Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004
Editor's Choice
Cohorts, infants and children
Shah Ebrahim
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1165–1166, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh368
Editorials
Biological theories, evidence, and epidemiology
David A Leon
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1167–1171, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh389
Collaboration is needed to co-ordinate European birth cohort studies
Manolis Kogevinas and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1172–1173, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh318
Reprints and Reflections
The age distribution of cancer and a multi-stage theory of carcinogenosis
P Armitage and R Doll
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1174–1179, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh216
Commentary: Mathematical models of cancer progression and epidemiology in the age of high throughput genomics
Steven A Frank
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1179–1181, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh222
Commentary: Fifty years of the multistage model: remarks on a landmark paper
Suresh H Moolgavkar
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1182–1183, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh288
Commentary: The age distribution of cancer and a multistage theory of carcinogenesis
Richard Doll
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1183–1184, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh359
Cohort Profile
The British Regional Heart Study 1975–2004
Mary Walker and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1185–1192, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh295
Diversion
My Father at Fifty
Michael Hofmann
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Page 1193, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh286
Special Theme: Perinatal and Paediatric Epidemiology
Risk factors for prematurity at Harare Maternity Hospital, Zimbabwe
Shingairai A Feresu and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1194–1201, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh120
No improvement in weight-for-age of young children in southern Senegal, 1969–1992, despite a drastic reduction in mortality. Evidence from a growth monitoring programme
Sybil Pinchinat and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1202–1208, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh174
Household water source and the risk of childhood brain tumours: results of the SEARCH International Brain Tumor Study
Beth A Mueller and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1209–1216, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh215
Commentary: Nitrites, nitrates and nitrosation as causes of brain cancer in children: epidemiological challenges
David Forman
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1216–1218, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh390
Childhood migration and cardiovascular risk
Mary Schooling and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1219–1226, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh221
Commentary: Can conventional migration studies really identify critical age-period effects?
Sanjay Kinra
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1226–1227, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh340
Poverty, birthweight, and infant weight gain in Hertfordshire, 1923–1939
Peter Razzell and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1228–1233, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh226
Commentary: Catch-up growth in humans—a comment on poverty, birthweight, and infant weight gain in Hertfordshire
Peter C Hindmarsh
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1234–1235, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh271
The association of maternal growth and socio-economic measures with infant birthweight in four ethnic groups
Irvin Emanuel and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1236–1242, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh269
The association of grandmaternal and maternal factors with maternal adult stature
Irvin Emanuel and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1243–1248, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh268
Commentary: The child is the mother of the woman: Intergenerational associations in maternal anthropometry
Susan MB Morton
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1249–1251, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh355
Infant mortality among First Nations versus non-First Nations in British Columbia: temporal trends in rural versus urban areas, 1981–2000
Zhong-Cheng Luo and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1252–1259, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh290
Methodology for estimating regional and global trends of child malnutrition
Mercedes de Onis and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1260–1270, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh202
Childhood mortality among former Mozambican refugees and their hosts in rural South Africa
James R Hargreaves and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1271–1278, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh257
Lack of change in birthweights of infants by generational status among Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Black Caribbean, and Black African mothers in a British cohort study
S Harding and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1279–1285, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh186
Childhood mortality and probable causes of death using verbal autopsy in Niakhar, Senegal, 1989–2000
Jean-François Etard and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1286–1292, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh259
Monitoring trends in under-5 mortality rates through national birth history surveys
EL Korenromp and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1293–1301, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh182
Commentary: Monitoring trends in under-5 mortality: better believe it's true
Saul S Morris
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1302–1303, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh289
Maternal calcium supplementation and cardiovascular risk factors in twin offspring
Ruth Morley and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1304–1309, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh284
Commentary: Maternal calcium intake and offspring cardiovascular risk factors
Eduardo Bergel and José M Belizán
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1309–1310, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh362
Impact of El Niño and malaria on birthweight in two areas of Tanzania with different malaria transmission patterns
Ulrika Uddenfeldt Wort and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1311–1319, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh256
Influences on childhood height: comparing two generations in the 1958 British birth cohort
Leah Li and Chris Power
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1320–1328, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh325
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Population survey to determine risk factors for Mycobacterium leprae transmission and infection
Mirjam I Bakker and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1329–1336, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh266
Multilevel modelling and malaria: a new method for an old disease
F Mauny and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1337–1344, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh274
Other Original Papers
Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in a general population sample of 26 913 adults in the Greek EPIC study
Theodora Psaltopoulou and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1345–1352, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh249
The influence of factors identified in adolescence and early adulthood on social class inequities of musculoskeletal disorders at age 30: a prospective population-based cohort study
Masuma Khatun and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1353–1360, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh237
Commentary: Difficulties in disentangling causes of social class inequities in musculoskeletal health
Marcel Zwahlen and Peter Jüni
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1360–1361, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh349
Theory and Methods
Methodological and quality issues in epidemiological studies of acute lower respiratory infections in children in developing countries
Claudio F Lanata and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1362–1372, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh229
Correlated measurement error—implications for nutritional epidemiology
NE Day and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1373–1381, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh138
Adjusting for energy intake—what measure to use in nutritional epidemiological studies?
