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Editor's Choice Back

Shah Ebrahim
Cabbages and condoms
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 327-329; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp177 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Back

Jon Wakefield
Multi-level modelling, the ecologic fallacy, and hybrid study designs
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 330-336; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp179 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Reprints and Reflections Back

WS Robinson
Ecological Correlations and the Behavior of Individuals
IJE Advance Access published on January 28, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 337-341; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn357 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S V Subramanian, Kelvyn Jones, Afamia Kaddour, and Nancy Krieger
Revisiting Robinson: The perils of individualistic and ecologic fallacy
IJE Advance Access published on January 28, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 342-360; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn359 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Michael Oakes
Commentary: Individual, ecological and multilevel fallacies
IJE Advance Access published on January 27, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 361-368; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn356 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Glenn Firebaugh
Commentary: ‘Is the Social World Flat? W.S. Robinson and the Ecologic Fallacy’
IJE Advance Access published on January 28, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 368-370; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn355 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SV Subramanian, Kelvyn Jones, Afamia Kaddour, and Nancy Krieger
Response: The value of a historically informed multilevel analysis of Robinson's data
IJE Advance Access published on January 28, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 370-373; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn354 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cohort Profiles Back

Robert G Cumming, David Handelsman, Markus J Seibel, Helen Creasey, Philip Sambrook, Louise Waite, Vasi Naganathan, David Le Couteur, and Melisa Litchfield
Cohort Profile: The Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project (CHAMP)
IJE Advance Access published on May 14, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 374-378; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn071 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matthias Bopp, Adrian Spoerri, Marcel Zwahlen, Felix Gutzwiller, Fred Paccaud, Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer, André Rougemont, and Matthias Egger
Cohort Profile: The Swiss National Cohort—a longitudinal study of 6.8 million people
IJE Advance Access published on March 7, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 379-384; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn042 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul J Boyle, Peteke Feijten, Zhiqiang Feng, Lin Hattersley, Zengyi Huang, Joan Nolan, and Gillian Raab
Cohort Profile: The Scottish Longitudinal Study (SLS)
IJE Advance Access published on May 20, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 385-392; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn087 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Point-Counterpoint Back

Wasim Maziak
The triumph of the null hypothesis: epidemiology in an age of change
IJE Advance Access published on December 17, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 393-402; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn268 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Neil Pearce and Jeroen Douwes
Response: Time for species—course epidemiology?
IJE Advance Access published on December 17, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 403-410; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn266 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jan P Vandenbroucke
Commentary: Maziak's essay, seen from another angle
IJE Advance Access published on December 17, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 410-412; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn267 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Infection and Immunity Back

Yvonne Galloway, Paul Stehr-Green, Anne McNicholas, and Jane O’Hallahan
Use of an observational cohort study to estimate the effectiveness of the New Zealand group B meningococcal vaccine in children aged under 5 years
IJE Advance Access published on November 6, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 413-418; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn228 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Donna Fullerton, John R Britton, Sarah A Lewis, Ian D Pavord, Tricia M McKeever, and Andrew W Fogarty
Helicobacter pylori and lung function, asthma, atopy and allergic disease—A population-based cross-sectional study in adults
IJE Advance Access published on December 23, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 419-426; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn348 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Knut Liestøl, Steinar Tretli, Aage Tverdal, and Jan Mæhlen
Tuberculin status, socioeconomic differences and differences in all-cause mortality: experience from Norwegian cohorts born 1910–49
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 427-434; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn347 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Nicola Low, Nicole Bender, Linda Nartey, Aijing Shang, and Judith M. Stephenson
Effectiveness of chlamydia screening: systematic review
IJE Advance Access published on December 5, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 435-448; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn222 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Thomas A Peterman, Sami L Gottlieb, and Stuart M Berman
Commentary: Chlamydia trachomatis screening: what are we trying to do?
IJE Advance Access published on January 27, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 449-451; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn345 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Injuries and Violence Back

Mary J De Silva, Ian Roberts, Pablo Perel, Phil Edwards, Michael G Kenward, Janice Fernandes, Haleema Shakur, and Vikram Patel on behalf of the CRASH Trial Collaborators
Patient outcome after traumatic brain injury in high-, middle- and low-income countries: analysis of data on 8927 patients in 46 countries
IJE Advance Access published on September 9, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 452-458; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn189 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Aravind Pillai, Teddy Andrews, and Vikram Patel
Violence, psychological distress and the risk of suicidal behaviour in young people in India
IJE Advance Access published on August 24, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 459-469; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn166 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Theo Vos, Bridget Barker, Stephen Begg, Lucy Stanley, and Alan D Lopez
Burden of disease and injury in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: the Indigenous health gap
IJE Advance Access published on November 30, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 470-477; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn240 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Robyn McDermott
Commentary: Closing the health gap for Indigenous Australians—will better counting mean better services and investment in the social production of health?
IJE Advance Access published on January 20, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 477-479; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn369 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reproductive Health Back

