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Editor's Choice Back

Shah Ebrahim
Ideology with evidence: global warming, maps and ethics
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 895-896; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp268 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Back

Debbie A Lawlor, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, and G David Batty
Birth cohort studies: past, present and future
IJE Advance Access published on June 26, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 897-902; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp240 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reprints and Reflections Back

Michael Marmot
Facts, opinions and affaires du couer
IJE Advance Access published on July 16, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 903-907; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp234 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Marmot
Commentary: A continued affair with science and judgements
IJE Advance Access published on July 13, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 908-910; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp246 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

William G Rothstein
Commentary: Making risk factors more cost-effective predictors of disease
IJE Advance Access published on July 16, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 911-913; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp231 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simon Carter
Commentary: Facts, opinions and affaires du coeur
IJE Advance Access published on July 16, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 914-916; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp232 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Photoessay Back

Ian Beesley
Born in Bradford: Madonna and child or?
IJE Advance Access published on July 9, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 917-920; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp219 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Diversion Back

Ian McMillan
Born in Bradford
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 921; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp270 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cohort Profiles Back

Valérie Pittet, Pascal Juillerat, Christian Mottet, Christian Felley, Pierluigi Ballabeni, Bernard Burnand, Pierre Michetti, John-Paul Vader, and the Swiss IBD Cohort Study Group
Cohort Profile: The Swiss Inflammatory Bowel Disease Cohort Study (SIBDCS)
IJE Advance Access published on September 9, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 922-931; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn180 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark S Pearce, Nigel C Unwin, Louise Parker, and Alan W Craft
Cohort Profile: The Newcastle Thousand Families 1947 Birth Cohort
IJE Advance Access published on September 9, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 932-937; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn184 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ellen M Mikkelsen, Elizabeth E Hatch, Lauren A Wise, Kenneth J Rothman, Anders Riis, and Henrik Toft Sørensen
Cohort Profile: The Danish Web-based Pregnancy Planning Study—‘Snart-Gravid’
IJE Advance Access published on September 9, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 938-943; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn191 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Life Course Epidemiology Back

Farnaz Sabet, Linda M Richter, Paul G Ramchandani, Alan Stein, Maria A Quigley, and Shane A Norris
Low birthweight and subsequent emotional and behavioural outcomes in 12-year-old children in Soweto, South Africa: findings from Birth to Twenty
IJE Advance Access published on May 11, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 944-954; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp204 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Kari R Risnes, Tom I L Nilsen, Pål R Romundstad, and Lars J Vatten
Head size at birth and long-term mortality from coronary heart disease
IJE Advance Access published on April 7, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 955-962; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp169 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cancer Back

Richard G Stevens
Light-at-night, circadian disruption and breast cancer: assessment of existing evidence
IJE Advance Access published on April 20, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 963-970; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp178 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul Brennan, James McKay, Lee Moore, David Zaridze, Anush Mukeria, Neonilia Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Jolanta Lissowska, Peter Rudnai, Eleonora Fabianova, Dana Mates, Vladimir Bencko, Lenka Foretova, Vladimir Janout, Wong-Ho Chow, Nathaniel Rothman, Amélie Chabrier, Valérie Gaborieau, Nic Timpson, Rayjean J Hung, and George Davey Smith
Obesity and cancer: Mendelian randomization approach utilizing the FTO genotype
IJE Advance Access published on June 19, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 971-975; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp162 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Timothy M Frayling
Commentary: A new dawn for genetic epidemiology?
IJE Advance Access published on July 7, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 975-977; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp228 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Farhad Islami, Farin Kamangar, Dariush Nasrollahzadeh, Karim Aghcheli, Masoud Sotoudeh, Behnoush Abedi-Ardekani, Shahin Merat, Siavosh Nasseri-Moghaddam, Shahryar Semnani, Alireza Sepehr, Jon Wakefield, Henrik Møller, Christian C Abnet, Sanford M Dawsey, Paolo Boffetta, and Reza Malekzadeh
Socio-economic status and oesophageal cancer: results from a population-based case–control study in a high-risk area
IJE Advance Access published on May 4, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 978-988; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp195 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Mostafa Hosseini, Parisa Adimi Naghan, Shirin Karimi, SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi, Moslem Bahadori, Kian Khodadad, Forouzan Mohammadi, Kaveh Keynama, and Mohammad Reza Masjedi
Environmental risk factors for lung cancer in Iran: a case–control study
IJE Advance Access published on July 9, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 989-996; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp218 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Infectious Disease Back

