International Journal of Epidemiology

Entelechy, citation indexes, and the association of ideas
pp. 1117-1118(2)
Author: EBRAHIM, SHAH

It's not easy being interdisciplinary
pp. 1119-1122(4)
Author: Lynch, John

Citation indexes for science. A new dimension in documentation through association of ideas† First published Science 1955;122:108-11. Copyright AAAS. Reprinted with permission.
pp. 1123-1127(5)
Author: Garfield, Eugene

Commentary: Fifty years of citation indexing
pp. 1127-1128(2)
Author: Garfield, Eugene

Commentary: The power of the unrelenting impact factor—Is it a force for good or harm?
pp. 1129-1130(2)
Author: Smith, Richard

Commentary: The `bibliographic impact factor' and the still uncharted sociology of epidemiology
pp. 1130-1135(6)
Authors: Porta, Miquel; Fernandez, Esteve; Bolúmar, Francisco

Cochrane Column
pp. 1136-1139(4)
Authors: Young, Taryn; Ehiri, JE; Ejere, HOD; Magnussen, L; Emusu, D; King, W; Osberg, JS; Perel, Pablo; van As, Sebastian

Cohort Profile: The Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (CFAS)† A full list of the study investigators and contributors is available on the website
pp. 1140-1145(6)
Authors: Brayne, Carol; McCracken, Cherie; Matthews, Fiona E

Cohort profile: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)
pp. 1146-1150(5)
Authors: Magnus, Per; Irgens, Lorentz M; Haug, Kjell; Nystad, Wenche; Skjærven, Rolv; Stoltenberg, Camilla

The population dynamics of cancer: a Darwinian perspective
pp. 1151-1159(9)
Authors: Vineis, Paolo; Berwick, Marianne

Commentary: Evolution of action in cells and organisms
pp. 1159-1160(2)
Author: Weiss, Kenneth M

Commentary: Cancer—evolution within
pp. 1161-1162(2)
Author: Breivik, Jarle

Commentary: Induction and selection of variations during cancer development
pp. 1163-1165(3)
Author: Jablonka, Eva

Commentary: Carcinogenesis as Darwinian evolution? Do the math!
pp. 1165-1167(3)
Author: Gatenby, Robert A

Diversion: An Epidemiological Enigma
pp. 1168-1168(1)
Author: Hawthorne, Victor M

Maternal and biochemical predictors of spontaneous preterm birth among nulliparous women: a systematic analysis in relation to the degree of prematurity
pp. 1169-1177(9)
Authors: Smith, Gordon CS; Shah, Imran; White, Ian R; Pell, Jill P; Crossley, Jennifer A; Dobbie, Richard

Are breastfeeding rates higher among mothers delivering in Baby Friendly accredited maternity units in the UK?
pp. 1178-1186(9)
Authors: Bartington, Suzanne; Griffiths, Lucy J; Tate, A Rosemary; Dezateux, Carol; the Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group,

US Black vs White disparities in foetal growth: physiological or pathological?
pp. 1187-1195(9)
Authors: Kramer, Michael S; Ananth, Cande V; Platt, Robert W; Joseph, KS

Are infant size and growth related to burden of disease in adulthood? A systematic review of literature
pp. 1196-1210(15)
Authors: Fisher, David; Baird, Janis; Payne, Liz; Lucas, Patricia; Kleijnen, Jos; Roberts, Helen; Law, Catherine

Decomposing socioeconomic inequality in infant mortality in Iran
pp. 1211-1219(9)
Authors: Hosseinpoor, Ahmad Reza; Van Doorslaer, Eddy; Speybroeck, Niko; Naghavi, Mohsen; Mohammad, Kazem; Majdzadeh, Reza; Delavar, Bahram; Jamshidi, Hamidreza; Vega, Jeanette

Association between Agent Orange and birth defects: systematic review and meta-analysis
pp. 1220-1230(11)
Authors: Ngo, Anh D; Taylor, Richard; Roberts, Christine L; Nguyen, Tuan V

