Joint Scientific Meeting of the International Epidemiological Association European Epidemiology Federation (Iea Eef)

Board of the Scientific Committe

Gerhard Zielhuis

Hans-Werner Hense

Henrique Barros

Magdalena Bielska-Lasota

Marina Pollán

Board of the IEA-EEF Representatives of the National Societies

Annette Leclerc, Association of French-Speaking Epidemiologists)

Katarzyna Szamotulska, Polish Epidemiological Society

Jens Peter Bonde, Danish Epidemiological Society

Jaume Marrugat, Spanish Society of Epidemiology

Gerhard A Zielhuis, Netherlands Epidemiological Society

Finn Rasmussen, Swedish Epidemiological Association

Christoph Junker, Swiss Society of Public Health)

Jukka Salonen, Finnish Epidemiological Society

Robert West, UK Society of Social Medicine

Hans Werner Hense, German Association of Epidemiology

Zoran Radovanovic, Yugoslavian Epidemiological Society

Nereo Segnan, Italian Association of Epidemiology

Henrique Barros, Portuguese Epidemiological Association

Liljana Lazarevska, Macedonian Epidemiological Association

IEA Executive Council Members

JØrn Olsen

Charles du V. Florey

Rodolfo Saracci

External Reviewers

The Scientific Committee wishes to thank the following external reviewers for their contribution and assistance in the evaluation process of the 632 abstracts submitted to this meeting.

Hans-Werner Hense, Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University Muenster, Germany

Miquel Porta, Grup d’Epidemiologia Clínica i Molecular del Câncer. IMIM & UAB, Barcelona, Spain

Martin Bobak, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK

Kreesten Meldgaard Madsen, Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

Alberto Ruano-Ravina, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Montse Garcia, Cancer Prevention and Control Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Spain

Geert van der Heijden, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

José María Valderas Martínez, Health Services Research Unit, Institut Municipal d’Investigació Mèdica, Barcelona, Spain

Miguel Angel Martinez-Gonzalez, Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Alvaro Alonso, Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Rosario Alfonso Gil, Oficina Plan de Salud, Conselleria de Sanitat, Generalitat Valenciana, Valência, Spain

Rosa Maria Ortiz Espinosa, Subdirección de Investigación, Secretaria de Salud, Pachuca, México

Elizabeth Torres, Department of Nutrition, University of São Paulo School of Public Health, São Paulo, Brazil

Randa Youssef, Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mu’tah University, Al – Karak, Jordan

Karoline Fernández de la Hoz, Dirección General de Farmacia y Productos Sanitários, Consejería de Sanidad, Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

Indiana Mercedes Lopez Bonilla, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Publica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Nicarágua, Leon, Nicaragua

Marly Augusto Cardoso, Nutrition. School of Public Health, University Of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazi

Ramona Mateos-Campos, Medicina Preventiva Y Salud Pública, Facultad De Farmacia, Universidad De Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

Jose Leopoldo Antunes, School of Dentistry, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

MikaGissler, Information, STAKES, Helsinki, Finland

JolantaLissowska, Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Cancer Center & M. Sklodowska-Curie, Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland

Henry Völzke, Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Greifswald, Germany

Jutta Lindert, Department Epidemiology, Mainz University, Mainz, Germany

Andrew Roddam, Cancer Research UK, Epidemiology, Unit University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Basile Chaix, Research Team on the Social Determinants of Healthcare, National Institute of Health & Medical Research – INSERM U444, Paris, France

Jürgen Wahrendorf, Environmental Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

Eliseu Alves Waldman, Department of Epidemiology of Public Health School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Susana Sans, CRONICAT. Institute of Health Studies, Barcelona, Spain

Maria Latorre, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Elisa V. Bandera, Cancer Prevention and Control Program, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.

Luisa Guimarães, Departamento de Ciências Sociais, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública – Fiocruz. Brasília, Brazil

Tatjana Pekmezovic, Institute of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Paulo Pinheiro, South Portugal Cancer Registry. Instituto Português de Oncologia, Lisbon, Portugal

Irene Kreis, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia

Francisco Guillen Grima, Department of Health Sciences, Universidad Publica de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Bernhard Th.Baune, Mental Health Epidemiology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Susanna Conti, Unit of Statistics, National Centre of Epidemiology, Italian National Institute of Health. Rome, Italy

Hynek Pikhart, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK

Francisco Caamaño, Public Health. University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago Compostela, Spain

Carla Ancona, Department of Epidemiology, Local Health Authority RME, Rome, Italy

Maria M. del Mar Morales-Suarez-Varela, University of Valencia Dep Medicine Preventive and Public Health, Spain

Maria Zaluska, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology IV, Department of Psychiatry, Poland

Sorin Ursoniu, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Public Health, Romania

Jaume Marrugat, Institut Municipal d’Investigació Mèdica, Spain

Mario F G Monteiro, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Medicina Social, Brazil

Daniel Virella, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos e Neonatais, Portugal

Fabrizio Bianchi, National Research Council, Institute of Unit of Epidemiology Clinical Phisiology, Italy

Katarzyna Szamotulska, National Research Institue of Mother and Child, Department of Epidemiology, Poland

Pawel Skubiszewski, Medical University of Lublin, Department of Epidemiology, Poland

Ligia Kerr Ponte, Federal University Of Ceara, Department of Community Health, Brazil

Ana Azevedo, University of Porto Medical School, Hygiene and Epidemiology Portugal

Diane Gal, University of Porto Medical School Hygiene and Epidemiology, Portugal

Ana Martins, Associação Nacional das Farmácias Center for Pharmacoepidemiologic Research Portugal

Ana-CristinaSantos, University of Porto Medical School Hygiene and Epidemiology, Portugal

Carla Lopes, University of Porto Medical School Hygiene and Epidemiology, Portugal

Esteve Fernández Muñoz, Servicio de Prevención y Control del Cáncer, Institut Català d’ Oncologia, Spain

Nuno Lunet, University of Porto Medical School Hygiene and Epidemiology, Portugal

Teresa Rodrigues, University of Porto Medical School Hygiene and Epidemiology, Portugal

Jesus Vioque, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Departmento de Salud Pública, Spain

Gerhard Zielhuis, Dept Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University Medical Center Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Gestal Otero, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

IldefonsoHernández Aguado, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain

Jose Aleixo Dias, Laboratórios Pfizer, Lda, Porto Salvo, Portugal

Alison Macfarlane, City University, London, UK

Lucas Wiessing, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction Epidemiology, Lisbon, Portugal.

Lurdes Santos, University of Porto Medical School, Microbiology, Porto, Portugal

Margarida Tavares, University of Porto Medical School Hygiene and Epidemiology, Portugal

Fátima Pina, IBMC, Porto, Portugal

FranciscoBotelho, University of Porto Medical School Hygiene and Epidemiology, Portugal

IsabelMarantes, University of Porto Medical School Hygiene and Epidemiology, Portugal