Cervical cancer in Finland and South Wales: implications of end results data on the natural history.

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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To examine the completion rate, internal reliability, and external validity of a home affluence scale based on adolescents' reports of material circumstances in the home as a measure of family socioeconomic status. DESIGN:Cross sectional survey. SETTING:Data were collected from a school based study in...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Wardle J,Robb K,Johnson F

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of validated multivariate cardiovascular predictive models in a population setting is of interest for public health policy makers. We aimed to validate the estimations of the CASSANDRA model (coronary heart disease (CHD) incidence and CHD risk distribution), considering the population changes in age,...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Grau M,Subirana I,Vila J,Elosua R,Ramos R,Sala J,Dégano IR,Tresserras R,Bielsa O,Marrugat J

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reliable data on clinical biomarkers are necessary in order to assess the health risks of populations and especially in assessing long-term trends related to disease incidence. METHODS:Ten European laboratories participated in a two-phase quality control exercise of total cholesterol (TC) and high-density l...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Alfthan G,Sundvall J,Råman L,Kuulasmaa K,Tolonen H,European Health Examination Survey Pilot Project.

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health inequities between indigenous and non-indigenous people are well documented. However, the contribution of differential exposure to risk factors in the occupational environment remains unclear. This study assessed differences in the prevalence of self-reported exposure to disease risk factors, includin...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Denison HJ,Eng A,Barnes LA,Cheng S,'t Mannetje A,Haddock K,Douwes J,Pearce N,Ellison-Loschmann L

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to compare the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS) notification system for congenital malformation surveillance and the Liverpool Congenital Malformations Registry (LCMR) with respect to efficiency and uniformity of ascertainment, diagnostic accuracy, and overreporting of minor ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Dutton SJ,Owens JR,Harris F

更新日期：1991-12-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:A statistical test that allows for adjustment of confounding can be helpful for the study of seasonal patterns. The aim of this article is to supply a detailed description of such a method. An example of its application is given. DESIGN:A statistical test is presented that retains the information on th...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Stolwijk AM,Straatman H,Zielhuis GA

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:While many epidemiological studies have shown that low outdoor temperatures are associated with increased rates of hospitalisation and mortality (especially for respiratory or cardiovascular disease), very few studies have looked at the association between indoor temperatures and health. Such studies are c...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Pierse N,Arnold R,Keall M,Howden-Chapman P,Crane J,Cunningham M,Heating Housing and Health Study Group.

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Disparities in health among blacks and Hispanics compared to whites individuals exist for a number of health measures; however, the health profile of individuals who are both black and Hispanic is not well known. We sought to determine whether race and ethnicity have synchronous or independent effects on hea...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： LaVeist-Ramos TA,Galarraga J,Thorpe RJ Jr,Bell CN,Austin CJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from the United Kingdom on childhood leukaemia and childhood cancer in twins and from the United States on leukaemia in twins are analysed by a new method. The method distinguishes determinants occurring before the stage of pregnancy corresponding with the cleavage of MZ pairs, from determinants occurring after t...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Knox EG,Marshall T,Barling R

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The death of a young child is so devastating that it can increase the risk of mortality in the grieving parent. Little is known about the impact of an adult child's death on the health of parents. METHODS:The authors conducted a follow-up study between 1980 and 2002 based on a linked-registers database that...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Rostila M,Saarela J,Kawachi I

更新日期：2012-10-01 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

abstract：:Growing concern about the global burden of child mental health disorders has generated an increased interest in population-level efforts to improve child mental health. This in turn has led to a shift in emphasis away from treatment of established disorders and towards prevention and promotion. Prevention efforts are ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kvalsvig A,O'Connor M,Redmond G,Goldfeld S

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Earlier investigations have shown mortality effects of community socio-economic resources. However, the sex differences have not been clear, and the estimates may well have been biased because of inadequate control for community factors affecting both the socio-economic resources and mortality. The objective...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kravdal O

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several models have been proposed to explain the association between ethnicity and health. It was investigated whether the association between Roma ethnicity and health is fully mediated by socioeconomic status in Hungary. METHODS:Comparative health interview surveys were performed in 2003-04 on representat...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Vokó Z,Csépe P,Németh R,Kósa K,Kósa Z,Széles G,Adány R

更新日期：2009-06-01 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:To examine the use of deprivation indices in relation to health. DESIGN:This paper reviews selected publications which illustrate the diversity of use of deprivation indices in the past decade. Most of this work is based in the major routine databases which exist in this country: the census, population...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Carstairs V

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of consanguinity on children's health. DESIGN:The study is a prospective survey from birth to five years of a cohort of babies born in a multiracial community. This report details the initial findings on consanguinity. SETTING:Participating familie...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bundey S,Alam H,Kaur A,Mir S,Lancashire RJ

更新日期：1990-06-01 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: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：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to quantify mortality after elective repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in England, and to compare English case fatality rates (CFRs) with those reported in the literature. PATIENTS AND METHODS:English Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) for the financial years 1998/9 to 200...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Filipovic M,Goldacre MJ,Gill L

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To investigate the characteristics of elderly populations associated with variations in their use of community health and personal social services and to test the hypotheses that the variations are related to: (a) the age structure of an elderly population; (b) the population's socioeconomic composition...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Warnes AM,Armstrong GK,Peters D

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent review of the literature identified several common methodological weaknesses in studies of the effects of occupational exposures on male and female reproductive processes. This paper suggests a strategy which addresses these problems, by the use of a standard method. The potential benefits include increased m...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Joffe M

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical students in Nottingham all complete an honours Bachelor of Medical Sciences course in one department including a research project. The honours programme in community health is described, with results from a survey of the 122 graduates since the medical school started. The 98 (80%) responses showed high levels ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Elwood JM,Pearson JC,Madeley RJ,Logan RF,Beaver MW,Gillies PA,Little J,Langham A

更新日期：1986-09-01 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：:Blood pressure, pulse rate, body weight, and height were measured on two occasions in the inhabitants of a random 10% sample of households in a Belgian village. Twenty-four-hour urinary excretion of creatinine, sodium, and potassium was also determined. In subjects over the age of 19 there was a significant correlatio...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Staessen J,Fagard R,Lijnen P,Amery A,Bulpitt C,Joossens JV

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Mental distress may entail increased risk of hip fracture, but it is uncertain whether the effect consists solely of an indirect effect through use of medication, or whether it is also mediated through other mechanism. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between mental distress and risk o...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Forsén L,Meyer HE,Søgaard AJ,Naess S,Schei B,Edna TH

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two main theoretical models have been used to assess the impact of psychosocial work factors on blood pressure (BP): the demand-control (DC) model and the effort-reward imbalance (ERI) model. Previous studies have mostly used a single time point exposure to examine this association. OBJECTIVE:To examine the...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Trudel X,Brisson C,Milot A,Masse B,Vézina M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00