Commentary: Agent Orange and birth defects in Vietnam
pp. 1230-1232(3)
Authors: Schecter, Arnold; Constable, John D

Effects of socioeconomic change from birth to early adulthood on height and overweight
pp. 1233-1238(6)
Authors: Barros, AJD; Victora, CG; Horta, BL; Gonçalves, HD; Lima, RC; Lynch, J

Social disadvantage and cardiovascular disease: development of an index and analysis of age, sex, and ethnicity effects
pp. 1239-1245(7)
Authors: Anand, Sonia S; Razak, Fahad; Davis, AD; Jacobs, Ruby; Vuksan, Vlad; Teo, Koon; Yusuf, Salim

Predicting coronary heart disease mortality—assessing uncertainties in population forecasts and death probabilities by using Bayesian inference
pp. 1246-1252(7)
Authors: Huovinen, Elisa; Härkänen, Tommi; Martelin, Tuija; Koskinen, Seppo; Aromaa, Arpo

Commentary: Predicting future coronary heart disease deaths in Finland and elsewhere
pp. 1253-1254(2)
Author: Capewell, Simon

Trends and educational disparities in functional capacity among people aged 65-84 years
pp. 1255-1261(7)
Authors: Sulander, Tommi; Martelin, Tuija; Sainio, Päivi; Rahkonen, Ossi; Nissinen, Aulikki; Uutela, Antti

Commentary: Dissecting disability trends—concepts, measures, and explanations
pp. 1261-1263(3)
Authors: Freedman, Vicki A; Martin, Linda G

Child mortality and cohort lifespan: a test of diminished entelechy
pp. 1264-1269(6)
Authors: Catalano, Ralph; Bruckner, Tim

Commentary: Do older men and women gain equally from improving childhood conditions?
pp. 1270-1271(2)
Authors: Crimmins, Eileen M; Finch, Caleb E

Genetic and environmental influences on the relation between parental social class and mortality
pp. 1272-1277(6)
Authors: Osler, Merete; Petersen, Liselotte; Prescott, Eva; Teasdale, Thomas W; Sørensen, Thorkild I A

Heritability of cigarette smoking and alcohol use in Chinese male twins: the Qingdao twin registry
pp. 1278-1285(8)
Authors: Lessov-Schlaggar, Christina N; Pang, Zengchang; Swan, Gary E; Guo, Qian; Wang, Shaojie; Cao, Weihua; Unger, Jennifer B; Johnson, C Anderson; Lee, Liming

An uphill struggle: Effects of a point-of-choice stair climbing intervention in a non-English speaking population
pp. 1286-1290(5)
Authors: Eves, Frank F; Masters, Rich SW

Commentary: Stairway to health
pp. 1291-1291(1)
Author: Andersen, Ross

Sample size for cluster randomized trials: effect of coefficient of variation of cluster size and analysis method
pp. 1292-1300(9)
Authors: Eldridge, Sandra M; Ashby, Deborah; Kerry, Sally

Reanalysis of two studies with contrasting results on the association between statin use and fracture risk: the General Practice Research Database
pp. 1301-1308(8)
Authors: de Vries, Frank; de Vries, Corinne; Cooper, Cyrus; Leufkens, Bert; van Staa, Tjeerd-Pieter

Commentary: Statins and fracture risk—unresolved questions
pp. 1308-1309(2)
Author: Meier, Christoph R

Commentary: We still need observational studies of drugs—they just need to be better
pp. 1310-1311(2)
Authors: Smeeth, Liam; Douglas, Ian; Hubbard, Richard

Commentary: Statins and fracture—why the confusion?
pp. 1312-1313(2)
Authors: Edwards, CJ; Arden, NK

Methods for monitoring influenza surveillance data
pp. 1314-1321(8)
Authors: Cowling, Benjamin J; Wong, Irene O L; Ho, Lai-Ming; Riley, Steven; Leung, Gabriel M

