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Fish consumption and risk of depression: a meta-analysis
Correspondence to Professor Dongfeng Zhang, Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, The Medical College of Qingdao University, 38 Dengzhou Road, Qingdao, Shandong 266021, People's Republic ...
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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 ...
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Using natural experimental studies to guide public health action: turning the evidence-based medicine paradigm on its head
Despite smaller effect sizes, interventions delivered at population level to prevent non-communicable diseases generally have greater reach, impact and equity than those delivered to high-risk groups.
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Employee control over working times: associations with subjective health and sickness absences
Study objective: To investigate the impact of employees' worktime control on health, taking into account other aspects of job control. Design: Analysis of questionnaire data in 1997 and register data ...
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Income in epidemiological research: a guide to measurement and analytical treatment with a case study on mental disorders and mortality
Background Income is one of the most widely used indicators of socioeconomic position in studies of health inequalities. Despite its frequent use, no empirical-driven guidelines exist on how to ...
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The COVID-19 pandemic and health inequalities
This essay examines the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for health inequalities. It outlines historical and contemporary evidence of inequalities in pandemics—drawing on international research ...
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Pathways between socioeconomic determinants of health
2 Population Research Unit, Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki, Finland and International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College ...
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Where do people live longer and shorter lives? An ecological study of old-age survival across 4404 small areas from 18 European countries
1 i3S—Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal 2 INEB—Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal 3 ISPUP—Institute of Public ...
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Socioeconomic factors and the risk of eye diseases in an elderly Danish population
Objectives This study aims to study the association between socioeconomic factors and risk of prevalent eye diseases, including glaucoma, cataract and retinal vein occlusion (RVO) in an elderly Danish ...
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Effect of retirement on loneliness: a longitudinal comparative analysis across Australia, China and the USA
Correspondence to Ms Neta Hagani, The University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; neta.hagani{at}sydney.edu.au Background There is evidence that the transition to ...
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Patterns of cannabis use during adolescence and their association with harmful substance use behaviour: findings from a UK birth cohort
Background Evidence on the role of cannabis as a gateway drug is inconsistent. We characterise patterns of cannabis use among UK teenagers aged 13–18 years, and assess their influence on problematic ...