Background One in seven households in England live in accommodation not meeting housing quality standards. Low-quality ...

1 Department of Medical Sociology, University of Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany Correspondence to Dr Nico Dragano, Department of Medical Sociology, University Clinic Duesseldorf, University of ...

Background Birth order is associated with outcomes such as birth weight and adult socioeconomic position (SEP), but little is known about the association with adult height. This potential birth ...

Background Most existing studies on maternal employment and childhood overweight/obesity are from the USA. They are predominantly cross-sectional and show a consistent linear association between the ...

Background Recognising the importance of the social determinants of health, the Japanese government introduced a health management support programme targeted at type 2 diabetes (T2D) for public ...

Background: The prevalence of childhood asthma in the USA increased by 50% from 1980 to 2000, with especially high prevalence in poor urban communities. Methods: Data on the prevalence of asthma among ...

2 Department of Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Birmingham, UK 3 Peninsula Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) South West, University ...

1 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Environmental Protection, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Health ...

3 Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Correspondence to Jennie Connor, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 913 ...

Correspondence to Benjamin Barr, Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK; benbarr{at}liverpool.ac.uk Background Low physical activity is one of ...

Background Industry marketing to physicians for opioids has received substantial attention as it can potentially influence physicians’ prescription of opioids. However, robust evidence demonstrating a ...

BACKGROUND As the definitional formula for population attributable fraction is not usually directly usable in applications, separate estimation formulas are required. However, most epidemiology ...