Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health - our story 9 June 2025 Meet Anna Pearce and Vittal Katikireddi, the joint Editors-in-chief for the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, and hear ...

This narrative review summarises recently published epidemiological and in vivo experimental studies on exposure to environmental chemicals and their potential role in the development of type 1 ...

Background Urban stress is mentioned as a plausible mechanism leading to chronic stress, which is a risk factor of depression. Yet, an accurate assessment of urban stressors in environmental ...

Background: Studies have shown associations between health indices and access to “green” environments but the underlying mechanisms of this association are not clear. Objectives: To examine ...

Background Alcohol consumption is a well-established risk factor for injuries, yet the role of socioeconomic status (SES) in modifying this relationship remains underexplored. This study examines how ...

Background Layoffs may affect the health of those who lose their jobs as well as those who remain employed. Existing studies ...

Objectives/background This study examines the relationship between occupational transitions out of agriculture and functional health outcomes among rural adults in Bangladesh, with a focus on gender ...

Background and methods The national immunisation records of over 220 000 girls offered vaccine in the routine or catch-up programme of the Human papillomavirus (HPV) programme in Scotland were ...

Background Evidence on the role of cannabis as a gateway drug is inconsistent. We characterise patterns of cannabis use among UK teenagers aged 13–18 years, and assess their influence on problematic ...

Correspondence to Professor Jong-Uk Won, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Severance Hospital, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of); juwon{at}yuhs.ac Background We ...

Correspondence to Ms Neta Hagani, The University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; neta.hagani{at}sydney.edu.au Background There is evidence that the transition to ...

Background This study examined the association between early parental death and children’s subsequent mental health, years of schooling, and labour-market outcomes (ie, employment and earnings) in ...