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ORIGINAL PAPER

Abstract Original Paper: Juan Pons-Villanueva, María Seguí-Gómez, and Miguel A Martínez-González
Risk of injury according to participation in specific physical activities: a 6-year follow-up of 14 356 participants of the SUN cohort
IJE Advance Access published on November 6, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp319
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Abstract Original Paper
Signe Helene Forsdahl, Steinar Solberg, Kulbir Singh, and Bjarne K Jacobsen
Abdominal aortic aneurysms, or a relatively large diameter of non-aneurysmal aortas, increase total and cardiovascular mortality: the Tromsø study
IJE Advance Access published on November 5, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp320
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Abstract Original Paper: Lindsay McLaren, Lynn McIntyre, and Sharon Kirkpatrick
Rose's population strategy of prevention need not increase social inequalities in health
IJE Advance Access published on November 3, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp315
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Abstract Original Paper: Wendy Johnson, Kirsten Ohm Kyvik, Erik L Mortensen, Axel Skytthe, G David Batty, and Ian J Deary
Education reduces the effects of genetic susceptibilities to poor physical health
IJE Advance Access published on October 27, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp314
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Abstract Original Paper: Ula Nur, Lorraine G Shack, Bernard Rachet, James R Carpenter, and Michel P Coleman
Modelling relative survival in the presence of incomplete data: a tutorial
IJE Advance Access published on October 25, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp309
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Abstract Original Paper: Monica Leu, Kamila Czene, and Marie Reilly
Bias correction of estimates of familial risk from population-based cohort studies
IJE Advance Access published on October 13, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp304
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Abstract Original Paper: Mariam El-Zein, Marie-Elise Parent, Andrea Benedetti, and Marie-Claude Rousseau
Does BCG vaccination protect against the development of childhood asthma? A systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies
IJE Advance Access published on October 12, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp307
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Abstract Original Paper: Knut Lönnroth, Brian G Williams, Peter Cegielski, and Christopher Dye
A consistent log-linear relationship between tuberculosis incidence and body mass index
IJE Advance Access published on October 9, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp308
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Abstract Original Paper: The Antiretroviral Therapy Cohort Collaboration
Mortality of HIV-infected patients starting potent antiretroviral therapy: comparison with the general population in nine industrialized countries
IJE Advance Access published on October 9, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp306
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Abstract Original Paper: Sandro Galea, Matthew Riddle, and George A Kaplan
Causal thinking and complex system approaches in epidemiology
IJE Advance Access published on October 9, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp296
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Abstract Original Paper: Naomi Brewer, Neil Pearce, Mona Jeffreys, Barry Borman, and Lis Ellison-Loschmann
Does screening history explain the ethnic differences in stage at diagnosis of cervical cancer in New Zealand?
