European Journal of Epidemiology, published for the first time in 1985, serves as a forum on epidemiology in the broadest sense. It is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to all fields of epidemiologic research and to epidemiologic and statistical methods.

EJE promotes communication among those engaged in research, teaching and application of epidemiology, including those who practice clinical or community medicine. The Journal encourages contributions from a wide variety of fields, including public health, preventive medicine, clinical medicine, health economics, and computational biology and data science applied to health and disease.

EJE publishes empirical research findings, methodological developments and opinion articles from as broad a geographical origin as possible, with some focus, but certainly not exclusive, on European topics of relevance for epidemiology.

Editor-in-Chief
Albert Hofman
Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA

Founding Editor-in-Chief
Antonio Sanna (1985-1992)

Editors-in-Chief Emeriti
Carlo Chezzi (1992-1994)
Claude Hannoun (1994-2002)

Editors
Carol Brayne, Cambridge, UK
Maria Blettner, Mainz, Germany
Stefania Boccia, Rome, Italy
Genevieve Chene, Bordeaux, France
Jean-Claude Desenclos, Saint-Maurice, France
Anders Ekbom, Stockholm, Sweden
Bruno Falissard, Paris, France
Oscar Franco, Bern, Switzerland
Mònica Guxens, Barcelona, Spain
Vincent Jaddoe, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Rudolf Kaaks, Heidelberg, Germany
Pagona Lagiou, Athens, Greece
Ylva Trolle Lagerros, Stockholm, Sweden
Lies Lahousse, Ghent, Belgium
Giancarlo Logroscino, Bari, Italy
Jonas Ludvigsson, Stockholm, Sweden
Per Magnus, Oslo, Norway
Annette Peters, Muenchen, Germany
Miquel Porta, Barcelona, Spain
Didier Raoult, Marseille, France
Arvid Sjolander, Stockholm, Sweden
Sonja Swanson, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Dag Thelle, Oslo, Norway
Paolo Vineis, London, UK
Editorial Board
Hans-Olov Adami, Stockholm; Anders Ahlbom, Stockholm; Josep Anto, Barcelona; Henrique Barros, Porto; Hermann Brenner, Heidelberg; François Cambien, Paris; Roel Coutinho, Amsterdam; John Danesh, Cambridge; Pierre Ducimetière, Villejuif; Cornelia van Duijn, Oxford, Arnaud Fontanet, Paris; Sander Greenland, Los Angeles; Diederick Grobbee, Utrecht; Miguel Hernán, Boston; David Hunter, Oxford; Ulrich Keil, Münster; Kay Tee Khaw, Cambridge; Lewis Kuller, Pittsburgh; Jacobus Lubsen, Nyon; Mohammad Ali Mansournia, Tehran; Michael Marmot, London; Mark McCarthy, Oxford; Olli Miettinen, Montreal; Alfredo Morabia, New York; Megan Murray, Boston; Jorn Olsen, Aarhus; Stefania Papatheodorou, Boston; Frits Rosendaal, Leiden; Kenneth Rothman, Boston; Jonathan Samet, Aurora; Jan Staessen, Leuven; Andreas Stang, Essen; Bruno Stricker, Rotterdam; Ulf Stromberg, Lund; Henning Tiemeier, Boston; Jaakko Tuomilehto, Helsinki; John Watson, London; Walter Willett, Boston; Gerhard Zielhuis, Nijmegen