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Association between socioeconomic disadvantage and severe maternal morbidity and mortality in high-income countries: a systematic review
Background Socioeconomic position (SEP) is among the most important determinants of variations in health outcomes. This ...
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‘Renoviction’ and health: an emerging research agenda
Mitigating climate change requires us to rapidly improve the energy efficiency of our existing housing, a process known as ‘retrofit’. However, this creates the risk of ‘renoviction’, whereby tenants ...
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Downstream healthcare use following breast cancer screening: a register-based cohort study
Background For evaluation of breast cancer screening and informed prioritisation, it is important to examine the downstream ...
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Less medicine, more health: a memoir of Ivan Illich
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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 ...
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The effect of reduced street lighting on road casualties and crime in England and Wales: controlled interrupted time series analysis
Correspondence to Dr Phil Edwards, Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK; Phil.Edwards{at}lshtm.ac.uk Background Many local ...
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Gender-based violence and its association with mental health among Somali women in a Kenyan refugee camp: a latent class analysis
Background In conflict-affected settings, women and girls are vulnerable to gender-based violence (GBV). GBV is associated with poor long-term mental health such as anxiety, depression and ...
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Association between neighbourhood deprivation and hypertension in a US-wide Cohort
Background Socioeconomic status (SES) at the individual level is associated with hypertension risk. Less is known about neighbourhood level SES or how neighbourhood and individual level SES may ...
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Prescribing by level of deprivation in Wales: an investigation of selected medicine groups
Background Prescribing is the most common intervention made by healthcare professionals. Our study aimed to compare prescribing between general practitioner (GP) practices with the highest and lowest ...
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Influence of childhood socioeconomic position and ability on mid-life cognitive function: evidence from three British birth cohorts
Background Childhood socioeconomic position (SEP) is robustly associated with cognitive function later in life. However, it is unclear whether this reflects a direct relationship, or an indirect ...
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Medication adherence in community-dwelling older people exposed to chronic polypharmacy
Background To evaluate medication adherence and associated factors of seven of the most common drug classes prescribed to community-dwelling older people. Methods This is a retrospective cohort study ...
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Relationship between alcohol use, blood pressure and hypertension: an association study and a Mendelian randomisation study
Correspondence to Dr Hou-Feng Zheng, Diseases & Population (DaP) Geninfo Lab, Westlake University and Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; zhenghoufeng{at}westlake.edu.cn; ...