European Journal of Epidemiology

COMMENTARY: Benjamin Gompertz revisited

Luc Bonneux

REVIEW: Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Esther A. Croes, Cornelia M. van Duijn

The validity of self-reported leisure time physical activity, and its relationship to serum cholesterol, blood pressure and body mass index. A population based study of 332,182 men and women aged 40–42 years

Nibia Aires, Randi Selmer, Dag Thelle

Serum cotinine as a marker of environmental tobacco smoke exposure in epidemiological studies: The experience of the MATISS project

F. Seccareccia, P. Zuccaro, R. Pacifici, P. Meli, F. Pannozzo, K.M. Freeman, A. Santaquilani, S. Giampaoli>

Assessment of alcohol consumption by mailed questionnaire in epidemiological studies: Evaluation of misclassification using a dietary history interview and biochemical markers

Sofia Carlsson, Niklas Hammar, Paula Hakala, Jaakko Kaprio, Jukka Marniemi, Tapani Rönnemaa

On the relationship between human all-cause mortality and age

H. Kesteloot, X. Huang

Years of life lost due to premature mortality in Italy

Sergio Mariotti, Paola D'Errigo, Simona Mastroeni, Karen Freeman

Serum uric acid and risk for development of hypertension and impaired fasting glucose or Type II diabetes in Japanese male office workers

N. Nakanishi, M. Okamoto, H. Yoshida, Y. Matsuo, K. Suzuki, K. Tatara

Tobacco and alcohol consumption, sedentary lifestyle and overweightness in France: A multilevel analysis of individual and area-level determinants

Basile Chaix, Pierre Chauvin

Birth weight and risk of angina pectoris: Analysis in Swedish twins

A. Hubinette, S. Cnattingius, A.L.V. Johansson, C. Henriksson, P. Lichtenstein

Evaluating a campaign to detect early stage breast tumors in the United States

Ralph Catalano, Liana Winett, Lawrence Wallack, William Satariano

Prevalence of hepatitis B and C virus infection in the general population and selected groups in South-Western Greece

C.A. Gogos, K.P. Fouka, G. Nikiforidis, K. Avgeridis, G. Sakellaropoulos, H. Bassaris, A. Maniatis, A. Skoutelis

Search for hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection in hepatitis C patients in north-eastern Poland. Comparison with anti-HDV prevalence in chronic hepatitis B

S. Chlabicz, A. Grzeszczuk, T.W. Łapiński, D. Prokopowicz, A. Panasiuk

Hepatitis C virus infection in injection drug users in Bavaria: Risk factors for seropositivity

Markus Backmund, Kirsten Meyer, Martin Wächtler, Dieter Eichenlaub

Comparison of the effectiveness of two mumps vaccines during an outbreak in Switzerland in 1999 and 2000: A case–cohort study

Jean-Luc Richard, Marcel Zwahlen, Mirjam Feuz, Hans C. Matter

Malaria in Turkey: A review of 33 cases

A. Mert, R. Ozaras, F. Tabak, M. Bilir, R. Ozturk, Y. Aktuglu

Seroprevalence of HTLV-I and HTLV-II infection among immigrants in northern Italy

F. Ansaldi, M. Comar, P. D'Agaro, S. Grainfenberghi, L. Caimi, F. Gargiulo, B. Bruzzone, R. Gasparini, G. Icardi, F. Perandin, C. Campello, N. Manca

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: No incident cases of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Spanish studentsafter two years of follow-up

C. Stock, A. Krämer, I. Aguinaga-Ontoso, F. Guillén-Grima, L. Sainz-Suberviola

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