Introduction Functional limitations are a key indicator of ageing, associated with quality of life, independence and the need ...

Background Socioeconomic status (SES) is strongly linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs), but it is unclear whether these associations are causal and involve any mediators. Methods We carried out ...

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Correspondence to Miss Preveina Mahadevan, CPRD, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, London E14, UK; preveina.mahadevan{at}mhra.gov.uk Background The Clinical Practice Research ...

Canadian VIGOUR Centre Research Group, Department of Medicine, 214 Heritage Research Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2S2 Mooney, in his review article entitled “What does ...

Background This paper aims to assess whether 7-year-olds’ physical activity is associated with family and area-level measures of the physical and socioeconomic environments. Methods We analysed the ...

Introduction Depression and harmful alcohol consumption contribute significantly to the global health burden, but in young adults, this relationship is under-researched and conflicted. The aim of this ...

1 Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK 2 Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University College Cork, Ireland 3 ...

1 Scientific Department at the University of Hamburg, Albertinen-Haus Zentrum für Geriatrie und Gerontologie Medizinisch-Geriatrische Klinik, Hamburg, Germany 2 Horten Zentrum, University of Zürich, ...

Correspondence to Erin Hetherington, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada; elhether{at}ucalgary.ca Background Low ...

Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Community and Family Medicine, School of Public Health, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Correspondence to Dr J H S You, ...