International Journal of Epidemiology

Editor's Choice

Mary Shaw

Visualizing mortality
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 939; doi:10.1093/ije/dym198 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial

Debbie A Lawlor

Quality in epidemiological research: should we be submitting papers before we have the results and submitting more hypothesis-generating research?
IJE Advance Access published on September 17, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 940-943; doi:10.1093/ije/dym168 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sander Greenland

Commentary: On ‘Quality in epidemiological research: should we be submitting papers before we have the results and submitting more hypothesis generating research?’
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 944-945; doi:10.1093/ije/dym174 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shah Ebrahim and Mike Clarke

STROBE: new standards for reporting observational epidemiology, a chance to improve
IJE Advance Access published on September 21, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 946-948; doi:10.1093/ije/dym185 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matthias Egger, Douglas G Altman, Jan P Vandenbroucke, and of the STROBE group

Commentary: Strengthening the reporting of observational epidemiology—the STROBE statement
IJE Advance Access published on October 2, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 948-950; doi:10.1093/ije/dym199 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reprints and Reflections

Get checked abstract Gabriel A Kune, Susan Kune, and Lyndsey F Watson

Colorectal cancer risk, chronic illnesses, operations and medications: case–control results from the Melbourne Colorectal Cancer Study
IJE Advance Access published on October 5, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 951-957; doi:10.1093/ije/dym193 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gabriel Kune

Commentary: Aspirin and cancer prevention
IJE Advance Access published on October 5, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 957-959; doi:10.1093/ije/dym194 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard Logan

Commentary: Preventing colorectal cancer with aspirin—what next?
IJE Advance Access published on October 5, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 960-962; doi:10.1093/ije/dym204 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Enrico Floßmann and Peter M Rothwell

Commentary: Aspirin and colorectal cancer—an epidemiological success story
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 962-965; doi:10.1093/ije/dym200 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cochrane Column

Taryn Young, P Edwards, I Roberts, M Clarke, C DiGuiseppi, S Pratap, R Wentz, I Kwan, R Cooper, Joel J Gagnier, and Elaine McColl

Cochrane Column
IJE Advance Access published on September 13, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 966-968; doi:10.1093/ije/dym181 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cohort Profiles

Claudia E Kuehni, Adrian M Brooke, Marie-Pierre F Strippoli, Ben D Spycher, Anthony Davis, and Michael Silverman

Cohort Profile: The Leicester Respiratory Cohorts
IJE Advance Access published on October 2, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 977-985; doi:10.1093/ije/dym090 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Celebration

DE Lilienfeld

Celebration: William Farr (1807–1883)—an appreciation on the 200th anniversary of his birth
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 985-987; doi:10.1093/ije/dym132 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Diversion

Naa Oyo A Kwate

Take one down, pass it around, 98 alcohol ads on the wall: outdoor advertising in New York City's Black neighbourhoods
IJE Advance Access published on June 25, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 988-990; doi:10.1093/ije/dym117 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Theme: Infectious Disease

Get checked abstract Afif Ben Salah, Yiannis Kamarianakis, Sadok Chlif, Nissaf Ben Alaya, and Poulicos Prastacos

Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in central Tunisia: spatio–temporal dynamics
IJE Advance Access published on June 25, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 991-1000; doi:10.1093/ije/dym125 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hyoung Doo Shin, Byung Lae Park, Hyun Sub Cheong, Jung-Hwan Yoon, Yoon Jun Kim, and Hyo-Suk Lee

SPP1 polymorphisms associated with HBV clearance and HCC occurrence
IJE Advance Access published on May 11, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 1001-1008; doi:10.1093/ije/dym093 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Grace J Chan, Lawrence H Moulton, Stan Becker, Alvaro Muñoz, and Robert E Black

Non-specific effects of diphtheria–tetanus–pertussis vaccination on child mortality in Cebu, The Philippines
IJE Advance Access published on July 23, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 1022-1029; doi:10.1093/ije/dym142 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cancer

Get checked abstract L Yu Krestinina, F Davis, EV Ostroumova, SB Epifanova, MO Degteva, DL Preston, and AV Akleyev

Solid cancer incidence and low-dose-rate radiation exposures in the Techa River cohort: 1956–2002
IJE Advance Access published on September 3, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 1038-1046; doi:10.1093/ije/dym121 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E Cardis

Commentary: Low dose-rate exposures to ionizing radiation
IJE Advance Access published on September 21, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 1046-1047; doi:10.1093/ije/dym192 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Richard Taylor, Farid Najafi, and Annette Dobson

Meta-analysis of studies of passive smoking and lung cancer: effects of study type and continent
IJE Advance Access published on August 9, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 1048-1059; doi:10.1093/ije/dym158 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cardiovascular Disease

Get checked abstract Atsushi Hozawa, Tomonori Okamura, Takashi Kadowaki, Yoshitaka Murakami, Koshi Nakamura, Takehito Hayakawa, Yoshikuni Kita, Yasuyuki Nakamura, Akira Okayama, and Hirotsugu Ueshima for NIPPON DATA80 Research group