Rupert W Jakes and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1382–1386, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh181
Commentary: Correlated errors and energy adjustment—where are the data?
Donna Spiegelman
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1387–1388, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh315
Education and Debate
Interval estimation by simulation as an alternative to and extension of confidence intervals
Sander Greenland
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1389–1397, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh276
Does the misreporting of adult body size depend upon an individual's height and weight? Methodological debate
David Gunnell and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1398–1399, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh301
Mathematical coupling: a multilevel approach
Mark S Gilthorpe and Yu-Kang Tu
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1399–1400, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh302
Assessing correlation between reporting errors and true values: untestable assumptions are unavoidable
Ian R White
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1400–1401, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh303
Mathematical coupling: a simpler approach
Jon Rasbash and Harvey Goldstein
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1401–1402, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh304
A coda: oversimplification, implicit assumptions, and measurement error
Mark S Gilthorpe and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1402–1403, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh305
Letters to the Editor
In search of the best available version of the truth
Cornelia J Baines
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1404–1405, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh238
Misleading quotations and other errors persist in rejoinder on breast cancer screening
Peter C Gøtzsche
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Page 1404, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh353
Authors' response
David A Freedman and others
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1405–1406, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh242
Earthquake and suicide: bringing context back into disaster epidemiological studies
Tsung-Hsueh Lu
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1406–1409, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh234
Response
Yiing-Jenq Chou and Nicole Huang
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1409–1410, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh236
Inequity, acculturation and the ‘Mediterranean paradox’
Oliver Razum and Hajo Zeeb
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1411–1412, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh244
Author's response
Myriam Khlat
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Page 1412, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh246
A family of ordered logistic regression models fit by data expansion
Tou Choi and Stephen R Cole
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Page 1413, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh240
Miscellaneous
Book Review
Interpreting Epidemiologic Evidence: Strategies for Study Design and Analysis. David A Savitz. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 336, £34.50 (HB). ISBN: 0-19-510840-X.
Isobel Bray
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Page 1414, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh158
Handbook of Mixed Methods in Social and Behavioural Research. Tashakkori A, Teddlie C (eds). Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2003, pp.768, £77.00 ISBN: 0-7619-2073-0.
Joy Adamson
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1414–1415, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh243
The Word as Scalpel: A History of Medical Sociology. Bloom SW. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002, pp. 348, £16.99 (PB) ISBN: 0-19-514929-7
Michael Bloor
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1415–1416, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh334
The Moral Economy of AIDS in South Africa. Nattrass N. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp. 224, £19.95 (PB). ISBN: 0521548640.
Kate Wood
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1416–1417, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh344
Primary Mother Care and Population. Mola G, Thornton J, Breen M, Bullough C, Guillebaud J, Addo F (eds). Published privately by Maurice King, 2003, pp. 416, £7.50. ISBN: 0-9544212-0-5.
Elisabeth Meloni Vieira
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1417–1418, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh345
Accessing Health Care. Responding to Diversity. Healy J, Mckee M (eds). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. pp. 256, AUS$ 140.00 (HB). ISBN: 0198516185.
Selena Gray
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Page 1418, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh356
Essential Medical Statistics (2nd edn). Kirkwood BR, Sternc JAC. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2003, pp. 288, $52.95 (PB). ISBN 0865428719.
Simon Bond and BO FU
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1418–1419, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh364
Books Received
Books Received
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Page 1420, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh343
Bulletin Board
Courses, meetings and conferences listed
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Page 1421, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh415
Reviewers
REVIEWERS: September 2003–August 2004
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2004, Pages 1422–1423, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh351
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