American Journal of Epidemiology

HUMAN GENOME EPIDEMIOLOGY (HuGE) REVIEWS:

Juan P. Casas, Gianpiero L. Cavalleri, Leonelo E. Bautista, Liam Smeeth, Steve E. Humphries, and Aroon D. Hingorani

Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Polymorphisms and Cardiovascular Disease: A HuGE Review
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on October 3, 2006
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2006 164: 921-935; doi:10.1093/aje/kwj302 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Figures and Tables [Request Permissions]  

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS:

Jacco Wallinga, Peter Teunis, and Mirjam Kretzschmar

Using Data on Social Contacts to Estimate Age-specific Transmission Parameters for Respiratory-spread Infectious Agents
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on September 12, 2006
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2006 164: 936-944; doi:10.1093/aje/kwj317 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Elizabeth Halloran

Invited Commentary: Challenges of using Contact Data to Understand Acute Respiratory Disease Transmission
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on September 12, 2006
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2006 164: 945-946; doi:10.1093/aje/kwj318 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sanjay R. Patel, Atul Malhotra, David P. White, Daniel J. Gottlieb, and Frank B. Hu

Association between Reduced Sleep and Weight Gain in Women
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on August 16, 2006
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2006 164: 947-954; doi:10.1093/aje/kwj280 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Núria Ribas-Fitó, Maties Torrent, Daniel Carrizo, Laura Muñoz-Ortiz, Jordi Júlvez, Joan O. Grimalt, and Jordi Sunyer

In Utero Exposure to Background Concentrations of DDT and Cognitive Functioning among Preschoolers
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on September 12, 2006
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2006 164: 955-962; doi:10.1093/aje/kwj299 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joanne M. Murabito, Chao-Yu Guo, Caroline S. Fox, and Ralph B. D'Agostino

Heritability of the Ankle-Brachial Index: The Framingham Offspring Study
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on August 23, 2006
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2006 164: 963-968; doi:10.1093/aje/kwj295 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. W. M. Schalk, M. Visser, M. A. Bremmer, B. W. J. H. Penninx, L. M. Bouter, and D. J. H. Deeg

Change of Serum Albumin and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality: Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on September 15, 2006
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2006 164: 969-977; doi:10.1093/aje/kwj312 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David M. Werny, Mona Saraiya, and Edward W. Gregg

Prostate-specific Antigen Values in Diabetic and Nondiabetic US Men, 2001–2002
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on October 5, 2006
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2006 164: 978-983; doi:10.1093/aje/kwj311 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Xin Liu, Sarah J. Plummer, Nora L. Nock, Graham Casey, and John S. Witte

Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs and Decreased Risk of Advanced Prostate Cancer: Modification by Lymphotoxin Alpha
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on August 24, 2006
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2006 164: 984-989; doi:10.1093/aje/kwj294 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Esther H. J. Kim, Walter C. Willett, Graham A. Colditz, Susan E. Hankinson, Meir J. Stampfer, David J. Hunter, Bernard Rosner, and Michelle D. Holmes

Dietary Fat and Risk of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer in a 20-year Follow-up
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on September 12, 2006
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2006 164: 990-997; doi:10.1093/aje/kwj309 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lonneke M. L. de Lau, Peter J. Koudstaal, Albert Hofman, and Monique M. B. Breteler

Serum Cholesterol Levels and the Risk of Parkinson's Disease
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on August 11, 2006
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2006 164: 998-1002; doi:10.1093/aje/kwj283 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hazel B. Nichols, Amy Trentham-Dietz, John M. Hampton, Linda Titus-Ernstoff, Kathleen M. Egan, Walter C. Willett, and Polly A. Newcomb

From Menarche to Menopause: Trends among US Women Born from 1912 to 1969
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on August 23, 2006
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2006 164: 1003-1011; doi:10.1093/aje/kwj282 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PRACTICE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY:

D. C. Greenwood, J. K. Ransley, M. S. Gilthorpe, and J. E. Cade

Use of Itemized Till Receipts to Adjust for Correlated Dietary Measurement Error
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on August 28, 2006
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2006 164: 1012-1018; doi:10.1093/aje/kwj308 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael W. Link, Michael P. Battaglia, Martin R. Frankel, Larry Osborn, and Ali H. Mokdad

Address-based versus Random-Digit-Dial Surveys: Comparison of Key Health and Risk Indicators
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on September 12, 2006
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2006 164: 1019-1025; doi:10.1093/aje/kwj310 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BOOK REVIEWS:

Roberta B. Ness

Methods in Social Epidemiology Edited by J. Michael Oakes and Jay S. Kaufman: ISBN 0-7879-7989-9, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., San Francisco, California (Telephone: 800-956-7739, Fax: 317-572-4002, Website: http://www.josseybass.com), 2006, 504 pp., $65.00 (Hardcover)
American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access published on October 11, 2006
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2006 164: 1026; doi:10.1093/aje/kwk077 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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