IJE Advance Access published on October 6, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp303
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Abstract Original Paper: Mojgan Hessamfar-Bonarek, Philippe Morlat, Dominique Salmon, Patrice Cacoub, Thierry May, Fabrice Bonnet, Eric Rosenthal, Dominique Costagliola, Charlotte Lewden, Geneviève Chêne, and the Mortalité 2000 & 2005 Study Groups
Causes of death in HIV-infected women: persistent role of AIDS. The ‘Mortalité 2000 & 2005’ Surveys (ANRS EN19)
IJE Advance Access published on October 5, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp300
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Abstract Original Paper: Manuela Marron, Paolo Boffetta, Zuo-Feng Zhang, David Zaridze, Victor Wünsch-Filho, Deborah M Winn, Qingyi Wei, Renato Talamini, Neonila Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Erich M Sturgis, Elaine Smith, Stephen M Schwartz, Peter Rudnai, Mark P Purdue, Andrew F Olshan, Jose Eluf-Neto, Joshua Muscat, Hal Morgenstern, Ana Menezes, Michael McClean, Elena Matos, Ioan Nicolae Mates, Jolanta Lissowska, Fabio Levi, Philip Lazarus, Carlo La Vecchia, Sergio Koifman, Karl Kelsey, Rolando Herrero, Richard B Hayes, Silvia Franceschi, Leticia Fernandez, Eleonora Fabianova, Alexander W Daudt, Luigino Dal Maso, Maria Paula Curado, Gabriella Cadoni, Chu Chen, Xavier Castellsague, Stefania Boccia, Simone Benhamou, Gilles Ferro, Julien Berthiller, Paul Brennan, Henrik Møller, and Mia Hashibe
Cessation of alcohol drinking, tobacco smoking and the reversal of head and neck cancer risk
IJE Advance Access published on October 5, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp291
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Abstract Original Paper: Esther H Lips, Valerie Gaborieau, James D McKay, Amelie Chabrier, Rayjean J Hung, Paolo Boffetta, Mia Hashibe, David Zaridze, Neonilia Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Jolanta Lissowska, Peter Rudnai, Eleonora Fabianova, Dana Mates, Vladimir Bencko, Lenka Foretova, Vladimir Janout, John K Field, Triantafillos Liloglou, George Xinarianos, John McLaughlin, Geoffrey Liu, Frank Skorpen, Maiken Bratt Elvestad, Kristian Hveem, Lars Vatten, EPIC Study, Simone Benhamou, Pagona Lagiou, Ivana Holcátová, Franco Merletti, Kristina Kjaerheim, Antonio Agudo, Xavier Castellsagué, Tatiana V Macfarlane, Luigi Barzan, Cristina Canova, Ray Lowry, David I Conway, Ariana Znaor, Claire Healy, Maria Paula Curado, Sergio Koifman, Jose Eluf-Neto, Elena Matos, Ana Menezes, Leticia Fernandez, Andres Metspalu, Simon Heath, Mark Lathrop, and Paul Brennan
Association between a 15q25 gene variant, smoking quantity and tobacco-related cancers among 17 000 individuals
IJE Advance Access published on September 23, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp288
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Abstract Original Paper: Michael B Cook, Olof Akre, David Forman, M Patricia Madigan, Lorenzo Richiardi, and Katherine A McGlynn
A systematic review and meta-analysis of perinatal variables in relation to the risk of testicular cancer—experiences of the mother
IJE Advance Access published on September 23, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp287
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Abstract Original Paper: Kyung Eun Yun, Hye Soon Park, Yun-Mi Song, and Sung-Il Cho
Increases in body mass index over a 7-year period and risk of cause-specific mortality in Korean men
IJE Advance Access published on September 17, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp282
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Abstract Original Paper: Bahi Takkouche, Carlos Regueira-Méndez, and Agustín Montes-Martínez
Risk of cancer among hairdressers and related workers: a meta-analysis
IJE Advance Access published on September 14, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp283
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Abstract Original Paper: Sander Greenland
Bayesian perspectives for epidemiologic research: III. Bias analysis via missing-data methods
IJE Advance Access published on September 9, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp278
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Abstract Original Paper: Yuan-Chin Amy Lee, Catherine Cohet, Yu-Ching Yang, Leslie Stayner, Mia Hashibe, and Kurt Straif
Meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies on cigarette smoking and liver cancer
IJE Advance Access published on August 31, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp280
