Impact of the demerit point system on road traffic accident mortality in Spain.

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：OBJECTIVE:To examine the extent to which the justice of decision-making procedures and interpersonal relationships is associated with smoking. SETTING:10 municipalities and 21 hospitals in Finland. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS:Cross-sectional data derived from the Finnish Public Sector Study were analysed with logistic re...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kouvonen A,Vahtera J,Elovainio M,Cox SJ,Cox T,Linna A,Virtanen M,Kivimäki M

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Northern Ireland has the highest standardised mortality ratios for colon cancer in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland has some of the highest mortality rates for cancer in the world. The aim of the study therefore was to investigate trends in colorectal cancer in the north and south of Irela...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kee F,Patterson C,Collins B

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the situation of the influenza in Portugal through the estimates of the incidence rates and the identification of the viral strains implicated on it during the period 1990-1996. DESIGN:The integrated clinical and laboratory surveillance system for influenza in Portugal is based on the Portuguese...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Falcão IM,de Andrade HR,Santos AS,Paixão MT,Falcão JM

更新日期：1998-04-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To estimate ethnic and socioeconomic differences in breast cancer incidence and survival between South Asians and non-South Asians in England and Wales, and to provide a baseline for surveillance of cancer survival in South Asians, the largest ethnic minority. SETTING:115 712 women diagnosed with firs...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Farooq S,Coleman MP

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One thousand school boys aged 8 to 16 were examined for their somatotype, physical growth, sexual maturation, and smoking habits. Fifty-two boys were found to be smokers, of whom 30 were regularly smoking between two and 20 bidis or cigarettes a day for a mean duration of 2.5 years. The mean height and weight of the s...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Lall KB,Singhi S,Gurnani M,Singhi P,Garg OP

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between neighbourhood income inequality and depression, both overall and among those with different levels of income, in the post-disaster context. DESIGN:A representative cross sectional random digit dial telephone survey was conducted. SETTING:New York City (NYC) six month...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Ahern J,Galea S

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The population-based cancer registry data on patients with cervical cancer in Finland and South Wales in 1960--69 were analysed for survival. Patients with carcinoma-in-situ experienced essentially the normal life expectancy. Those with invasive carcinoma experienced 75% of normal post-registration life expectancy in ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hakama M,West R

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity implies costs not only for the individual but also for society. The authors explore the opinions of stakeholders on the potential of taxes or subsidies, as measures for tackling obesity in Europe. METHODS:Structured interviews were conducted using Multicriteria Mapping, a computer-based, decision-su...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： González-Zapata LI,Alvarez-Dardet C,Millstone E,Clemente-Gómez V,Holdsworth M,Ortiz-Moncada R,Lobstein T,Sarri K,De Marchi B,Horvath KZ

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep plays an important role in health and varies by social determinants. Little is known, however, about geographic variations in sleep and the role of individual-level and neighbourhood-level factors. METHODS:We used a multilevel modelling approach to quantify neighbourhood variation in self-reported sle...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Fang SC,Subramanian SV,Piccolo R,Yang M,Yaggi HK,Bliwise DL,Araujo AB

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No clear synthesis of evidence examining household and area-level social determinants of multimorbidity exists. This study aimed to systematically review the existing literature on associations between household and area-level social determinants of health (SDoH) and multimorbidity prevalence or incidence in...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Ingram E,Ledden S,Beardon S,Gomes M,Hogarth S,McDonald H,Osborn DP,Sheringham J

更新日期：2020-11-06 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：:The Ottawa Charter has exerted a great deal of influence on the public health debate and on health promotion practices over the last 25 years. The Charter shifted the main focus from individual risk behaviours to social determinants of health, and introduced innovative strategies such as participatory processes and em...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bacigalupe A,Esnaola S,Martín U,Zuazagoitia J

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：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：BACKGROUND:Dimensions of the individual socioeconomic position-education, social class, social status and income-are associated with mortality. Inequalities in death also related to the social position of the household. It is, however, less clear how the socioeconomic position of one marital/cohabiting partner influenc...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Torssander J,Erikson R

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors affecting the attendance at primary health care clinics in Lagos were studied at Oguntolu Clinic and Randle Road Health Centre among 120 Nigerian children. The level of immunisation was a measure of the frequency (regularity) of attendance at the clinics. Certain socioeconomic, psychological, and demographic f...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Akesode FA

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the association of residential density with overweight among adolescents in an urban area of China. METHODS:Using multistage proportional sampling methods, a population-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Nanjing between September and November 2004 (n=2375; mean age=13.9 ± 1....

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Xu F,Li J,Liang Y,Wang Z,Hong X,Ware RS,Leslie E,Sugiyama T,Owen N

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this paper is to give an overview and comparison of different easily applicable statistical techniques to analyse recurrent event data. SETTING:These techniques include naive techniques and longitudinal techniques such as Cox regression for recurrent events, generalised estimating equati...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Twisk JW,Smidt N,de Vente W

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to explore the impact of mid-life income and old-age pensions on the risk of mortality in later life. Furthermore, the study explored whether income inequalities in old-age mortality can be explained by differences in early childhood development, social class during childhood, educa...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Fors S,Modin B,Koupil I,Vågerö D

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ambient air pollution may affect the health related quality of life (HRQOL) of people, as assessed by the vitality (VT) and mental health (MH) domains of the SF-36 health survey (SF-36). METHODS:In a nationwide survey, 4500 people aged 20 years and older were selected from the entire population of Japan by ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Yamazaki S,Nitta H,Fukuhara S

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to identify any social class differences in health and care in the year before death emerging from a wider study of life before death. DESIGN AND SETTING:Data were collected at interviews, mainly of close relatives, with those who knew most about the people's lives in the year before they d...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Cartwright A

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although long working hours have been shown to be associated with the onset of cardiometabolic diseases, the clinical risk factor profile associated with long working hours remains unclear. We compared the clinical risk profile between people who worked long hours and those who reported being never exposed t...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Virtanen M,Magnusson Hansson L,Goldberg M,Zins M,Stenholm S,Vahtera J,Westerlund H,Kivimäki M

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to audit, against agreed standards, the control of bacterial meningitis, in particular completeness of notification and appropriateness of distribution of chemoprophylaxis to contacts; and to implement appropriate changes and monitor their impact. DESIGN:The first phase involved determinati...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Harvey I,Kaul S,Peters TJ

更新日期：1992-08-01 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：PURPOSE:Interest in the effects of neighbourhood or local area social characteristics on health has increased in recent years, but to date the existing evidence has not been systematically reviewed. Multilevel or contextual analyses of social factors and health represent a possible reconciliation between two divergent ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Pickett KE,Pearl M

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：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 substance use at age 21 years. METHODS:We used longitudinal latent class analysis to derive trajectories of cannabis use...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Taylor M,Collin SM,Munafò MR,MacLeod J,Hickman M,Heron J

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the short term health effects of improving housing. DESIGN:Randomised to waiting list. SETTING:119 council owned houses in south Devon, UK. PARTICIPANTS:About 480 residents of these houses. INTERVENTION:Upgrading houses (including central heating, ventilation, rewiring, insulation, and re-roofin...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Barton A,Basham M,Foy C,Buckingham K,Somerville M,Torbay Healthy Housing Group.

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A population based programme to educate women in breast self-examination (BSE) was organised as part of the UK Trial of Early Detection of Breast Cancer. Women who responded to an invitation to a meeting were educated in groups and were not routinely screened. Open access clinics offered x ray and clinical examination...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Flaherty C,Philip J,Harris WG,Joslin CA

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00