International Journal of Epidemiology

Social capital: everything or nothing?
pp. 627-627(1)
Author: Shah Ebrahim

Severe acute respiratory syndrome: review and lessons of the 2003 outbreak
pp. 628-634(7)
Authors: Umesh D Parashar; Larry J Anderson

Preservation of health
pp. 635-640(6)

Practical directions to the preservation of health
pp. 640-649(10)
Author: Alun Evans

Health by association? Social capital, social theory, and the political economy of public health
pp. 650-667(18)
Authors: Simon Szreter; Michael Woolcock

Commentary: ‘Health by association’: some comments
pp. 667-671(5)
Author: Robert D Putnam

Commentary: Is capital the solution or the problem?
pp. 672-674(3)
Author: Vicente Navarro

Commentary: Social capital, social class, and the slow progress of psychosocial epidemiology
pp. 674-680(7)
Author: Carles Muntaner

Commentary: Can subtle refinements of popular concepts be put into practice?
pp. 681-682(2)
Author: Anne Ellaway

Commentary: Reconciling the three accounts of social capital
pp. 682-690(9)
Authors: Ichiro Kawachi; Daniel Kim; Adam Coutts; SV Subramanian

Commentary: Social capital, social epidemiology and disease aetiology
pp. 691-700(10)
Authors: George Davey Smith; John Lynch

Rejoinder: Crafting rigorous and relevant social theory for public health policy
pp. 700-704(5)
Authors: Simon Szreter; Michael Woolcock

Author response: Debating mortality trends in 19th century Britain
pp. 705-709(5)
Author: Simon Szreter

Adult mortality: time for a reappraisal
pp. 710-717(8)
Authors: Emmanuela Gakidou; Margaret Hogan; Alan D Lopez

Commentary: On reappraisal of adult mortality
pp. 717-718(2)
Author: PN Mari Bhat

Working lives
pp. 719-721(3)
Author: John Darwell

Heaven (for Mark Willson White, 1957–1994)
pp. 722-722(1)
Author: Nick Drake

Socioeconomic position in childhood and cardiovascular risk factors in older Spanish people
pp. 723-730(8)
Authors: Enrique Regidor; José R Banegas; Juan L Gutiérrez-Fisac; Vicente Domínguez; Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo

Commentary: Urbanization and the life course
pp. 730-731(2)
Author: David Blane

Contextual effects of social fragmentation and material deprivation on risk of myocardial infarction—results from the Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Program (SHEEP)
pp. 732-741(10)
Authors: Maria K Stjärne; Antonio Ponce de Leon; Johan Hallqvist

Commentary: Contextual effects: index construction and technique
pp. 741-742(2)
Author: Peter Congdon

Are patients with asthma at increased risk of coronary heart disease?
pp. 743-748(6)
Authors: Carlos Iribarren; Irina V Tolstykh; Mark D Eisner

Commentary: Does the presence of asthma increase the incidence of coronary heart disease?
pp. 749-750(2)
Authors: Richard Hubbard; Joe West

Body mass index and cardiovascular disease in the Asia-Pacific Region: an overview of 33 cohorts involving 310 000 participants
pp. 751-758(8)
Author: Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration

Physical activity and risk of coronary heart disease in India
pp. 759-767(9)
Authors: Tanuja Rastogi; Mario Vaz; Donna Spiegelman; K Srinath Reddy; AV Bharathi; Meir J Stampfer; Walter C Willett; Alberto Ascherio

Commentary: Prevention of coronary heart disease in South Asia—containing the physical inactivity epidemic
pp. 767-768(2)
Author: S Goya Wannamethee

Exposure over the life course to an urban environment and its relation with obesity, diabetes, and hypertension in rural and urban Cameroon
pp. 769-776(8)
Authors: Eugène Sobngwi; Jean-Claude Mbanya; Nigel C Unwin; Raphael Porcher; André-Pascal Kengne; Léopold Fezeu; Etienne Magloire Minkoulou; Caroline Tournoux; Jean-Francois Gautier; Terence J Aspray; Kgmm Alberti

Commentary: Beyond urban–rural comparisons: towards a life course approach to understanding health effects of urbanization
pp. 777-778(2)
Author: Sanjay Kinra

Anxiety or depressive disorders and risk of ischaemic heart disease among French power company employees
pp. 779-786(8)
Authors: C Allonier; A Chevalier; M Zins; O Catelinois; SM Consoli; M Goldberg; G Lahon

Physical activity and stroke. A meta-analysis of observational data
pp. 787-798(12)
Authors: GCW Wendel-Vos; AJ Schuit; EJM Feskens; HC Boshuizen; WMM Verschuren; WHM Saris; D Kromhout

Smoking, alcohol drinking, occupational exposures and social inequalities in hypopharyngeal and laryngeal cancer
pp. 799-806(8)
Authors: Gwenn Menvielle; Danièle Luce; Paquerette Goldberg; Annette Leclerc

Commentary: Socioeconomic status: more than a confounder?
pp. 806-807(2)
Author: W Ahrens

Trends in reported incidences of gastric cancer by tumour location, from 1975 to 1989 in Japan
pp. 808-815(8)
Authors: Ying Liu; Satoshi Kaneko; Tomotaka Sobue

Fetal growth, maternal prenatal smoking, and risk of invasive meningococcal disease: a nationwide case-control study
pp. 816-820(5)
Authors: Henrik Toft Sørensen; Rodrigo Labouriau; Elise Snitker Jensen; Preben Bo Mortensen; Henrik Carl Schønheyder

