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Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 911-913; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn210 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Editorial Back

Karin B Michels
The promise and challenges of population strategies of prevention
IJE Advance Access published on August 21, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 914-916; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn176 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reprints and Reflections Back

Kristian F Andvord
Continued Studies of Tuberculosis considered as a generation illness
IJE Advance Access published on August 24, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 917-922; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn102 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Øyvind Næss and Aina Schiøtz
Commentary: Kristian Feyer Andvord's studies on the epidemiology of tuberculosis and the origin of generation cohort analysis
IJE Advance Access published on August 24, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 923-932; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn107 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hans L Rieder
Commentary: Reconciling historical epidemiological, bacteriological and immunological observations in tuberculosis
IJE Advance Access published on August 24, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 932-934; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn103 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter DO Davies
Commentary: Tuberculosis down the generations—a comment on ‘Continued studies of Tuberculosis as a generation illness’ by Kr F Andvord
IJE Advance Access published on August 24, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 934-936; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn104 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Donald A Enarson
Commentary: Kristian Andvord—an under recognized star in the epidemiological firmament
IJE Advance Access published on August 24, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 936-937; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn105 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cochrane Column Back

Taryn Young, Marzia Lazzerini, and D Gray
Cochrane Column
IJE Advance Access published on August 25, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 938-940; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn178 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cohort Profiles Back

45 and Up Study Collaborators
Cohort Profile: The 45 and Up Study
IJE Advance Access published on September 19, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 941-947; doi:10.1093/ije/dym184 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Mari M Kitahata, Benigno Rodriguez, Richard Haubrich, Stephen Boswell, W Christopher Mathews, Michael M Lederman, William B Lober, Stephen E Van Rompaey, Heidi M Crane, Richard D Moore, Michael Bertram, James O Kahn, and Michael S Saag
Cohort profile: the Centers for AIDS Research Network of Integrated Clinical Systems
IJE Advance Access published on February 8, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 948-955; doi:10.1093/ije/dym231 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frank Tanser, Victoria Hosegood, Till Bärnighausen, Kobus Herbst, Makandwe Nyirenda, William Muhwava, Colin Newell, Johannes Viljoen, Tinofa Mutevedzi, and Marie-Louise Newell
Cohort Profile: Africa Centre Demographic Information System (ACDIS) and population-based HIV survey
IJE Advance Access published on November 12, 2007
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 956-962; doi:10.1093/ije/dym211 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Photoessay Back

Felicia Webb
Generation XL
IJE Advance Access published on June 7, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 963-965; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn095 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Perspective Back

Thomas R Frieden, Mary T Bassett, Lorna E Thorpe, and Thomas A Farley
Public health in New York City, 2002–2007: confronting epidemics of the modern era
IJE Advance Access published on June 7, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 966-977; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn108 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nutrition Back

Sheila Bingham, Robert Luben, Ailsa Welch, Yen Ling Low, Kay Tee Khaw, Nick Wareham, and Nick Day
Associations between dietary methods and biomarkers, and between fruits and vegetables and risk of ischaemic heart disease, in the EPIC Norfolk Cohort Study
IJE Advance Access published on June 25, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 978-987; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn111 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Walter C Willett
Commentary: Flawed study designs are not salvaged by large samples
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 987-989; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn177 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Catherine Sauvaget, Kunnambath Ramadas, Gigi Thomas, Jissa Vinoda, Somanathan Thara, and Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan
Body mass index, weight change and mortality risk in a prospective study in India
IJE Advance Access published on April 3, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 990-1004; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn059 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kenneth F Adams and S V Subramanian
Commentary: Is the concern regarding overweight/obesity in India overstated?
IJE Advance Access published on July 22, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1005-1007; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn144 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anu W Turunen, Pia K Verkasalo, Hannu Kiviranta, Eero Pukkala, Antti Jula, Satu Männistö, Riina Räsänen, Jukka Marniemi, and Terttu Vartiainen
Mortality in a cohort with high fish consumption
IJE Advance Access published on June 25, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1008-1017; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn117 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Fortes, S Mastroeni, F Melchi, M A Pilla, G Antonelli, D Camaioni, M Alotto, and P Pasquini
A protective effect of the Mediterranean diet for cutaneous melanoma
IJE Advance Access published on July 11, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1018-1029; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn132 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Naohito Tanabe, Hiroshi Suzuki, Yoshifusa Aizawa, and Nao Seki
Consumption of green and roasted teas and the risk of stroke incidence: results from the Tokamachi–Nakasato cohort study in Japan
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1030-1040; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn211 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Candice Y Johnson and Julian Little
Folate intake, markers of folate status and oral clefts: is the evidence converging?
IJE Advance Access published on June 26, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1041-1058; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn098 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Jennifer Beam Dowd and Allison E Aiello
Did national folic acid fortification reduce socioeconomic and racial disparities in folate status in the US?
IJE Advance Access published on May 2, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1059-1066; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn066 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Luisa N Borrell
Commentary: Health policies in the US: can they increase or decrease the gap between subgroups of the population? The case of folic acid
IJE Advance Access published on June 7, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1067-1068; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn106 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cancer Back

