Estimates of sexual partnership dynamics: extending negative and positive gaps to status lengths.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate associations between measures of neighbourhood social and material environment and self rated health. DESIGN:New contextual measures added to cross sectional study of a sample of people from the Health Survey for England and the Scottish Health Survey to provide multilevel data. PARTICIPANTS...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Cummins S,Stafford M,Macintyre S,Marmot M,Ellaway A

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：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：:In a house-to-house study of 994 urban Zulus the prevalence of hypertension according to WHO criteria was 25% (23% men, 27% women). In a rural Zulu study of 987 the prevalence age corrected to the urban distribution was 9.4% (8.7% men, 10% women). Thus there was a pronounced difference between the prevalence of hypert...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Seedat YK,Seedat MA,Hackland DB

更新日期：1982-12-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:It has been frequently noted that overweight and obesity have a stronger relationship to hypertension and diabetes mellitus than to the risk of stroke. The reason for this observation has not been clear. This study aimed to examine the lifelong relation between body fat and stroke to shed light on why t...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Shinton R,Sagar G,Beevers G

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To compare health walks, a community based lay-led walking scheme versus advice only on physical activity and cardiovascular health status in middle aged adults. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial with one year follow up. Physical activity was measured by questionnaire. Other measures included attitude...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Lamb SE,Bartlett HP,Ashley A,Bird W

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The perinatal mortality rates of mothers who delivered at St. Thomas's Hospital from 1969 to 1976 have been examined. The rate in the West Indian population was significant higher than in the United Kingdom white population. The increased West Indian mortality was confined to infants with a birth weight of more than 2...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Robinson MJ,Palmer SR,Avery A,James CE,Beynon JL,Taylor RW

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess comprehensively the validity of the data in the Finnish Medical Birth Registry (MBR) by the combined use of several controls and internal analysis of the data. DESIGN:The MBR data were individually linked to a medical record sample (n = 775) and to all perinatal death certificates in 1987. The data...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Teperi J

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The purpose of the study was to examine adult body height as an indicator of general health. DESIGN:The study was a survey of a randomly selected sample of the adult Swedish population obtained by the Swedish National Central Bureau of Statistics. PARTICIPANTS:The sample studied was identified in 1980...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Peck AM,Vågerö DH

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In February and May 1986, weekly samples of whole pasteurised milk were collected from the 24 dairies supplying seven British towns. A random sample of 96 women aged 25-64 was drawn from general practitioners' lists in each town, and catch specimens of early morning urine were collected by post from 194 subjects in Fe...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Nelson M,Phillips DI,Morris JA,Wood TJ

更新日期：1988-03-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:A large proportion of the population of England live in substandard housing. Previous research has suggested that poor-quality housing, particularly in terms of cold temperatures, mould, and damp, poses a health risk, particularly for older people. The present study aimed to examine the association between h...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Webb E,Blane D,de Vries R

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To analyse in the general population the prevalence and predictors of symptomatology consistent with post-traumatic stress disorder (S-PTSD) 18 months after an industrial explosion. DESIGN:Cross-sectional survey. PARTICIPANTS AND OUTCOME MEASURES:A random sample of 1191 city inhabitants, including an oversa...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Rivière S,Schwoebel V,Lapierre-Duval K,Guinard A,Gardette V,Lang T,Scientific and Operational Committees.

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To inform discussions on rates, burden and priority-setting in relation to police violence, we quantified the number and rate of years of life lost (YLLs) due to police violence by race/ethnicity and age in the USA, 2015-2016. METHODS:We used data on the number of deaths due to police violence from 'The Cou...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bui AL,Coates MM,Matthay EC

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of selenium status in 391 apparently healthy subjects resident in the south of England statistical examination of the data showed a significant effect with regard to age, smoking, alcohol, and oral contraceptives. The most important of these factors seems to be a combination of alcohol and smoking habits in...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Lloyd B,Lloyd RS,Clayton BE

更新日期：1983-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between intrauterine growth and intelligence. DESIGN:Population based birth cohort study of sibling pairs born within a maximum of three years of each other. SETTING:Mater-University women and children's hospital, Brisbane, Australia. PARTICIPANTS:235 (470 children) sibling pairs...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Lawlor DA,Bor W,O'Callaghan MJ,Williams GM,Najman JM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have emphasised the multidimensional nature of the social capital concept, but it is not known whether the health effects of social capital vary by dimension. The objective of this study was to examine the vertical component (ie, respectful and trusting relationships across power differentials...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Oksanen T,Kouvonen A,Vahtera J,Virtanen M,Kivimäki M

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mortality risk is lower in married than in unmarried men and women. However, little is known about the association between mortality and relationship status in South Africa where marriage rates are low, migration is common, many couples are not co-resident and HIV prevalence is high. METHOD:Using demographi...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Channon M,Hosegood V,McGrath N

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In industrialised countries, mortality and morbidity are dominated by age related chronic degenerative diseases. The health and health care needs of future populations will be heavily determined by these conditions of old age. Two opposite scenarios of future morbidity exist: morbidity might decrease ("compress"), bec...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bonneux L,Barendregt JJ,Van der Maas PJ

更新日期：1998-10-01 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：:Cross sectional data from a survey of 2512 men aged 45-49 years were used to examine the confounding effects of heart rate, employment, and ischaemic heart disease (IHD) on the relation between cereal fibre intake and blood pressure. Daily cereal fibre intake (g/day) was associated with systolic pressure (r = -0.053, ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Lichtenstein MJ,Burr ML,Fehily AM,Yarnell JW

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examined the prospective association of workplace social capital (WSC) with major depressive episode (MDE) among Japanese employees. METHODS:A 3-year prospective cohort study was conducted among 1058 employees from a private think-tank company who participated in a baseline survey; after excludin...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Sakuraya A,Imamura K,Inoue A,Tsutsumi A,Shimazu A,Takahashi M,Totsuzaki T,Kawakami N

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To empirically test the impact of dietary intake at several time points in childhood on children's school attainment and to investigate whether any differences in school attainment between children who ate packed lunches or school meals was due to who these children were, their pre-school dietary patterns, o...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Feinstein L,Sabates R,Sorhaindo A,Rogers I,Herrick D,Northstone K,Emmett P

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To evaluate an intervention designed to curtail an outbreak of hepatitis A among gay men, especially the young and sexually active, by promoting their free vaccination. DESIGN:The study analysed routine passive surveillance data, carried out questionnaire and serological surveys of vaccinees, and surve...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Allard R,Beauchemin J,Bédard L,Dion R,Tremblay M,Carsley J

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality from congenital malformations by mother's country of birth was examined in England and Wales between the years 1976 and 1980, based on stillbirths and infant deaths. There were 18 870 stillbirths and infant deaths attributed to congenital malformations in this period, of which 2 375 (13%) were to mothers bor...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Balarajan R,McDowall M

更新日期：1985-06-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to assess the relationship between social deprivation, as measured by the Jarman under-privileged area score (UPA score), and psychiatric admission rates and length of stay within an inner London borough. DESIGN:The study was a retrospective survey of psychiatric admission rates for elector...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Cotgrove AJ,Bell G,Katona CL

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00