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Editor's Choice Back

George Davey Smith
Alcohol and health: bad for you, good for you, or somewhere in between?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1-2; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp002 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Back

Michael Rutter
Epidemiological methods to tackle causal questions
IJE Advance Access published on December 3, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 3-6; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn253 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reprints and Reflections Back

Erwin H Ackerknecht
Anticontagionism between 1821 and 1867: The Fielding H. Garrison Lecture
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 7-21; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn254 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christopher Hamlin
Commentary: Ackerknecht and ‘Anticontagionism’: a tale of two dichotomies
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 22-27; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn256 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charles E Rosenberg
Commentary: Epidemiology in context
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 28-30; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn257 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexandra Minna Stern and Howard Markel
Commentary: Disease etiology and political ideology: revisiting Erwin H Ackerknecht's Classic 1948 Essay, ‘Anticontagionism between 1821 and 1867’
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 31-33; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn255 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cochrane Column Back

Taryn Young, C Gamble, JP Ekwaru, FO ter Kuile, Juliana Yartey, and Mike Clarke
Cochrane Column
IJE Advance Access published on December 16, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 34-37; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn272 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cohort Profiles Back

Howard H Moffet, Nancy Adler, Dean Schillinger, Ameena T Ahmed, Barbara Laraia, Joe V Selby, Romain Neugebauer, Jennifer Y Liu, Melissa M Parker, Margaret Warton, and Andrew J Karter
Cohort Profile: The Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE)—objectives and design of a survey follow-up study of social health disparities in a managed care population
IJE Advance Access published on March 7, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 38-47; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn040 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Paul E Norman, Leon Flicker, Osvaldo P Almeida, Graeme J Hankey, Zoë Hyde, and Konrad Jamrozik
Cohort Profile: The Health In Men Study (HIMS)
IJE Advance Access published on March 3, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 48-52; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn041 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Catherine Turner, Chris Bain, Philip J Schluter, Emily Yorkston, Fiona Bogossian, Rod McClure, Annette Huntington, and the Nurses and Midwives e-cohort Group
Cohort Profile: The Nurses and Midwives e-Cohort Study—A Novel Electronic Longitudinal Study
IJE Advance Access published on January 17, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 53-60; doi:10.1093/ije/dym294 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Diversion Back

J Byrom
Drink
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 61-62; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn271 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Special Theme: Nutrition, Obesity and Diabetes Back

Jonathan C K Wells
Ethnic variability in adiposity and cardiovascular risk: the variable disease selection hypothesis
IJE Advance Access published on September 27, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 63-71; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn183 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S Kavikondala, CM Schooling, CQ Jiang, WS Zhang, KK Cheng, TH Lam, and GM Leung
Pathways to obesity in a developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study
IJE Advance Access published on November 26, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 72-82; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn221 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ikuko Funatogawa, Takashi Funatogawa, Mutsuhiro Nakao, Kanae Karita, and Eiji Yano
Changes in body mass index by birth cohort in Japanese adults: results from the National Nutrition Survey of Japan 1956–2005
IJE Advance Access published on September 9, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 83-92; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn182 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Eric J Brunner, Peter J S Jones, Sharon Friel, and Mel Bartley
Fish, human health and marine ecosystem health: policies in collision
IJE Advance Access published on August 2, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 93-100; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn157 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Henry S Kahn, Mariaelisa Graff, Aryeh D Stein, and L H Lumey
A fingerprint marker from early gestation associated with diabetes in middle age: The Dutch Hunger Winter Families Study
IJE Advance Access published on August 6, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 101-109; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn158 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Karri Silventoinen, Patrik K E Magnusson, Per Tynelius, G David Batty, and Finn Rasmussen
Association of body size and muscle strength with incidence of coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular diseases: a population-based cohort study of one million Swedish men
IJE Advance Access published on November 25, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 110-118; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn231 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sophie Hawkesworth, Andrew M Prentice, Anthony JC Fulford, and Sophie E Moore
Maternal protein-energy supplementation does not affect adolescent blood pressure in The Gambia
IJE Advance Access published on August 2, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 119-127; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn156 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Caroline Fall
Commentary: Can improving a mother's diet improve her children's cardiovascular health?
IJE Advance Access published on October 24, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 127-128; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn212 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alcohol Back

Yvonne Kelly, Amanda Sacker, Ron Gray, John Kelly, Dieter Wolke, and Maria A Quigley
Light drinking in pregnancy, a risk for behavioural problems and cognitive deficits at 3 years of age?
IJE Advance Access published on October 30, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 129-140; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn230 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kapil Sayal
Commentary: Light drinking in pregnancy: can a glass or two hurt?
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 140-142; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn370 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Zaridze, Dimitri Maximovitch, Alexander Lazarev, Vladimir Igitov, Alex Boroda, Jillian Boreham, Peter Boyle, Richard Peto, and Paolo Boffetta
Alcohol poisoning is a main determinant of recent mortality trends in Russia: evidence from a detailed analysis of mortality statistics and autopsies
IJE Advance Access published on September 4, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 143-153; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn160 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Jürgen Rehm
Commentary: Alcohol poisoning in Russia: implications for monitoring and comparative risk factor assessment
IJE Advance Access published on September 29, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 154-155; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn209 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Per Carlson
Commentary: Russia's mortality crisis, alcohol and social transformation
IJE Advance Access published on September 23, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 156-157; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn202 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cognitive Epidemiology Back

S Kafouri, G Leonard, M Perron, L Richer, JR Séguin, S Veillette, Z Pausova, and T Paus
Maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy and cognitive performance in adolescence
IJE Advance Access published on November 27, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 158-172; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn250 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Catharine R Gale, Wendy Johnson, Ian J Deary, Ingrid Schoon, and G David Batty
Intelligence in girls and their subsequent smoking behaviour as mothers: the 1958 National Child Development Study and the 1970 British Cohort Study
IJE Advance Access published on September 23, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 173-181; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn201 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Infectious Diseases Back

