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Housing and inequalities in health: a study of socioeconomic dimensions of housing and self reported health from a survey of Vancouver residents
Study objective: To investigate the relation between housing, socioeconomic status, and self reported general and mental health. This study is an empirical investigation of social and economic ...
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Persistent organic pollutants: potential health effects?
1 International Programme on Chemical Safety, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA 2 International Programme on Chemical Safety, Geneva, Switzerland Correspondence to: Tim Meredith, ...
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P1-179 The Southampton women's survey: from epidemiology to policy
Introduction Epidemiological studies inform understanding of influences on health. Findings can lead directly to policy changes, but such changes need assessing, using formal intervention studies.
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Greenness and allergies: evidence of differential associations in two areas in Germany
6 Division of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany 7 IUF—Leibniz Research Institute for ...
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Fluoride exposure and indicators of thyroid functioning in the Canadian population: implications for community water fluoridation
Correspondence to Dr Lindsay McLaren, Department of Community Health Sciences and O’Brien Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary TRW3, 3280 Hospital Dr. NW Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N ...
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Life expectancy as a summary of mortality in a population: statistical considerations and suitability for use by health authorities
Dr Silcocks, Trent Institute for Health Services Research, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH (p.b.silcocks{at}nottingham.ac.uk) OBJECTIVE To investigate the sampling ...
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Why don't patients do their exercises? Understanding non-compliance with physiotherapy in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee
STUDY OBJECTIVES To understand reasons for compliance and non-compliance with a home based exercise regimen by patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. DESIGN A qualitative study, nested within a ...
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Meta-analysis of prevalence
2 University of Queensland, School of Population Health and Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute 3 University of Queensland, School of Population Health and University of Washington, ...
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Socioeconomic position, alcohol use and alcohol-attributable emergency department visits
Background Differential vulnerability to alcohol contributes to socioeconomic inequities in alcohol-attributable harm. This study aimed to estimate the sex-/gender-specific joint effects of ...
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Race disparities in dental care use from adolescence to middle adulthood in the USA
Background This study examines the longitudinal patterns of dental care use from adolescence to middle adulthood (ages 11–43) and investigates racial and ethnic disparities in these patterns. Methods ...