International Journal of Epidemiology

Book : International Journal of Epidemiology

Language : English

Library : Social Phsician

Publish Place : London

ISSN : 0300-5771

Volume : 14/1

Period : 3 monthly

Publish Date : March 1985

Publisher : The Journal of The International Epidemiological Association (IEA )

Book Type : Periodical

Book Number : 2160

INDEX

Contents


The 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