Increasing ethnic differences in mortality in Estonia after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Socioeconomic differences in health are a major challenge for public health. However, realistic estimates to what extent they are modifiable are scarce. This problem can be met through the systematic application of the population attributable fraction (PAF) to socioeconomic health inequalities. METHODS:The ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hoffmann R,Eikemo TA,Kulhánová I,Dahl E,Deboosere P,Dzúrová D,van Oyen H,Rychtaríková J,Strand BH,Mackenbach JP

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Differences in health, lifestyles, and use of health care between groups of varying ethnic origin can have important implications for preventive and curative health care. This paper studies whether socioeconomic factors explain ethnic differences in these outcomes. DESIGN:Data on health status, lifestyles, a...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Reijneveld SA

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to quantify the difference in precision of risk estimates in epidemiology between the situations where misclassification of exposure is corrected for by external validation and where it is corrected for by internal repeat measurement. Precision was measured in terms of the expected width of ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Duffy SW,Maximovitch DM,Day NE

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To describe the differences in health behaviours in disparate marital status groups and to estimate the extent to which these can explain differences in health associated with marital status. DESIGN:Baseline data of a prospective cohort study were used. Directly age standardised percentages of each mar...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Joung IM,Stronks K,van de Mheen H,Mackenbach JP

更新日期：1995-10-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Micronutrient deficiencies have become rare in industrialised countries as availability of fresh food, supplementation, and fortification have improved but a less favourable situation may still prevail in many developing countries. Blood thiamin status and determinants were therefore investigated in the...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bovet P,Larue D,Fayol V,Paccaud F

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the cost effectiveness of a community based exercise programme as a population wide public health intervention for older adults. DESIGN:Pragmatic, cluster randomised community intervention trial. SETTING:12 general practices in Sheffield; four randomly selected as intervention populations, and eig...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Munro JF,Nicholl JP,Brazier JE,Davey R,Cochrane T

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Knowledge about changes in wellbeing during the passage from professional studies to working life is scarce and controversial. This study examined these changes among university graduates with good and poor employment prospects. DESIGN:A longitudinal study with four postal questionnaire surveys of a cl...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Virtanen P,Koivisto AM

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Maternal exposure to ambient air pollution has been associated with higher risk of preterm birth and reduced fetal growth, but heterogeneity among prior studies suggests that additional studies are needed in diverse populations and settings. We examined the associations between maternal ambient air pollution...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kingsley SL,Eliot MN,Glazer K,Awad YA,Schwartz JD,Savitz DA,Kelsey KT,Marsit CJ,Wellenius GA

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from the Glasgow Register of Congenital Malformations were used to investigate the extent of the recent decline in the prevalence of anencephaly and spina bifida, and the contribution of antenatal screening to it. Over the period 1974-85 inclusive, 303 pregnancies with an anencephalic foetus were diagnosed, repre...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Stone DH,Smalls MJ,Rosenberg K,Womersley J

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to test a large set of childhood leukaemia and lymphoma registrations for the presence of short radius spacial clusters. DESIGN:The study was a geographical cluster analysis. SETTING:England, Wales and Scotland. PATIENTS:All registrations for leukaemia and lymphoma between 1966 and 1983 i...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Knox EG,Gilman E

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS:There is widespread consensus on the need for better indicators of the effectiveness of healthcare. We carried out an analysis of the validity of amenable mortality as an indicator of the effectiveness of healthcare, focusing on the potential use in routine surveillance systems of between-coun...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Mackenbach JP,Hoffmann R,Khoshaba B,Plug I,Rey G,Westerling R,Pärna K,Jougla E,Alfonso J,Looman C,McKee M

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the effects of neighbourhood level socioeconomic status (SES) and convenience store concentration on individual level smoking, after consideration of individual level characteristics. DESIGN:Individual sociodemographic characteristics and smoking were obtained from five cross sectional surveys (19...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Chuang YC,Cubbin C,Ahn D,Winkleby MA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To analyse simultaneously the effect of several risk factors for peptic ulcer. DESIGN:Cohort study where all patients with new or incident peptic ulcers in a well defined population were registered for a seven year period. The follow up started with a comprehensive health survey including a questionnai...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Johnsen R,Førde OH,Straume B,Burhol PG

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To test hypotheses about associations between area level exposures and the prevalence of the most common mental disorders (CMD) in Britain. A statistically significant urban-rural gradient was predicted, but not a socioeconomic gradient, in the prevalence of CMD after adjusting for characteristics of in...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Weich S,Twigg L,Holt G,Lewis G,Jones K

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the worldwide trend towards more time being spent at work by employed people, few studies have examined the independent influences of work-based versus home-based social networks on employees' health. We examined the association between work-based social networks and health status by controlling for ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Suzuki E,Takao S,Subramanian SV,Doi H,Kawachi I

