Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JECH)

Prior incarceration and functional limitation trajectories in older adults

Introduction Functional limitations are a key indicator of ageing, associated with quality of life, independence and the need ...
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Alcohol consumption and the incidence of type II diabetes

1 Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK 2 Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University College Cork, Ireland 3 ...
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‘Large-N’ Paradox: geographic bias in clinical evidence

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Effects of socioeconomic status on adverse pregnancy outcomes: a Mendelian randomisation and mediation analysis

Background Socioeconomic status (SES) is strongly linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs), but it is unclear whether these associations are causal and involve any mediators. Methods We carried out ...
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Interpreting educational inequalities in site-specific cancer mortality: statistical significance versus public health relevance

I read with interest the recent study by Tanaka et al1 examining ]educational inequalities in site-specific cancer mortality in Japan. The authors provide nationwide census-linked analyses across 23 ...
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Completeness and representativeness of small area socioeconomic data linked with the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD)

Correspondence to Miss Preveina Mahadevan, CPRD, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, London E14, UK; preveina.mahadevan{at}mhra.gov.uk Background The Clinical Practice Research ...
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Alcohol consumption and internalising disorders in young adults of ALSPAC: a population-based study

Introduction Depression and harmful alcohol consumption contribute significantly to the global health burden, but in young adults, this relationship is under-researched and conflicted. The aim of this ...
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of influenza and pneumococcal vaccination for Hong Kong elderly in long-term care facilities

Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Community and Family Medicine, School of Public Health, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Correspondence to Dr J H S You, ...
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Intimate partner violence and social connection among married women in rural Bangladesh

Correspondence to Ms Laura W Stoff, Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0381, USA; lwstoff{at}gmail.com Background Intimate ...
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Changes in workplace car parking and commute mode: a natural experimental study

Correspondence to Dr. Jenna Panter, MRC Epidemiology Unit, Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ,UK; ...
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Temperature and cardiovascular mortality in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: effect modification by individual-level and neighbourhood-level factors

Background Many factors related to susceptibility or vulnerability to temperature effects on mortality have been proposed in the literature. However, there is limited evidence of effect modification ...