Abigail Norris Turner, William C Miller, Nancy S Padian, Jay S Kaufman, Frieda M Behets, Tsungai Chipato, Francis A Mmiro, Robert A Salata, and Charles S Morrison
Unprotected sex following HIV testing among women in Uganda and Zimbabwe: short- and long-term comparisons with pre-test behaviour
IJE Advance Access published on April 6, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 997-1007; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp171 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frank Tanser, Till Bärnighausen, Graham S Cooke, and Marie-Louise Newell
Localized spatial clustering of HIV infections in a widely disseminated rural South African epidemic
IJE Advance Access published on March 4, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1008-1016; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp148 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Salim S Abdool Karim
Commentary: Spatial clustering of HIV infection: providing clues for effective HIV prevention
IJE Advance Access published on April 30, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1016-1017; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp201 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vendhan Gajalakshmi and Richard Peto
Smoking, drinking and incident tuberculosis in rural India: population-based case–control study
IJE Advance Access published on June 4, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1018-1025; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp225 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jyothi Bhat, Vikas G Rao, Punnathanathu Gopalan Gopi, Rajiv Yadav, Nagamiah Selvakumar, Balkrishna Tiwari, Vijay Gadge, Manoj K Bhondeley, and Fraser Wares
Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis amongst the tribal population of Madhya Pradesh, central India
IJE Advance Access published on June 9, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1026-1032; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp222 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mental Health Back

Richard Neugebauer, Prudence W Fisher, J Blake Turner, Saori Yamabe, Julia A Sarsfield, and Tasha Stehling-Ariza
Post-traumatic stress reactions among Rwandan children and adolescents in the early aftermath of genocide
IJE Advance Access published on February 8, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1033-1045; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn375 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Danielle Rodin and Mark van Ommeren
Commentary: Explaining enormous variations in rates of disorder in trauma-focused psychiatric epidemiology after major emergencies
IJE Advance Access published on May 4, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1045-1048; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp203 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Osvaldo P Almeida, Paul E Norman, Richard Allcock, Frank van Bockxmeer, Graeme J Hankey, Konrad Jamrozik, and Leon Flicker
Polymorphisms of the CRP gene inhibit inflammatory response and increase susceptibility to depression: The Health in Men Study
IJE Advance Access published on May 11, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1049-1059; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp199 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Cardiovascular Disease Back

Crystal Man Ying Lee, Federica Barzi, Mark Woodward, G David Batty, Graham G Giles, Jean Woo Wong, Konrad Jamrozik, Tai Hing Lam, Hirotsugu Ueshima, Hyeon Chang Kim, Dong Feng Gu, Mary Schooling, and Rachel R Huxley for The Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration
Adult height and the risks of cardiovascular disease and major causes of death in the Asia-Pacific region: 21 000 deaths in 510 000 men and women
IJE Advance Access published on March 6, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1060-1071; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp150 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Raj S Bhopal and Snorri B Rafnsson
Could mitochondrial efficiency explain the susceptibility to adiposity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in South Asian populations?
IJE Advance Access published on May 7, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1072-1081; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp202 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Health Behaviours Back

Christopher G Owen, Claire M Nightingale, Alicja R Rudnicka, Derek G Cook, Ulf Ekelund, and Peter H Whincup
Ethnic and gender differences in physical activity levels among 9–10-year-old children of white European, South Asian and African–Caribbean origin: the Child Heart Health Study in England (CHASE Study)
IJE Advance Access published on April 19, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1082-1093; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp176 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Shobha Rao, Asawari N Kanade, Chittaranjan S Yajnik, and Caroline H D Fall
Seasonality in maternal intake and activity influence offspring's birth size among rural Indian mothers—Pune Maternal Nutrition Study
IJE Advance Access published on June 4, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1094-1103; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp223 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Methodology Back

