American Journal of Epidemiology

EDITORIALS:

Donna Spiegelman and Ellen Hertzmark

Easy SAS Calculations for Risk or Prevalence Ratios and Differences
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on June 29, 2005
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2005 162: 199-200; doi:10.1093/aje/kwi188 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

HUMAN GENOME EPIDEMIOLOGY (HuGE) REVIEWS:

Ammarin Thakkinstian, Mark McEvoy, Cosetta Minelli, Peter Gibson, Bob Hancox, David Duffy, John Thompson, Ian Hall, Joel Kaufman, Ting-fan Leung, Peter Joseph Helms, Hakon Hakonarson, Eva Halpi, Ruth Navon, and John Attia

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Association between ß₂-Adrenoceptor Polymorphisms and Asthma: A HuGE Review
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on June 29, 2005
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2005 162: 201-211; doi:10.1093/aje/kwi184 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS:

Michelle C. Turner, Yue Chen, Daniel Krewski, Parviz Ghadirian, Michael J. Thun, and Eugenia E. Calle

Cancer Mortality among US Men and Women with Asthma and Hay Fever
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on June 29, 2005
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2005 162: 212-221; doi:10.1093/aje/kwi193 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jon P. Fryzek, Maryjean Schenk, Margaret Kinnard, Joel K. Greenson, and David H. Garabrant

The Association of Body Mass Index and Pancreatic Cancer in Residents of Southeastern Michigan, 1996–1999
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on June 29, 2005
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2005 162: 222-228; doi:10.1093/aje/kwi183 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sybil M. Eng, Marilie D. Gammon, Mary Beth Terry, Lawrence H. Kushi, Susan L. Teitelbaum, Julie A. Britton, and Alfred I. Neugut

Body Size Changes in Relation to Postmenopausal Breast Cancer among Women on Long Island, New York
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on June 29, 2005
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2005 162: 229-237; doi:10.1093/aje/kwi195 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. M. Gilboa, P. Mendola, A. F. Olshan, P. H. Langlois, D. A. Savitz, D. Loomis, A. H. Herring, and D. E. Fixler

Relation between Ambient Air Quality and Selected Birth Defects, Seven County Study, Texas, 1997–2000
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on June 29, 2005
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2005 162: 238-252; doi:10.1093/aje/kwi189 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Laura D. Kubzansky, S. V. Subramanian, Ichiro Kawachi, Martha E. Fay, Mah-J. Soobader, and Lisa F. Berkman

Neighborhood Contextual Influences on Depressive Symptoms in the Elderly
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on June 29, 2005
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2005 162: 253-260; doi:10.1093/aje/kwi185 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PRACTICE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY:

Emily White, Patricia A. Carney, and Ann Shattuck Kolar

Increasing Response to Mailed Questionnaires by Including a Pencil/Pen
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on June 22, 2005
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2005 162: 261-266; doi:10.1093/aje/kwi194 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Maria Glymour, Jennifer Weuve, Lisa F. Berkman, Ichiro Kawachi, and James M. Robins

When Is Baseline Adjustment Useful in Analyses of Change? An Example with Education and Cognitive Change
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on June 29, 2005
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2005 162: 267-278; doi:10.1093/aje/kwi187 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Til Stürmer, Sebastian Schneeweiss, Jerry Avorn, and Robert J. Glynn

Adjusting Effect Estimates for Unmeasured Confounding with Validation Data using Propensity Score Calibration
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on June 29, 2005
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2005 162: 279-289; doi:10.1093/aje/kwi192 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BOOK REVIEWS:

Elaine H. Morrato

Wade Hampton Frost, Pioneer Epidemiologist 1880–1938: Up to the Mountain By Thomas M. Daniel: ISBN 1-58046-177-8, University of Rochester Press, Rochester, New York (Telephone: 585-275-0419, Fax: 585-271-8778, E-mail: boydell@boydellusa.net, Website: http://www.urpress.com/80461778.HTM), 2004, 264 pp., $45.00 (Hardback)
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on June 29, 2005
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2005 162: 290-291; doi:10.1093/aje/kwi186 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:

Matthew W. Gillman

RE: "WHY EVIDENCE FOR THE FETAL ORIGINS OF ADULT DISEASE MIGHT BE A STATISTICAL ARTIFACT: THE ‘REVERSAL PARADOX’ FOR THE RELATION BETWEEN BIRTH WEIGHT AND BLOOD PRESSURE IN LATER LIFE"
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on June 29, 2005
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2005 162: 292; doi:10.1093/aje/kwi196 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Clarice R. Weinberg

DR. WEINBERG REPLIES
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on June 29, 2005
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2005 162: 292-293; doi:10.1093/aje/kwi197 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yu-Kang Tu, George T. H. Ellison, Robert M. West, and Mark S. Gilthorpe

TU ET AL. REPLY
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on June 29, 2005
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2005 162: 293; doi:10.1093/aje/kwi198 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Renzo Rozzini and Marco Trabucchi

RE: "ASSOCIATION BETWEEN REPORTED ALCOHOL INTAKE AND COGNITION: RESULTS FROM THE WOMEN'S HEALTH INITIATIVE MEMORY STUDY"
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on June 29, 2005
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2005 162: 294-295; doi:10.1093/aje/kwi190 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark A. Espeland, Kamal H. Masaki, and Stephen R. Rapp

THREE AUTHORS REPLY
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on June 29, 2005
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2005 162: 295-296; doi:10.1093/aje/kwi191 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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