7 Union Hospital, Tong-ji Medical College, Hua-zhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, Wuhan, China 8 Affiliated Hospital of Guiyang Medical College, Guiyang, China 9 Second ...

Background The aims of this study were (1) to estimate 10-year trends in disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) by area-level social disadvantage and (2) to examine how incidence, recovery and ...

Background The association between resting heart rate (RHR) trajectory patterns based on multiple measurements and the risk ...

4 Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, King’s College London School of Social Science and Public Policy, London, UK Correspondence to M Schuring, Department of Public Health, Erasmus ...

Background Many studies have found an increased risk of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) among those with diabetes mellitus (DM). However, evidence on whether the association is bidirectional remains ...

Background Family caregiving-related physical and mental health problems may lead to work incapacity in employed caregivers. The aim of this study was to quantify sickness absences and disability ...

Background The association between socioeconomic disadvantage (low education and/or income) and head and neck cancer is well established, with smoking and alcohol consumption explaining up to ...

JECH is a leading international journal devoted to publication of original research and reviews covering applied, methodological and theoretical issues with emphasis on studies using multidisciplinary ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused widespread disruptions to tuberculosis (TB) care and service delivery in 2020, setting back progress in the fight against TB by several years. As newer COVID-19 ...

Correspondence to Dr F Lucy Wright, Unit of Health-Care Epidemiology, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK; lucy.wright{at}ndph.ox.ac.uk Aim To ...

Correspondence to Dr Emily Long, MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G3 7HR, UK; emily.long{at}glasgow.ac.uk This essay examines key aspects of social ...

Introduction There is limited research evaluating 20 mph speed limit interventions, and long-term assessments are seldom conducted either globally or within the UK. This study evaluated the impact of ...