Sucheta Doshi, Nino Khetsuriani, Khatuna Zakhashvili, Levan Baidoshvili, Paata Imnadze, and Amra Uzicanin
Ongoing measles and rubella transmission in Georgia, 2004–05: implications for the national and regional elimination efforts
IJE Advance Access published on December 15, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 182-191; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn261 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lara J Wolfson, Rebecca F Grais, Francisco J Luquero, Maureen E Birmingham, and Peter M Strebel
Estimates of measles case fatality ratios: a comprehensive review of community-based studies
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 192-205; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn224 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Catherine H Mercer, Andrew J Copas, Pam Sonnenberg, Anne M Johnson, Sally McManus, Bob Erens, and Jackie A Cassell
Who has sex with whom? Characteristics of heterosexual partnerships reported in a national probability survey and implications for STI risk
IJE Advance Access published on November 11, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 206-214; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn216 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joseph J Valadez
Commentary: Learning to be creative with HIV/AIDS studies: looking for the variation—not only the average
IJE Advance Access published on December 17, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 214-216; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn274 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cardiovascular Disease Back

Tina Shah, Juan P Casas, Jackie A Cooper, Ioanna Tzoulaki, Reecha Sofat, Valerie McCormack, Liam Smeeth, John E Deanfield, Gordon D Lowe, Ann Rumley, F Gerald R Fowkes, Steve E Humphries, and Aroon D Hingorani
Critical appraisal of CRP measurement for the prediction of coronary heart disease events: new data and systematic review of 31 prospective cohorts
IJE Advance Access published on October 17, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 217-231; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn217 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Ramachandran S Vasan
Commentary: C-reactive protein and risk prediction—moving beyond associations to assessing predictive utility and clinical usefulness
IJE Advance Access published on January 7, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 231-234; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn353 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rachel Cooper, Kate Atherton, and Chris Power
Gestational age and risk factors for cardiovascular disease: evidence from the 1958 British birth cohort followed to mid-life
IJE Advance Access published on July 25, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 235-244; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn154 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B K Jacobsen, K Oda, S F Knutsen, and G E Fraser
Age at menarche, total mortality and mortality from ischaemic heart disease and stroke: the Adventist Health Study, 1976–88
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 245-252; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn251 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David J Stott, Paul Welsh, Ann Rumley, Michele Robertson, Ian Ford, Naveed Sattar, Rudi G J Westendorp, J Wouter Jukema, Stuart M Cobbe, and Gordon D O Lowe
Adipocytokines and risk of stroke in older people: a nested case–control study
IJE Advance Access published on October 24, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 253-261; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn215 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Renate B Schnabel and Stefan Blankenberg
Commentary: Circulating cytokines and risk stratification of stroke incidence—will we do better in future?
IJE Advance Access published on December 12, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 261-262; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn263 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Theory and Methods Back

Paul R Burton, Anna L Hansell, Isabel Fortier, Teri A Manolio, Muin J Khoury, Julian Little, and Paul Elliott
Size matters: just how big is BIG?: Quantifying realistic sample size requirements for human genome epidemiology
IJE Advance Access published on August 1, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 263-273; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn147 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Nicholas Day
Commentary: How small is small?
IJE Advance Access published on November 3, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 274-275; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn232 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kristian Thorlund, P J Devereaux, Jørn Wetterslev, Gordon Guyatt, John P A Ioannidis, Lehana Thabane, Lise-Lotte Gluud, Bodil Als-Nielsen, and Christian Gluud
Can trial sequential monitoring boundaries reduce spurious inferences from meta-analyses?
IJE Advance Access published on September 29, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 276-286; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn179 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jesper Brok, Kristian Thorlund, Jørn Wetterslev, and Christian Gluud
Apparently conclusive meta-analyses may be inconclusive—Trial sequential analysis adjustment of random error risk due to repetitive testing of accumulating data in apparently conclusive neonatal meta-analyses
IJE Advance Access published on September 29, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 287-298; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn188 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Eveline Nüesch and Peter Jüni
Commentary: Which meta-analyses are conclusive?
IJE Advance Access published on December 12, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 298-303; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn265 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Other Original Articles Back

Christine Stabell Benn, Cesario Martins, Amabelia Rodrigues, Henrik Ravn, Ane Bærent Fisker, Dorthe Christoffersen, and Peter Aaby
The effect of vitamin A supplementation administered with missing vaccines during national immunization days in Guinea-Bissau
IJE Advance Access published on September 16, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 304-311; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn195 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Bette Liu, Valerie Beral, Angela Balkwill, and on behalf of the Million Women Study Collaborators
Childbearing, breastfeeding, other reproductive factors and the subsequent risk of hospitalization for gallbladder disease
IJE Advance Access published on September 4, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 312-318; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn174 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor Back

S V Subramanian and Karen Ertel
Author's Response: Self-rated health may be adequate for broad assessments of social inequalities in health
IJE Advance Access published on November 26, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 319-320; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn241 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Aaby, Christine Stabell Benn, Jens Nielsen, and Henrik Ravn
Sex-differential non-specific effects of BCG and DTP in Cebu, The Philippines
IJE Advance Access published on February 14, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 320-323; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn005 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Grace J Chan, Lawrence H Moulton, Stan Becker, Alvaro Muñoz, and Robert E Black
Author's Response
IJE Advance Access published on February 14, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 323-324; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn006 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Review Back

S Goya Wannamethee
Obesity Epidemiology. Frank B Hu.
IJE Advance Access published on October 29, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 325-326; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn227 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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