Kirstin Pirie, Valerie Beral, Richard Peto, Andrew Roddam, Gillian Reeves, Jane Green, and for the Million Women Study Collaborators
Passive smoking and breast cancer in never smokers: prospective study and meta-analysis
IJE Advance Access published on June 10, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1069-1079; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn110 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paolo Boffetta, Olga van der Hel, Anne Kricker, Alexandra Nieters, Silvia de Sanjosé, Marc Maynadié, Pier Luigi Cocco, Anthony Staines, Nikolaus Becker, Rebecca Font, Andrea ‘t Mannetje, Chris Goumas, and Paul Brennan
Exposure to ultraviolet radiation and risk of malignant lymphoma and multiple myeloma—a multicentre European case–control study
IJE Advance Access published on May 29, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1080-1094; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn092 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Social Epidemiology Back

Albert Espelt, Carme Borrell, Maica Rodríguez-Sanz, Carles Muntaner, M Isabel Pasarín, Joan Benach, Maartje Schaap, Anton E Kunst, and Vicente Navarro
Inequalities in health by social class dimensions in European countries of different political traditions
IJE Advance Access published on March 13, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1095-1105; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn051 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Olle Lundberg
Commentary: Politics and public health—some conceptual considerations concerning welfare state characteristics and public health outcomes
IJE Advance Access published on May 8, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1105-1108; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn078 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Camilla Schmidt Morgen, Christina Bjørk, Per Kragh Andersen, Laust Hvas Mortensen, and Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen
Socioeconomic position and the risk of preterm birth—a study within the Danish National Birth Cohort
IJE Advance Access published on June 24, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1109-1120; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn112 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Environmental Epidemiology Back

Anthony J McMichael, Paul Wilkinson, R Sari Kovats, Sam Pattenden, Shakoor Hajat, Ben Armstrong, Nitaya Vajanapoom, Emilia M Niciu, Hassan Mahomed, Chamnong Kingkeow, Mitja Kosnik, Marie S O’Neill, Isabelle Romieu, Matiana Ramirez-Aguilar, Mauricio L Barreto, Nelson Gouveia, and Bojidar Nikiforov
International study of temperature, heat and urban mortality: the ‘ISOTHURM’ project
IJE Advance Access published on June 3, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1121-1131; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn086 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Genetic Epidemiology Back

Martin D Tobin, Mika Kähönen, Peter Braund, Tuomo Nieminen, Cother Hajat, Maciej Tomaszewski, Jari Viik, Rami Lehtinen, G Andre Ng, Peter W Macfarlane, Paul R Burton, Terho Lehtimäki, and Nilesh J Samani
Gender and effects of a common genetic variant in the NOS1 regulator NOS1AP on cardiac repolarization in 3761 individuals from two independent populations
IJE Advance Access published on May 29, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1132-1141; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn091 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Theory and Methods Back

Edwin P Martens, Wiebe R Pestman, Anthonius de Boer, Svetlana V Belitser, and Olaf H Klungel
Systematic differences in treatment effect estimates between propensity score methods and logistic regression
IJE Advance Access published on May 3, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1142-1147; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn079 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nikolaos A Patsopoulos, Evangelos Evangelou, and John PA Ioannidis
Sensitivity of between-study heterogeneity in meta-analysis: proposed metrics and empirical evaluation
IJE Advance Access published on April 18, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1148-1157; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn065 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Julian P T Higgins
Commentary: Heterogeneity in meta-analysis should be expected and appropriately quantified
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1158-1160; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn204 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tom M Palmer, John R Thompson, Martin D Tobin, Nuala A Sheehan, and Paul R Burton
Adjusting for bias and unmeasured confounding in Mendelian randomization studies with binary responses
IJE Advance Access published on May 7, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1161-1168; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn080 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Other Original Articles Back

Richard J Q McNally, Judith Rankin, Mark D F Shirley, Stephen P Rushton, and Tanja Pless-Mulloli
Space-time analysis of Down syndrome: results consistent with transient pre-disposing contagious agent
IJE Advance Access published on May 8, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1169-1179; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn083 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joan K Morris
Commentary: Clustering in Down syndrome
IJE Advance Access published on July 11, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1179-1180; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn126 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ira Madan, Isabel Reading, Keith T Palmer, and David Coggon
Cultural differences in musculoskeletal symptoms and disability
IJE Advance Access published on May 29, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1181-1189; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn085 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joy Adamson and Karl Atkin
Commentary: Culture and pain in the work place: the domain of occupational epidemiology?
IJE Advance Access published on July 19, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1189-1191; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn143 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor Back

Brian MacMahon
Epidemiology: another perspective
IJE Advance Access published on February 14, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1192-1193; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn003 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Neil Pearce
Author's response
IJE Advance Access published on February 14, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1193; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn004 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews Back

Tom Meade
The Development Of Modern Epidemiology: Personal Reports from Those Who Were There. Walter W. Holland, Jørn Olsen, Charles Du V. Florey (eds)
IJE Advance Access published on March 7, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1194-1195; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn037 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

James Hargreaves
Unequal Lives: Health and Socioeconomic Inequalities. Hilary Graham.
IJE Advance Access published on March 13, 2008
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1195-1196; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn043 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Miscellaneous Back

Books Received
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2008 37: 1197; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn193 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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