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Research reports

• The incidence of childhood leukaemia around the La Hague nuclear waste reprocessing plant (France): a survey for the years 1978–1998 (1 July, 2001)

  A-V Guizard, O Boutou, D Pottier, X Troussard, D Pheby, G Launoy, R Slama, A Spira, ARKM
• Relation of socioeconomic position to the case fatality, prognosis and treatment of myocardial infarction events; the FINMONICA MI Register Study (1 July, 2001)

  V Salomaa, H Miettinen, M Niemelä, M Ketonen, M Mähönen, P Immonen-Räihä, S Lehto, T Vuorenmaa, S Koskinen, P Palomäki, H Mustaniemi, E Kaarsalo, M Arstila, J Torppa, K Kuulasmaa, P Puska, K Pyörälä, J Tuomilehto
• Trends in the hospital management of unstable angina (1 July, 2001)

  R F Heller, H Powell, R L O'Connell, K D'Este, L L Lim
• Role of age and sex in short-term and long term mortality after a first Q wave myocardial infarction (1 July, 2001)

  J Marrugat, M Gil, R Masiá, J Sala, R Elosua, J M Antó, the REGICOR Investigators
• Change in male and female life expectancy by social class: decomposition by age and cause of death in Finland 1971–95 (1 July, 2001)

  P Martikainen, T Valkonen, T Martelin
• Results from a family and DNA based active identification programme for familial hypercholesterolaemia (1 July, 2001)

  A H A ten Asbroek, P J Marang-van de Mheen, J C Defesche, J J P Kastelein, L J Gunning-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 (1 July, 2001)

  C Metcalfe, G Davey Smith, J A C Sterne, P Heslop, J Macleod, C Hart
• Height and health: predicting longevity from bone length in archaeological remains (1 July, 2001)

  D Gunnell, J Rogers, P Dieppe