Background Allostatic load (AL) is the physiological burden of stress, and it is suggested to be a mediator between ...

Correction: Measuring older people’s socioeconomic position: a scoping review of studies of self-rated health, health service and social care use ...

1 Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand 2 University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand Background Few cohort studies of the health effects of urban air pollution ...

Background: This article examines the multifaceted structures and complex operations of the World Health Organization and its regional offices; it also reassesses the form and the workings of the ...

Correspondence to Dr S Hajat, Public & Environmental Health Research Unit, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK; shakoor.hajat{at}lshtm.ac.uk Although rapid ...

Background Cities are expanding and accommodating an increasing proportion of the world's population. It is important to identify features of urban form that promote the health of city dwellers.

Background: It is often suggested that neighbourhood access to food retailers affects the dietary patterns of local residents, but this hypothesis has not been adequately researched. We examine the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Background A J-curve association has been demonstrated for blood pressure (BP) and all-cause mortality, but data on longitudinal change of BP and mortality in Chinese population are limited. Methods ...

Epidemiology and Statistics Unit, Institut Valencià d'Estudis en Salut Pública, C/Joan de Garay, 21 46017, Valencia, Spain Respiratory and Environmental Reserach Unit, Institut Municipal ...

Background Recognising deteriorating patients in acute hospitals, timely review and critical care admission are the focus of current NHS policy implementation (‘Martha’s Rule’). In alignment with the ...