International Journal of Epidemiology

Editor's Choice

George Davey Smith

Lifecourse epidemiology of disease: a tractable problem?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 479-480; doi:10.1093/ije/dym131 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial

Yoav Ben-Shlomo

Rising to the challenges and opportunities of life course epidemiology
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 481-483; doi:10.1093/ije/dym116 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reprints and Reflections

Samuel H Preston

The changing relation between mortality and level of economic development
IJE Advance Access published on June 5, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 484-490; doi:10.1093/ije/dym075 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen J Kunitz

Commentary: Samuel Preston's ‘The changing relation between mortality and level of economic development’
IJE Advance Access published on June 5, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 491-492; doi:10.1093/ije/dym076 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard G Wilkinson

Commentary: The changing relation between mortality and income
IJE Advance Access published on June 5, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 492-494; doi:10.1093/ije/dym077 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James C Riley

Commentary: Missed Opportunities
IJE Advance Access published on June 5, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 494-495; doi:10.1093/ije/dym078 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Johan P Mackenbach

Commentary: Did Preston underestimate the effect of economic development on mortality?
IJE Advance Access published on June 5, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 496-497; doi:10.1093/ije/dym080 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David E Bloom and David Canning

Commentary: The Preston Curve 30 years on: still sparking fires
IJE Advance Access published on June 5, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 498-499; doi:10.1093/ije/dym079 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David A Leon

Commentary: Preston and mortality trends since the mid-1970s
IJE Advance Access published on June 5, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 500-501; doi:10.1093/ije/dym081 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Samuel H Preston

Response: On ‘The Changing Relation between Mortality and Level of Economic Development’
IJE Advance Access published on June 5, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 502-503; doi:10.1093/ije/dym082 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cohort Profiles

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Jane Dixon, Cathy Banwell, Sam-ang Seubsman, Wundee Kanponai, Sharon Friel, and Robert MacLennan

Dietary diversity in Khon Kaen, Thailand, 1988–2006
IJE Advance Access published on January 8, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 518-521; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl288 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Theme: Lifecourse and Social Epidemiology

Get checked abstract David P Strachan, Alicja R Rudnicka, Chris Power, Peter Shepherd, Elizabeth Fuller, Adrian Davis, Ian Gibb, Meena Kumari, Ann Rumley, Gary J Macfarlane, Jugnoo Rahi, Bryan Rodgers, and Stephen Stansfeld

Lifecourse influences on health among British adults: Effects of region of residence in childhood and adulthood
IJE Advance Access published on January 25, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 522-531; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl309 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Chris Power, Kate Atherton, David P Strachan, Peter Shepherd, Elizabeth Fuller, Adrian Davis, Ian Gibb, Meena Kumari, Gordon Lowe, Gary J Macfarlane, Jugnoo Rahi, Bryan Rodgers, and Stephen Stansfeld

Life-course influences on health in British adults: effects of socio-economic position in childhood and adulthood
IJE Advance Access published on January 25, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 532-539; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl310 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen

Commentary: Life-course and social epidemiology, the biological fig leaf and Bob Dylan
IJE Advance Access published on June 8, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 540-541; doi:10.1093/ije/dym110 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract George A Kaplan, Peter T Baltrus, and Trivellore E Raghunathan

The shape of health to come: prospective study of the determinants of 30-year health trajectories in the Alameda County Study
IJE Advance Access published on March 21, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 542-548; doi:10.1093/ije/dym008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew Pickles

Commentary: Trajectories, Selection and Cumulative Causation
IJE Advance Access published on July 30, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 548-549; doi:10.1093/ije/dym083 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract C Corvalán, CO Gregory, M Ramirez-Zea, R Martorell, and AD Stein

Size at birth, infant, early and later childhood growth and adult body composition: a prospective study in a stunted population
IJE Advance Access published on March 21, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 550-557; doi:10.1093/ije/dym010 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicolas Stettler

Commentary: Growing up optimally in societies undergoing the nutritional transition, public health and research challenges
IJE Advance Access published on April 23, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 558-559; doi:10.1093/ije/dym058 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sheena E Ramsay, Peter H Whincup, Richard W Morris, Lucy T Lennon, and SG Wannamethee

Are childhood socio-economic circumstances related to coronary heart disease risk? Findings from a population-based study of older men
IJE Advance Access published on April 17, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 560-566; doi:10.1093/ije/dym060 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Maria Glymour

Commentary: Selected samples and nebulous measures: some methodological difficulties in life-course epidemiology
IJE Advance Access published on May 17, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 566-568; doi:10.1093/ije/dym099 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract SV Subramanian, Leland K Ackerson, Malavika A Subramanyam, and Rosalind J Wright

