The first issue of the International Journal of Epidemiology has just appeared on the Web, and the whole issue is available to access on http://www.ije.oupjournals.org free of charge. It has several articles on fetal programming, growth and nutrition. The editors are George Davey Smith and Shah Ebrahim Co-Editors ---------------------- International Journal of Epidemiology Department of Social Medicine University of Bristol Canynge Hall Whiteladies Road Bristol BS8 2PR Tel: 0117 928 7370 Fax: 0117 928 7222 e-mail: [log in to unmask]