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Role of socioeconomic status in modifying the relationship between alcohol use and injury events: evidence from the UK Biobank

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 ...
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Health trade-offs of rural structural transformation: evidence from longitudinal data in Bangladesh

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 ...
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Trends in obesity among adults in England from 1993 to 2004 by age and social class and projections of prevalence to 2012

Background: This study aims to project the prevalence of adult obesity to 2012 by age groups and social class, by extrapolating the prevalence trends from 1993 to 2004. Repeated cross-sectional ...
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Exposure to environmental chemicals and type 1 diabetes: an update

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 ...
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OP38 Ethnic differences in childhood height trajectories and the role of early life factors: evidence from the uk millennium cohort study

Background Height growth is an indicator of early life growth conditions and is associated with health in later life (including cardiovascular disease and some cancers). Cross-sectional research has ...
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Differences on the effect of heat waves on mortality by sociodemographic and urban landscape characteristics

Background Mortality increases during heat waves have been reported worldwide. The magnitude of these increases can vary within regions according to sociodemographic and urban landscape ...
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The predictive value of self assessed general, physical, and mental health on functional decline and mortality in older adults

OBJECTIVE To examine the extent to which older people's self assessments of general health, physical health, and mental health predict functional decline and mortality. DESIGN The study uses ...
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Evidence based health promotion: recollections, reflections, and reconsiderations

1 National and Community Programmes, Department of Non-Communicable Disease prevention and Health Promotion, WHO, Geneva 2 National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, USA ...
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Sex differences in the relationship between socioeconomic status and cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Background Low socioeconomic status (SES) is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) but whether its effects are comparable in women and men is unknown. Methods PubMed MEDLINE was ...
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Socioeconomic status, race and COPD health outcomes

1 Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, ...
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The long-term prognosis of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality for metabolically healthy obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Correspondence to Yimin Zhu, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China; zhuym{at}zju.edu.cn ...
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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 ...