International Journal of Epidemiology
INDEXContentsThe Xth Scientific Meeting of the International Epidemiological Association 5 A Quarter of a Century Old and over a Thousand Members -The International Epidemiological Association at Vancouver in 1984 R M Acheson 8 Introduction to Plenary Sessions 9 Epidemiology and the Challenge of Ageing A Michael Davies 22 Occupational Cancer: A Hazard for Epidemiologists Richard Doll 32 Sick Individuals and Sick Populations Geoffrey Rose 39 Some Ecological Studies of Lung Cancer and Ischaemic Heart Disease Mortality in the United States Warren Winkelstein Jr. Leading Articles 48 52 Ethics and Epidemiological Research W E Waters Detection of Late Effects of Ionizing Radiation: Why Deaths of A-Bomb Survivors are so Misleading Alice Stewart Original Articles 57 Is Nitrate in the Drinking Water Associated with the Risk of Cancer in the Urban UK? Shirley A A Beresford 64 Undernotification of Diagnosed Cancer Cases to the Stockholm Cancer Registry Britta Mattsson, Lars Erik Rutqvist and Arne Wallgren 70 Reproductive and Hormonal Factors and Breast Cancer in a Northern Italian Population R Talamini, C La Vecchia, S Franceschi, F Colombo, A Decarli, E Granoni, E Grigo/etto and G Tognoni 75 Oesophageal Cancer among Alaskan Natives, 1955-1981 Anne P Lanier, Steven J Kilkenny and Joseph F Wilson 79 Major Colorectal Cancer Aetiological Hypotheses Do Not Explain Mortality Trends among Maori and non-Maori New Zealanders Allan H Smith, NeilE Pearce and Jill G Joseph 86 No Evidence of Association Between Methyldopa and Biliary Carcinoma Brian L Strom, Patricia L Hibberd and Paul D Stolley 91 The Natural History of Blood Pressure in Childhood Albert Hofman,Hans A Valkenburg, Joyce Maas and F Nick Groustra 97 The Relationship of Dietary Fat and Cholesterol to Mortality in 10 years: The Honolulu Heart Program Daniel McGee, Dwayne Reed, Grant Stemmerman, George Rhoads, Katsuhiko Yano and Manning Feinleib 106 Major Mishaps among Mobile Offshore Drilling Units, 1955-1981: Time Trends and Fatalities D I Clemmer and J E Diem 113 The 1980 Earthquake in Southern Italy-Morbidity and Mortality Marc de Bruycker, Donato Greco and Michel F Lechat 118 Biases in Research on Reproduction and Women's Work Michael Joffe 124 Using Age, Period and Cohort Models to Estimate Future Mortality Rates Clive Osmond 130 Control-Initiated Case-Control Studies Sander Greenland 135 An Epidemiological Assessment of Immunization Programme Participation in the Philippines Andrew M Friede, Christine Waternaux, Bernard Guyer, Antonio de Jesus and Laura C Filipp 143 Effects of Components of Sanitation on Nutritional Status: Findings from South Indian Settlements James R Hebert 153 The Efficiency of Measles and Pertussis Notification in England and Wales Jacqueline A Clarkson and Paul E M Fine 169 'Boil it, Peel it, Cook it or Forget it': Does this Rule Prevent Travellers' Diarrhoea? Markus Kozicki, Robert Steffen and Meinrad Schar 173 Maternal-Child Hepatitis B Virus Transmission in Singapore S H Chan, K L Tan, K T Goh, C Um, M Tsakok, C J Don and S S Ratnam Teaching 178 Epidemiology for Medical Students: A Controlled Trial of Three Teaching Methods S H Gehlbach, S C Farrow, F G R Fowkes, R R West and C J Roberts Short Article 182 Tuberculosis Chemotherapy and Risk of Bladder Cancer Arlene F Kantor, Patricia Hartge, Robert N Hoover and Joseph F Fraumeni Jr. Miscellaneous 185 Letters to the Editor 189 Book Reviews 202 Book News 203 WHO Publications 203 News from Other Associations
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