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Volume 33, Number 5, October 2004
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Genetic epidemiology: an ‘enlightened narrative’?
pp. 923-924(2)
Author: George Davey Smith

The New Epidemiology: putting the pieces together in complex disease aetiology
pp. 925-928(4)
Author: Lyle J Palmer

Epigenetic epidemiology
pp. 929-935(7)
Author: Eva Jablonka

The emergence of epidemiology in the genomics age
pp. 936-944(9)
Authors: Muin J Khoury; Robert Millikan; Julian Little; Marta Gwinn

A self-fulfilling prophecy: are we underestimating the role of the environment in gene–environment interaction research?
pp. 945-946(2)
Author: Paolo Vineis

A Ballad for Apothecaries
pp. 947-947(1)
Author: Anne Stevenson

Low birthweight and Type 2 diabetes: A study on 11 162 Swedish twins
pp. 948-953(6)
Authors: A Iliadou; S Cnattingius; P Lichtenstein

Commentary: Twins, low birthweight and type 2 diabetes
pp. 953-954(2)
Author: DIW Phillips

TGFbeta1 polymorphism (L10P) and risk of colorectal adenomatous and hyperplastic polyps
pp. 955-961(7)
Authors: Rachel Sparks; Jeannette Bigler; Justin G Sibert; John D Potter; Yutaka Yasui; Cornelia M Ulrich

Methodological problems in genetic association studies of longevity—the apolipoprotein E gene as an example
pp. 962-970(9)
Authors: Sarah J Lewis; Eric J Brunner

Case-control study of genotypes in multiple chemical sensitivity: CYP2D6, NAT1, NAT2, PON1, PON2 and MTHFR
pp. 971-978(8)
Authors: Gail McKeown-Eyssen; Cornelia Baines; David EC Cole; Nicole Riley; Rachel F Tyndale; Lynn Marshall; Vartouhi Jazmaji

Prediction of bone mineral density from vitamin D receptor polymorphisms is uncertain in representative samples of Japanese Women. The Japanese Population-based Osteoporosis (JPOS) Study
pp. 979-988(10)
Authors: Akemi Morita; Masayuki Iki; Yoshiko Dohi; Yukihiro Ikeda; Sadanobu Kagamimori; Yoshiko Kagawa; Toshihisa Matsuzaki; Hideo Yoneshima; for JPOS Study Group

Commentary: Vitamin D receptor polymorphism and bone mineral density: effect size in Caucasians means detection is uncertain in small studies
pp. 989-994(6)
Author: Nigel Morrison

The role of genetic and environmental factors in the association between birthweight and blood pressure: evidence from meta-analysis of twin studies
pp. 995-1001(7)
Authors: G McNeill; C Tuya; WCS Smith

Lipid-related genes and myocardial infarction in 4685 cases and 3460 controls: discrepancies between genotype, blood lipid concentrations, and coronary disease risk
pp. 1002-1013(12)
Authors: Bernard Keavney; Alison Palmer; Sarah Parish; Sarah Clark; Linda Youngman; John Danesh; Colin McKenzie; Marc Delépine; Mark Lathrop; Richard Peto; Rory Collins

Further development of the case-only design for assessing gene–environment interaction: evaluation of and adjustment for bias
pp. 1014-1024(11)
Authors: Nicolle M Gatto; Ulka B Campbell; Habibul Ahsan

Thyroid cancer incidence trends in Belarus: examining the impact of Chernobyl
pp. 1025-1033(9)
Authors: Martin C Mahoney; Silvana Lawvere; Karen L Falkner; Yuri I Averkin; Vladislav A Ostapenko; Arthur M Michalek; Kirsten B Moysich; Philip L McCarthy

Case-control study of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and hepatitis C virus infection in Egypt
pp. 1034-1039(6)
Authors: Karen D Cowgill; Christopher A Loffredo; Soheir Abdel-Latif Eissa; Nadia Mokhtar; Mohamed Abdel-Hamid; Ahmed Fahmy; G Thomas Strickland

Quantitative evaluation of the effects of uncontrolled confounding by alcohol and tobacco in occupational cancer studies
pp. 1040-1045(6)
Authors: David Kriebel; Ariana Zeka; Ellen A Eisen; David H Wegman

Violent behaviour among adolescents in Iceland: a national survey
pp. 1046-1051(6)
Authors: Gerdur Run Gudlaugsdottir; Runar Vilhjalmsson; Gudrun Kristjansdottir; Rune Jacobsen; Dan Meyrowitsch

Commentary: Antisocial behaviour—multidetermined across cultures
pp. 1052-1052(1)
Author: Colleen A Halliday-Boykins

Unintentional drowning in Finland 1970–2000: a population-based study
pp. 1053-1063(11)
Authors: Philippe Lunetta; Gordon S Smith; Antti Penttilä; Antti Sajantila

Commentary: Priorities in epidemiological studies of drowning prevention
pp. 1063-1064(2)
Author: Marilyn L Browne

Are social comparisons of homes and cars related to psychosocial health?
pp. 1065-1071(7)
Authors: Anne Ellaway; Laura McKay; Sally Macintyre; Ade Kearns; Rosemary Hiscock