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Abstract Original Paper
Aluísio JD Barros, Alícia Matijasevich, Iná S Santos, and Ricardo Halpern
Child development in a birth cohort: effect of child stimulation is stronger in less educated mothers
IJE Advance Access published on August 28, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp272
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Abstract Original Paper: Man Ki Kwok, C Mary Schooling, Tai Hing Lam, and Gabriel M Leung
Does breastfeeding protect against childhood overweight? Hong Kong's ‘Children of 1997’ birth cohort
IJE Advance Access published on August 20, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp274
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Abstract Original Paper: Stephen R Cole, Haitao Chu, Lei Nie, and Enrique F Schisterman
Estimating the odds ratio when exposure has a limit of detection
IJE Advance Access published on August 10, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp269
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Abstract Original Paper: Silvia Ehrlenbach, Peter Willeit, Stefan Kiechl, Johann Willeit, Markus Reindl, Kathrin Schanda, Florian Kronenberg, and Anita Brandstätter
Influences on the reduction of relative telomere length over 10 years in the population-based Bruneck Study: introduction of a well-controlled high-throughput assay
IJE Advance Access published on August 7, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp273
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Abstract Original Paper: Lei Gao, Melanie N Weck, Elke Raum, Christa Stegmaier, Dietrich Rothenbacher, and Hermann Brenner
Sibship size, Helicobacter pylori infection and chronic atrophic gastritis: a population-based study among 9444 older adults from Germany
IJE Advance Access published on July 13, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp250
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Abstract Original Paper: Costanza Pizzi, Bianca L De Stavola, and Tom W Meade
Long-term association of routine blood count (Coulter) variables on fatal coronary heart disease: 30-year results from the first prospective Northwick Park Heart Study (NPHS-I)
IJE Advance Access published on July 13, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp245
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Abstract Original Paper: Hau V Pham, Dat T Dang, Nguyen N Tran Minh, Nguyen D Nguyen, and Tuan V Nguyen
Correlates of environmental factors and human plague: an ecological study in Vietnam
IJE Advance Access published on July 7, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp244
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Abstract Original Paper
Benjamin Arnold, Byron Arana, Daniel Mäusezahl, Alan Hubbard, and John M Colford Jr
Evaluation of a pre-existing, 3-year household water treatment and handwashing intervention in rural Guatemala
IJE Advance Access published on July 2, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp241
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Abstract Original Paper: Teruo Nagaya, Hideyo Yoshida, Hidekatsu Takahashi, and Makoto Kawai
Resting heart rate and blood pressure, independent of each other, proportionally raise the risk for type-2 diabetes mellitus
IJE Advance Access published on June 29, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp229
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Original Paper: Sam Harper
Commentary: Trends in indigenous inequalities in mortality in New Zealand
IJE Advance Access published on June 29, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp248
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Abstract Original Paper: Adrian Sayers, Kate Tilling, Barbara J Boucher, Kate Noonan, and Jon H Tobias
Predicting ambient ultraviolet from routine meteorological data; its potential use as an instrumental variable for vitamin D status in pregnancy in a longitudinal birth cohort in the UK
IJE Advance Access published on June 29, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp237
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Abstract Original Paper: Makoto Watanabe, Tomonori Okamura, Yoshihiro Kokubo, Aya Higashiyama, and Akira Okayama
Elevated serum creatine kinase predicts first-ever myocardial infarction: a 12-year population-based cohort study in Japan, the Suita study
IJE Advance Access published on June 25, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp212
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Original Paper: Barbara Starfield
Commentary: How does ‘insurance’ improve equity in health?
