International Journal of Epidemiology

Book : International Journal of Epidemiology

Language : English

Library : Social Phsician

Publish Place : London

ISSN : 0300-5771

Volume : 18/3

Period : 3 monthly

Publish Date : September 1989

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

Book Type : Periodical

Book Number : 2179

INDEX

Contents
Epidemiology Today: 'A Thought-Tormented World' Mervyn Susser
Ultrasound in Obstetrics: Do the Published Evaluative Studies Justify its Routine Use?
Virginia Ringa, Beatrice Blondel and Gerard Breart
Reproductive Patterns and Cancer Incidence in Women: A Population-Based Correlation Study in the USSR Larissa I Remennick
Alcohol Dose, Frequency and Age at First Exposure in Relation to the Risk of Breast Cancer Pieter van't Veer, Frans J Kok, Rudolph J J Hermus and Ferd Sturmans
Dietary Exposures and Other Factors of Possible Prognostic Significance in Relation to Tumour Size and Nodal Involvement in Early-Stage Breast Cancer James R Hebert and Elanah Toporoff
Oral Contraceptive Use and Premenopausal Breast Cancer in Sweden and Norway: Possible Effects of Different Pattern of Use
Eiliv Lund, Olav Meirik, Hans-Olov Adami, Reinhold Bergstr0m,
Jhoralf Christoffersen and Per Bergsj0
Cigarette Smoking and Alcohol Consumption in the Aetiology of Uterine Cervical Cancer
John C Licciardone, John R Wilkins III, Ross C Brownson and
Jian R Chang
Epithelial Ovarian Cancer and Combined Oral Contraceptives
The WHO Collaborative Study of Neoplasia and Steroid Contraceptives
Incidence of Childhood Cancer in Denmark 1943-1984 Peter de Nully Brown, Henrik Hertz, J0rgen H Olsen, Minna Yssing, Elma Scheibel and Ole M0ller Jensen
Socioeconomic Indicators, Tobacco and Alcohol in the Aetiology of Digestive Tract Neoplasms
Monica Ferraroni, Eva Negri, Carlo La Vecchia, Barbara D'Avamo and
Silvia Franceschi
Colorectal Cancer Incidence among Chinese in North America and the People's Republic of China: Variation with Sex, Age and Anatomical Site Alice S Whittemore


