Children at risk: measuring racial/ethnic disparities in potential exposure to air pollution at school and home.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To assess the completeness and accuracy of notification of cancers by the National Health Service Central Register (NHSCR) for England and Wales. DESIGN:Comparison of 720 cancer registrations ascertained from NHSCR up to May 1999 with those ascertained for the same cohort from six other sources and a p...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Dickinson HO,Salotti JA,Birch PJ,Reid MM,Malcolm A,Parker L

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To compare in-hospital mortality for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) between metropolitan and non-metropolitan hospitals after adjustment for patients' severity; to examine the role of the use of effective cardiac medications in the possible mortality difference between these types of hospital. DESI...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Vu HD,Heller RF,Lim LL,D'Este C,O'Connell RL

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The comparison of trends in ischaemic heart disease (IHD) mortality in different social classes is confounded by historical changes in diagnostic techniques and statistical classification, and possibly by different standards of diagnostic accuracy in the different social classes. The problems can be circumvented by ta...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Halliday ML,Anderson TW

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is evidence that birth weight is positively associated with education, but it remains unclear whether this association is explained by familial environmental factors, genetic factors or the intrauterine environment. We analysed the association between birth weight and educational years within twin pair...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Jelenkovic A,Mikkonen J,Martikainen P,Latvala A,Yokoyama Y,Sund R,Vuoksimaa E,Rebato E,Sung J,Kim J,Lee J,Lee S,Stazi MA,Fagnani C,Brescianini S,Derom CA,Vlietinck RF,Loos RJF,Krueger RF,McGue M,Pahlen S,Nelson

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social inequality in ischaemic heart disease has been related to socioeconomic position in childhood, early adulthood and late adulthood. However, the impact of relative level of accumulated income periods across adult life course and the potential gender and age differences have not been investigated. The a...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kriegbaum M,Hougaard CØ,Andersen I,Brønnum-Hansen H,Lund R

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To raise compliance in a general practice based colorectal cancer screening programme by the use of a simple health educational leaflet. DESIGN:A randomised controlled trial of the leaflet's effect on completion of faecal occult blood tests. The leaflet explained the high frequency of colorectal cancer, the ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hart AR,Barone TL,Gay SP,Inglis A,Griffin L,Tallon CA,Mayberry JF

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most prospective studies on the relationship between sense of coherence (SOC) and mental health have been conducted using subjective health indicators and short-term follow-ups. The objective of this prospective occupational cohort study was to examine whether a strong sense of coherence is a protective fact...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kouvonen AM,Väänänen A,Vahtera J,Heponiemi T,Koskinen A,Cox SJ,Kivimäki M

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data from primary care records could potentially provide more comprehensive population-level information on smoking prevalence at lower cost and in a more timely fashion than commissioned national surveys. Therefore, we compared smoking prevalence calculated from a database of primary care electronic medical...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Szatkowski L,Lewis S,McNeill A,Huang Y,Coleman T

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether cognitive performance in childhood is an early determinant of adult illness. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study covering over 30 years. SETTING:Providence, Rhode Island, USA. PARTICIPANTS:633 people ages 30-39 followed up since birth as part of the Providence cohort of the national c...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Martin LT,Fitzmaurice GM,Kindlon DJ,Buka SL

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are ambiguous results regarding the role n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and fish might play in primary prevention of allergic diseases. The aim was to investigate the association between cod liver oil and fish consumption during pregnancy and in the first year of life and asthma and eczema at 2 years ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Oien T,Storrø O,Johnsen R

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:Studies have reported the incidence/risk of becoming obese, but few have described the trajectories of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) over time, especially in low/middle-income countries. We assessed the trajectories of BMI and WC according to sex in four sites in Peru. METHODS:Data from...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Carrillo-Larco RM,Miranda JJ,Gilman RH,Checkley W,Smeeth L,Bernabé-Ortiz A,CRONICAS Cohort Study Group.

