Purpose This retrospective cohort study aimed to investigate the association between chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) and the ...

3 Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland Correspondence to Dr Katharina Staehelin, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, associated Institute of the ...

National Primary Care Research and Development Centre at Salford, Public Health Research Resource Centre, The University of Salford, Humphrey Booth House, Hulme Place, The Crescent, Salford M5 4 NY ...

METHODS All causes, respiratory and cardiovascular mortality were analysed and the role of age and socioeconomic status in modifying associations between mortality and air pollution were investigated.

1 Effective Healthcare Australia, School of Population Health and Health Services Research, University of Sydney, Australia 2 Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Canada and ...

BACKGROUND Adult height has been inversely associated with coronary heart disease risk in several studies. The mechanism for this association is not well understood, however, and this was investigated ...

1 International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK 2 Population Research Unit, Department of ...

Background High-salt diets are linked to elevated blood pressure, a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, particularly stroke. State and community salt reduction strategies may complement ...

Background It is well established that psychological distress (depression and anxiety) is related to an increased risk of mortality. The personality trait of neuroticism, reflecting a relatively ...

Alienation has been used as a crucial concept to describe the negative psychosocial impacts that stem from the ways production and consumption are organised in Marxist and non-Marxist traditions. The ...

Department of Social Medicine, University of Uppsala, Sweden. Health selection, which transfers workers with health problems from physically heavy to physically light occupations, may be a factor ...

3 Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan 4 College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan 5 Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical ...