VOLUME 55 - CONTENTS No 1 JANUARY 2001 In this number Housing matters C Alvarez-Dardet Editorials Ensuring shelter in Eastern Europe J Macarthur A vision for public health development Y Buckland The social patterning of teenage pregnancy N Spencer The life course, childhood housing conditions and adult health N Spencer U&tNIo OTh e completeness of AIDS surveillance in Europe: difficulties and new challenges 7 Castilla Commentary Population change and mortality in men and women G Davey Smith, M Shaw, D Dorling Research reports Childhood housing conditions and later mortality in the Boyd Orr cohort D 7 Dedman, D Gunnell, G Davey Smith, S Frankel Teenage childbearing in Great Britain and the spatial concentration of poverty households A McCulloch Decline of the relative risk of death associated with low employment grade at older age: the impact of age related differences in smoking, blood pressure and plasma cholesterol P 7 Marang-van de Mheen, M F Shipley, ¥ C M Witteman, M G Marmot, L ¥ Gunning-Schepers Dietary patterns among a national random sample of British adults 7 A Pryer, R Nichols, P Elliott, B Thakrar, E Brunner, M Marmot Theory and methods Life expectancy as a summary of mortality in a population: statistical considerations and suitability for use by health authorities P B S Silcocks, D A Fenner, R Reza A multilevel analysis of the effects of rurality and social deprivation on premature limiting long term illness S Barnett, P Roderick, D Martin, I Diamond Public health policy and practice How complete is AIDS surveillance in Europe? An eagle eye comparison with mortality data V Ajdacic-Gross, U Zellweger, ¥W ang, Y Fleerackers, B Somaini Air pollution and emergency hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases in Valencia, Spain F Bailester, FM Tenias, S Pérez-Hoyos Short reports A characterisation of patient drop outs in a cohort of HIV positive homosexual/bisexual men and intravenous drug users W K Poole, R Perritt, K B Shah, Y Lou, ¥ Turner, P Kvale, P C Hopewell, ¥ Glassroth, M Rosen, L Reichman, F Wallace and the Pulmonary Complications of Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Study Group Tobacco consumption and bladder cancer in non-coffee drinkers G Lopez-Abente, A Escolar Acknowledgements No 2 FEBRUARY 2001 In this number Following one of Cochrane’s pathways C Alvarez-Dardet Editorials The internet, public health, and the globalisation of just about everything N Milio Where’s the evidence?—Making the case for public health 7 Neuberger The anomaly that finally went away? S Sr Leger Research reports An explanation of the persistent doctor-mortality association F W Young Ethnic density and deliberate self harm; a small area study in south east London F Neeleman, C Wilson-Fones, S Wessely Homocysteine and ischaemic stroke in men: the Caerphilly study U B Fallon, P Elwood, Y Ben-Shlomo, 3 B Ubbink, R Greenwood, G Davey Smith Ethnic differences in self reported health in Malm6 in southern Sweden M Lindstrém, ¥S undquist, P-O Ostergren Theory and methods Methods in epidemiology and public health: does practice match theory? D L Weed Multilevel analyses of neighbourhood socioeconomic context and health outcomes: a critical review K E Pickett, M Pearl The discount rate in the economic evaluation of prevention: a thought experiment L Bonneux, E Birnie Patient follow up screening evaluations. Examples with regard to congenital hip dislocation and congenital heart disease R E Futtmann, F Hess, G ¥ van Oortmarssen, P ¥ van der Maas Public health policy and practice Why don’t patients do their exercises? Understanding non-compliance with physiotherapy in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee R Campbell, M Evans, M Tucker, B Quilty, P Dieppe, J L Donovan Self reported physical activity, public health, and perceived environment: results from a comparative European study A Riitten, T Abel, L Kannas, T von Lengerke, G Liischen, 7 A Rodriguez Diaz, F Vinck, F van der Zee Short reports Gender differences in seasonality of acute myocardial infarction admissions and mortality in a population-based study V Grech, O Aquilina, FP ace Area based measures of social and economic circumstances: cause specific mortality patterns depend on the choice of index G Davey Smith, E Whitley, D Dorling, D Gunnell Letters to the editor No 3 MARCH 2001 In this number Neocolonialism and epidemiology J Hernandez-Aguado Speaker’s corner A note to Bill Gates J Kickbusch Editorial Mégapoles Project: working on behalf of socially disadvantaged groups M