Background: The infant mortality rate (IMR) has been criticised as a measure of population health because it is narrowly based and likely to focus the attention of health policy on a small part of the ...

Correspondence to Dr Neera K Goyal, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave., ML# 7009, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; neera.goyal{at}cchmc.org Background ...

aPublic Health Directorate, Bro Taf Health Authority, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NW, UK, bCardiff Public Health Laboratory, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff ...

Background Low socioeconomic status (SES) is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) but whether its effects are comparable in women and men is unknown. Methods PubMed MEDLINE was ...

Background Literature from Canada and the United States indicates that household food insecurity is associated with poorer mental health, and chronic mental health conditions increase the odds of ...

Correspondence to Cecilie Daugaard, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, DK-8200 Aarhus, Denmark; cecilie.daugaard{at}gmail.com Background In Denmark, patients who are ...

2 Center for Life Course Health Research, University of Oulu, Finland 3 Medical Research Centre Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Finland Correspondence to Dr Sanna Huikari, ...

1 Health Economics Group and UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK 3 Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York ...

Correspondence to: Professor F G Benavides Occupational Health Research Unit, Department of Health and Experimental Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; fernando.benavidesupf.edu A ...

Correspondence to Rina Pradhan, Jean Hailes Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, 99 Commercial Road, Prahran, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia; rina.pradhan ...

Background Previous studies that found increased crash risks for young drivers of low socioeconomic status (SES) have failed to adjust for factors such as driving exposure and rural residence. This ...

Correspondence to Dr Nat Na-Ek, Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research, University College London, 222 Euston Road, London NW1 2DA, UK; nat.na-ek.14{at}ucl.ac.uk Background Since our knowledge ...