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Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JECH)11d
Unstable resting heart rate trajectory patterns are associated with an increase in incident risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: the China-PAR project
Background The association between resting heart rate (RHR) trajectory patterns based on multiple measurements and the risk ...
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Associations of area-level socioeconomic status and individual factors with mortality in China: a nationwide prospective cohort study
2 Shanghai National Clinical Research Center for metabolic Diseases, Key Laboratory for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases of the National Health Commission of the PR China, Shanghai Key Laboratory for ...
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Ending nuclear weapons, before they end us
This May, the World Health Assembly (WHA) will vote on re-establishing a mandate for the WHO to address the health consequences of nuclear weapons and war.1 Health professionals and their associations ...
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Population frailty trends by education and income levels over a period of 30 years: findings from Swedish registry data
Background Frailty is an age-related health condition affecting an estimated 18% of older adults in Europe and past evidence has shown a relationship between socioeconomic factors and frailty. We ...
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Relationship between loneliness, social isolation and modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease: a latent class analysis
Correspondence to Dr Daisy Fancourt, Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London WC1E 7HB, UK; d.fancourt{at}ucl.ac.uk Background There is growing research into the ...
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Impact of cuts to local government spending on Sure Start children’s centres on childhood obesity in England: a longitudinal ecological study
Background Childhood obesity is rising in disadvantaged areas in England. Sure Start children’s centres provide community-based services for children <5 years and their parents, including many ...
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Occupational socioeconomic risk associations for head and neck cancer in Europe and South America: individual participant data analysis of pooled case–control studies within ...
Background The association between socioeconomic disadvantage (low education and/or income) and head and neck cancer is well established, with smoking and alcohol consumption explaining up to ...
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COVID-19: exposing and amplifying inequalities
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Health status of Gypsies and Travellers in England
Objective: To provide the first valid and reliable estimate of the health status of Gypsies and Travellers in England by using standardised instruments to compare their health with that of a UK ...
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Monitoring community responses to the SARS epidemic in Hong Kong: from day 10 to day 62
Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Correspondence to: Dr J T F Lau, Centre for Epidemiology ...
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Impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of children and young people: an umbrella review
Background Over the past 3 years, a multitude of studies have highlighted the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of children and young people (CYP). In this umbrella review, we ...