Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and neurological development in children: a systematic review.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to estimate the likely burden of cervical cancer in New Zealand over the next two decades, according to whether cervical screening services are made more effective. DESIGN:The study was based on national mortality and incidence data for the periods 1954-87 and 1954-86, respectively. An age-...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Cox B,Skegg DC

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Mental distress may entail increased risk of hip fracture, but it is uncertain whether the effect consists solely of an indirect effect through use of medication, or whether it is also mediated through other mechanism. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between mental distress and risk o...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Forsén L,Meyer HE,Søgaard AJ,Naess S,Schei B,Edna TH

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Road traffic deaths (RTDs) remain the 9th most common cause of mortality in South Korea despite their decreasing trends in high-income countries. In 2010 and 2011, the Korean government deregulated the process for obtaining a driving licence, and there has been significant concern that such deregulation of t...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Oh J,Eun SJ,Kim HS

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is concern about the health of populations living close to nuclear waste reprocessing plants. A comparative study was conducted on reproductive life events in the general population living near the nuclear waste reprocessing plant in Beaumont-Hague, France and a reference area in Brittany. DESIGN, SETT...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Slama R,Boutou O,Ducot B,Spira A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We estimated the contribution of smoking to educational differences in mortality and life expectancy between 1971 and 2010 in Finland. METHODS:Eight prospective datasets with baseline in 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005 and each linked to a 5-year mortality follow-up were used. We calculate...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Martikainen P,Ho JY,Preston S,Elo IT

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five-year age-specific incidence rates were shown to produce small but systematic errors in the calculation of the expected number of tumours in a hypothetical but realistic study population. Underestimates occurred at younger ages (under 55) and overestimates at older ages, with a small overestimate (0.22%) overall. ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Cramer N,Crombie IK

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effects of six income types (household post-government income, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development-weighted household post-government income, individual net income, corrected monthly household income and household net income from wages) on subjective health were compared in order to exa...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Geyer S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the incidence of cancer among homeless men in Glasgow. DESIGN:Descriptive study of cancer incidence in a defined, though individually unidentifiable, population cohort. SETTING:Glasgow and the West of Scotland Region. PARTICIPANTS:Male residents of 10 hostels for the single homeless in G...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Lamont DW,Toal FM,Crawford M

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neighbourhood social fragmentation and socioeconomic deprivation seem to be associated with suicide mortality. However, results are inconclusive, which might be because dynamics in the social context are not well-represented by administratively bounded neighbourhoods at baseline. We used individualised neigh...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hagedoorn P,Groenewegen PP,Roberts H,Helbich M

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The death of a young child is so devastating that it can increase the risk of mortality in the grieving parent. Little is known about the impact of an adult child's death on the health of parents. METHODS:The authors conducted a follow-up study between 1980 and 2002 based on a linked-registers database that...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Rostila M,Saarela J,Kawachi I

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low socioeconomic status (SES) has been linked to increased risk of hypertension, a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease. How the risk is altered by intergenerational social mobility is not well known. The aim of this study is to investigate parental SES, adult SES and the intergenerational social mo...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Högberg L,Cnattingius S,Lundholm C,Sparén P,Iliadou AN

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Global Polio Eradication Initiative to eradicate polio completely by the year 2000 has been successful, except for three endemic and some non-endemic countries. Pakistan, one of the three endemic polio reservoirs, is posing a serious threat to the success of the initiative. Currently, the expanded programme on imm...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Khan T,Qazi J

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the context of fiscal austerity in many European welfare states, policy innovation often takes the form of 'social investment', a contested set of policies aimed at strengthening labour markets. Social investment policies include employment subsidies, skills training and job-finding services, early childh...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Morris KA,Beckfield J,Bambra C

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of moderate to heavy exposure to alcohol and tobacco on the risk of cancer of the hypopharynx is estimated in a case-control study. All incident hypopharyngeal cancer patients in Denmark who were under 75 years of age were compared with incident cases of laryngeal cancer and population sampled controls. The...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Olsen J,Sabroe S,Ipsen J

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study were to examine (1) trends concerning financial assistance from the national government to local governments, (2) trends regarding death rates and life expectancies among prefectures, and (3) the effect of the national financial adjustment policy in equalising both the reve...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Takano T,Nakamura K

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Analyses of causes of mortality in people with diabetes using data form death certificates mentioning diabetes provide unreliable estimates of mortality. Under-recording of diabetes as a cause on death certificates has been widely reported, ranging from 15-60%. Using a population based register on peopl...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Raymond NT,Langley JD,Goyder E,Botha JL,Burden AC,Hearnshaw JR

