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Prior incarceration and functional limitation trajectories in older adults

Introduction Functional limitations are a key indicator of ageing, associated with quality of life, independence and the need ...
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Number of siblings and psychotropic medication purchases surrounding parental death in adulthood: a population-wide cohort study in Finland

Methods We conducted a national cohort study to examine psychotropic medication purchases (antidepressants, anxiolytics, ...
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‘Large-N’ Paradox: geographic bias in clinical evidence

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Interpreting educational inequalities in site-specific cancer mortality: statistical significance versus public health relevance

I read with interest the recent study by Tanaka et al 1 examining ]educational inequalities in site-specific cancer mortality in Japan. The authors provide nationwide census-linked analyses across 23 ...
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Effectiveness of comprehensive social support interventions among elderly patients with tuberculosis in communities in China: a community-based trial

Correspondence to Dr Yihua Xu, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Lab of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong ...
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Biomonitoring evidence of smoke-free policy effectiveness in Korea: success against secondhand smoke but emerging residual exposure challenges

Background People who do not smoke can be involuntarily exposed to tobacco smoke through direct exposure, known as secondhand smoke (SHS), and indirect exposure to residual tobacco-derived pollutants ...
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Exploring independent and joint effects of handgrip strength weakness and asymmetry on frailty progression: findings from two longitudinal cohorts

1 West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China 2 West China Research Center for Rural Health Development, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China ...
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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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Perineal use of talc and risk of ovarian cancer

Ovarian cancer is one of the most common gynaecological neoplasms, especially in industrialised countries. The aetiology of the disease is not well understood, except that inherited mutations in the ...
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Skeletal muscle mass in relation to 10 year cardiovascular disease incidence among middle aged and older adults: the ATTICA study

Background Skeletal muscle mass (SMM) is inversely associated with cardiometabolic health and the ageing process. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the relation between SMM and 10 year ...
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Review of the theoretical frameworks for the study of child development within public health and epidemiology

3 Nutrition and Public Health Intervention Research Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK Correspondence to Bilal Iqbal ...