International Journal of Epidemiology

Editor's Choice

Shah Ebrahim

Shock and awe: waking the dead
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 701-702; doi:10.1093/ije/dym146 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial

Vikram Patel and Anna Goodman

Researching protective and promotive factors in mental health
IJE Advance Access published on July 23, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 703-707; doi:10.1093/ije/dym147 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reprints and Reflections

Kenneth J Rothman

The rise and fall of epidemiology, 1950–2000 A.D.
IJE Advance Access published on July 26, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 708-710; doi:10.1093/ije/dym150 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kenneth J Rothman

Commentary: Epidemiology still ascendant
IJE Advance Access published on August 1, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 710-711; doi:10.1093/ije/dym151 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cesar G Victora

Commentary: Epidemiology and futurology—why did Rothman get it wrong?
IJE Advance Access published on August 1, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 712-713; doi:10.1093/ije/dym153 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Neil Pearce

Commentary: The rise and rise of corporate epidemiology and the narrowing of epidemiology's vision
IJE Advance Access published on July 26, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 713-717; doi:10.1093/ije/dym152 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J W W Coebergh

Commentary: Epidemiology needs the patients to survive
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 717-719; doi:10.1093/ije/dym163 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michel P Coleman

Commentary: Is epidemiology really dead, anyway? • A look back at Kenneth Rothman's ‘The rise and fall of epidemiology, 1950–2000 AD’
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 719-723; doi:10.1093/ije/dym160 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cohort Profiles

Leonie Prasad, Virginie Masserey Spicher, Marcel Zwahlen, Martin Rickenbach, Beat Helbling, Francesco Negro, and Swiss Hepatitis C Cohort Study Group

Cohort Profile: The Swiss Hepatitis C Cohort Study (SCCS)
IJE Advance Access published on August 10, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 731-737; doi:10.1093/ije/dym096 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Diversion

Get checked abstract Martijn Huisman, Johannes Brug, and Johan Mackenbach

Absinthe—is its history relevant for current public health?
IJE Advance Access published on June 5, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 738-744; doi:10.1093/ije/dym068 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Visual Essay

Danny Dorling

Anamorphosis: The geography of physicians, and mortality
IJE Advance Access published on March 21, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 745-750; doi:10.1093/ije/dym017 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Theme: Mental Health

Get checked abstract Michaeline Bresnahan, Melissa D Begg, Alan Brown, Catherine Schaefer, Nancy Sohler, Beverly Insel, Leah Vella, and Ezra Susser

Race and risk of schizophrenia in a US birth cohort: another example of health disparity?
IJE Advance Access published on April 17, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 751-758; doi:10.1093/ije/dym041 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David R Williams and Tara R Earl

Commentary: Race and mental health—more questions than answers
IJE Advance Access published on June 11, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 758-760; doi:10.1093/ije/dym114 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Wim Veling, Jean-Paul Selten, Ezra Susser, Winfried Laan, Johan P Mackenbach, and Hans W Hoek

Discrimination and the incidence of psychotic disorders among ethnic minorities in The Netherlands
IJE Advance Access published on May 21, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 761-768; doi:10.1093/ije/dym085 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Laurie T Martin, Laura D Kubzansky, Kaja Z LeWinn, Lewis P Lipsitt, Paul Satz, and Stephen L Buka

Childhood cognitive performance and risk of generalized anxiety disorder
IJE Advance Access published on April 30, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 769-775; doi:10.1093/ije/dym063 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Elina Laaksonen, Pekka Martikainen, Eero Lahelma, Tea Lallukka, Ossi Rahkonen, Jenny Head, and Michael Marmot

Socioeconomic circumstances and common mental disorders among Finnish and British public sector employees: evidence from the Helsinki Health Study and the Whitehall II Study
IJE Advance Access published on May 21, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 776-786; doi:10.1093/ije/dym074 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Petros Skapinakis

Commentary: Socioeconomic position and common mental disorders: what do we need to know?
IJE Advance Access published on July 20, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 786-788; doi:10.1093/ije/dym141 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Smoking and Air Quality

Martin McKee and Anna Gilmore

Commentary: Smokeless tobacco: seeing the whole picture
IJE Advance Access published on August 14, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 805-808; doi:10.1093/ije/dym101 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bénédicte Jacquemin, Jordi Sunyer, Bertil Forsberg, Thomas Götschi, Lucy Bayer-Oglesby, Ursula Ackermann-Liebrich, Roberto de Marco, Joachim Heinrich, Deborah Jarvis, Kjell Torén, and Nino Künzli

Annoyance due to air pollution in Europe
IJE Advance Access published on April 30, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 809-820; doi:10.1093/ije/dym042 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Samuel D Brody and Sammy Zahran

