Background We evaluated the impact of the number of teeth on health expectancy, measured as years of life without limitations in activities of daily living (ADLs) and physical function, among adults ...

Background Layoffs may affect the health of those who lose their jobs as well as those who remain employed. Existing studies ...

Background Alcohol consumption is a well-established risk factor for injuries, yet the role of socioeconomic status (SES) in modifying this relationship remains underexplored. This study examines how ...

Background Urban stress is mentioned as a plausible mechanism leading to chronic stress, which is a risk factor of depression. Yet, an accurate assessment of urban stressors in environmental ...

Economic deprivation as a mediator in the relationship between housing affordability stress and mental and general health among humanitarian migrants in Australia ...

3 School of Social and Human Health Sciences, College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA Correspondence to Chenkai Wu, School of Biological and ...

3 Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Center for Social, Epidemiology and Population Health, University of Michigan, USA Correspondence to: Dr B Galobardes Department of Social ...

Background: Studies have shown associations between health indices and access to “green” environments but the underlying mechanisms of this association are not clear. Objectives: To examine ...

Background Education is recognised as a strong determinant of health. Yet there is increasing concern that health in adolescence may also influence educational attainments and future life chances. We ...

Background Height growth is an indicator of early life growth conditions and is associated with health in later life (including cardiovascular disease and some cancers). Cross-sectional research has ...

This narrative review summarises recently published epidemiological and in vivo experimental studies on exposure to environmental chemicals and their potential role in the development of type 1 ...

1 National and Community Programmes, Department of Non-Communicable Disease prevention and Health Promotion, WHO, Geneva 2 National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, USA ...