Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health articles from June 2001

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health archives from June 2001

The confused Milky Way.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... In this number we publish a research report from A R Ness, G Davey Smith and C Hart about the relation of milk, coronary heart diseases and mortality. The conclusion of the authors after following up a cohort for 20 years is: "we found no...

The first, worst, and most successful clinical trial of Archie Cochrane.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Archie Cochrane will be remembered for many things, but perhaps more than anything for his enthusiastic promotion of the randomised controlled trial in clinical research, and for his call for periodic overviews of such trials. Yet Archie...

The need for global risk factor surveillance.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... In the past millennium, infectious diseases, from the plagues in the 14th century to HIV in the 20th century, were spread by international travellers by land, sea, and air. Because of infectious epidemics, global infectious disease surveillance...

The first 500 days: renewal, reform, reflection.(health care in the United Kingdom)
June 1, 2001... The post of chief medical officer for England has a broad range of responsibilities for health and health care at national level accounting to health ministers with an additional role as the United Kingdom's chief medical adviser. The present...

National Service Frameworks: promoting the public health.
June 1, 2001... In 1998 the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health argued that the new millennium requires a journal of the times bringing together the strands of public health--the science and art, policy and practice. At around the same time the...

Milk, coronary disease and mortality.
June 1, 2001... Milk has long been under suspicion as an important factor in coronary heart disease because of its relatively high content of saturated fat and numerous people and expert groups have spoken and written in condemnation of milk and have...

Glossary: causality in public health science.(Glossary)
June 1, 2001... Association is one of three properties of cause described by Hume. [1] (See Properties). Association of any presumed cause with its presumed effect is judged statistically by the presence and strength of probabilities based on preset...

Milk, coronary heart disease and mortality.(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... Abstract Study objective--To study the association between reported milk consumption and cardiovascular and all cause mortality. Design--A prospective study of 5765 men aged 35-64 at the time of examination. Setting--Workplaces in...

Mortality in England and Wales attributable to current alcohol consumption.
June 1, 2001... Abstract Study objective--To estimate the number of deaths attributable to current alcohol consumption levels in England and Wales by age and sex. Design--Epidemiological approach using published relative risks and population data. ...

Lower use of dental services among long term cigarette smokers.
June 1, 2001... Abstract Study objective--Given the advanced stage of most oral cancer cases at diagnosis, it is hypothesised that a significant proportion of higher risk adults do not visit a dentist annually. The study objectives were to assess whether...

The effects of birth weight and postnatal linear growth retardation on blood pressure at age 11-12 years.
June 1, 2001... Abstract Study objective--To determine the effects of birth weight and linear growth retardation (stunting) in early childhood on blood pressure at age 11-12 years. Design--Prospective cohort study. Setting--Kingston, Jamaica. ...

Food intake patterns, self rated health and mortality in Danish men and women. A prospective observational study.
June 1, 2001... Abstract Objective--To examine whether self rated health confounds or modifies the relation between a prudent food intake pattern and mortality and to study whether the prudent food intake pattern predicts subsequent changes in self rated...

The relation between adult height and haemorrhagic and ischaemic stroke in the Renfrew/Paisley study.
June 1, 2001... Adult height is a useful marker of fetal growth, growth and nutrition in childhood and childhood infections. Studies reporting inverse associations between height and stroke therefore provide support for the hypothesis that exposures acting in...

Perceptions of body image among working men and women.
June 1, 2001... The British Government has expressed concern about media images that equate female beauty with extreme thinness. In 2000 the Minister for Women, Tessa Jowell, held a series of meetings with representatives from modelling agencies and teenage...

National health surveys by mail or home interview: effects on response.(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... Abstract Study objective--To study the effect of using a mail questionnaire or home interviews on the size and the selectivity of response to national health surveys. Design--The interview survey and the mail survey were both carried...

How complete and accurate are cancer registrations notified by the National Health Service Central Register for England and Wales?(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... Abstract Study objective--To assess the completeness and accuracy of notification of cancers by the National Health Service Central Register (NHSCR) for England and Wales. Design--Comparison of 720 cancer registrations ascertained from...

Comparing meta-analysis and ecological-longitudinal analysis in time-series studies. A case study of the effects of air pollution on mortality in three Spanish cities.
June 1, 2001... Abstract Study objective--The objective of this paper is to introduce a different approach, called the ecological-longitudinal, to carrying out pooled analysis in time series ecological studies. Because it gives a larger number of data...

A prospective health impact assessment of the international astronomy and space exploration centre.
June 1, 2001... Abstract Study objectives--Assess the potential health impacts of the proposed International Astronomy and Space Exploration Centre on the population of New Wallasey. Contribute to the piloting of health impact assessment methods. ...

Recreation in coastal waters: health risks associated with bathing in sea water.
June 1, 2001... Abstract Study objective--To find out whether bathing in sewage polluted waters implies a danger to bathers' health and to determine the best microbiological indicator to predict the relation between bathing and the appearance of some...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
June 1, 2001... Olive oil and colorectal cancer EDITOR,--In a recent article on diet and colorectal cancer, Stoneham et al [1] reported that 76% of the variation in incidence rates between 28 countries could be explained by three significant dietary...

International law and infectious diseases.(Review)
June 1, 2001... International law and infectious diseases. David P Fidler. (Pp 364; price not stated). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-19-826851-3 Infectious diseases are usually considered from the viewpoint of the human populations...