IJE Advance Access published on June 23, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp239
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Original Paper: Dennis J Baumgardner
Commentary: Environmental determinants of dimorphic systemic mycoses—the macro and the micro
IJE Advance Access published on June 15, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp235
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Abstract Original Paper: Dianna M Smith, Steven Cummins, Mathew Taylor, John Dawson, David Marshall, Leigh Sparks, and Annie S Anderson
Neighbourhood food environment and area deprivation: spatial accessibility to grocery stores selling fresh fruit and vegetables in urban and rural settings
IJE Advance Access published on June 2, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp221
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Abstract Original Paper: Jin-Ling Tang, Wei-Zhong Wang, Jian-Gang An, Yong-Hua Hu, Shi-Hua Cheng, and Sian Griffiths
How willing are the public to pay for anti-hypertensive drugs for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a survey in a Chinese city
IJE Advance Access published on June 2, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp213
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Abstract Original Paper: Andrew Edmonds, Jean Lusiama, Sonia Napravnik, Faustin Kitetele, Annelies Van Rie, and Frieda Behets
Anti-retroviral therapy reduces incident tuberculosis in HIV-infected children
IJE Advance Access published on May 15, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp208
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Abstract Original Paper: Ligia V Barrozo, Rinaldo P Mendes, Silvio A Marques, Gil Benard, Maria E Siqueira Silva, and Eduardo Bagagli
Climate and acute/subacute paracoccidioidomycosis in a hyper-endemic area in Brazil
IJE Advance Access published on May 11, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp207
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Abstract Original Paper: Kaja Z LeWinn, Laura R Stroud, Beth E Molnar, James H Ware, Karestan C Koenen, and Stephen L Buka
Elevated maternal cortisol levels during pregnancy are associated with reduced childhood IQ
IJE Advance Access published on May 7, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp200
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Abstract Original Paper: Sarah L Taubman, James M Robins, Murray A Mittleman, and Miguel A Hernán
Intervening on risk factors for coronary heart disease: an application of the parametric g-formula
IJE Advance Access published on April 23, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp192
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Abstract Original Paper: Kevin M Gorey
Breast cancer survival in Canada and the USA: meta-analytic evidence of a Canadian advantage in low-income areas
IJE Advance Access published on April 22, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp193
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Abstract Original Paper: Mariane Héroux, Ian Janssen, Miu Lam, Duck-chul Lee, James R Hebert, Xuemei Sui, and Steven N Blair
Dietary patterns and the risk of mortality: impact of cardiorespiratory fitness
IJE Advance Access published on April 20, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp191
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Original Paper
Tanja Stocks, Wegene Borena, Susanne Strohmaier, Tone Bjørge, Jonas Manjer, Anders Engeland, Dorthe Johansen, Randi Selmer, Göran Hallmans, Kilian Rapp, Hans Concin, Håkan Jonsson, Hanno Ulmer, and Pär Stattin
Cohort Profile: The Metabolic syndrome and Cancer project (Me-Can)
IJE Advance Access published on April 20, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp186
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Abstract Original Paper: O M Dekkers, E von Elm, A Algra, J A Romijn, and J P Vandenbroucke
How to assess the external validity of therapeutic trials: a conceptual approach
IJE Advance Access published on April 17, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp174
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Abstract Original Paper: Sokratis Dinos, Bernadette Khoshaba, Deborah Ashby, Peter D White, James Nazroo, Simon Wessely, and Kamaldeep S Bhui
A systematic review of chronic fatigue, its syndromes and ethnicity: prevalence, severity, co-morbidity and coping
IJE Advance Access published on April 6, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp147
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Abstract Original Paper: Martin Tobias, Tony Blakely, Don Matheson, Kumanan Rasanathan, and June Atkinson
Changing trends in indigenous inequalities in mortality: lessons from New Zealand
IJE Advance Access published on March 30, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp156
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Abstract Original Paper: Clara Kayei Chow, Karen Lock, Koon Teo, SV Subramanian, Martin McKee, and Salim Yusuf
Environmental and societal influences acting on cardiovascular risk factors and disease at a population level: a review
IJE Advance Access published on March 4, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyn258
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Abstract Original Paper: Masahiro Hashizume, Yukiko Wagatsuma, Taiichi Hayashi, Sajal K Saha, Kim Streatfield, and Mohammad Yunus
The effect of temperature on mortality in rural Bangladesh—a population-based time-series study
IJE Advance Access published on January 30, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyn376
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Abstract Original Paper: Karen Levy, Alan E Hubbard, and Joseph NS Eisenberg
Seasonality of rotavirus disease in the tropics: a systematic review and meta-analysis
IJE Advance Access published on December 4, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyn260
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Original Paper: Images of remembrance
IJE Advance Access published on February 22, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyn030
