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Are dietary interventions effective at increasing fruit and vegetable consumption among overweight children? A systematic review
1 Manchester Medical School, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK 2 Institute of Population Health, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, ...
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Effectiveness of comprehensive social support interventions among elderly patients with tuberculosis in communities in China: a community-based trial
Correspondence to Dr Yihua Xu, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong ...
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Indicators of socioeconomic position (part 1)
3 Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Center for Social, Epidemiology and Population Health, University of Michigan, USA Correspondence to: Dr B Galobardes Department of Social ...
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Why reduce health inequalities?
It is well known that social, cultural and economic factors cause substantial inequalities in health. Should we strive to achieve a more even share of good health, beyond improving the average health ...
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Incidence and costs of unintentional falls in older people in the United Kingdom
1 York Health Economics Consortium Ltd, University of York, UK 2 Health Economics Research Centre, University of Oxford, UK Correspondence to: Dr P Scuffham, York Health Economics Consortium Ltd, ...
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Sex differences in the relationship between socioeconomic status and cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Background Low socioeconomic status (SES) is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) but whether its effects are comparable in women and men is unknown. Methods PubMed MEDLINE was ...
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Retest reliability of surveillance questions on health related quality of life
1 Saint Louis University School of Public Health, Department of Community Health, Salus Center, St Louis, USA 2 Saint Louis University College of Public Service, Department of Research Methodology, St ...
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Chronic postsurgical pain increases postoperative depression risk
Purpose This retrospective cohort study aimed to investigate the association between chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) and the ...
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Twenty-first century alienation and health: a research agenda
Alienation has been used as a crucial concept to describe the negative psychosocial impacts that stem from the ways production and consumption are organised in Marxist and non-Marxist traditions. The ...
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Total and HDL cholesterol and risk of stroke. EUROSTROKE: a collaborative study among research centres in Europe
1 Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, the Netherlands 2 Julius Centre for General Practice and Patient Oriented Research, University Medical Centre Utrecht, ...
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Heat-related impacts on all-cause emergency hospitalisation differ by area deprivation and urbanicity: a time-stratified case-crossover study in Japan
Background Climate-related health impacts have been a global public health concern. Identifying vulnerable populations is critical in implementing adaptation strategies. This study aimed to examine ...