Dalziel Debate Nationalism, international public health assistance, and epidemiologic transitions C Poole, M L Barreto, N de Almeida-Filho, # Breilh, T Lang Research reports Epidemiology as discourse: the politics of development institutions in the epidemiological profile of El Salvador L A Avilés Family violence, employment status, welfare benefits, and alcohol drinking in the United States: what is the relation? E Rodriguez, K E Lasch, P Chandra, ¥ Lee Can a decline in the population means of cardiovascular risk factors reduce the number of people at risk? U Laaser, ¥B reckenkamp, A Ullrich, B Hoffmann Socioeconomic status and weight control practices in British adults 7 Wardle, ¥G riffith Theory and methods Partitioned prostate cancer prevalence estimates: an informative measure of the disease burden R MMerrill Level of aggregation for optimal epidemiological analysis: the case of time to surgery and unnecessary removal of the normal appendix S W Wen, K Demissie, D August, G G Rhoads Public health policy and practice Quality assurance for screening mammography: an international comparison C Klabunde, F Bouchard, S Taplin, A Scharpantgen, R Ballard-Barbash, for the International Breast Cancer Screening Network (IBSN ) Short reports Impact of smoking status on weight loss and cardiovascular risk factors K Wilson, H Clark, S Hotz, R Dent High birth weights in prewar Faroe Islands S F Olsen, D N Beck, R Kollslid, R W Rasmussen Letters to the editor Corrections No 4 APRIL 2001 In this number More opportunities for your opinions: The JECH speaker’s corner J Hernandez-Aguado, C Alvarez-Dardet Speaker’s corner The future, complexity, death and surprise L Duhl Editorial Health Impact Assessment-and beyond D S Morrison, M Petticrew, H Thomson The JECH gallery Household energy, health and development N Bruce Glossary Glossaries in public health: older people A Bowling, S Ebrahim Research reports Self rated health and mortality: a long term prospective study in eastern Finland S Heistaro, P Fousilahti, E Lahelma, E Vartiainen, P Puska Longitudinal study of associations between perceived health status and self reported diseases in the French Gazel cohort P Goldberg, A Guéguen, A Schmaus, J7-P Nakache, M Goldberg Material deprivation and leading causes of death by gender: evidence from a nationwide small area study F Benach, Y Yasui, C Borrell, M Saez, M I Pasarin Neighbourhood level and individual level SES effects on child problem behaviour: a multilevel analysis A C Kalff, M Kroes, ¥ S H Vles, ¥ GM Hendriksen, F ¥ M Feron, ¥S teyaert, T M C B van ZebeFn Fol,le s, F van Os Hepatitis A vaccination during an outbreak among gay men in Montréal, Canada, 1995-1997 R Allard, F Beauchemin, L Bédard, R Dion, M Tremblay, ¥C arsley Theory and methods Health promotion research: dilemmas and challenges M A Koelen, L Vaandrager, C Colomér An analysis of health levels and various indicators of urban environments for Healthy Cities projects T Takano, K Nakamura Non-communicable disease mortality rates using the verbal autopsy in a cohort of middle aged and older populations in Beirut during wartime, 1983-93 A Mehio Sibai, A Fletcher, M Hills, O Campbell Evaluation of “Live for Life”, a health promotion programme in the County of Skaraborg, Sweden H Lingfors, K Lindstrém, L-G Persson, C Bengtsson, L Lissner Dramatic decline of serogroup C meningococcal disease incidence in Catalonia (Spain) 24 months after a mass vaccination programme of children and young people L Salleras, A Dominguez, G Prats, I Parron, P Mujioz Letters to the editor Measuring demographic group differences in cardiovascular reactivity to stress using a mental challenge in the laboratory: problems of interpretation T M Pollard; D Carroll No 5 MAY 2001 In this number The new UK health inequalities targets D La Parra, C Alvarez-Dardet Speaker’s corner Just imagine politicians working for health equity F Baum The JECH gallery Health and housing: a lasting relationship M Shaw Editorial A widening horizon for European public health practice C A Birt Glossary A basic glossary of vaccinology Edited by Tom Jefferson Research reports Suicide in doctors: a study of risk according to gender, seniority and specialty in medical practitioners in England and Wales, 1979-1995 Relative contribution of early life and adult socioeconomic factors to adult morbidity in the Whitehall II study Prognostic factors in women with breast cancer: distribution by socioeconomic status and effect on differences in survival C S Thomson, D F Hole, C ¥ Twelves, D