June 2009

Editorial Board
Published in issue: June 2009
IFC

Table of Contents
Published in issue: June 2009
iii-iv

Honoring Walter O. Spitzer, 1937-2006

Walter O. Spitzer 1937–2006
• Dave Sackett
Published online: April 06, 2009
p565-566
A landmark randomized health care trial: the Burlington trial of the nurse practitioner
• David L. Sackett
Published online: April 09, 2009
p567-570
The wizard of WOS—or the art of the task force
• Renaldo N. Battista
Published online: April 09, 2009
p571-573
Walter O. Spitzer: measure developer, prophet, and mentor
• Sharon Wood-Dauphinee
Published online: April 06, 2009
p574-577
Kids versus trees: Reye's syndrome and spraying for spruce budworm in New Brunswick
• Michael S. Kramer
Published online: April 06, 2009
p578-581
The use of beta agonists and the risk of death and near death from asthma
• Neil Pearce
Published in issue: June 2009
p582-587

The Transnational study of oral contraceptive cardiovascular safety: history and science
• Samy Suissa
Published online: April 06, 2009
p588-593

Reporting Guidelines

STREGA, STROBE, STARD, SQUIRE, MOOSE, PRISMA, GNOSIS, TREND, ORION, COREQ, QUOROM, REMARK… and CONSORT: for whom does the guideline toll?
• Jan P. Vandenbroucke
Published online: February 02, 2009
p594-596
Strengthening the reporting of genetic association studies (STREGA)—an extension of the strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology (STROBE) statement
• Julian Little,
• Julian P.T. Higgins,
• John P.A. Ioannidis,
• ...
• Claire Infante-Rivard,
• Alex F. Stewart,
• Nick Birkett
Published online: February 17, 2009
p597-608.e4

Review Article

Inadequate statistical power to detect clinically significant differences in adverse event rates in randomized controlled trials
• Ruth Tsang,
• Lindsey Colley,
• Larry D. Lynd
Published online: November 17, 2008
p609-616

Original Articles

An international survey indicated that unpublished systematic reviews exist
• Andrea C. Tricco,
• Ba' Pham,
• Jamie Brehaut,
• ...
• John N. Lavis,
• Jesse A. Berlin,
• David Moher
Published online: January 22, 2009
p617-623.e5


Empirical evaluation showed that the Copas selection model provided a useful summary in 80% of meta-analyses
• James R. Carpenter,
• Guido Schwarzer,
• Gerta Rücker,
• Rita Künstler
Published online: March 13, 2009
p624-631.e4


Hierarchical modeling gave plausible estimates of associations between metabolic syndrome and components of antiretroviral therapy
• Jim Young,
• Tracy R. Glass,
• Enos Bernasconi,
• ...
• Manuel Battegay,
• Heiner C. Bucher
• Swiss HIV Cohort Study
Published online: December 24, 2008
p632-641

Comparison of the pre–post and transition question assessments in a health education setting
• Joanne E. Jordan,
• Kerry Haynes,
• Jennifer A. Livingston,
• Richard H. Osborne
Published online: December 24, 2008
p642-649

Mixed models showed no need for initial response monitoring after starting antihypertensive therapy
• Katy J.L. Bell,
• Andrew Hayen,
• Petra Macaskill,
• Jonathan C. Craig,
• Bruce C. Neal,
• Les Irwig
Published online: December 24, 2008
p650-659

Breast cancer incidence using administrative data: correction with sensitivity and specificity
• Chantal Marie Couris,
• Stephanie Polazzi,
• Frederic Olive,
• ...
• Nicolas Mitton,
• Marc Colonna,
• Beatrice Trombert
Published online: December 15, 2008
p660-666

Self-reported stroke and myocardial infarction had adequate sensitivity in a population-based prospective study JPHC (Japan Public Health Center)–based Prospective Study
• Kazumasa Yamagishi,
• Ai Ikeda,
• Hiroyasu Iso,
• Manami Inoue,
• Shoichiro Tsugane
• JPHC Study Group
Published online: December 24, 2008
p667-673

Information for Contributors
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Information for Contributors (p 2)
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