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Abstract Original paper: Rand L. Stoneburner and Daniel Low-Beer
Sexual partner reductions explain human immunodeficiency virus declines in Uganda: comparative analyses of HIV and behavioural data in Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, and Zambia
IJE Advance Access published on May 6, 2004.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyh094
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Letter to the Editor: Marina Kvaskoff, Sylvie Mesrine, Françoise Clavel-Chapelon, and Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault
Author's Response • On the roles of skin type and sun exposure in the risk of endometriosis and melanoma
IJE Advance Access published on November 3, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp326
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Letter to the Editor: William B Grant
On the roles of skin type and sun exposure in the risk of endometriosis and melanoma
IJE Advance Access published on November 3, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp324
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Letter to the Editor: Sharon Schwartz, Danella Hafeman, Ulka Campbell, and Nicolle Gatto
Author's Response
IJE Advance Access published on November 3, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp323
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Letter to the Editor: Ian Roberts and Phil Edwards
Author’s Response Time to forget about obesity
IJE Advance Access published on August 17, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp281
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Letter to the Editor: Manuel Gallar
Obesity and climate change
IJE Advance Access published on August 17, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp279
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Letter to the Editor: Carles Muntaner, Carme Borrell, Albert Espelt, Maica RodrÍguez-sanz, M Isabel PasarÍn, J Benach, and Vicente Navarro
Politics or policies vs politics and policies: a comment on Lundberg
IJE Advance Access published on June 2, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp220
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Letter to the Editor: L Lloyd Morgan
Reader's Response: Meningioma and mobile phone use—a collaborative case–control study in five North European countries
IJE Advance Access published on April 22, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp197
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Letter to the Editor: Sam Milham
Meningioma and mobile phone use
IJE Advance Access published on April 22, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp196
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Letter to the Editor: From S S Young
Acknowledge and fix the multiple testing problem
IJE Advance Access published on April 17, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp188
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Letter to the Editor: Michael D Coory
Comment on: heterogeneity in meta-analysis should be expected and appropriately quantified
IJE Advance Access published on April 6, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp157
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Letter to the Editor: S V Subramanian and Jessica M Perkins
Are republicans healthier than democrats?
IJE Advance Access published on March 5, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp152
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Letter to the Editor: Shah Ebrahim
Author's Response
IJE Advance Access published on March 2, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyn247
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Letter to the Editor: G. De Backer and M Kornitzer
Chronic diseases and calls to action
IJE Advance Access published on March 2, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyn246
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Letter to the Editor: Perviz Asaria, Robert Beaglehole, Dan Chisholm, Thomas A Gaziano, Richard Horton, Steven Leeder, Stephen S. Lim, Colin Mathers, Srinath Reddy, Kathleen Strong, and Janet Voute
Chronic disease prevention: the importance of calls to action
IJE Advance Access published on March 2, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyn245
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Letter to the Editor: Piyadasa W Kodituwakku and Mauro Ceccanti
Are children born to light drinkers not at high risk of developing clinically relevant cognitive–behavioural problems? A response to Kelly et al.
IJE Advance Access published on February 3, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp003
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Letter to the Editor: Andreas Stang and Oliver Kuss
Recommendations like ‘should always’ should arouse us
IJE Advance Access published on January 15, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyn365
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Letter to the Editor: A Espelt, C Borrell, M Rodríguez-Sanz, C Muntaner, MI Pasarín, J Benach, M Schaap, AE Kunst, and V Navarro
Answer to the commentary: Politics and public health—some conceptual considerations concerning welfare state characteristics and public health outcomes
IJE Advance Access published on January 8, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyn350
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Letter to the Editor: Allan Linneberg
Hygiene hypothesis: wanted—dead or alive
IJE Advance Access published on December 9, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyn269
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Letter to the Editor: Nikolaos A Patsopoulos, Evangelos Evangelou, and John PA Ioannidis
Heterogeneous views on heterogeneity
IJE Advance Access published on October 21, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyn235
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Letter to the Editor: Marina Cuttini, Cristiano Marini, Silvia Bruzzone, Sabrina Prati, and Rodolfo Saracci
Protection of health information in Italy: a step too far?
