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  1. This study aims to estimate the losses of quality-adjusted life expectancy (QALE) due to the joint effects of cognitive impairment and multimorbidity, and to further confirm additional losses attributable to t...

    Authors: Suting Xiong, Siyuan Liu, Yanan Qiao, Dingliu He, Chaofu Ke and Yueping Shen
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2021 21:24
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. The aim of this pilot study was to assess the feasibility of a large-scale epidemiologic investigation elucidating the quantitative association between occupational exposure to asbestos and ovarian cancer in f...

    Authors: Zara Rajput, Kurt Georg Hering, Thomas Kraus, Andrea Tannapfel, Günter Sonnenschein, Alexandra Centmayer, Katja Radon, Dennis Nowak and Tobias Weinmann
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1341
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  3. Two contradictory hypotheses have been proposed to explain the relationship between allergic conditions and malignancies, the immune surveillance hypothesis and the antigenic stimulation hypothesis. The former...

    Authors: Karin C Söderberg, Lars Hagmar, Judith Schwartzbaum and Maria Feychting
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2004 4:51
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  4. Low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with increased mortality after stroke in developed countries. This study was performed to determine whether a similar association also exists in China.

    Authors: Guangyi Zhou, Xinfeng Liu, Gelin Xu, Xifei Liu, Renliang Zhang and Wusheng Zhu
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2006 6:227
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a hidden public health disease that affects up to 20% of the general population. Although co-morbidity can affect diagnose setting and treatment of the disease, there are few ...

    Authors: Åshild Faresjö, Ewa Grodzinsky, Claes Hallert and Toomas Timpka
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2013 13:832
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. The aim of the present study was to assess possible effects on mental and physical well-being and stress-related biological markers of a web-based health promotion tool.

    Authors: Dan Hasson, Ulla Maria Anderberg, Töres Theorell and Bengt B Arnetz
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2005 5:78
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. There is evidence that exposure to passive smoking in general, and in babies in particular, is an important cause of morbimortality. Passive smoking is related to an increased risk of pediatric diseases such a...

    Authors: Guadalupe Ortega, Cristina Castellà, Carlos Martín-Cantera, Jose L Ballvé, Estela Díaz, Marc Saez, Juan Lozano, Lourdes Rofes, Concepció Morera, Antònia Barceló, Carmen Cabezas, Jose A Pascual, Raúl Pérez-Ortuño, Esteve Saltó, Araceli Valverde and Mireia Jané
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2010 10:772
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  9. Socioeconomic inequalities in cancer survival can in part be explained by long patient intervals among people from deprived groups; however, the reasons for this are unclear. This qualitative study explores th...

    Authors: Grace McCutchan, Fiona Wood, Stephanie Smits, Adrian Edwards and Kate Brain
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:1052
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. Sick leave caused by common mental health disorders (CMD) is becoming more prevalent. For most people, work is essential for good mental and physical health. It is necessary to provide treatments that facilita...

    Authors: Marianne Tranberg Bjørndal, Fay Giæver, Bente Marianne Aschim, Ragne Gunnarsdatter Hole Gjengedal, Hilde Dallavara Lending, Bente Bull-Hansen, Marit Hannisdal and Odin Hjemdal
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:2231
    Content type: Research Published on:

  11. There is an increasing awareness that diet-related inflammation may have an impact on the stroke. Herein, our goal was to decipher the association of dietary inflammatory index (DII) with stroke in the US gene...

    Authors: Yukang Mao, Jiayi Weng, Qiyang Xie, Lida Wu, Yanling Xuan, Jun Zhang and Jun Han
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:50
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  12. Health literacy is the ability to find, understand, assess, and apply health information. Individuals suffering from multiple chronic conditions have complex healthcare needs that may challenge their health li...

    Authors: Maud Wieczorek, Clément Meier, Sarah Vilpert, Robert Reinecke, Carmen Borrat-Besson, Jürgen Maurer and Matthias Kliegel
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:253
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  13. China has one of the fastest paces of the growing aging population, High-level policymakers have recently recognized the aging population presents significant challenges to the Chinese healthcare system. In th...

    Authors: Shangguang Yang, Luxue Liu, Chunlan Wang, Kevin Lo and Danyang Wang
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:356
    Content type: Research Published on:

  15. Smoking remains a leading health risk factor among Europeans. Tobacco, together with other factors, will lead to an expansive epidemic of chronic diseases, including COPD, among the working population in Russi...

    Authors: Elena Andreeva, Marina Pokhaznikova, Anatoly Lebedev, Irina Moiseeva, Anton Kozlov, Olga Kuznetsova and Jean-Marie Degryse
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:831
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  16. In most of developed societies, the prevalence of informal care is on the rise due to rapid population ageing. This study investigates longitudinal associations between informal caregiving and health among car...

    Authors: Aeri Kim and Kyungmi Woo
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2022 22:311
    Content type: Research Published on:

  17. While the aetiology of fibromyalgia syndrome (FM) remains unknown, lifestyle factors have been linked to the disorder. However, there are few studies on the association between lifestyle factors and FM, thus w...

    Authors: Faith Owunari Benebo, Marko Lukic, Monika Dybdahl Jakobsen and Tonje Bjørndal Braaten
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:1967
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  18. Resilience to disease is a process of positive adaptation despite the loss of health, it involves the development of vitality and skills to overcome the negative effects of adversity, risks, and vulnerability ...

    Authors: Filiberto Toledano-Toledano, José Moral de la Rubia, Yunier Broche-Pérez, Miriam Teresa Domínguez-Guedea and Víctor Granados-García
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1164
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  19. In China, the most populous developing country in the world, dementia represents a serious challenge. We performed a large-scale systematic review and meta-regression analysis to elucidate the prevalence of de...

    Authors: Yangjun Zhu, Hao Liu, Xi-Li Lu, Bo Zhang, Wanwen Weng, Jun Yang, Jun Zhang and Meng-Jie Dong
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:578
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  20. Cancer survival rates in the UK are lower in comparison with similar countries in Europe and this may be linked to socioeconomic inequalities in stage of cancer diagnosis and survival. Targeted cancer awarenes...

    Authors: Pamela Smith, Stephanie Smits, Sioned Owen, Fiona Wood, Grace McCutchan, Ben Carter, Adrian Edwards, Michael Robling, Julia Townson and Kate Brain
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:695
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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