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine, for abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery, whether a previously reported relationship between hospital case volume and mortality rate was observed in Ontario hospitals and to assess the potential impact of age on the mortality rate for elective surgery. DESIGN:Population based observational study u...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Wen SW,Simunovic M,Williams JI,Johnston KW,Naylor CD

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several studies have examined the effects of sample selection on the exposure-outcome association estimates in cohort studies, but the reasons why this selection may induce bias have not been fully explored. AIMS:To investigate how sample selection of the web-based NINFEA birth cohort may change the confoun...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Pizzi C,De Stavola BL,Pearce N,Lazzarato F,Ghiotti P,Merletti F,Richiardi L

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Several studies have reported an association between income inequality and increased mortality, but few have used net income data, controlled for individual income, or evaluated sensitivity to the choice of inequality measure. The study tested the hypotheses that people in regions of Britain with the gr...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Weich S,Lewis G,Jenkins SP

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether occupational social class and area deprivation are independently associated with the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) conditions after adjustment for smoking status. DESIGN:Stratified multistage random sample analysed using multilevel logistic regression. PARTICIPANTS:8804 a...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Leyland AH

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inverse associations between perceived control and cardiovascular disease (CVD) have been reported in studies from Western Europe and the USA. To assess this relationship across different populations, we investigated the association between perceived control and all-cause and CVD mortality in three populatio...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kozela M,Pająk A,Micek A,Besala A,Kubinova R,Malyutina S,Tamosiunas A,Pikhart H,Peasey A,Nikitin Y,Marmot M,Bobak M

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence of a link between sexual violence and HIV is growing; however, studies among children are scarce. The authors sought to characterise child sexual abuse in Harare, Zimbabwe, and explore its links with HIV and orphanhood. METHODS:Records for new clients attending a child sexual abuse clinic from July...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Birdthistle IJ,Floyd S,Mwanasa S,Nyagadza A,Gwiza E,Glynn JR

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Many economic factors are associated with diet, yet the evidence is generally cross-sectional. Older people are considered especially vulnerable to poor diets from negative changes to varied economic factors. This review extends current knowledge on known correlates to decipher actual economic deter...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Conklin AI,Maguire ER,Monsivais P

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Rose Angina Questionnaire (RAQ) was constructed in the 1960s for assessing the population burden of angina. Studies have found that screening positivity by RAQ conferred an elevated risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). It is, however, not clear to what extent Rose angina represents early CHD in relative...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Graff-Iversen S,Wilsgaard T,Mathiesen EB,Njølstad I,Løchen ML

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines the main trends in the history of publicly organised school meals in Norway, while casting comparative glances at Britain. First, it argues that the status of school meals today is strongly influenced by three intertwined strains of past tradition: poor relief, universal welfare and the ideal of ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Andresen A,Elvbakken KT

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Age-specific death from cardiovascular disease among Australian Aboriginals is estimated to be four to seven times that of general population, and the major cause of premature death. There is little reliable information on the incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD). This study compares CHD event rates in ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bradshaw PJ,Alfonso HS,Finn J,Owen J,Thompson PL

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reliable data on clinical biomarkers are necessary in order to assess the health risks of populations and especially in assessing long-term trends related to disease incidence. METHODS:Ten European laboratories participated in a two-phase quality control exercise of total cholesterol (TC) and high-density l...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Alfthan G,Sundvall J,Råman L,Kuulasmaa K,Tolonen H,European Health Examination Survey Pilot Project.

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To investigate the impact of changes in psychosocial work environment on subsequent sickness absence. DESIGN:Analysis of questionnaire and sickness absence data collected in three time periods: 1990-1991, before the recession; 1993, worst slump during the recession; and 1993-1997, a period after change...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Vahtera J,Kivimäki M,Pentti J,Theorell T

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Applying research to guide evidence-based practice is an ongoing and significant challenge for public health. Developments in the emerging field of 'translation' have focused on different aspects of the problem, resulting in competing frameworks and terminology. In this paper the scope of 'translation' in public healt...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Rychetnik L,Bauman A,Laws R,King L,Rissel C,Nutbeam D,Colagiuri S,Caterson I

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the degree to which the proportion of homicides and suicides committed with a gun is associated with reported availability of firearms across Chicago neighbourhoods. METHODS:Data were collected as part of the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN), a combined neighbourhood ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Shenassa ED,Daskalakis C,Buka SL

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00