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 474-475; doi:10.1093/ije/dym038 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Phil Brown and Rebecca Gasior Altman
Street Science: Community Knowledge and Environmental Health Justice. Jason Corburn.
IJE Advance Access published on April 30, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 475-476; doi:10.1093/ije/dym059 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Deborah Caldwell
Decision Modelling for Health Economic Evaluation. A Briggs, M Sculpher, K Claxton
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 476-477; doi:10.1093/ije/dym062 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bulletin Board Back

Bulletin Board
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 478; doi:10.1093/ije/dym097 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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