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Applying the health capability profile: an analytical study of leading causes of death in the USA and of pressing public health issues
Public health problems are complex; investigating them requires a framework that both accounts for multiple interactions among individuals and their intermediate and broader environment and also ...
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Association of mortality with high temperatures in a temperate climate: England and Wales
Correspondence to Dr Ben Armstrong, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK; ben.armstrong{at}lshtm.ac.uk Background It is well known that high ambient ...
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Housing conditions and limitations in physical function among older adults
Correspondence to Dr Esther García-Esquinas, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Calle del Arzobispo Morcillo 4, Madrid 28029, Spain; ...
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Inequalities in adolescent mental health and allocation of students to selective classes in comprehensive schools in Finland: a longitudinal study
Background Lower socioeconomic positions (SEP) and poor academic achievement increase children’s risk for mental health problems. The Finnish education system is officially non-selective and unified, ...
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Housing and inequalities in health: a study of socioeconomic dimensions of housing and self reported health from a survey of Vancouver residents
Study objective: To investigate the relation between housing, socioeconomic status, and self reported general and mental health. This study is an empirical investigation of social and economic ...
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Socioeconomic differences in childhood growth trajectories: at what age do height inequalities emerge?
2 MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK Correspondence to Dr Laura D Howe, MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology, ...
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Public health in low- and middle-income countries and the clash of cultures
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Ethics in epidemiology and public health I. Technical terms
Office of Preventive Oncology, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, EPS T-41, 6130 Executive Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20892–7105, USA If you wish to reuse any or all of this article ...
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Life expectancy as a summary of mortality in a population: statistical considerations and suitability for use by health authorities
Dr Silcocks, Trent Institute for Health Services Research, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH (p.b.silcocks{at}nottingham.ac.uk) OBJECTIVE To investigate the sampling ...
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Adult height is associated with risk of cancer and mortality in 5.5 million Swedish women and men
Background Previous studies have indicated that taller individuals are at greater risk of developing cancer. Death from cancer and other specific causes have also been linked to height, but the ...
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Biobank research, informed consent and society. Towards a new alliance?
With the rise of -omics disciplines and biobank research, personal data and biosamples crossing national borders pose new ethical questions. In this article, informed consent, as originally conceived, ...
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Why don't patients do their exercises? Understanding non-compliance with physiotherapy in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee
STUDY OBJECTIVES To understand reasons for compliance and non-compliance with a home based exercise regimen by patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. DESIGN A qualitative study, nested within a ...