IJE Advance Access published on September 4, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyn185
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Letter to the Editor: David Whiting and Nigel Unwin
Cities, urbanization and health
IJE Advance Access published on July 16, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyn152
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Abstract Letter to the Editor: Peter Smith and John Frank
A response to Dr Michael Oakes: advancing research into SES mechanisms that affect health
IJE Advance Access published on June 3, 2005.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyi118
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COHORT PROFILE

Cohort Profile: Barry M Popkin, Shufa Du, Fengying Zhai, and Bing Zhang
Cohort Profile: The China Health and Nutrition Survey—monitoring and understanding socio-economic and health change in China, 1989–2011
IJE Advance Access published on November 3, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp322
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Cohort Profile: Marina B Klein, Sahar Saeed, Hong Yang, Jeff Cohen, Brian Conway, Curtis Cooper, Pierre Côté, Joseph Cox, John Gill, David Haase, Shariq Haider, Julio Montaner, Neora Pick, Anita Rachlis, Danielle Rouleau, Roger Sandre, Mark Tyndall, and Sharon Walmsley
Cohort Profile: The Canadian HIV–Hepatitis C Co-infection Cohort Study
IJE Advance Access published on September 28, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp297
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Cohort Profile: Noriko Yoshimura, Shigeyuki Muraki, Hiroyuki Oka, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Kozo Nakamura, and Toru Akune
Cohort Profile: Research on Osteoarthritis/Osteoporosis Against Disability study
IJE Advance Access published on September 11, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp276
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Cohort Profile: Chittakkudam Raman Soman, Safraj Shahulhameed, Vellapallil Ramankutty, Krishnapilla Vijayakumar, Rajamohanan Kunjukrishnapillai, Kamalasanan Ajayan, Sarasan Sajikumar, and for the PROLIFE study group
Cohort Profile: The PROLIFE study in Kerala, India
IJE Advance Access published on September 8, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp275
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Cohort Profile: Joline W J Beulens, Evelyn M Monninkhof, W M Monique Verschuren, Yvonne T van der Schouw, Jet Smit, Marga C Ocke, Eugene H J M Jansen, Susan van Dieren, Diederick E Grobbee, Petra H M Peeters, and H Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita
Cohort Profile: The EPIC-NL study
IJE Advance Access published on July 8, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp217
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Cohort Profile: Ye Ma, Fujie Zhang, Yan Zhao, Chunpeng Zang, Decai Zhao, Zhihui Dou, Lan Yu, Hua Fang, Timothy Y Zhu, and Ray Y Chen
Cohort Profile: The Chinese national free antiretroviral treatment cohort
IJE Advance Access published on June 25, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp233
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Cohort Profile: Michaela Kreuzer, Maria Schnelzer, Annemarie Tschense, Linda Walsh, and Bernd Grosche
Cohort Profile: The German uranium miners cohort study (WISMUT cohort), 1946–2003
IJE Advance Access published on June 3, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp216
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Cohort Profile: Kristie N Carter, Matt Cronin, Tony Blakely, Michael Hayward, and Ken Richardson
Cohort profile: Survey of Families, Income and Employment (SoFIE) and Health Extension (SoFIE-health)
IJE Advance Access published on May 28, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp215
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Cohort Profile: Jianghong Liu, Linda A McCauley, Yang Zhao, Hanzhe Zhang, Jennifer Pinto-Martin, and Jintan Cohort Study Group
Cohort profile: The China Jintan Child Cohort Study