Cande V Ananth, Shiliang Liu, KS Joseph, Michael S Kramer, and for the Fetal and Infant Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System
A comparison of foetal and infant mortality in the United States and Canada
IJE Advance Access published on September 20, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 480-489; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn194 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dharmintra Pasupathy, Angela M Wood, Jill P Pell, Michael Fleming, and Gordon CS Smith
Time trend in the risk of delivery-related perinatal and neonatal death associated with breech presentation at term
IJE Advance Access published on October 31, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 490-498; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn225 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Social Epidemiology Back

Philippa Clarke, Patrick M O’Malley, Lloyd D Johnston, and John E Schulenberg
Social disparities in BMI trajectories across adulthood by gender, race/ethnicity and lifetime socio-economic position: 1986–2004
IJE Advance Access published on October 3, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 499-509; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn214 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Boyd A Swinburn
Commentary: Closing the disparity gaps in obesity
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 509-511; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn352 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mall Leinsalu, Irina Stirbu, Denny Vågerö, Ramune Kalediene, Katalin Kovács, Bogdan Wojtyniak, Wiktoria Wróblewska, Johan P Mackenbach, and Anton E Kunst
Educational inequalities in mortality in four Eastern European countries: divergence in trends during the post-communist transition from 1990 to 2000
IJE Advance Access published on December 3, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 512-525; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn248 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Domantas Jasilionis, Vladimir M Shkolnikov, and Evgueni M Andreev
Commentary: The study by Leinsalu et al. on mortality differentials in Eastern Europe highlights the need for better data
IJE Advance Access published on January 27, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 525-527; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn371 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Methodology Back

Gita Mishra, Dorothea Nitsch, Stephanie Black, Bianca De Stavola, Diana Kuh, and Rebecca Hardy
A structured approach to modelling the effects of binary exposure variables over the life course
IJE Advance Access published on November 21, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 528-537; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn229 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

D L Dahly, LS Adair, and KA Bollen
A structural equation model of the developmental origins of blood pressure
IJE Advance Access published on November 27, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 538-548; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn242 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yu-Kang Tu
Commentary: Is structural equation modelling a step forward for epidemiologists?
IJE Advance Access published on January 19, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 549-551; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn346 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Katherine Tassiopoulos, Saidi Kapiga, Noel Sam, Trong T H Ao, Michael Hughes, and George R Seage, III
A case-crossover analysis of predictors of condom use by female bar and hotel workers in Moshi, Tanzania
IJE Advance Access published on January 15, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 552-560; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn358 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

HIV/AIDS Back

Kathleen Beegle, Joachim De Weerdt, and Stefan Dercon
The intergenerational impact of the African orphans crisis: a cohort study from an HIV/AIDS affected area
IJE Advance Access published on September 16, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 561-568; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn197 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matthew P Fox, Daniel R Brooks, Louise Kuhn, Grace Aldrovandi, Moses Sinkala, Chipepo Kankasa, Robert Horsburgh, and Donald M Thea
Role of breastfeeding cessation in mediating the relationship between maternal HIV disease stage and increased child mortality among HIV-exposed uninfected children
IJE Advance Access published on November 30, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 569-576; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn249 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Other Original Articles Back

Corinne H Rocca, Sujit Rathod, Tina Falle, Rohini P Pande, and Suneeta Krishnan
Challenging assumptions about women's empowerment: social and economic resources and domestic violence among young married women in urban South India
IJE Advance Access published on October 24, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 577-585; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn226 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christine Stabell Benn, Sofia Lund, Ane Fisker, Mathias Jul Jørgensen, and Peter Aaby
Should infant girls receive micronutrient supplements?
IJE Advance Access published on January 15, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 586-590; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn364 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew M Prentice, Mathilde Savy, Momodou K Darboe, and Sophie E Moore
Commentary: Challenging public health orthodoxies—prophesy or heresy?
IJE Advance Access published on January 27, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 591-593; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn363 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

David McLean, Andrea 't Mannetje, Evan Dryson, Chris Walls, Fiona McKenzie, Milena Maule, Soo Cheng, Chris Cunningham, Hans Kromhout, Paolo Boffetta, Aaron Blair, and Neil Pearce
Leukaemia and occupation: a New Zealand Cancer Registry-based case–control Study
IJE Advance Access published on October 25, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 594-606; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn220 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor Back

John D Dunn
Author's Response: The triumph of the null hypothesis: epidemiology in an age of change
IJE Advance Access published on March 10, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 607; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp146 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wasim Maziak
Author's Response: Epidemiology between astronomy and astrology
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 608-610; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp144 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Neil Pearce and Jeroen Douwes
Author's Response: Epidemiology between astronomy and astrology
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 610-611; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp145 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews Back

Eldin Fahmy
Minimum Income for Healthy Living: Older People. Morris J., Dangour A., Deeming C., Fletcher A. and Wilkinson P.
IJE Advance Access published on March 20, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 612-613; doi:10.1093/ije/dym238 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephanie J Snow
The Strange Case of the Broad Street Pump: John Snow and the Mystery of Cholera. Sandra Hempel.
IJE Advance Access published on April 24, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 613-614; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn068 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sheila M Bird
War and Public Health. 2nd edition. BS Levy and VW Sidel (eds).
IJE Advance Access published on May 2, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 614-615; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn075 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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