Free bus passes, use of public transport and obesity among older people in England.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To examine whether neighbourhood deprivation predicts incidence rates of coronary heart disease, beyond age and individual income. DESIGN:Follow up study from 31 December 1995 to 31 December 1999. Women and men were analysed separately with respect to incidence rates of coronary heart disease. Multilev...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Sundquist K,Malmström M,Johansson SE

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Much of the UK government's 1999 report on teenage pregnancy was by necessity based on rather old or non-longitudinal research. AIM:To examine the associations between risk factors identified in the report and pregnancy at or before age 16 years among young women and partners of young men using the more rec...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Allen E,Bonell C,Strange V,Copas A,Stephenson J,Johnson AM,Oakley A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A questionnaire relating to smoking habits, respirator symptoms, and health attitudes was administered to 10 498 secondary schoolchildren in 1975. The results reported in this paper indicate that children who smoke regularly have a higher prevalence of upper respiratory tract infections and a higher incidence of the r...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Rawbone RG,Keeling CA,Jenkins A,Guz A

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To examine the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and risk of frailty, and to assess whether behavioural and clinical factors (BCF) mediate this association. METHODS:Cohort of 1857 non-institutionalised individuals aged ≥ 60 years recruited in 2008-2010 and followed through 2012. Education, occu...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Soler-Vila H,García-Esquinas E,León-Muñoz LM,López-García E,Banegas JR,Rodríguez-Artalejo F

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The following essay outlines the intervention and presents a framework that will serve as a guide in the evaluation of the different effects of the Superblocks. Superblocks consist of amalgamations of blocks throughout the city, with the goal of improving the habitability of public spaces, advancing sustainable mobili...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Mehdipanah R,Novoa AM,León-Gómez BB,López MJ,Palència L,Vasquez H,Díez È,Borrell C,Pérez K

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Existing research points towards physical and mental health gains from housing improvements, but findings are inconsistent and often not statistically significant. The detailed characteristics and variability of housing improvement works are problematic and studies are often small, not experimental, with sho...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Curl A,Kearns A,Mason P,Egan M,Tannahill C,Ellaway A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To develop a cross disciplinary literature search methodology for conducting systematic reviews of all types of research investigating aspects of the built environment and the health of the public. DESIGN:The method was developed following a comprehensive search of literature in the area of housing and...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Weaver N,Williams JL,Weightman AL,Kitcher HN,Temple JM,Jones P,Palmer S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Investigate the impact of social, economic, and family circumstances on participation in weekly leisure time exercise. DESIGN:Longitudinal regression analysis of the British household panel survey. PARTICIPANTS:9473 people (4521 men and 4952 women) giving 27,881 person years of responses across eight years...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Popham F,Mitchell R

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:828 elderly subjects residing in nursing homes were followed up during 4 months to ascertain incidence of symptoms associated with Pontiac fever (PF) in a non-epidemic setting. METHODS:The exposure situation was inhalation of Legionella bacteria while showering. An audit of the hot water system in all insti...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bauer M,Mathieu L,Deloge-Abarkan M,Remen T,Tossa P,Hartemann P,Zmirou-Navier D

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:The most direct way in which climate change is expected to affect public health relates to changes in mortality rates associated with exposure to ambient temperature. Many countries worldwide experience annual heat-related and cold-related deaths associated with current weather patterns. Future changes in cl...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hajat S,Vardoulakis S,Heaviside C,Eggen B

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding the causes of poor mental health in early childhood and adolescence is important as this can be a significant determinant of mental well-being in later years. One potential and relatively unexplored factor is residential mobility in formative years. Previous studies have been relatively small a...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Tseliou F,Maguire A,Donnelly M,O'Reilly D

更新日期：2016-03-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Most existing studies on maternal employment and childhood overweight/obesity are from the USA. They are predominantly cross-sectional and show a consistent linear association between the two. Less is known about the joint impact of fathers' and mothers' work hours on childhood overweight and obesity. OBJEC...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Li J,Kaiser T,Pollmann-Schult M,Strazdins L

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the areas affected and the scale of an epidemic of thunderstorm associated asthma on the night of 24/25 June 1994 and to explore the spatial and temporal relationship between the thunderstorm and the associated epidemic. SETTING:The 29 offices of a deputising service for general practitioners' (G...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Higham J,Venables K,Kupek E,Bajekal M

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diagnosis of cancer through emergency presentation is associated with poorer prognosis. While reductions in emergency presentations have been described, whether known sociodemographic inequalities are changing is uncertain. METHODS:We analysed 'Routes to Diagnosis' data on patients aged ≥25 years diagnosed ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Herbert A,Abel GA,Winters S,McPhail S,Elliss-Brookes L,Lyratzopoulos G

更新日期：2019-01-01 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 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:Blood pressure is positively associated with ischaemic heart disease (IHD) mortality, but the strength of the association declines with age, and may differ between lean and obese people. OBJECTIVE:To study the association of blood pressure with IHD mortality stratified by attained age (<65 and ≥65 years) an...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Mørkedal B,Romundstad PR,Vatten LJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Globally, there are over 24 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) who have fled their homes due to violence and insecurity but who remain within their own country. There have been up to 2 million IDPs in northern Uganda alone. The objective of this study was to investigate factors associated with menta...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Roberts B,Felix Ocaka K,Browne J,Oyok T,Sondorp E

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to study whether women having had caesarean sections (index women) have more subsequent health problems, measured by hospital admissions, than women having had vaginal deliveries (control women). DESIGN:The study involved comparison of hospital admissions before (2-5 years) and after (7-10 years)...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hemminki E

更新日期：1991-03-01 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: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:The aim was to explore the relationships between five socioeconomic variables and three main cardiovascular diseases (ischaemic heart disease, hypertensive disease, and cerebrovascular disease) in Hong Kong. DESIGN:This cross sectional study used data from the 1986 by-census and registered death data f...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Wong SL,Donnan SP

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous research suggests that first-generation immigrants have a lower suicide risk than those both born in Sweden and with both parents born in Sweden (natives), while the suicide risk in the second generation seems higher. The aim of this study was to investigate to what extent suicide risk in first-gene...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Di Thiene D,Alexanderson K,Tinghög P,La Torre G,Mittendorfer-Rutz E

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A self-rating measure of stigma and several supplementary questions were devised in order to assess perceived stigma in a community survey of the quality of life in 420 rectal cancer patients, of whom 265 had a permanent colostomy. Half the patients felt stigmatised, higher proportions being observed among younger pat...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： MacDonald LD,Anderson HR

更新日期：1984-12-01 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

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the most appropriate surrogate indicator and its cut off point for identifying low birthweight babies in northern India. STUDY SETTING:A secondary level hospital at Ballabgarh. The patients were from nearby rural and urban areas and mostly belonged to lower and middle socioeconomic strata....

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kapoor SK,Kumar G,Anand K

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00