Sixteen years of HIV surveillance in a West African research clinic reveals divergent epidemic trends of HIV-1 and HIV-2
pp. 1322-1328(7)
Authors: van der Loeff, Maarten F Schim; Awasana, Akum Aveika; Sarge-Njie, Ramu; van der Sande, Marianne; Jaye, Assan; Sabally, Saihou; Corrah, Tumani; McConkey, Samuel J; Whittle, Hilton C

Commentary: Decline of HIV-2 prevalence in West Africa: good news or bad news?
pp. 1329-1330(2)
Authors: Eholié, Serge; Anglaret, Xavier

Albuminuria as a marker of the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in non-diabetic Aboriginal Australians
pp. 1331-1335(5)
Authors: Wang, Zhiqiang; Hoy, Wendy E

Declining child malnutrition: a reassessment
pp. 1336-1346(11)
Author: Svedberg, Peter

Inflammatory markers and particulate air pollution: characterizing the pathway to disease
pp. 1347-1354(8)
Authors: Zeka, Ariana; Sullivan, James R; Vokonas, Pantel S; Sparrow, David; Schwartz, Joel

Commentary: Inflamed about ultrafine particles?
pp. 1355-1356(2)
Author: Peters, Annette

Mortality effects of the economic crisis in South Korea
pp. 1357-1357(1)
Authors: GRANADOS, JOSÉ A TAPIA

Examining cause-specific mortality effects of economic crisis in a country with rapidly declining total mortality
pp. 1358-1358(1)
Authors: KHANG, YOUNG-HO; LYNCH, JOHN W; KAPLAN, GEORGE A

Do sunlight and vitamin D reduce the likelihood of colon cancer? Time for a paradigm shift?
pp. 1359-1360(2)
Author: JONGBLOET, PIET HEIN

RE: `Occupational exposures and risks of liver cancer among Shanghai female textile workers—a case-cohort study'
pp. 1359-1359(1)
Authors: TSE, LAP AH; YU, IGNATIUS TAK-SUN

Neighbourhood effects and the real world beyond randomized community trials: a reply to Michael J Oakes
pp. 1361-1363(3)
Authors: MERLO, JUAN; CHAIX, BASILE

Genomics, epidemiology, and common complex diseases: let's not throw out the baby with the bathwater!
pp. 1363-1364(2)
Authors: KHOURY, MUIN J; GWINN, MARTA

Genomics, epidemiology, and common complex diseases: let's not throw out the baby with the bathwater! Authors' response
pp. 1364-1365(2)
Authors: BUCHANAN, ANNE; WEISS, KENNETH M; FULLERTON, STEPHANIE M

The Elgar companion to health economics. Andrew M Jones (ed.) Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2006, pp. 565, £125. ISBN-13: 978-1-84542-003-1
pp. 1366-1367(2)
Author: FLYNN, TERRY N

Shell Shock to PTSD: Military Psychiatry from 1900 to the Gulf War, Maudsley Monographs 47. Edgar Jones and Simon Wessely, Hove: Psychology Press, £24.95, ISBN 1-84169-580-7
pp. 1367-1368(2)
Author: WAINWRIGHT, DAVID

Statistical Evidence in Medical Trials: What do the Data Really Tell Us? Stephen D. Simon. OUP, 2006. £65. ISBN 0 19 856760 X
pp. 1368-1369(2)
Author: ROONEY, REBECCA

Childhood obesity—contemporary issues. N Cameron, N G Norgan and G T H Ellison (eds). Boca Raton: Society for the Study of Human Biology Series, CRC Taylor Francis, 2006, pp. 272, £49.99/$89.95. ISBN 0-8493-2857-8.
pp. 1369-1370(2)
Author: GROOS, ANITA

Third World Health: Hostage to First World Wealth. Théodore H. MacDonald, Radcliffe, Oxford. 2005 £35. ISBN 1 85775 769 6
pp. 1370-1373(4)
Author: GWATKIN, DAVIDSON R

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