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders are common diseases, but little is known about familial clustering in these diseases. This is, to our knowledge, the first systematic family study carried out on these diseases. METHODS:Familial risks for siblings who were hospitalised for nerve, nerve root and plexus ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hemminki K,Li X,Sundquist K

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to examine the relationship between exposure to occupational risk factors during working life and physical disability after retirement. DESIGN:The study was a cross sectional epidemiological survey of a representative sample of retired subjects belonging to a supplementary pension fund in t...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Cassou B,Derriennic F,Iwatsubo Y,Amphoux M

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To establish the prevalence and distribution of witnesses, victims, and perpetrators of different types of violence in the general population and the proportion of victims consulting health services or reporting the incident to authorities. METHODS:Cross sectional survey of a random sample of 3007 inhabitan...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Duque LF,Klevens J,Ramirez C

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:School systems are increasingly typified by diversity of provision, parental choice and publication of performance data. Schools shape their students' lifestyles and health, but the effects of 'marketisation' are under-researched. The authors use qualitative data to develop a logic model regarding such effec...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bonell C,Fletcher A,Sorhaindo A,Wells H,McKee M

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delay in the presentation of symptoms and in referral of patients for surgical opinion remains an important problem in colorectal cancer. Factors influencing patients to consult early include advice from close family or other associates and abdominal pain or vomiting, or both, as one of the early symptoms. More locali...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： MacArthur C,Smith A

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental pollutants and nutrients may be present in the same foodstuffs or dietary patterns; share internal mechanisms of transport, metabolism and cellular uptake; or target the same molecular signalling pathways and biological functions. Lipophilic pollutants and nutrients, like dioxins and polyunsaturated fatt...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Cano-Sancho G,Casas M

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metabolic syndrome (MS) has an increased risk for developing cardiovascular disease (CVD); however, whether the concept of MS, applying the new joint interim statement definition, has a greater impact on incident CVD than its individual components is debated. METHODS:The authors related MS and its component...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hadaegh F,Zabetian A,Khalili D,Safarkhani M,Philip T James W,Azizi F

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although a known risk factor for several respiratory diseases, the relationship between cooking smoke and tuberculosis has not been conclusively established. Hence, a case-control study was conducted among adult women of Chandigarh Union Territory in India. METHODS:Physician-diagnosed cases of sputum positi...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Lakshmi PV,Virdi NK,Thakur JS,Smith KR,Bates MN,Kumar R

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Housing is an important environmental influence on population health, and there is growing evidence of health effects from indoor environment characteristics such as low indoor temperatures. However, there is relatively little research, and thus little firm guidance, on the cost-effectiveness of public polic...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Chapman R,Howden-Chapman P,Viggers H,O'Dea D,Kennedy M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies suggest that racial discrimination impacts health via biological dysregulation due to continual adaptation to chronic psychosocial stress. Therefore, quantifying chronicity is critical for operationalising the relevant aetiological exposure and hence maximising internal validity. Using one of the mos...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Michaels E,Thomas M,Reeves A,Price M,Hasson R,Chae D,Allen A

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare common health experiences of a South Asian (predominantly Punjabi) population with that of the general population, according to sex, and to related patterns of health in the fourth decade of life to the pattern of hospital admission and mortality documented in the published reports. DESIGN AND SET...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Williams R,Bhopal R,Hunt K

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social paediatrics is an approach to child health that focuses on the child, in illness and in health, within the context of their society, environment, school, and family. The glossary clarifies the range of terms used to describe aspects of paediatric practice that overlap or are subsumed under social paediatrics an...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Spencer N,Colomer C,Alperstein G,Bouvier P,Colomer J,Duperrex O,Gokcay G,Julien G,Kohler L,Lindström B,Macfarlane A,Mercer R,Panagiotopoulos T,Schulpen T

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Controversy remains on the relation between serum lipids levels and stroke risk. This paper investigated the association of total and HDL cholesterol level to fatal and non-fatal, and haemorrhagic and ischaemic stroke in four European cohorts participating in EUROSTROKE. METHODS:EUROSTROKE is a collaborativ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bots ML,Elwood PC,Nikitin Y,Salonen JT,Freire de Concalves A,Inzitari D,Sivenius J,Benetou V,Tuomilehto J,Koudstaal PJ,Grobbee DE

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Understanding causes of variation in birth weight has been limited by lack of sufficient sets of data that include paternal birth weight. The objective was to estimate risks of low birth weight dependent on parental birth weights and to estimate father-mother-offspring correlations for birth weight to e...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Magnus P,Gjessing HK,Skrondal A,Skjaerven R

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00