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European Journal of Epidemiology

Ausgabe 11/2009

Inhalt (9 Artikel)

Open Access Methods

The Swedish personal identity number: possibilities and pitfalls in healthcare and medical research

Jonas F. Ludvigsson, Petra Otterblad-Olausson, Birgitta U. Pettersson, Anders Ekbom

METHODS

Do we really know the cause of death of the very old? Comparison between official mortality statistics and cohort study classification

Annick Alpérovitch, Marion Bertrand, Eric Jougla, Jean-Sébastien Vidal, Pierre Ducimetière, Catherine Helmer, Karen Ritchie, Gérard Pavillon, Christophe Tzourio

Open Access Methods

Determinants of DNA yield and purity collected with buccal cell samples

D. B. M. A. van Wieren-de Wijer, A. H. Maitland-van der Zee, A. de Boer, S. V. Belitser, A. A. Kroon, P. W. de Leeuw, P. Schiffers, R. G. J. H. Janssen, C. M. van Duijn, B. H. C. H. Stricker, O. H. Klungel

Mortality

Increased mortality in the slim elderly: a 42 years follow-up study in a general population

Anne K. Gulsvik, Dag S. Thelle, Morten Mowé, Torgeir B. Wyller

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Elevated risk of myocardial infarction in very young immigrants from former Yugoslavia

Franz Wiesbauer, Hermann Blessberger, Georg Goliasch, Erik Walter Holy, Stephan Pfaffenberger, Ioannis Tentzeris, Gerald Maurer, Kurt Huber, Farshid Abdolvahab, Gottfried Sodeck, Markus Exner, Johann Wojta, Martin Schillinger

Perinatal Epidemiology

The effects of maternal body mass index on pregnancy outcome

A. S. Khashan, L. C. Kenny

LOCOMOTOR DISEASES

Loss of hip bone mineral density over time is associated with spine and hip fracture incidence in osteoporotic postmenopausal women

Olivier Bruyere, Alfredo Roces Varela, Silvio Adami, Johann Detilleux, Véronique Rabenda, Mickael Hiligsmann, Jean-Yves Reginster

Open Access COMMENTARY

Population ageing research: a family of disciplines

Ronald P. Stolk, Inge Hutter, Rafael P. M. Wittek