H Brewster, Long working hours and risk for hypertension in Japanese male white collar workers Survival after initial hospitalisation for heart failure: a multilevel analysis of patients in Swedish acute care hospitals Housing tenure and car access: further exploration of the nature of their relations with health in a UK setting Mismatch between perceived and actual overweight in diabetic and non-diabetic populations: a comparative study of South Asian and European women Smoking in adolescence and young adulthood and mortality in later life: prospective observational study Abortion and breast cancer: a case-control record linkage study Incidence of ocular melanoma in the general population and in glaucoma patients Social circumstances in childhood and cardiovascular disease mortality: prospective observational study of Glasgow University students G Davey Smith, P McCarron, M Okasha, ¥ McEwen Theory and methods Rationalising chances of success in intersectoral health policy making Methods used to maintain a high level of participant involvement in a clinical trial What is the difference between controlling for mean versus median income in analyses of income inequality? Are cities becoming more unhealthy? An analysis of mortality rates in Belfast and Dublin between 1981 and 1991 to illustrate a methodological difficulty with ecological studies D O’Reilly, S Browne, Z Johnson, A Kelly Public health policy and practice Large decline in injecting drug use in Amsterdam, 1986-1998: explanatory mechanisms and determinants of injecting transitions Use of health services by prison inmates: comparisons with the community Performance of surrogate markers of low birth weight at community level in rural India S K Kapoor, G Kumar, C S Pandav, K Anand Letters to the editor No 6 JUNE 2001 In this number The confused Milky Way R O Moncada, C Alvarez-Dardet The JECH gallery The first, worst, and most successful clinical trial of Archie Cochrane P Elwood Speaker’s corner The need for global risk factor surveillance B C K Choi, R Bonita, D V McQueen Editorials The first 500 days: renewal, reform, reflection L_¥ Donaldson National Service Frameworks: promoting the public health G Chapman, S Adam, D Stockford Milk, coronary disease and mortality P Elwood Glossary Glossary: causality in public health science M Susser Research reports Milk, coronary heart disease and mortality A R Ness, G Davey Smith, C Hart Mortality in England and Wales attributable to current alcohol consumption A Britton, K McPherson Lower use of dental services among long term cigarette smokers L A Mucci, D R Brooks The effects of birth weight and postnatal linear growth retardation on blood pressure at age 1 1—12 years S P Walker, P Gaskin, C A Powell, F I Bennett, T E Forrester, S Grantham-McGregor Food intake patterns, self rated health and mortality in Danish men and women. A prospective observational study M Osler, B L Heitmann, S Haidrup, L M Fargensen, M Schroll The relation between adult height and haemorrhagic and ischaemic stroke in the Renfrew/Paisley study P McCarron, C L Hart, D Hole, G Davey Smith Perceptions of body image among working men and women C Emslie, K Hunt, S Macintyre Theory and methods National health surveys by mail or home interview: effects on response H S F Picavet How complete and accurate are cancer registrations notified by the National Health Service Central Register for England and Wales? H O DickinsonJ, A Salotti, P ¥ Birch, M M Reid, A Malcolm, L Parker 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 M Saez, A Figueiras, F Ballester, S Pérez-Hoyos, R Ocaiia,A Tobias Public health policy and research A prospective health impact assessment of the international astronomy and space exploration centre L Y Winters Recreation in coastal waters: health risks associated with bathing in sea water M D Prieto, B Lopez, JA Juanes, J A Revilla, J Llorca, M Delgado-Rodriguez Letters to the editor Book review No 7 JULY 2001 In this number Nuclear waste as a public health challenge C Alvarez-Dardet Speaker’s corner What can doctors do to reduce health inequalities? C Alvarez-Dardet, M T Ruiz Editorial Addressing health inequalities in health impact assessment M Douglas, A Scott-Samuel The JECH gallery The many causes of human despair, La Ramblas, Barcelona R D Neal Glossary Basic concepts in population health and health care B Starfield Review Formal education and back pain: a review C E Dionne, M Von Korff, T D Koepsell, RA Deyo, W E Barlow, H Checkoway Research reports The incidence of childhood