IJE Advance Access published on May 18, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp205
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COHORT PROFILE
Ian M Goodyer, Tim Croudace, Valerie Dunn, Joe Herbert, and Peter B Jones
Cohort Profile: Risk patterns and processes for psychopathology emerging during adolescence: the ROOTS project
IJE Advance Access published on April 8, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp173
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COHORT PROFILE
Linsay Gray, G David Batty, Peter Craig, Catherine Stewart, Bruce Whyte, Alan Finlayson, and Alastair H Leyland
Cohort Profile: The Scottish Health Surveys Cohort: linkage of study participants to routinely collected records for mortality, hospital discharge, cancer and offspring birth characteristics in three nationwide studies
IJE Advance Access published on April 6, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp155
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COHORT PROFILE
RM Bland, HM Coovadia, A Coutsoudis, NC Rollins, and ML Newell
Cohort Profile: Mamanengane or the Africa Centre Vertical Transmission Study
IJE Advance Access published on March 31, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp165
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Cohort Profile: Akram Pourshams, Hooman Khademi, Akbar Fazeltabar Malekshah, Farhad Islami, Mehdi Nouraei, Ali Reza Sadjadi, Elham Jafari, Nasser Rakhshani, Rasool Salahi, Shahryar Semnani, Farin Kamangar, Christian C Abnet, Bruce Ponder, Nick Day, Sanford M Dawsey, Paolo Boffetta, and Reza Malekzadeh
Cohort Profile: The Golestan Cohort Study—a prospective study of oesophageal cancer in northern Iran
IJE Advance Access published on March 30, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp161
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Cohort Profile
Kaarin J Anstey, Julie E Byles, Mary A Luszcz, Paul Mitchell, David Steel, Heather Booth, Colette Browning, Peter Butterworth, Robert G Cumming, Judith Healy, Timothy D Windsor, Lesley Ross, Lauren Bartsch, Richard A Burns, Kim Kiely, Carole L Birrell, Gerald A Broe, Jonathan Shaw, and Hal Kendig
Cohort profile: The Dynamic Analyses to Optimize Ageing (DYNOPTA) project
IJE Advance Access published on January 17, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyn276
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Cohort Profile: H E Syddall, S J Simmonds, H J Martin, Clare Watson, E M Dennison, C Cooper, A Aihie Sayer, and for the Hertfordshire Cohort Study Group
Cohort profile: The Hertfordshire Ageing Study (HAS)
IJE Advance Access published on January 8, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyn275
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Cohort Profile: Janet F Grant, Anne W Taylor, Richard E Ruffin, David H Wilson, Patrick J Phillips, Robert JT Adams, Kay Price, and the North West Adelaide Health Study Team
Cohort Profile: The North West Adelaide Health Study (NWAHS)
IJE Advance Access published on December 11, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyn262
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Cohort Profile: Jeremy M Jacobs, Aaron Cohen, Michael Bursztyn, Daniel Azoulay, Eliana Ein-Mor, and Jochanan Stessman
Cohort Profile: the Jerusalem longitudinal cohort study
IJE Advance Access published on December 4, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyn252
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Cohort Profile: Jerry W Lee, Kelly R Morton, James Walters, Denise L Bellinger, Terry L Butler, Colwick Wilson, Eric Walsh, Christopher G Ellison, Monica M McKenzie, and Gary E Fraser
Cohort Profile: The biopsychosocial religion and health study (BRHS)
IJE Advance Access published on December 3, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyn244
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COMMENTARY

Commentary: Mercedes R Carnethon
Commentary: Heart rate and blood pressure: risk factors or risk markers?