Frédérique Claudot, François Alla, Jeanne Fresson, Thierry Calvez, Henry Coudane, and Catherine Bonaïti-Pellié
Ethics and observational studies in medical research: various rules in a common framework
IJE Advance Access published on March 31, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1104-1108; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp164 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marina Cuttini and Rodolfo Saracci
Commentary: Can we facilitate the ethical approval of international observational studies?
IJE Advance Access published on July 7, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1108-1109; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp238 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carl V Phillips and Karen J Goodman
Interpreting data in the face of competing explanations: assessing the hypothesis that observed spontaneous clearance of Helicobacter pylori was all measurement error
IJE Advance Access published on March 23, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1110-1117; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Charles F Turner, Alia Al-Tayyib, Susan M Rogers, Elizabeth Eggleston, Maria A Villarroel, Anthony M Roman, James R Chromy, and Phillip C Cooley
Improving epidemiological surveys of sexual behaviour conducted by telephone
IJE Advance Access published on May 15, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1118-1127; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp210 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Other Original Articles Back

Pablo Lardelli-Claret, Elena Espigares-Rodríguez, Carmen Amezcua-Prieto, José Juan Jiménez-Moleón, Juan de Dios Luna-del-Castillo, and Aurora Bueno-Cavanillas
Association of age, sex and seat belt use with the risk of early death in drivers of passenger cars involved in traffic crashes
IJE Advance Access published on February 27, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1128-1134; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp143 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Paul L Zador
Commentary: Causal pathways of relative motor vehicle crash fatality risk are hard to estimate from police records
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1134-1136; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp227 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Phil Edwards and Ian Roberts
Population adiposity and climate change
IJE Advance Access published on April 19, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1137-1140; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp172 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Powles
Commentary: Why diets need to change to avert harm from global warming
IJE Advance Access published on June 26, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1141-1142; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp247 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marina Kvaskoff, Sylvie Mesrine, Françoise Clavel-Chapelon, and Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault
Endometriosis risk in relation to naevi, freckles and skin sensitivity to sun exposure: the French E3N cohort
IJE Advance Access published on April 7, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1143-1153; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp175 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stacey A Missmer
Commentary: Endometriosis—epidemiologic considerations for a potentially ‘high-risk’ population
IJE Advance Access published on July 17, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1154-1155; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp249 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor Back

Merete Osler, Mette Juhl, Rikke Lund, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, Margit Kriegbaum, and Ulla Christensen
Effect on response rates of stamps vs a pre-printed business reply envelope in a mailed follow-up survey among middle-aged Danish men
IJE Advance Access published on March 20, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1156-1157; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn044 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Giridhara R Babu
Response to ‘Cancer incidence rates among South Asians in four geographic regions: India, Singapore, UK and US’
IJE Advance Access published on June 20, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1157-1158; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn119 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rashmi Sinha, Susan Devesa, Tanuja Rastogi, and Aleyamma Mathew
Author's response
IJE Advance Access published on June 20, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1158-1159; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn120 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M P Little, E J Tawn, I Tzoulaki, R Wakeford, G Hildebrandt, S Tapio, and P Elliott
Comments: The non-cancer mortality experience of male workers at British Nuclear Fuels plc, 1946–2005
IJE Advance Access published on July 9, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1159-1164; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn122 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews Back

Luke Clancy
Marketing Health: Smoking and the Discourse of Public Health in Britain 1945–2000.
IJE Advance Access published on July 16, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1165-1166; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn142 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ishani Kar-Purkayastha
Public health: ethical issues.
IJE Advance Access published on July 15, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1166-1167; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn150 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Books Received Back

Books Received
IJE Advance Access published on July 9, 2009
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2009 38: 1168; doi:10.1093/ije/dyp254 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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