Table of contents

Theory and methods

• Are the effects of psychosocial exposures attributable to confounding? Evidence from a prospective observational study on psychological stress and mortality (1 December, 2001)

  J Macleod, G Davey Smith, P Heslop, C Metcalfe, D Carroll, C Hart
• Interval estimation of the attributable risk in case-control studies with matched pairs (1 December, 2001)

  K-J Lui
• Potential for bias in waiting time studies: events between enrolment and admission (1 December, 2001)

  B Sobolev, P Brown, D Zelt
• The socioeconomic status of older adults: How should we measure it in studies of health inequalities? (1 December, 2001)

  E Grundy, G Holt
• Causation in epidemiology (1 December, 2001)

  M Parascandola, D L Weed
• Assessing socioeconomic effects on different sized populations: To weight or not to weight? (1 December, 2001)

  N Frohlich, K C Carriere, L Potvin, C Black