Occupation and Bladder Cancer in Spain: A Multi-Centre Case-Control Study
Carlos A Gonzalez, Gonzalo Lopez Abente, Manual Errezola, Antonio Escolar, Elio Riboli, Isabel Izarzugaza and Manuel Nebot Risk Factors for Thyroid Cancer in Northern Italy
Silvia Franceschi, Ambrogio Fassina, Renato Talamini, Anna Mazzolini,
Stefano Vianello, Ettore Bidoli, Diego Serraino and Carlo La Vecchia Myocardial Infarction in Young Women with Reference to Oral Contraceptive Use
Jordanka Ananijevic-Pandey and Hristina Vlajinac
Reproductive History of Women Dying of Sudden Cardiac Death: A Case-Control Study
Evelyn Talbott, Lewis H Kuller, Katherine Detre, Karen Matthews,
Sandra Norman, Sheryl F Kelsey and Steven Belle Contribution of Risk Factor Changes to the Decline in Coronary Incidence During the North Karelia Project: A Within-Community Analysis
Jukka T Salonen, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Aulikki Nissinen, George A Kaplan
and Pekka Puska Short Stature, Lung Function and Risk of a Heart Attack
Mary Walker, A Gerald Shaper, Andrew N Philips and Derek G Cook Using the WHO (Rose) Angina Questionnaire in Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Derek G Cook, A Gerald Shaper and P W Macfarlane
Risk Factors or Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease: A Case-Control Study in Greece
Yannis Skalkidis, Klea Katsouyanni, Eleni Petridou, Michael Sehas and
Dimitrios Trichopoulos
Alcohol Use and Retinal Vessels: Insights into the Mechanism of Alcohol-Induced Stroke
Michael J Klag, Richard D Moore, Yoshimichi Sakai, Sumio Sasaki,
Richard W Stone and George W Comstock
Methylxanthines and Benign Proliferative Epithelial Disorders of the Breast in Women
T E Rohan, M G Cook and A J McMichael Societies in Transition: Mortality Patterns in Pacific Island Populations
Richard Taylor, Nancy Davis Lewis and Sue Levy Mortality and Cause of Death among First-Generation Japanese in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Shoichiro Tsugane, Sabina L D Gotlieb, Ruy Laurenti, Jose M P Souza and
Shaw Watanabe
The Effect of Health Services on Mortality: Amenable and Non-Amenable Causes in Spain
Luis M Bernat Gil and Tom Rathwell
Inter-Mediating Risk Factors in the Relation between Socioeconomic Status and 25-Year Mortality (the Zutphen Study)
Thomas J Duijkers, Daan Kromhout, Ingeborg P Spruit and
Gerda Doornbos
Parental Height: Childhood Environment and Subsequent Adult Height in a National Birth Cohort
Diana Kuh and Michael Wadsworth
Knowledge and Attitudes of Primary Health Care Personnel Concerning Mental Health Problems in Developing Countries: A Follow-Up Study
L L Ignacio, M V de Arango, J Baltazar, E D'Arrigo Busnello, C E Climent,
A Elkahim, R Giel, T W Harding, G H M M Ten Horn, HHA Ibrahim,
R Srinivasa Murthy and N N Wig
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Validity and Repeatability of Self-Reported Occupational and Industrial History from Patients in EEC Countries R J Rona and J Mosbech
Sensitivity, Specificity and Positive Predictive Value of Selected Clinical Signs and Symptoms Associated with Schistosomiasis Mansoni
Fernando H Proietti and Carlos M F Antunes
Incidence of Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis Following Measles and Measles Vaccination in Japan
Yoshiomi Okuno, Tooru Nakao, Nakao Ishida, Tasuke Konno,
Hiromichi Mizutani, Yukio Fukuyama, Takeshi Sato, Shin Isomura,
Shigeharu Ueda, Isamu Kitamura and Masaro Kaji Immune Status of Young Adults to Mumps Virus Infection in Northern Jordan
N Abuharfeil, M N Abo-Shehada, S N El-Sukhon and R Atmeh Foodborne Botulism: An International Outbreak
Paul E Slater, David G Addiss, Aliza Cohen, Alex Leventhal,
Gideon Chassis, Hanna Zehavi, Anita Bashari and Corina Costin
Reporting Errors in One-Week Diarrhoea Recall Surveys: Experience from a Prospective Study in Rural Bangladesh Nurul A/am, Fitzroy J Henry and M Mujibur Rahaman
The Use of Nutritional Status as a Second Outcome Measure in Case-Control Studies of Environmental Risk Factors for Diarrhoeal Diseases Simon N Cousens, Richard G Feachem and David L Daniels
A Review of the Effects of Random Measurement Error on Relative Risk Estimates in Epidemiological Studies Nicholas H de Klerk, Dallas R English and Bruce K Armstrong
Bias Arising in Case-Control Studies from Selection of Controls from Overlapping Groups Harland Austin, W Dana Flanders and Kenneth J Rothman
Cross-Validation of a Dementia Screening Test in a Heterogeneous Population Karen A Ritchie and Ester F Hallerman
A Computer Network-Based System for Local Storage and Nationwide
Processing of Autopsy Diagnoses
Luigi Matturri, Guiseppe Barbolini, Dario Bauer, Dionigia Buffa, Guiseppe Campesi, Rosella Fante, Luigi Giarelli, Paolo Peruzzo, Carlo Pesce, Achille Pich, Aldo Stramignoni, Pierluigi Crenna and Andrea Righettti
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