Dear Colleagues Attached below some information on selected papers in the latest issue of the Journal of Epedemiology and Community Health Best wishes David McDaid LSE Health and Social Care 1 June 2004; Vol. 58, No. 6 URL: http://jech.bmjjournals.com/content/vol58/issue6/index.shtml?etoc ----------------------------------------------------------------- Editorials ----------------------------------------------------------------- Socioeconomic differentials in mortality among older people A Bowling J Epidemiol Community Health 2004;58 438-440 http://jech.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/58/6/438?etoc ----------------------------------------------------------------- Research reports ----------------------------------------------------------------- Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality among elderly people in 11 European populations M Huisman, A E Kunst, O Andersen, M Bopp, J-K Borgan, C Borrell, G Costa, P Deboosere, G Desplanques, A Donkin, S Gadeyne, C Minder, E Regidor, T Spadea, T Valkonen, and J P Mackenbach J Epidemiol Community Health 2004;58 468-475 http://jech.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/58/6/468?etoc Household crowding index: a correlate of socioeconomic status and inter-pregnancy spacing in an urban setting I S Melki, H A Beydoun, M Khogali, H Tamim, and K A Yunis J Epidemiol Community Health 2004;58 476-480 http://jech.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/58/6/476?etoc Regional variation and time trends in mortality from ischaemic heart disease: East and West Germany 10 years after reunification J Muller-Nordhorn, K Rossnagel, W Mey, and S N Willich J Epidemiol Community Health 2004;58 481-485 http://jech.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/58/6/481?etoc Employment status, employment conditions, and limiting illness: prospective evidence from the British household panel survey 1991-2001 M Bartley, A Sacker, and P Clarke J Epidemiol Community Health 2004;58 501-506 http://jech.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/58/6/501?etoc