Domestic violence is associated with adult and childhood asthma prevalence in India
IJE Advance Access published on February 28, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 569-579; doi:10.1093/ije/dym007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kenneth Hill, Bridget Barker, and Theo Vos

Excess Indigenous mortality: are Indigenous Australians more severely disadvantaged than other Indigenous populations?
IJE Advance Access published on April 3, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 580-589; doi:10.1093/ije/dym011 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Eric Backlund, Geoff Rowe, John Lynch, Michael C Wolfson, George A Kaplan, and Paul D Sorlie

Income inequality and mortality: a multilevel prospective study of 521 248 individuals in 50 US states
IJE Advance Access published on March 15, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 590-596; doi:10.1093/ije/dym012 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SV Subramanian and Ichiro Kawachi

Commentary: Chasing the elusive null—the story of income inequality and health
IJE Advance Access published on June 8, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 596-599; doi:10.1093/ije/dym102 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cardiovascular Disease

Get checked abstract Taichi Shimazu, Shinichi Kuriyama, Atsushi Hozawa, Kaori Ohmori, Yuki Sato, Naoki Nakaya, Yoshikazu Nishino, Yoshitaka Tsubono, and Ichiro Tsuji

Dietary patterns and cardiovascular disease mortality in Japan: a prospective cohort study
IJE Advance Access published on February 22, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 600-609; doi:10.1093/ije/dym005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Katherine Tucker

Commentary: Dietary patterns in transition can inform health risk, but detailed assessments are needed to guide recommendations
IJE Advance Access published on May 28, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 610-611; doi:10.1093/ije/dym105 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elizabeth Barrett-Connor

Commentary: Masculinity, femininity and heart disease
IJE Advance Access published on April 27, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 621-622; doi:10.1093/ije/dym069 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Theory and Methods

Get checked abstract Evan W Orenstein, Gaston De Serres, Michael J Haber, David K Shay, Carolyn B Bridges, Paul Gargiullo, and Walter A Orenstein

Methodologic issues regarding the use of three observational study designs to assess influenza vaccine effectiveness
IJE Advance Access published on April 2, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 623-631; doi:10.1093/ije/dym021 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Chalapati Rao, Gonghuan Yang, Jianping Hu, Jiemin Ma, Wan Xia, and Alan D Lopez

Validation of cause-of-death statistics in urban China
IJE Advance Access published on February 28, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 642-651; doi:10.1093/ije/dym003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Prabhat Jha, Binu Jacob, and Rajesh Kumar

Commentary: Reliable measurement of the causes of mortality in developing countries
IJE Advance Access published on May 24, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 651-653; doi:10.1093/ije/dym108 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A Hróbjartsson, E Forfang, MT Haahr, B Als-Nielsen, and S Brorson

Blinded trials taken to the test: an analysis of randomized clinical trials that report tests for the success of blinding
IJE Advance Access published on April 17, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 654-663; doi:10.1093/ije/dym020 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Simon Sanderson, Iain D Tatt, and Julian PT Higgins

Tools for assessing quality and susceptibility to bias in observational studies in epidemiology: a systematic review and annotated bibliography
IJE Advance Access published on April 30, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 666-676; doi:10.1093/ije/dym018 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erik von Elm

Commentary: Assessing the quality of observational studies—or a lesson from Mars
IJE Advance Access published on June 25, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 677-678; doi:10.1093/ije/dym112 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Infectious Diseases

Margaret May and Matthias Egger

Commentary: State of the ART modelling for HIV-infected children?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 687-689; doi:10.1093/ije/dym118 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor

James A Smith and Gemma E Carey

What is the role of an interdisciplinary researcher?
IJE Advance Access published on May 24, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 690; doi:10.1093/ije/dym106 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Milena M Maule, Loredana Vizzini, Franco Merletti, Corrado Magnani, Guido Pastore, and Lorenzo Richiardi

Parental age and risk of acute lymphocytic leukaemia and embryonal tumours in the Piedmont Region, Italy
IJE Advance Access published on June 5, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 691-692; doi:10.1093/ije/dym115 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miscellaneous

Book Reviews

Andrew E Fry

Battle of the Genomes: The Struggle for Survival in a Microbial World. HM Lachman Enfield
IJE Advance Access published on April 12, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 693-694; doi:10.1093/ije/dym035 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tom Jefferson

The Trouble with Medical Journals. Richard Smith
IJE Advance Access published on April 17, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 695-696; doi:10.1093/ije/dym047 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kate E Pickett

Health Inequalities and Welfare Resources: Continuity and Change in Sweden. Johan Fritzell and Olle Lundberg(eds).
IJE Advance Access published on April 17, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 696-698; doi:10.1093/ije/dym072 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Books Received

Books Received
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 699; doi:10.1093/ije/dym130 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bulletin Board

Bulletin Board
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 700; doi:10.1093/ije/dym145 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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