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:Correction to: BMC Public Health (2018) 18: 448. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5324-x . In the original version of this article [1], published on 4 April 2018, there was 1 incorrect author family name. The redundant affiliation (5) has also been removed. The original article has been updated.
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Sundar TKB,Løndal K,Lagerløv P,Glavin K,Helseth Sdoi
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abstract:BACKGROUND:Men are at greater risk than women of dying by suicide. One in eight will experience depression--a leading contributor to suicide--in their lifetime and men often delay seeking treatment. Previous research has focused on men's use of unhelpful coping strategies, with little emphasis on men's productive respo...
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更新日期:2015-11-16 00:00:00
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abstract:BACKGROUND:In the last decades, there have been no studies carried out in Lithuania on the quality of life of breast cancer patients. The aim of the present study was to evaluate changes in the quality of life of Lithuanian women with the early stage of breast cancer nine months after surgery and its dependence on surg...
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abstract:BACKGROUND:Lymphatic Filariasis (LF), a parasitic nematode infection, poses a huge economic burden to affected countries. LF endemicity is localized and its prevalence is spatially heterogeneous. In Ghana, there exists differences in LF prevalence and multiplicity of symptoms in the country's northern and southern part...
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abstract:BACKGROUND:Physical activity is likely to be determined as a complex interplay between personal, interpersonal, and environmental factors. Studying the built environment involves expanding the focus from the individual perspective to a public health one. Therefore, the objetive of this study was to examine the associat...
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-1140
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abstract:BACKGROUND:Estimates of the risk of developing Crohn's disease (CD) can be made using DNA testing for mutations in the NOD2 (CARD15) gene, family history, and smoking status. Smoking doubles the risk of CD, a risk that is reduced by stopping. CD therefore serves as a timely and novel paradigm within which to assess the...
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pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-44
更新日期:2011-01-19 00:00:00
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doi:10.1186/1471-2458-5-67
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abstract:BACKGROUND:Contrary to intuition, use of lower strength nicotine e-liquids might not offer reduced health risk if compensatory puffing behaviour occurs. Compensatory puffing (e.g. more frequent, longer puffs) or user behaviour (increasing the wattage) can lead to higher temperatures at which glycerine and propylene gly...
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doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3653-1
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doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-1048
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abstract:BACKGROUND:Neighborhood deprivation has been consistently linked to poor individual health outcomes; however, studies exploring the mechanisms involved in this association are scarce. The objective of this study was to investigate whether objective measures of the physical environment mediate the association between ne...
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doi:10.1186/s12889-018-5667-3
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doi:10.1186/s12889-017-4904-5
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doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-544
更新日期:2011-07-08 00:00:00
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doi:10.1186/s12889-015-1530-y
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