Introduction Stone quarry workers are constantly exposed to crystalline silica dust of different particle sizes in different concentrations. General objective To determine the effects of stone dust on ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate ethnic differences in self reported health in the city of Malmö, Sweden, and whether these differences could ...

1 Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK 2 Department of Public Health Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden 3 Population Health Sciences ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE Relative risks are frequently used to convey how strongly outcomes like mental illness and suicidal behaviour are associated with personal characteristics like ethnic background. This ...

BACKGROUND Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the major cause of mortality in the UK. This paper explores the difficulties facing health authorities in applying a rational and needs based approach to the ...

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 ...

Correspondence to Dr Phil Edwards, Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK; Phil.Edwards{at}lshtm.ac.uk Background Many local ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the extent to which older people's self assessments of general health, physical health, and mental health predict functional decline and mortality. DESIGN The study uses ...

Professor van Os, Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Section Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Maastricht University, European Graduate School of Neuroscience, PO Box 616, ...

Dr C Borrell, Municipal Institute of Public Health, Pl Lesseps 1, 08023 Barcelona, Spain OBJECTIVE This study describes social class inequalities in health related behaviours (tobacco and alcohol ...