leukaemia around the La Hague nuclear waste reprocessing plant (France): a survey for the years 1978-1998 A-V Guizard, O Boutou, D Pottier, X Troussard, D Pheby, G Launoy, R Slama, A Spira, and ARKM Relation of socioeconomic position to the case fatality, prognosis and treatment of myocardial infarction events; the FINMONICA MI Register Study V Salomaa, H Miettinen, M Niemel , M Ketonen, M Mhénen, P Immonen-Rih, S Lehto, T Vuorenmaa, S Koskinen, P Palomki, H Mustaniemi, E Kaarsalo, M Arstila, F Torppa, K Kuulasmaa, P Puska, K Pyér |, ¥ Tuomilehto Trends in the hospital management of unstable angina R F Heller, H Powell, R L O’Connell, K D’Este, LL Lim Role of age and sex in short-term and long term mortality after a first Q wave myocardial infarction F Marrugat, M Gil, R Masia, ¥S ala, R Elosua, 7M Anté, and the REGICOR Investigators Change in male and female life expectancy by social class: decomposition by age and cause of death in Finland 1971-95 P Martikainen, T Valkonen, T Martelin Results from a family and DNA based active identification programme for familial hypercholesterolaemia A HA ten Asbroek, P ¥}M arang-van de Mheen, ¥C Defesche,¥ P Kastelein, L }G unning-Schepers Individual employment histories and subsequent cause specific hospital admissions and mortality: a prospective study of a cohort of male and female workers with 21 years follow up C Metcalfe, G Davey Smith,J} A C Sterne, P Heslop, }M acleod, C Hart Height and health: predicting longevity from bone length in archaeological remains D Gunnell, ¥R ogers, P Dieppe Theory and methods A heuristic approach to the formulas for population attributable fraction 7 A Hanley Public health policy and practice The co-occurrence of AIDS and homelessness: results from the integration of administrative databases for AIDS surveillance and public shelter utilisation in Philadelphia D P Culhane, E Gollub, R Kuhn, M Shpaner Is it feasible to plan secondary care services for coronary heart disease rationally? A quantified modelling approach for a UK Health Authority S 7 Cornell, 7B Chilcott, A Brennan Book reviews No 8 AUGUST 2001 In this number Violence and public health 7 Ashton, I Hernandez-Aguado The JECH gallery Prevention of diarrhoea T Eckert Speaker’s corner Getting our journals to developing countries A Williamson Editorials How do women cope with family violence? Moving ahead in our understanding of international issues E Rodriguez Meeting the health needs of young people 7 Coleman Glossary Glossary on meta-analysis M Delgado-Rodriguez Review Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and neurological development in children: a systematic review N Ribas-Fito, M Sala, M Kogevinas, ¥S unyer Research reports Women’s strategic responses to violence in Nicaragua M C Ellsberg, A Winkvist, R Petia, H Stenlund The role of income differences in explaining social inequalities in self rated health in Sweden and Britain M Aberg Yngwe, F Diderichsen, M Whitehead, P Holland, B Burstrém Educational level and decreases in leisure time physical activity: predictors from the longitudinal GLOBE study M Droomers, C T M Schrijvers, ¥ P Mackenbach Participation of epidemiologists and/or biostatisticians and methodological quality of published controlled clinical trials M Delgado-Rodriguez, M Ruiz-Canela, ¥ De Irala-Estevez, F Llorca, A Martinez-Gonzalez Cigarette smoking, alcohol intoxication and major depressive episode in a representative population sample J Hamdaldinen, ¥K aprio, E Isomets ,M Heikkinen, K Poikolainen, S Lindeman, H Aro Trends in young adult mortality in three European cities: Barcelona, Bologna and Munich, 1986-1995 C Borrell, M I Pasarin, E Cirera, P Klutke, E Pipitone, A Plasancia Do genetic factors contribute to the association between birth weight and blood pressure? K Christensen, H Stavring, M McGue Theory and methods Tobacco industry efforts at discrediting scientific knowledge of environmental tobacco smoke: a review of internal industry documents 7 Drope, S Chapman Provision of pen along with questionnaire does not increase the response rate to a postal survey: a randomised controlled trial T ¥ Clark, K S Khan, ¥ K Gupta Public health policy and practice Violence: a challenge for public health and for all A Concha-Eastman Economic evaluation of ac ommunity based exercise programme to prevent falls M C Robertson, N Devlin, P Scuffham, M M Gardner, D M Buchner, A ¥ Campbell Letters to the editor No 9 SEPTEMBER 2001 In this number Globalisation and health: action now! J Hernandez-Aguado, C