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Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JECH)9d
Impact of the expanded old age income security programme on suicide mortality among older adults in South Korea: a quasi-experimental study
Introduction This study examined the impact of the expansion, implemented in July 2014, of Korea’s tax-financed ...
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Ideal cardiovascular health metrics and its association with 20-year cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in a Chinese population
Correspondence to Professor Liancheng Zhao, Division of Prevention and Community Health, National Center for Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking ...
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Detection of hidden populations using illicit substances
Background The prevalence of hidden populations using illicit substances may lead to underestimation of the health and social impacts. This study aimed to precisely estimate the prevalence and ...
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Principal component analysis of socioeconomic factors and their association with malaria and arbovirus risk in Tanzania: a sensitivity analysis
Principal component analysis (PCA) is frequently adopted for creating socioeconomic proxies in order to investigate the independent effects of wealth on disease status. The guidelines and methods for ...
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Walking on sunshine: effect of weather conditions on physical activity in older people
Background It is unclear which weather parameters effect the motion-sensor-based measurement of physical activity in terms of walking duration in older people. Methods Between March 2009 and April ...
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Employment status and suicide: the complex relationships between changing unemployment rates and death rates
Correspondence to Dr Paul SF Yip, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention and Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, ...
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Sexual intercourse and risk of ischaemic stroke and coronary heart disease: the Caerphilly study
Objective: To examine the relation between frequency of sexual intercourse and risk of ischaemic stroke and coronary heart disease. Design: Cohort study with 20 year follow up. Setting: The town of ...
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A glossary of policy frameworks: the many forms of ‘universalism’ and policy ‘targeting’
2 Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Correspondence to Dr Gemma Carey, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian ...
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Conflicts of interest at the European Food Safety Authority erode public confidence
Correspondence to Claire Robinson, Earth Open Source, 2nd Floor 145-157, St John Street, London EC1V 4PY, UK; claire.robinson{at}earthopensource.org In September 2012 Professor Gilles-Eric Séralini, a ...
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Psychosocial stress and bone loss among postmenopausal women: results from the Women’s Health Initiative
Background Bone loss is a major public health concern with large proportions of older women experiencing osteoporotic fractures. Previous research has established a relationship between psychosocial ...
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The association between green space and mental health varies across the lifecourse. A longitudinal study
Background Epidemiological studies on green space and health have relied almost exclusively on cross-sectional designs, restricting understanding on how this relationship could vary across the ...