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In this issue, we carry a number of research papers, which, in one way and another, address issues of poverty, deprivation, and health. For example:
- Geographical variation in life expectancy at birth in England and Wales is largely explained by deprivation.
- Is the rate of biological aging, as measured by age at diagnosis of cancer, socioeconomically patterned? Answer: it seems to be.
- Does material disadvantage explain the increased risk of adverse health, educational and behavioural outcomes among children in lone parent households in Britain? Answer: apparently yes.
- In Italy, income inequality has an independent and more powerful effect on life expectancy at birth than does per capita income and educational attainment; the relation between income inequality and population health has not disappeared.
- Material and behavioural factors explain more than half of occupational class differences in self related health among women and one third among men
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Relevant Articles
- Oysters and enteric fever aetiology in 1900 England
- Alfredo Morabia, Anne Hardy
J Epidemiol Community Health 2005 59: 100.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Childhood cancers and atmospheric carcinogens
- E G Knox
J Epidemiol Community Health 2005 59: 101-105.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Social paediatrics
- Nick Spencer, Concha Colomer, Garth Alperstein, Paul Bouvier, Julia Colomer, Olivier Duperrex, Gulbin Gokcay, Gilles Julien, Lennart Kohler, Bengt Lindström, Aidan Macfarlane, Raul Mercer, Takis Panagiotopoulos, Tom Schulpen on behalf of the European Society for Social Paediatrics
J Epidemiol Community Health 2005 59: 106-108.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Excess in cardiovascular events on Mondays: a meta-analysis and prospective study
- Adrian G Barnett, Annette J Dobson
J Epidemiol Community Health 2005 59: 109-114.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Geographical variation in life expectancy at birth in England and Wales is largely explained by deprivation
- Laura M Woods, Bernard Rachet, Michael Riga, Noell Stone, Anjali Shah, Michel P Coleman
J Epidemiol Community Health 2005 59: 115-120.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- "The half-life of a health fact is probably about four and half years." (Lowell Levin)
- John R Ashton
J Epidemiol Community Health 2005 59: 120.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Breast feeding and cardiovascular disease risk factors, incidence, and mortality: the Caerphilly study
- Richard M Martin, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, David Gunnell, Peter Elwood, John W G Yarnell, George Davey Smith
J Epidemiol Community Health 2005 59: 121-129.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Long term effect of breast feeding: cognitive function in the Caerphilly cohort
- P C Elwood, Janet Pickering, J E J Gallacher, Janie Hughes, David Davies
J Epidemiol Community Health 2005 59: 130-133.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Overweight and obesity and weight change in middle aged men: impact on cardiovascular disease and diabetes
- S Goya Wannamethee, A Gerald Shaper, Mary Walker
J Epidemiol Community Health 2005 59: 134-139.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Psychological distress, physical illness, and risk of coronary heart disease
- F Rasul, S A Stansfeld, C L Hart, G Davey Smith
J Epidemiol Community Health 2005 59: 140-145.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Is the rate of biological aging, as measured by age at diagnosis of cancer, socioeconomically patterned?
- Jean Adams, Martin White, David Forman
J Epidemiol Community Health 2005 59: 146-151.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Does material disadvantage explain the increased risk of adverse health, educational, and behavioural outcomes among children in lone parent households in Britain? A cross sectional study
- Nick Spencer
J Epidemiol Community Health 2005 59: 152-157.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Has the relation between income inequality and life expectancy disappeared? Evidence from Italy and top industrialised countries
- Roberto De Vogli, Ritesh Mistry, Roberto Gnesotto, Giovanni Andrea Cornia
J Epidemiol Community Health 2005 59: 158-162.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Influence of material and behavioural factors on occupational class differences in health
- Mikko Laaksonen, Eva Roos, Ossi Rahkonen, Pekka Martikainen, Eero Lahelma
J Epidemiol Community Health 2005 59: 163-169.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Who you live with and where you live: setting the context for health using multiple membership multilevel models
- Tarani Chandola, Paul Clarke, Richard D Wiggins, Mel Bartley
J Epidemiol Community Health 2005 59: 170-175.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Assessing the impact of mobility on health: implications for life course epidemiology
- Alastair H Leyland
J Epidemiol Community Health 2005 59: 90-91.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- "Low-Carb": Americas latest food fad
- Mary Shaw
J Epidemiol Community Health 2005 59: 91.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- The liquid of life
- Levi Tafari
J Epidemiol Community Health 2005 59: 92-93.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Understanding the basic principles of knowledge translation
- Bernard C K Choi
J Epidemiol Community Health 2005 59: 93.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- The pioneering use of a questionnaire to investigate a food borne disease outbreak in early 20th century Britain
- Alfredo Morabia, Anne Hardy
J Epidemiol Community Health 2005 59: 94-99.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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