Alvarez-Dardet The JECH gallery A glance at child health A Torres Editorial History in the public health tool kit V Berridge Speaker’s corner Vision of a rapid, flexible, cost effective, survey-based public health surveillance system B C K Choi, D Mowat Debate Health, equity, justice and globalisation: some lessons from the People’s Health Assembly F Baum Towards a more sustainable globalisation: the role of the public health community D W Bettcher, H Wipfli A dialogue of the deaf? The health impacts of globalisation K Lee Liberalisation, health and the World Trade Organisation R Labonte Glossary Glossary: healthy public policy N Milto Research reports Psychosocial work characteristics and self rated health in four post-communist countries H Pikhart, M Bobak,F Siegrist, A Pajak, S Rywik, ¥K yshegyi, A Gostautas, Z Skodova, M Marmot Determinants of levels and changes of physical functioning in chronically ill persons: results from the GLOBE Study7 P Mackenbach, G 7 ¥ M Borsboom, W 7 Nusselder,C WN Looman, C T M Schrijvers Gender inequalities in health among workers: the relation with family demands L Artazcoz, C Berrell, J Benach Consumption of alcoholic beverages and subjective health in Spain P Guallar-Castillon, F Rodriguez-Artalejo, L Diez Ganian, ¥ R Banegas Banegas, P Lafuente Urdinguio, R Herruzo Cabrera The relation between questions indicating transient ischaemic attack and stroke in 20 years of follow up in men and women in the Renfrew/Paisley Study C L Hart, D ¥ Hole, G Davey, Smith Ethnicity, self reported psychiatric illness, and intake of psychotropic drugs in five ethnic groups in Sweden L Bayard-Burfield, ¥ Sundquist, S-E Johansson Sex specific difference in the relation between birth weight and arterial compliance in young adults: The Young Hearts Project L 7 Murray, A M Gallagher,C A G Boreham, M Savage, G Davey Smith Theory and methods History of health, a valuable tool in public health E Perdiguero, 7B ernabeu, R Huertas, E Rodriguez-Ocaiia Measurement of self reported active exposure to cigarette smoke J-F Etter, T V Perneger What determines drop out in prospective studies of coronary heart disease risk factors between youth and young adulthood: the Young Hearts Study F 7 van Lenthe, C A Boreham, J W R Twisk, M F Savage, L Murray, G Davey Smith Public health policy and practice Setting up a specific surveillance system of community health during mass gatherings T Hanslik, PY Boelle, A Flahault Attitudes of parents towards measles and immunisation after a measles outbreak in an anthroposophical community E Duffel Letters to the editor Book review No 10 OCTOBER 2001 In this number The new policy implications box C Alvarez-Dardet, IH ernandez -Aguado The JECH gallery San Carlos E Pascual Speakers’s corner The essence of community L Duhl Editorial Migration, equality and access to health care services ¥ Sundquist Glossary A glossary for social epidemiology N Krieger Research reports Immigrants in the Netherlands: Equal access for equal needs? K Stronks, A C F Ravelli, S A Reijneveld Perceived environmental housing quality and wellbeing of movers S Kahimeier, C Schindler, L Grize, C Braun-Fahrl nder Depression and anxiety in people with inflammatory bowel disease L M Kurina, M F Goldacre, D Yeates, L EGill Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke: association with personal characteristics and self reported health conditions C Iribarren, G D Friedman, A L Klatsky, M D Eisner Widening social inequalities in smoking cessation in Spain, 1987-1997 E Fernandez,A Schiaffino, M Garcia¥, M Borras Theory and methods Adolescents’ proxy reports of parents’ socioeconomic status: How valid are they? N Lien, C Friestad, K-I Klepp Self reported alcohol intake in pregnancy: comparison between four methods U Kesmodel, S F Olsen Modelling blood pressure as a continuous outcome variable in a co-twin control study 7 T Quirk, S Berg, V M Chinchilli, B Johansson, G E McClearn, G P Vogler Public health policy and practice The national financial adjustment policy and the equalisation of health levels among prefectures T Takano, K Nakamura National level promotion of physical activity: results from England’s ACTIVE for LIFE campaign M Hillsdon, N Cavill, K Nanchahal, A Diamond, I R White Strengths and weaknesses of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine in the eyes of some Hong Kong Chinese T P Lam High risk injecting behaviour among injectors from Glasgow: cross sectional community wide surveys 1990-1999 A Taylor, D Goldberg, S Hutchinson, S Cameron, R