Is weak association between cigarette smoking and cardiovascular disease mortality observed in Japan explained by low total cholesterol?—NIPPON DATA80
IJE Advance Access published on September 10, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 1060-1067; doi:10.1093/ije/dym169 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health Behaviours

Get checked abstract Reiner Hanewinkel, Susanne E Tanski, and James D Sargent

Exposure to alcohol use in motion pictures and teen drinking in Germany
IJE Advance Access published on June 22, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 1068-1077; doi:10.1093/ije/dym128 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Steven R Thomsen

Commentary: Searching for media effects
IJE Advance Access published on September 3, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 1078-1079; doi:10.1093/ije/dym155 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract AW Fogarty, M Antoniak, AJ Venn, L Davies, A Goodwin, N Salfield, J Stocks, J Britton, and SA Lewis

Does participation in a population-based dietary intervention scheme have a lasting impact on fruit intake in young children?
IJE Advance Access published on June 29, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 1080-1085; doi:10.1093/ije/dym133 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Aijing Shang, Karin Huwiler, Linda Nartey, Peter Jüni, and Matthias Egger

Placebo-controlled trials of Chinese herbal medicine and conventional medicine—comparative study
IJE Advance Access published on June 29, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 1086-1092; doi:10.1093/ije/dym119 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Respiratory

Get checked abstract Lidia Panico, Mel Bartley, Michael Marmot, James Y Nazroo, Amanda Sacker, and Yvonne J Kelly

Ethnic variation in childhood asthma and wheezing illnesses: findings from the Millennium Cohort Study
IJE Advance Access published on May 24, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 1093-1102; doi:10.1093/ije/dym089 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Polly Bennion, Richard Hubbard, Sarah O’Hara, Giles Wiggs, Johannah Wegerdt, Sarah Lewis, Ian Small, Joost van der Meer, Ross Upshur, and on behalf of the Médecins san Frontières/Aral Sea Respiratory Dust and Disease project team

The impact of airborne dust on respiratory health in children living in the Aral Sea region
IJE Advance Access published on October 2, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 1103-1110; doi:10.1093/ije/dym195 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Methodology

Get checked abstract Mirjam J Knol, Ingeborg van der Tweel, Diederick E Grobbee, Mattijs E Numans, and Mirjam I Geerlings

Estimating interaction on an additive scale between continuous determinants in a logistic regression model
IJE Advance Access published on August 27, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 1111-1118; doi:10.1093/ije/dym157 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paediatrics

Get checked abstract Paul C Turner, Andrew C Collinson, Yin Bun Cheung, YunYun Gong, Andrew J Hall, Andrew M Prentice, and Christopher P Wild

Aflatoxin exposure in utero causes growth faltering in Gambian infants
IJE Advance Access published on June 18, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 1119-1125; doi:10.1093/ije/dym122 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Other Original Papers

Get checked abstract M Vrijheid, E Cardis, P Ashmore, A Auvinen, J-M Bae, H Engels, E Gilbert, G Gulis, RR Habib, G Howe, J Kurtinaitis, H Malker, CR Muirhead, DB Richardson, F Rodriguez-Artalejo, A Rogel, M Schubauer-Berigan, H Tardy, M Telle-Lamberton, M Usel, and K Veress

Mortality from diseases other than cancer following low doses of ionizing radiation: results from the 15-Country Study of nuclear industry workers
IJE Advance Access published on July 31, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 1126-1135; doi:10.1093/ije/dym138 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Huang-Kuang Chen, Chuen-Den Tseng, Shwu-Chong Wu, Ti-Kai Lee, and Tony Hsiu-Hsi Chen

A prospective cohort study on the effect of sexual activity, libido and widowhood on mortality among the elderly people: 14-year follow-up of 2453 elderly Taiwanese
IJE Advance Access published on June 11, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 1136-1142; doi:10.1093/ije/dym109 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Chan Frank Wan Kin, Wong Samuel Yeung Shan, Leung Jason Chi Shun, Leung Ping Chung, and Woo Jean

Experience of famine and bone health in post-menopausal women
IJE Advance Access published on July 26, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 1143-1150; doi:10.1093/ije/dym149 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letter to the Editor

Jordi Julvez and Jordi Sunyer

Response to commentary: maternal smoking during pregnancy—hazard for what?
IJE Advance Access published on September 10, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 1151; doi:10.1093/ije/dym173 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews

J Michael Oakes

An Activist's Guide to (Social) Epidemiology. Julie G Cwikel
IJE Advance Access published on September 10, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 1152-1153; doi:10.1093/ije/dym175 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carme Borrell

Methods in Social Epidemiology. J Michael Oakes and Jay S Kaufman.
IJE Advance Access published on September 19, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 1153-1154; doi:10.1093/ije/dym183 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miscellaneous

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

Erratum
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 1155; doi:10.1093/ije/dym226 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alex Smith, Eve Roman, and Jill Simpson

Childhood leukaemia and socioeconomic status
IJE Advance Access published on July 31, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 1156; doi:10.1093/ije/dym166 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bulletin Board
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2007 36: 1157; doi:10.1093/ije/dym209 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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