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School-based interventions can reduce and prevent psychotic experiences in adolescence.

Energy drink consumption is associated with several negative health indicators in adolescents.

The experiences following Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico offer important lessons regarding the potential impacts of catastrophic disasters on NCD treatment and management, and are useful for improving community and health system resilience and preparedness for future disasters.

Association between dietary intake of flavonoids and hyperuricemia: a cross-sectional study

Authors: Houlin Li, Lin Shi, Xuelan Chen and Mo Wang

Content type: Research 24 June 2023
Barriers and facilitating factors to healthcare accessibility among Nepalese migrants during COVID-19 crisis in Japan: an exploratory sequential mixed methods study

Authors: Sushila Paudel, Aliza K C Bhandari, Stuart Gilmour, Hyeon Ju Lee and Sakiko Kanbara

Content type: Research 24 June 2023
YouTube as a source of information on preventing the use of valproic acid in women during pregnancy

Authors: Boyang Qu, Binbin Kang, Xingyang Chen, Yanrong Ao, Liping Wang and Weiwei Cui

Content type: Research 23 June 2023
Association of length of service and job category with occupational health literacy of port employees in Shenzhen, China

Authors: Jinlin Wang, Chunbao Mo, Qiujie Sheng, Yuehong Huang, Dafeng Lin, Yuan Liang and Naixing Zhang

Content type: Research 23 June 2023
Ethnic disparities in prevalence of chronic non-communicable diseases and its multimorbidity among older adults in rural southwest China

Authors: Ying-rong Du, Lan Liu, Yi Zhao, Jing-jing Huang, Allison Rabkin Golden and Le Cai

Content type: Research 23 June 2023

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Porn video shows, local brew, and transactional sex: HIV risk among youth in Kisumu, Kenya

Authors: Carolyne Njue, Helene ACM Voeten and Pieter Remes

Content type: Research article 8 August 2011
Local government responses for COVID-19 management in the Philippines

Authors: Dylan Antonio S. Talabis, Ariel L. Babierra, Christian Alvin H. Buhat, Destiny S. Lutero, Kemuel M. Quindala III and Jomar F. Rabajante

Content type: Research 21 September 2021
School grade and sex differences in domain-specific sedentary behaviors among Japanese elementary school children: a cross-sectional study

Authors: Kaori Ishii, Ai Shibata, Minoru Adachi, Yoshiyuki Mano and Koichiro Oka

Content type: Research article 13 April 2017
Oral and anal sex practices among high school youth in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Authors: Amsale Cherie and Yemane Berhane

Content type: Research article 4 January 2012
The weight of nations: an estimation of adult human biomass

Authors: Sarah Catherine Walpole, David Prieto-Merino, Phil Edwards, John Cleland, Gretchen Stevens and Ian Roberts

Content type: Research article 18 June 2012

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BMC Public Health is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on the epidemiology of disease and the understanding of all aspects of public health. The journal has a special focus on the social determinants of health, the environmental, behavioral, and occupational correlates of health and disease, and the impact of health policies, practices and interventions on the community.

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