American Journal of ISSN 0002-9262 EPIDEMIOLOGY Volume 136 Published by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health Number 6 Sponsored by the Society for Epidemiologic Research September 15, 1992 ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS 623 633 646 657 662 673 686 698 712 722 730 742 760 Preexisting Lung Disease and Lung Cancer among Nonsmoking Women. Michael C. R. Alavanja, Ross C. Brownson, John D. Boice, Jr., and Ed Hock Longitudinal Prediction of Adult Blood Pressure from Juvenile Blood Pressure Levels. Mary J. Nelson, David R. Ragland, and S. Leonard Syme Mortality Trends in a Cohort of Homosexual Men in New York City, 1978-1988. Beryl A. Koblin, John M. Morrison, Patricia E. Taylor, Rand L. Stoneburner, and Cladd E. Stevens Characteristics of Mothers of Live Infants with Congenital Syphilis in Florida, 19871989. Jean-Claude A. Desenclos, Michael Scaggs, and Jack E. Wroten Comparative Behavioral Epidemiology of Gonococcal and Chlamydial Infections among Patients Attending a Baltimore, Maryland, Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic. Edward W. Hook III, Cindy A. Reichart, Dawn M. Upchurch, Phyllis Ray, David Celentano, and Thomas C. Quinn Behavioral Risk Factors for Injury among Rural Adolescents. Cheryl S. Alexander, Margaret E. Ensminger, Mark R. Somerfield, Young J. Kim, and Karin E. Johnson Weight Loss and Mortality in a National Cohort of Adults, 1971-1987. Elsie R. Pamuk, David F. Williamson, Jennifer Madans, Mary K. Serdula, Joel C. Kleinman, and Tim Byers Performance of Two General Job-Exposure Matrices in a Study of Lung Cancer Morbidity in the Zutphen Cohort. Hans Kromhout, Dick Heederik, Louise M. Dalderup, and Daan Kromhout Proxy Respondents and the Validity of Occupational and Other Exposure Data. Coleen A. Boyle, Edward A. Brann, and the Selected Cancers Cooperative Study Group Computation of Relative Risk Based on Simultaneous Surveys: An Alternative to Cohort and Case-Control Studies. James J. Weinkam, Wilfred L. Rosenbaum, and Theodor D. Sterling The Analysis of Regional Patterns in Health Data. I. Distributional Considerations. S 0. Walter The Analysis of Regional Patterns in Health Data. II. The Power to Detect Environmental Effects. S. D. Walter BOOK REVIEWS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 766 Re: "Repeat Measurement of Case-Control Data: Correcting Risk Estimates for Misclassification Due to Regression Dilution of Lipids in Transient Ischemic Attacks and Minor Ischemic Strokes." Hermann Brenner Continued on Inside Front Cover Founded 1920 by W. H. Welch and W. H. Howell as the American Journal of Hygiene Contents Continued from Front Cover 767 Re: "Very Low Birth Weight: A Problematic Cohort for Epidemiologic Studies of Very Small or Immature Neonates." Nigel Paneth 767 The First Author Replies. 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