IJE Advance Access published on October 28, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp325
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Commentary: Marie-Jo Brion
Commentary: Assessing the impact of breastfeeding on child health: where conventional methods alone fall short for reliably establishing causal inference
IJE Advance Access published on October 28, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp318
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Commentary: Susan P Walker
Commentary: Early stimulation and child development
IJE Advance Access published on October 28, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp316
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Commentary: Adam Kuper
Commentary: A Darwin family concern
IJE Advance Access published on October 5, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp310
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Commentary: Abraham Aviv
Commentary: Raising the bar on telomere epidemiology
IJE Advance Access published on October 1, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp298
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Commentary: Peter M Rothwell
Commentary: External validity of results of randomized trials: disentangling a complex concept
IJE Advance Access published on September 23, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp305
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Commentary: Dorairaj Prabhakaran and Ambuj Roy
Commentary: Societal influences on cardiovascular disease: time to assess and act
IJE Advance Access published on September 23, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp295
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Commentary: Andrew Boulle and Brian Eley
Commentary: Reducing HIV-associated tuberculosis in children
IJE Advance Access published on September 15, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp301
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Commentary: Keith Dear
Commentary: On Hashizume et al.'s ‘The effect of temperature on mortality in rural Bangladesh’
IJE Advance Access published on August 7, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp271
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BOOK REVIEW

Book Review: Gregor Mclennan
Genomes and What to Make of Them. Barry Barnes and John Dupré.
IJE Advance Access published on August 3, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp266
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Book Review: Anke Huss
Environmental Epidemiology—Principles and Methods. RM Merrill.
IJE Advance Access published on April 6, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp005
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Book Review: James Lefanu
Bad Science. Ben Goldacre.
IJE Advance Access published on February 25, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp149
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Book Review: H. Ross Anderson
Adverse Reactions. The Fenoterol Story. Neil Pearce.
IJE Advance Access published on February 11, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp138
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Book Review: Sourabh Dutta
Clinical Epidemiology: Principles, Methods and Applications for Clinical Research. D E Grobbee and A W Hoes.
IJE Advance Access published on December 21, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyn349
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Book Review: Chris Metcalfe
Screening: Evidence and Practice. AE Raffle and JAM Gray.
IJE Advance Access published on October 21, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyn233
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Book Review: Neil Pearce
Hyping Health Risks: Environmental Hazards in Daily Life and the Science of Epidemiology. Kabat GC.
IJE Advance Access published on September 18, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyn198
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PHOTOESSAY

Photoessay: André S Szklo, Evandro S F Coutinho, Rejane Spitz, and Nilton Gamba Jr
Gains of stopping smoking: portraits of the dialogue between public health promotion, art and design
IJE Advance Access published on July 13, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp251
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AUTHOR'S RESPONSE

Author's Response: Anssi Auvinen, Anna Lahkola, Maria Feychting, Anthony J Swerdlow, Christoffer Johansen, Tore Tynes, and on behalf of the authors
Author's Response: Response to commentary: Meningioma and mobile phone use—a collaborative case–control study in five North European countries
IJE Advance Access published on April 22, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp198
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Author's Response: Nikolaos A Patsopoulos and John P A Ioannidis
Author's: Response Heterogeneity metrics: not perfect, but would not abandon
IJE Advance Access published on April 6, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp158
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letters to the Editor: Jan P Vandenbroucke
Author's Response
IJE Advance Access published on April 17, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyp189
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AUTHORS' RESPONSE

Authors' Response: O Lundberg
Politics and public health—some conceptual considerations concerning welfare state characteristics and public health outcomes
IJE Advance Access published on January 6, 2009.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyn351
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Authors' Response: Jeroen Douwes and Neil Pearce
Hygiene hypothesis: wanted—dead or alive
IJE Advance Access published on December 9, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyn270
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ESSAY REVIEW

Essay Review: Sam Harper
Rose's Strategy of Preventive Medicine. Geoffrey Rose with commentary by Kay-Tee Khaw and Michael Marmot.
IJE Advance Access published on December 4, 2008.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyn259
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DIVERSION

Abstract Diversion: Anon
The Cholera's Coming
IJE Advance Access published on August 16, 2006.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyl124
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Abstract Diversion: Anzia Yezierska
One Thousand Pages of Research
IJE Advance Access published on March 3, 2005.
doi:10.1093/ije/dyi045
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