3 Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland Correspondence to Dr Katharina Staehelin, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, associated Institute of the ...

METHODS All causes, respiratory and cardiovascular mortality were analysed and the role of age and socioeconomic status in modifying associations between mortality and air pollution were investigated.

BACKGROUND Adult height has been inversely associated with coronary heart disease risk in several studies. The mechanism for this association is not well understood, however, and this was investigated ...

1 International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK 2 Population Research Unit, Department of ...

National Primary Care Research and Development Centre at Salford, Public Health Research Resource Centre, The University of Salford, Humphrey Booth House, Hulme Place, The Crescent, Salford M5 4 NY ...

Purpose This retrospective cohort study aimed to investigate the association between chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) and the ...

1 Effective Healthcare Australia, School of Population Health and Health Services Research, University of Sydney, Australia 2 Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Canada and ...

Correspondence to Dr Alyson L Mahar, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W2, Canada; Alyson_Mahar{at}cpe.umanitoba.ca Introduction Individuals with a pre ...

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 ...

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 ...

Background While social support is associated with better cognitive health among cancer-free individuals, this relationship is understudied among cancer survivors. We investigated whether overall ...

Background The prevalence of congenital heart defects (CHD) in Down syndrome (DS) varies considerably across studies (from 16% to 84%). This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of CHD in people ...