Blood thiamin status and determinants in the population of Seychelles (Indian Ocean).

abstract：BACKGROUND:Housing is an important environmental influence on population health, and there is growing evidence of health effects from indoor environment characteristics such as low indoor temperatures. However, there is relatively little research, and thus little firm guidance, on the cost-effectiveness of public polic...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Chapman R,Howden-Chapman P,Viggers H,O'Dea D,Kennedy M

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:The aetiology of age-related sarcopenia is not known. OBJECTIVES:To investigate if risk of developing sarcopenia differs by gender and to identify gender-specific risk factors of incident sarcopenia in a large population-based cohort of older English adults. METHODS:The sample (n=3404; age 63.4 (SD 7.7) ye...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Yang L,Smith L,Hamer M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Underserved women (rural, minority or poor) are disproportionally diagnosed with late-stage cervical cancer, indicative of inadequate access to, and use of, preventative healthcare. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has proposed that nurse practitioners (NP) can address provider shortages among underserved pop...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Smith-Gagen J,White LL,Santos A,Hasty SM,Tung WC,Lu M

更新日期：2019-03-01 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: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：:The epidemiology of migraine and non-migrainous headaches (NMH) was investigated in a community survey in a neighbourhood of western Jerusalem in 1969-71. Diagnoses were based on histories taken by physicians. Prevalence rates among persons aged 15 and over were 10.1% for migraine (including classical migraine, 2.1%) ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Abramson JH,Hopp C,Epstein LM

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Deficiencies in calcium and vitamin D intakes are involved in the aetiology of osteoporosis, and health authorities recommend that the population consume a diet providing sufficient calcium and vitamin D. However, in 1987 the Danish Government withdrew a mandatory fortification of flour with calcium. Th...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Osler M,Heitmann BL

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to quantify the difference in precision of risk estimates in epidemiology between the situations where misclassification of exposure is corrected for by external validation and where it is corrected for by internal repeat measurement. Precision was measured in terms of the expected width of ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Duffy SW,Maximovitch DM,Day NE

更新日期：1992-12-01 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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To examine the impact of non-fatal war related injuries on physical disability in a group of war wounded civilians and to assess their needs. DESIGN:Cross sectional study. Home interviews were conducted using a structured interview schedule around one month after the injury, to assess impairments, disa...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Mehio Sibai A,Sameer Shaar N,el Yassir S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research on inequalities in health has shown a strong association between the lack of standard of living (defined as material deprivation) and self-rated health (SRH). In this study, we sought to further examine this association in a trend analysis of relative and absolute inequalities in SRH as defined by m...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Pförtner TK,Elgar FJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：: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：:Socioeconomic differentials in the uptake of medical care in men were investigated using data from the General Household Survey (1974-76 and 1979-80). Hospitalisation, attendance at out patient clinics, and consultation with doctors were higher in local authority tenants than in owner occupiers. Men belonging to the m...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Balarajan R,Yuen P,Machin D

更新日期：1987-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:This study examined whether living in rented housing is associated with increased all-cause and cause-specific mortality, and whether the association between home ownership and mortality can be explained by household income, occupational class, and educational level. METHODS:A random sample including every ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Laaksonen M,Martikainen P,Nihtilä E,Rahkonen O,Lahelma E

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To see whether the community mothers' programme, using lay volunteer mothers to deliver a childhood development programme, could be extended successfully to the travelling community in Ireland. DESIGN:This was a prospective study of the travelling community; comparisons were made with results of a prev...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Fitzpatrick P,Molloy B,Johnson Z

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper aims at assessing the effectiveness of the package of road safety measures implemented after road safety was included in the political agenda in the year 2004 on the number of road traffic-injured people in Spain. METHODS:An evaluation study was performed using an interrupted time-series design. ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Novoa AM,Pérez K,Santamariña-Rubio E,Marí-Dell'Olmo M,Cozar R,Ferrando J,Peiró R,Tobías A,Zori P,Borrell C

更新日期：2011-03-01 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: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：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：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The main cause of breast cancer remains unknown. Numerous causal factors or predisposing conditions have been proposed, but account for only a small percentage of the total disease. The current search for multiple causes is unavailing. This report explores whether any single aetiological agent may be re...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Wiseman RA

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：:The volume and velocity of data are growing rapidly and big data analytics are being applied to these data in many fields. Population and public health researchers may be unfamiliar with the terminology and statistical methods used in big data. This creates a barrier to the application of big data analytics. The purpo...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Fuller D,Buote R,Stanley K

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the cost effectiveness of a community based exercise programme as a population wide public health intervention for older adults. DESIGN:Pragmatic, cluster randomised community intervention trial. SETTING:12 general practices in Sheffield; four randomly selected as intervention populations, and eig...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Munro JF,Nicholl JP,Brazier JE,Davey R,Cochrane T

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent study by Knox concludes that cases and "clusters" of two or more cases of childhood leukaemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma occur closer to many kinds of industrial installation than to supposedly comparable control locations. It is argued that these findings could be largely or entirely artefactual, the apparen...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bithell JF,Draper GJ

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressing public policies that improve health equity requires understanding and addressing the creation, use and distribution of power. This glossary provides an overview of some of the most relevant conceptualisations of the dynamics of power in policy with implications for health equity. The aim is to provide an a...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Harris P,Baum F,Friel S,Mackean T,Schram A,Townsend B

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To estimate the cost per woman participating in a mammographic screening programme, and to describe methods for measuring costs. DESIGN:Expenditure, resource usage, and throughput were monitored over a 12 month period. Unit costs for each phase of the screening process were estimated and linked with t...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hurley SF,Livingston PM,Thane N,Quang L

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cross-cohort comparison is an established method for improving causal inference. This study compared 2 cohorts, 1 from a high-income country and another from a middle-income country, to (1) establish whether birth exposures may play a causal role in the development of childhood attention problems; and (2) id...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Murray E,Pearson R,Fernandes M,Santos IS,Barros FC,Victora CG,Stein A,Matijasevich A

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00