Commentary: Linking particulate matter and sulphur concentrations to air pollution annoyance: problems of measurement, scale and control
IJE Advance Access published on July 20, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 820-823; doi:10.1093/ije/dym143 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bénédicte Jacquemin, Jordi Sunyer, and Nino Künzli

Author's response: Linking particulate matter and sulphur concentrations to air pollution annoyance: problems of measurement, scale and control
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 823-824; doi:10.1093/ije/dym144 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jordi Julvez, Núria Ribas-Fitó, Maties Torrent, Maria Forns, Raquel Garcia-Esteban, and Jordi Sunyer

Maternal smoking habits and cognitive development of children at age 4 years in a population-based birth cohort
IJE Advance Access published on June 5, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 825-832; doi:10.1093/ije/dym107 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Naomi Breslau

Commentary: Maternal smoking during pregnancy: hazard for what?
IJE Advance Access published on June 28, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 832-833; doi:10.1093/ije/dym134 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

War

Get checked abstract Sheila M Bird and Clive B Fairweather

Military fatality rates (by cause) in Afghanistan and Iraq: a measure of hostilities
IJE Advance Access published on May 21, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 841-846; doi:10.1093/ije/dym103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Methodology

Get checked abstract J Pildal, A Hróbjartsson, KJ Jørgensen, J Hilden, DG Altman, and PC Gøtzsche

Impact of allocation concealment on conclusions drawn from meta-analyses of randomized trials
IJE Advance Access published on May 21, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 847-857; doi:10.1093/ije/dym087 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Megan Deitchler, Joseph J Valadez, Kari Egge, Soledad Fernandez, and Mary Hennigan

A field test of three LQAS designs to assess the prevalence of acute malnutrition
IJE Advance Access published on May 21, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 858-864; doi:10.1093/ije/dym092 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Saul Morris

Commentary: Learning to Love Lot Quality Assurance Sampling
IJE Advance Access published on June 27, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 864-865; doi:10.1093/ije/dym120 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Infectious Diseases

Get checked abstract Emilia Vynnycky, Amy Trindall, and Punam Mangtani

Estimates of the reproduction numbers of Spanish influenza using morbidity data
IJE Advance Access published on May 21, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 881-889; doi:10.1093/ije/dym071 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Other Original Papers

Get checked abstract Amnon Sonnenberg

Time trends of mortality from Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
IJE Advance Access published on April 9, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 890-899; doi:10.1093/ije/dym034 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lale Hirte, Ellen Nolte, Chris Bain, and Martin McKee

Breast cancer mortality in Russia and Ukraine 1963–2002: an age-period-cohort analysis
IJE Advance Access published on May 17, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 900-906; doi:10.1093/ije/dym066 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Stuart R Dalziel, Varsha Parag, Anthony Rodgers, and Jane E Harding

Cardiovascular risk factors at age 30 following pre-term birth
IJE Advance Access published on April 27, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 907-915; doi:10.1093/ije/dym067 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Qi Zhang and Youfa Wang

Using concentration index to study changes in socio-economic inequality of overweight among US adolescents between 1971 and 2002
IJE Advance Access published on April 30, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 916-925; doi:10.1093/ije/dym064 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sam Harper and John Lynch

Commentary: Using innovative inequality measures in epidemiology
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 926-928; doi:10.1093/ije/dym139 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letter to the Editor

Marilyn J Borugian, John J Spinelli, Gabor Mezei, Russell Wilkins, and Mary McBride

Childhood leukaemia and socioeconomic status
IJE Advance Access published on July 31, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 929; doi:10.1093/ije/dym061 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I A Jacobs, M T Podobny, and D Bilusich

One mechanism underlying contrasting health-economy findings
IJE Advance Access published on June 18, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 929-931; doi:10.1093/ije/dym123 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gio Batta Gori

Metaphorical measurements and theories
IJE Advance Access published on June 27, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 931-932; doi:10.1093/ije/dym127 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews

Rachael Wood

Public Health Evidence: Tackling Health Inequalities. Killoran A, Swann C, Kelly MP(eds).
IJE Advance Access published on April 17, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 933-934; doi:10.1093/ije/dym086 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Liza Bowen

Applied Multilevel Analysis: A Practical Guide. Jos WR Twisk.
IJE Advance Access published on May 21, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 934-935; doi:10.1093/ije/dym100 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chris Metcalfe

The Ghost Map. Steven Johnson.
IJE Advance Access published on May 21, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 935-936; doi:10.1093/ije/dym111 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ribhi Hazin

Public Health Ethics: Theory, Policy, and Practice. Ronald Bayer, Lawrence O Gostin, Bruce Jennings, and Bonnie Steinbeck (eds).
IJE Advance Access published on June 5, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 936-937; doi:10.1093/ije/dym113 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miscellaneous

Bulletin Board
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 938; doi:10.1093/ije/dym179 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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