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Are there any sociodemographic factors associated with non-uptake of HPV vaccination of girls in high-income countries with school-based vaccination programmes? A systematic review

Background Uptake of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination is generally high in high-income countries with school-based vaccination programmes; however, lower uptake in certain population subgroups ...
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Socioeconomic inequalities in allostatic load in a large Norwegian cohort study: the NCDNOR project

Background Allostatic load (AL) is the physiological burden of stress, and it is suggested to be a mediator between ...
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Does cessation of community water fluoridation lead to an increase in tooth decay? A systematic review of published studies

Background Cessation of community water fluoridation (CWF) appears to be occurring with increasing frequency in some regions. Our objective was to comprehensively review published research on the ...
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Life course epidemiology: recognising the importance of adolescence

3 MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at University College London, London, UK Life course epidemiology may be conceptualised as “the study of long term effects on later health or disease risk of ...
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Characterisation of smoking behaviour across the life course and its impact on decline in lung function and all-cause mortality: evidence from a British birth cohort

Objectives: To describe smoking trajectories from early adolescence into mid-life and to examine the effects of these trajectories on health and all-cause mortality. Methods: A nationally ...
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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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Environmental influences on children's physical activity

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 ...
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No effect of classroom sharing on educational achievement in twins: a prospective, longitudinal cohort study

Correspondence to Dr T J C Polderman, Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; jc.polderman{at}psy.vu.nl Background ...
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Neighbourhood influences on health

Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Correspondence to: Professor I Kawachi Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington ...
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Alcohol consumption and internalising disorders in young adults of ALSPAC: a population-based study

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 ...
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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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Debates about cervical screening: an historical overview

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