Socioeconomic trajectories across the life course and health outcomes in midlife: evidence for the accumulation hypothesis?
pp. 1072-1079(8)
Authors: Archana Singh-Manoux; Jane E Ferrie; Tarani Chandola; Michael Marmot

Predictors of the quality of health worker treatment practices for uncomplicated malaria at government health facilities in Kenya
pp. 1080-1091(12)
Authors: D Zurovac; AK Rowe; SA Ochola; AM Noor; B Midia; M English; RW Snow

Multiple parasite infections and their relationship to self-reported morbidity in a community of rural Côte d'Ivoire
pp. 1092-1102(11)
Authors: Giovanna Raso; Anne Luginbühl; Cinthia A Adjoua; Norbert T Tian-Bi; Kigbafori D Silué; Barbara Matthys; Penelope Vounatsou; Yulan Wang; Marc-Emmanuel Dumas; Elaine Holmes; Burton H Singer; Marcel Tanner; Eliézer K N'Goran; Jürg Utzinger

Smoking among adolescents in China: 1998 survey findings
pp. 1103-1110(8)
Authors: Gonghuan Yang; Jiemin Ma; Ai Ping Chen; Shannon Brown; Carl E Taylor; Jonathan M Samet

Commentary: Adolescent smoking, school leavers, youth smoking prevention and the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
pp. 1110-1111(2)
Author: TH Lam

Ethnic inequalities in age- and cause-specific mortality in The Netherlands
pp. 1112-1119(8)
Authors: Vivian Bos; Anton E Kunst; Ingeborg M Keij-Deerenberg; Joop Garssen; Johan P Mackenbach

Workplace air-conditioning and health services attendance among French middle-aged women: a prospective cohort study
pp. 1120-1123(4)
Authors: P Preziosi; S Czernichow; P Gehanno; S Hercberg

Commentary: Air conditioning as a risk for increased use of health services
pp. 1123-1126(4)
Author: Mark J Mendell

The globalization of epidemiology: introductory remarks
pp. 1127-1131(5)
Author: Neil Pearce

The globalization of epidemiology: critical thoughts from Latin America
pp. 1132-1137(6)
Author: Mauricio L Barreto

Understanding health and illness: research at the interface between science and indigenous knowledge
pp. 1138-1143(6)
Author: Mason Durie

Epidemiology in the era of globalization: skills transfer or new skills?
pp. 1144-1150(7)
Author: Rene Loewenson

A note on temperature effect estimate in mortality time series analysis
pp. 1151-1152(2)
Author: Vito MR Muggeo

Reducing social inequalities and the prevention of coronary heart disease
pp. 1152-1153(2)
Authors: JR Emberson; PH Whincup; RW Morris; M Walker

Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis: Modelling Change and Event Occurrence. Judith D Singer, John B Willett. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 644, £39.50 (HB). ISBN: 0-19-515296-4.
pp. 1154-1155(2)
Author: Bianca L De Stavola

Human Genome Epidemiology: A Scientific Foundation for Using Genetic Information to Improve Health Prevent Disease. Khoury MJ, Little J and Burke W (eds). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 549, £39.50 (HB). ISBN: 0-19-514674-3.
pp. 1154-1154(1)
Author: Sarah J Lewis

Research Methods in Occupational Epidemiology. H Checkoway, N Pearce, D Kriebel. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 386, £29.95 (HB). ISBN: 0-19-509242-2.
pp. 1155-1156(2)
Author: Manolis Kogevinas

Women's Health. Fifth Edn. Deborah Waller, Ann McPherson (eds). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 714, £39.95 (PB). ISBN: 0-19-263286-8.
pp. 1156-1157(2)
Author: Debbie A Lawlor

Weighing the Evidence: How is Birthweight Determined? Nick Spencer. Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press, 2003, pp. 200, £27.95 (PB) ISBN: 1-85775-594-4.
pp. 1157-1157(1)
Author: Susan Morton

Statistics for Epidemiology. Nicholas P Jewell. Boca Raton: Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2004, pp. 352, $69.95 (HB) ISBN: 1-58488-433-9
pp. 1158-1159(2)
Author: Roger Harbord

Design and Implementation of Health Information Systems. T Lippeveld, R Sauerborn, C Bodart (eds). Geneva: World Health Organization, 2000, pp. 270, US$ 63.00 ISBN: 92-4-156199-8.
pp. 1158-1158(1)
Authors: AJ Hedley; SM McGhee

Health and Social Justice: Politics, Ideology and Inequity in the Distribution of Disease. Richard Hofrichter (ed.): San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, John Wiley and Sons, 2003, pp. 688, £34.50 (PB) ISBN: 0787967335.
pp. 1159-1160(2)
Author: Sofia Gruskin

Towards the Global Elimination of Brain Damage due to Iodine Deficiency. B Hetzel, F Delange, J Dunn, J Ling, V Mannar, C Pandav (eds), 2004, New Delhi, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 578 (PB), ISBN: 019-567095-7.
pp. 1160-1161(2)
Author: Walter Holland

Books Received
pp. 1162-1162(1)

Courses, meetings and conferences listed
pp. 1163-1163(1)

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