Fox Book reviews No 11 NOVEMBER 2001 In this number Public health at different levels ¥ Ashton The JECH gallery Contrasts in service provision A Ellaway, S Macintyre Editorials A mayor for London M McCarthy Implementing public health at the national level P Troop Making the most of Pap tests A Barratt Glossary Glossary: unemployment, job insecurity, and health M Bartley,F Ferrie Research reports Effects of screening on cervical cancer incidence and mortality in New South Wales implied by influences of period of diagnosis and birth cohort R 7 Taylor, S L Morrell, H A Mamoon, G V Wain Risk of injury and the consumption of different types of beverage: Is there an association? E Plugge, L Fletcher, S Stewart-Brown Diastolic blood pressure and area of residence: multilevel versus ecological analysis of social inequity J Merlo, P-O Ostergren, O Hagberg, M Lindstriéim, A Lindgren, A Melander, L Rustam, G Berglund Misconceptions about efficacy of mammography screening: a public health dilemma E Chamot, T V Perneger Self reported non-insulin dependent diabetes, family history, and risk of prevalent colorectal cancer: population based, cross sectional study M S Sandhu, R Luben, K-T Khaw Risk behaviours and self rated health in Russia 1998 P Carlson Predictors of incidence and prevalence of green tobacco sickness among Latino farmworkers in North Carolina T A Arcury, S A Quandt, F S Preisser Mortality among male and female smokers in Sweden: a 33 year follow up S Nilsson, 7M Carstensen, G Pershagen Wellbeing of professionals at entry into the labour market: a follow up survey of medicine and architecture students P Virtanen, A-M Koivisto Theory and methods Self rated health: Is it as good a predictor of subsequent mortality among adults in lower as well as in higher social classes? B Burstrém, P Fredlund Folic acid: Is self reported use of supplements accurate? A Burton, S Wilson, A F Gillies Public health policy and practice Unexplained illness and deaths among injecting drug users in England: a case control study using Regional Drug Misuse Databases M A Bellis, C Beynon, T Millar, 7R Ashton, R Thomson, T Djuretic, A Taylor Does sending a home safety questionnaire increase recruitment to an injury prevention trial? A randomised controlled trial D Kendrick, M Watson, M Dewey, A 7 Woods Letters to the editor No 12 DECEMBER 2001 Page In this number 849 Public health and moving upstream of terrorism 7 Ashton Speaker’s corner Dealing with terrorism: a public health agenda N Milio Response to crisis L Duhl Revenge is not the answer; leadership could be G Mooney A new international public health target A Campbell The JECH gallery Water, tobacco, and global inequalities D Lawlor Editorial Reducing socioeconomic inequalities in road traffic injuries: time for a policy agenda A Plaséncia, C Borrell Glossary Ethics in epidemiology and public health I. Technical terms D L Weed, R E McKeown Research reports Socioeconomic differences in road traffic injuries during childhood and youth: a closer look at different kinds of road user M Hasselberg, L Laflamme, G Ringbdack Weitoft Suicide after a stroke: a population study T W Teasdale, A W Engberg Leg length, insulin resistance, and coronary heart disease risk: The Caerphilly Study G Davey Smith, R Greenwood, D Gunnell, P Sweetnam, F Yarnell, P Elwood Paternal contribution to birth weight P Magnus, H K Gjessing, A Skrondal, R Skjerven Theory and methods Are the effects of psychosocial exposures attributable to confounding? Evidence from a prospective observational study on psychological stress and mortality 7 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 K-¥ Lui Potential for bias in waiting time studies: events between enrolment and admission B Sobolev, P Brown, D Zelt The socioeconomic status of older adults: How should we measure it in studies of health inequalities? E Grundy, G Holt Causation in epidemiology M Parascandola, D L Weed Assessing socioeconomic effects on different sized populations: To weight or not to weight? N Frohlich, K C Carriere, L Potvin, C Black Public health policy and practice Community health risk assessment after a fire with asbestos containing fallout S Bridgman Indoor heating, house conditions, and health J Gemmell The dynamics of heroin use; implications for intervention T Millar, N Craine, T Carnwath, M Donmall Hepatitis B immunisation of household contacts: retrospective study of vaccine coverage G Richardson, M R Evans, D Westmoreland Letter to the editor Book review Author index Subject index Contents