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Role of socioeconomic status in modifying the relationship between alcohol use and injury events: evidence from the UK Biobank

Background Alcohol consumption is a well-established risk factor for injuries, yet the role of socioeconomic status (SES) in modifying this relationship remains underexplored. This study examines how ...
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Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health - our story 9 June 2025 Meet Anna Pearce and Vittal Katikireddi, the joint Editors-in-chief for the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, and hear ...
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Antonovsky’s sense of coherence scale and its relation with quality of life: a systematic review

Dr M Eriksson, Health Promotion Research Program, Folkhälsan Research Centre, Paasikivigatan 4, FIN-00250 Helsinki, Finland; monica.eriksson{at}folkhalsan.fi The aim of this paper is to synthesise ...
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Health trade-offs of rural structural transformation: evidence from longitudinal data in Bangladesh

Objectives/background This study examines the relationship between occupational transitions out of agriculture and functional health outcomes among rural adults in Bangladesh, with a focus on gender ...
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Mental health status and gender as risk factors for onset of physical illness over 10 years

1 Centre for Research on Inner City Health at The Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2 Institute for Clinical Evaluative ...
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Association between long working hours and physical inactivity in middle-aged and older adults: a Korean longitudinal study (2006–2020)

Correspondence to Professor Jong-Uk Won, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Severance Hospital, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of); juwon{at}yuhs.ac Background We ...
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Patterns of cannabis use during adolescence and their association with harmful substance use behaviour: findings from a UK birth cohort

Background Evidence on the role of cannabis as a gateway drug is inconsistent. We characterise patterns of cannabis use among UK teenagers aged 13–18 years, and assess their influence on problematic ...
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Extreme temperatures and out-of-hospital coronary deaths in six large Chinese cities

1 School of Public Health, Key Lab of Public Health Safety of the Ministry of Education, & Key Lab of Health Technology Assessment of the Ministry of Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China 2 ...
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Operationalisation and validation of the Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries (STEADI) fall risk algorithm in a nationally representative sample

Background Preventing falls and fall-related injuries among older adults is a public health priority. The Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries (STEADI) tool was developed to promote fall ...
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The association of grip strength from midlife onwards with all-cause and cause-specific mortality over 17 years of follow-up in the Tromsø Study

2 Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Background Grip strength has consistently been found to predict all-cause mortality rates. However, few studies have examined ...
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Ethnic differences in risk factors for obesity in New Zealand infants

Background In New Zealand, the burden of childhood obesity is greatest in Māori and Pacific children. Methods In 687 infants from an internet-based birth cohort in New Zealand, we investigated ethnic ...