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Decreasing disparity in cholesterol screening in minority communities—findings from the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health 2010
Correspondence to Dr Youlian Liao, Division of Adult and Community Health, Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, ...
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Age-related and socioeconomic inequalities in timeliness of referral and start of treatment in colorectal cancer: a population-based analysis
Background Poorer colorectal cancer survival in the UK than in similar countries may be partly due to delays in the care pathway. To address this, cancer waiting time targets were established. We ...
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Home and work neighbourhood environments in relation to body mass index: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
1 Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University School of Public Health, ...
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Associations between specific autoimmune diseases and subsequent dementia: retrospective record-linkage cohort study, UK
Correspondence to Professor Michael J Goldacre, Unit of Health-Care Epidemiology, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK; ...
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Market segmentation tools provide insights into demographic variations in bowel cancer screening uptake
Background The National Health Service Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (NHS BCSP) aims to detect individuals who have precancerous polyps or early stage cancer, when it is easier to treat. To be ...
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Community group membership and multidimensional subjective well-being in older age
Correspondence to Dr Daisy Fancourt, Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London WC1E 7HB, UK; d.fancourt{at}ucl.ac.uk Background It has been highlighted as a ...
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Bullying and bystander behaviour and health outcomes among adolescents in Ireland
1 Health Promotion Research Centre, School of Health Sciences, NUI Galway, Ireland 2 Children’s Studies, School of Languages, NUI Galway, Ireland Correspondence to Mary Callaghan, Health Promotion ...
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A brief conceptual tutorial on multilevel analysis in social epidemiology: investigating contextual phenomena in different groups of people
Study objective: (1) To provide a didactic and conceptual (rather than mathematical) link between multilevel regression analysis (MLRA) and social epidemiological concepts. (2) To develop an ...
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Air quality warnings and outdoor activities: evidence from Southern California using a regression discontinuity design
Correspondence to Matthew Neidell, Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University, 600 W. 168th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10032, USA; mn2191{at}columbia.edu Background A study ...
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The European Perinatal Health Report: comparing the health and care of pregnant women and newborn babies in Europe
INSERM, UMR S953, IFR 69, Epidemiological Research Unit on Perinatal Health and Women’s and Children’s Health; UPMC Univ Paris6, Paris, France If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please ...
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Adult height is associated with risk of cancer and mortality in 5.5 million Swedish women and men
Background Previous studies have indicated that taller individuals are at greater risk of developing cancer. Death from cancer and other specific causes have also been linked to height, but the ...