1. Editorial: Acrylamide in heat-processed foods – a carcinogen looking for human cancer?

   • Harri Vainio

   Editorial Commentary Pages: 1105 - 1106

2. Editorial: Prevention comes of age?

   • Luc G.A. Bonneux
   • Ben A. van Hout
   • Diederick E. Grobbee

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1107 - 1108

3. Commentary: Berkson's Bias reviewed

   • Judith Schwartzbaum
   • Anders Ahlbom
   • Maria Feychting

   Commentary Pages: 1109 - 1112

4. Commentary: Studying risk factors for Parkinson's disease

   • Marjolijn Bornebroek
   • Monique Breteler

   Commentary Pages: 1113 - 1114

5. Review: The epidemiology of lifestyle and risk for type 2 diabetes

   • Rob M. van Dam

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1115 - 1126

6. The limitations of using hospital controls in cancer etiology – one more example for Berkson's bias

   • Siegal Sadetzki
   • David Bensal
   • Baruch Modan

   Legacy Pages: 1127 - 1131

7. Case–control study of environmental risk factors for Parkinson's disease in Belgium

   • Philippe Pals
   • Bart Van Everbroeck
   • Patrick Cras

   Legacy Pages: 1133 - 1142

8. The epidemiology of diabetes in a large Israeli HMO

   • G. Chodick
   • A.D. Heymann
   • E. Kookia

   Legacy Pages: 1143 - 1146

9. Serological survey of immunity to tetanus in adult population of Northern Halkidiki, Greece

   • Nikolaos Symeonidis
   • Chrysanthos Symeonidis
   • Antonios Antoniadis

   Legacy Pages: 1147 - 1152

10. Considering the antimicrobial sensitivity of the intestinal botulism agent Clostridium butyricum when treating concomitant infections

    • Lucia Fenicia
    • Anna Maria Ferrini
    • Paolo Aureli

    Legacy Pages: 1153 - 1154

11. Characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from Novosibirsk region (West Siberia, Russia) based on direct PCR

    • Nnatalya Nikolaevna Livanova
    • O'lga Vladimirovich Morozova
    • Andrey Kirovich Dobrotvorsky

    Legacy Pages: 1155 - 1158

12. An outbreak of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 infections on an oil tanker

    • Andrea Babić-Erceg
    • Zoran Klišmanić
    • Mladen Smoljanović

    Legacy Pages: 1159 - 1161

13. Changes in the epidemiological pattern of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in Poland

    • Waldemar Rastawicki
    • Stanisław Kałużewski
    • Rafał Gierczyński

    Legacy Pages: 1163 - 1164

14. Letter to the Editor: Trends of weight, height and obesity in young Portuguese males: 1995–1999

    • E. Lacerda Nobre
    • Z. Jorge
    • J. Jácome de Castro

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 1165 - 1166

15. List of Contributors, Volume 18 (2003)

    Authors Index Pages: 1167 - 1170

16. Key words index, Volume 18 (2003)

    Subject Index Pages: 1171 - 1174

17. Contents Volume 18

    Volume Contents Pages: 1175 - 1186

18. Instructions for Authors

    Instructions for Authors Pages: 1187 - 1189