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is wide evidence that women present longer duration of sickness absence (SA) than men. Musculoskeletal disorders are influenced by gender due to the sexual division of work. METHODS:354 432 episodes of non-work-related SA due to musculoskeletal disorders, which were registered in Catalonia between 200...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Arcas MM,Delclos GL,Torá-Rocamora I,Martínez JM,Benavides FG

更新日期：2016-11-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To compare the costs and effects of routine mammography screening by a single mediolateral-oblique view and two views (mediolateral-oblique plus craniocaudal) of each breast. DESIGN:A cost effectiveness analysis of a prospective non-randomised trial comparing one and two view mammography screening was ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bryan S,Brown J,Warren R

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To explore the relationship between self reported environmental tobacco smoke exposure (or passive smoking), the serum cotinine concentration, and evidence of respiratory or coronary disease in men and women who have never smoked. DESIGN:Cross sectional random population survey identifying disease mark...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Tunstall-Pedoe H,Brown CA,Woodward M,Tavendale R

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To examine the associations between frequency of leisure time exercise and cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents. DESIGN:Cross sectional survey carried out over a 3 month period in 1984. SETTING:All 24 schools in North Karelia province and 16 randomly selected schools in Kuopio province. PARTICI...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Marti B,Vartiainen E

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Base line data together with data in public registers and a structured phone interview of 94 of the 121 non-attenders was used for an assessment of factors influencing participation in the prospective population study 'Men born in 1914' in Malmö, Sweden. The overall attendance rate was 80.5% but varied among areas in ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Janzon L,Hanson BS,Isacsson SO,Lindell SE,Steen B

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To analyse the factors that determined whether or not people were successful in quitting tobacco during the 1980s in Sweden. DESIGN:A logistic regression model was used for the analyses and included: education, marital status, socioeconomic group, social network, physical activities, cigarette consump...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Tillgren P,Haglund BJ,Lundberg M,Romelsjö A

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examines the contribution of lifetime smoking habit to the socioeconomic gradient in all-cause and smoking-related mortality and in cardiovascular incidence in two countries. METHODS:10,600 men aged 50-59 years were examined in 1991-4 in centres in Northern Ireland and France and followed annuall...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Yarnell JW,Patterson CC,Arveiler D,Amouyel P,Ferrières J,Woodside JV,Haas B,Montaye M,Ruidavets JB,Kee F,Evans A,Bingham A,Ducimetière P

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:A highly sensitive and simple screening procedure is required for early detection of low birthweight and small for gestational age, especially in developing countries. METHODS:A meta-analysis was performed to evaluate use of symphysis-fundal height for prediction of low birthweight and small for gestational...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Goto E

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:This study examined the change in ethnic differences in mortality in Estonia 1989-2000. DESIGN:Two unlinked cross sectional census based analyses were compared. Total and cause specific mortality was analysed for ethnic Estonians and Russians. The absolute differences in mortality were evaluated throug...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Leinsalu M,Vågerö D,Kunst AE

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to report on the extent to which death certificates which specify that death occurred in hospital can be matched and linked with routine hospital inpatient information systems. DESIGN:The study involved linkage of hospital records which specified that death occurred in hospital to correspon...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Henderson J,Goldacre MJ,Griffith M,Simmons H

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1999 a great multi-site clinical trial known as the randomised Aldactone evaluation study (RALES) showed that the use of spironolactone importantly reduced complications attributable to chronic heart failure without major negative side effects. Recently, RALES has been questioned by a large scale observational stud...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Koch E,Otarola A,Kirschbaum A

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To assess the extent to which poorer self assessed health in men in whom an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is detected at screening is a consequence or a predictor of screening outcome. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:Community based screening. PARTICIPANTS:23 654 men who attended for AAA screeni...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Marteau TM,Kim LG,Upton J,Thompson SG,Scott AP

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine variables related with publication bias assessment in a sample of systematic reviews with meta-analysis on cardiovascular diseases. DESIGN:Systematic review of meta-analyses. SETTING:Journals indexed in Medline and the Cochrane Library. STUDY POPULATION:225 reviews with meta-analysis published b...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Palma S,Delgado-Rodriguez M

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:In the UK, overall stroke mortality has declined. A similar trend has been seen in coronary heart disease, although recent reports suggest this decline might be levelling off in middle-aged adults. AIM:To investigate recent trends in stroke mortality among those aged 40-69 years in England. METHODS:The aut...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Sutton CJ,Marsden J,Watkins CL,Leathley MJ,Dey P

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although exposure to peer and family violence is a documented risk factor for adolescent dating violence, less is known about the relationship between violent crime exposure and dating violence victimisation. METHODS:Participants in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (n = 4794) aged 13-17 ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Spriggs AL,Halpern CT,Martin SL

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00