Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JECH)

Using wastewater for population-level colorectal cancer surveillance: a future research agenda

Background Individual screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) is typically performed through either direct clinical examination ...
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JECH)

Inequality in obesity complications, multimorbidity and healthcare costs by deprivation group among people living with obesity: a UK observational study

Background To quantify inequalities in obesity-related complication (ORC) prevalence and differences in healthcare costs ...
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Incidence of physical non-communicable disease in people who have experienced imprisonment compared with the general population in high-income countries: a systematic review ...

Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) represent a significant cause of morbidity and mortality globally. Despite a strong evidence base outlining increased risk of communicable diseases and poor ...
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24-hour physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep profiles in individuals with cancer: a UK Biobank cohort study

Background Behaviours across a 24-hour day, including physical activity, sedentary time and sleep, are disrupted following cancer and contribute to cancer-related outcomes. This study describes the ...
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Pollen exposure and matriculation exam performance among students in Finland

Background Little is known about the association between direct pollen exposure and cognitive performance. The aim of our study is to investigate the effect of pollen exposure on performance in the ...
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Educational inequalities in site-specific cancer mortality: a Japanese census-linked study

Background Reports on socioeconomic inequalities in cancer mortality are limited in East Asia. We investigated educational inequalities in cancer mortality in Japan, serving as an advanced example of ...
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Fruit and vegetable consumption and all-cause, cancer and CVD mortality: analysis of Health Survey for England data

Correspondence to Dr Oyinlola Oyebode, Health and Social Surveys Research Group, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, UCL (University College London), 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 6BT, ...
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Assessing housing quality and its impact on health, safety and sustainability

3 WHO Collaborating Centre for Housing Standards and Health, School of Health and Social Studies, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK Correspondence to Dr Michael Keall, He Kainga Oranga/Housing and ...
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Prevalence of chronic medical conditions among jail and prison inmates in the USA compared with the general population

Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine and Division of Substance Dependence, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA ...
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Causal inference and effect estimation using observational data

Observational studies aiming to estimate causal effects often rely on conceptual frameworks that are unfamiliar to many researchers and practitioners. We provide a clear, structured overview of key ...
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Changes in suicide rates following media reports on celebrity suicide: a meta-analysis

2 Journalism and Media Studies Centre, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 3 Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 4 Department of Social ...