Can we explain why Brazilian babies are becoming lighter?
pp. 821-828(8)
Authors: Antonio AM Silva; Marco A Barbieri; Heloisa Bettiol; Marcelo Z Goldani; Roberto J Rona

Commentary: Unravelling the mystery of variation in birthweight
pp. 829-830(2)
Author: Siri Vangen

Intrauterine famine exposure and body proportions at birth: the Dutch Hunger Winter
pp. 831-836(6)
Authors: Aryeh D Stein; Patricia A Zybert; Margot van de Bor; LH Lumey

Commentary: Maternal nutrition, body proportions at birth, and adult chronic disease
pp. 837-838(2)
Author: Michael S Kramer

Family, socioeconomic and prenatal factors associated with failure to thrive in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)
pp. 839-847(9)
Authors: PS Blair; RF Drewett; PM Emmett; A Ness; AM Emond

Commentary: The epidemiology of failure-to-thrive in infants
pp. 847-848(2)
Author: Peter B Sullivan

Birthweight and work participation in adulthood
pp. 849-856(8)
Authors: Petter Kristensen; Tor Bjerkedal; Lorentz M Irgens

Commentary: Fetal origins of social situations? Medicalization of social life?
pp. 856-857(2)
Author: Yin Bun Cheung

Height and risk of severe pre-eclampsia. A study within the Danish National Birth Cohort
pp. 858-863(6)
Authors: Olga Basso; Allen J Wilcox; Clarice R Weinberg; Donna D Baird; Jørn Olsen

Mortality and educational level among diabetic and non-diabetic population in the Turin Longitudinal Study: a 9-year follow-up
pp. 864-871(8)
Authors: Roberto Gnavi; Alessio Petrelli; Moreno Demaria; Teresa Spadea; Quirico Carta; Giuseppe Costa

Commentary: Socioeconomic status and diabetes outcomes; what might we expect and why don't we find it?
pp. 871-873(3)
Author: N Chaturvedi

Income and mortality: the shape of the association and confounding New Zealand Census-Mortality Study, 1981–1999
pp. 874-883(10)
Authors: Tony Blakely; Ichiro Kawachi; June Atkinson; Jackie Fawcett

Does conflict between home and work explain the effect of multiple roles on mental health? A comparative study of Finland, Japan, and the UK
pp. 884-893(10)
Authors: Tarani Chandola; Pekka Martikainen; Mel Bartley; Eero Lahelma; Michael Marmot; Sekine Michikazu; Ali Nasermoaddeli; Sadanobu Kagamimori

Health effects of dental amalgam exposure: a retrospective cohort study
pp. 894-902(9)
Authors: Michael N Bates; Jackie Fawcett; Nick Garrett; Terry Cutress; Tord Kjellstrom

Women's perception of mammography screening
pp. 903-904(2)
Authors: J-L Bulliard; F Levi

Authors' response
pp. 904-905(2)
Authors: Marcel Zwahlen; Barbara D'Avanzo; Matthias Egger; Franco Berrino; Thomas Perneger; Paola Mosconi; Gianfranco Domenighetti

Using capture–recapture methods to study recent transmission of tuberculosis
pp. 905-906(2)
Authors: Martien W Borgdorff; Judith R Glynn; Emilia Vynnycky

Authors' response
pp. 907-907(1)
Authors: Jesús Iñigo; Araceli Arce; Fernando Chaves

Insulin and IGF-I as determinants of low ‘Western’ cancer rates in the rural third world
pp. 908-910(3)
Author: Mark F McCarty

The Rise of Causal Concepts of Disease: Case Histories. Codell Carter K. Aldershot UK: Ashgate Publishing, 2003, pp. 248, (HB) £55.00 ISBN: 0-7546-0678-3.
pp. 911-912(2)
Author: Robert Aronowitz

Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics. Pevsner J. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2003, pp. 753, £58.50 ISBN: 0-471-21004-8.
pp. 913-914(2)
Author: Nic Timpson

Diet, Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases. WHO Technical Report Series 916. Report of a Joint WHO/FSA Expert Consultation.
pp. 914-915(2)
Author: Andy Ness

A Short Introduction to Epidemiology. Neil Pearce. Published as an Occasional Report Series No 2, Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand, 2003, pp. 130 ISBN: 0-473-09560-2.
pp. 915-916(2)
Author: Adrian Sleigh

Child Health and the Environment. Donald T Wigle. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 396, (HB) £37.50 ISBN: 0-19-513559-8.
pp. 915-915(1)
Author: Alan Emond

Population and Health in Developing Countries. Volume 1, Population, Health, and Survival at INDEPTH Sites. INDEPTH Network. Ottawa: International Development Research Centre, 2002, pp. 356, (PB) $40.40 ISBN: 0-88936-948-8.
pp. 916-917(2)
Author: Eduard Bos

Evidence Based Public Health. Ross C Brownson, Elizabeth A Baker, Terry L Leet, Kathleen N Gillespie. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002, pp. 252, £29.50 (HB) ISBN: 0-19-514376-0.
pp. 917-918(2)
Author: Ian Harvey

Child Public Health. Blair M, Stewart-Brown S, Waterston T, Crowther R. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 262, £29.50 (PB), ISBN: 0-19-263192-6.
pp. 918-919(2)
Author: Nick Spencer

Medical Statistics from A to Z. A guide for clinicians and Medical Students. BS Everitt. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp. 236, £19.95 (PB) ISBN: 0-521-53204-3, £55 (HB) ISBN: 0-521-82506-7.
pp. 919-919(1)
Author: Tracy Dixon

Corrigendum
pp. 920-920(1)

Courses, meetings and conferences listed
pp. 921-921(1)