Background Influenza vaccines are crucial in reducing the risk of influenza symptoms. We aimed to: (1) estimate the ...

Background 10% of postmenopausal breast cancer cases are attributed to a high body mass index (BMI). BMI underestimates body ...

The 2008 global financial crisis, precipitated by high-risk, under-regulated financial practices, is often seen as a singular event. The crisis, its recessionary consequences, bank bailouts and the ...

1 Nutritional Epidemiology Group, School of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK 2 Division of Biostatistics, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Leeds, ...

Background Quantifying the potential health benefits of improvements in the nutritional quality of the average diet of a population would provide evidence for resource allocation between ...

Correspondence to Dr Simon Thornley, Epidemiologist, Auckland Regional Public Health Service, Cornwall Complex, Greenlane, Auckland 1051, New Zealand; sithor{at}gmail.com Objective To determine ...

1 Institute of Sport Science and Innovations, Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Lithuania 2 Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Lithuania Correspondence to Dr Tomas Venckunas, Institute of Sport ...

In order to assess the need for community health services in different neighbourhoods within Greater Glasgow, it was decided to present a wide variety of health information for each community as a set ...

1 School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia 2 Centre for Health and Ageing, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia 3 Centre for Nursing ...

Background: Avoidable Mortality (AM) describes causes of death that should not occur in the presence of high-quality and timely medical treatment and from causes that can be influenced at least in ...

Unit of Health-Care Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, University of Oxford, Institute of Health Sciences, Oxford, UK Correspondence to: Dr M J Goldacre, Unit of Health-Care Epidemiology, ...