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The Australian epidemic of cardiovascular mortality 1935–2005: effects of period and birth cohort
1 School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia 2 School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, ...
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Changing relationship between income inequality and mortality
The recent paper by Dunn et al showed that the positive relationship between US state-level income inequality and mortality ...
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Maternal employment and child socio-emotional behaviour in the UK: longitudinal evidence from the UK Millennium Cohort Study
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK Correspondence to Anne McMunn, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1–19 ...
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Building on “the concept of prevention: a good idea gone astray?”
Correspondence to John E Ataguba, Health Economics Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Falmouth Annex, Medical Campus, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, Cape Town, South Africa ...
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Causal associations between body mass index and mental health: a Mendelian randomisation study
Correspondence to Nina van den Broek, Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen 6525, The Netherlands; n.vandenbroek{at}bsi.ru.nl Background Body mass index (BMI) is correlated ...
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Socio-demographic determinants of worsening in frailty among community-dwelling older people in 11 European countries
1 Department of Public Health, Erasmus University MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Geriatrics, Erasmus University MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ...
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On statistical methods for analysing the geographical distribution of cancer cases near nuclear installations.
There is great public concern, often based on anecdotal reports, about risks from ionising radiation. Recent interest has been directed at an excess of leukaemia cases in the locality of civil nuclear ...
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Stressful social relations and mortality: a prospective cohort study
3 Section of Health Services Research, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Correspondence to Rikke Lund, Section of Social Medicine, Department of Public Health, University ...
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An economic evaluation of setting up physical barriers in railway stations for preventing railway injury: evidence from Hong Kong
1 Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, PR China 2 HKJC Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, PR ...
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Methods to estimate maternal mortality: a global perspective
National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Health Promotion—Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italian National Institute of Health, Rome Italy Correspondence to Serena Donati, National Centre for ...
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Be(ing) prepared: Guide and Scout participation, childhood social position and mental health at age 50—a prospective birth cohort study
Background Mental health is a major concern in many countries. We explore whether youth participation in the Scouts and Guides could protect mental health in later life and in particular whether it ...
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Impact of weight change on specific-cause mortality among middle-aged Japanese individuals
Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Division of Preventive and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan Background: The aim of this study was to ...