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October 2002, Volume 56, Issue 10

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  1. In this issue
  2. Aphorism of the month
  3. Politics
  4. Molecular epidemiology
  5. Speaker's corner
  6. The JECH gallery
  7. Debate
  8. Glossary
  9. Public health policy and practice
  10. Theory and methods
  11. Research reports
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In this issue

  • DEBATE, DIALOGUE, STIMULATION: A FEAST FOR READERS THIS MONTH

    • John R Ashton,
    • Carlos Alvarez-Dardet
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:10 721 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.721

Aphorism of the month

  • On elephants and prevention 1

    • John R Ashton
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:10 721 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.721-a

Politics

  • Is there a causal association between suicide rates and the political leanings of government?

    • T Blakely,
    • S Collings
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:10 722 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.722

  • Mortality and political climate: how suicide rates have risen during periods of Conservative government, 1901–2000

    • M Shaw,
    • D Dorling,
    • G Davey Smith
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:10 723-725 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.723

  • How exactly do politics play a part in determining health? New perspectives on an age old issue

    • C C Kelleher
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:10 726 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.726

  • Political regime and suicide: some relevant variables to be considered

    • S Stack
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:10 727 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.727

Molecular epidemiology

  • The science and art of molecular epidemiology

    • M L Slattery
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:10 728-729 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.728

  • Molecular biomarkers in studies on environmental cancer

    • K Husgafvel-Pursiainen
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:10 730-731 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.730

Speaker's corner

  • Health for all in the new millennium

    • Robin Stott
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:10 732-733 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.732

The JECH gallery

  • Traditional healers, still part of the community health systems in the Andes

    • J J Miranda,
    • H Nuñez,
    • A Alca
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:10 733 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.733

Debate

  • Incomplete overlapping of biological, clinical, and environmental information in molecular epidemiological studies: a variety of causes and a cascade of consequences

    • M Porta,
    • N Malats,
    • J Vioque,
    • A Carrato,
    • M Soler,
    • L Ruiz,
    • V Barberà,
    • D Ayude,
    • F X Real
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:10 734-738 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.734

Glossary

  • Ethics in epidemiology and public health II. Applied terms

    • R E McKeown,
    • D L Weed
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:10 739-741 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.739

Public health policy and practice

  • Implementation of a new health system in Colombia: Is this favourable for health determinants?

    • H E Restrepo,
    • H Valencia
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:10 742-743 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.742

  • Developing a multi-disciplinary public health specialist workforce: training implications of current UK policy

    • D Evans,
    • S Dowling
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:10 744-747 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.744

Theory and methods

  • Health and demographic characteristics of respondents in an Australian national sexuality survey: comparison with population norms

    • D M Purdie,
    • M P Dunne,
    • F M Boyle,
    • M D Cook,
    • J M Najman
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:10 748-753 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.748

  • Interrelations between three proxies of health care need at the small area level: an urban/rural comparison

    • S Barnett,
    • P Roderick,
    • D Martin,
    • I Diamond,
    • H Wrigley
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:10 754-761 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.754

  • Sampling variability of the Kunst-Mackenbach relative index of inequality

    • L J Hayes,
    • G Berry
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:10 762-765 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.762

Research reports

  • Suicide and political regime in New South Wales and Australia during the 20th century

    • A Page,
    • S Morrell,
    • R Taylor
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:10 766-772 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.766

  • Short-term effects of particulate air pollution on cardiovascular diseases in eight European cities

    • A Le Tertre,
    • S Medina,
    • E Samoli,
    • B Forsberg,
    • P Michelozzi,
    • A Boumghar,
    • J M Vonk,
    • A Bellini,
    • R Atkinson,
    • J G Ayres,
    • J Sunyer,
    • J Schwartz,
    • K Katsouyanni
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:10 773-779 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.773

  • Body mass index in young adulthood and cancer mortality: a retrospective cohort study

    • M Okasha,
    • P McCarron,
    • J McEwen,
    • G Davey Smith
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:10 780-784 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.780

  • Myocardial infarction in an urban population: worse long term prognosis for patients from less affluent residential areas

    • P Tydén,
    • O Hansen,
    • G Engström,
    • B Hedblad,
    • L Janzon
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:10 785-790 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.785

  • Gender differences in the management and outcome of patients with acute coronary artery disease

    • R A Raine,
    • N A Black,
    • T J Bowker,
    • D A Wood
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:10 791-797 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.791

  • Relation of occupational class and education with mortality in Korea

    • M Son,
    • B Armstrong,
    • J-M Choi,
    • T-Y Yoon
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:10 798-799 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.798

  • Oxford textbook of public health, 4th edn: Edited by R Detels, J McEwen, R Beaglehole, H Tanaka. Oxford University Press, 2002. (Pp 1956; 596 euros). ISBN 0-19-263041-5

    • Rubén D Gómez
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:10 800 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.800

  • Health and diseases among women: Edited by R B Ness, L H Kuller. Oxford University Press, 1999. (Pp 465; price not stated). ISBN 0-19-511396-9.

    • C Borrell
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:10 800 doi:10.1136/jech.56.10.800-a

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