Background Allostatic load (AL) is the physiological burden of stress, and it is suggested to be a mediator between ...

Correspondence to Dr S Hajat, Public & Environmental Health Research Unit, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK; shakoor.hajat{at}lshtm.ac.uk Although rapid ...

Introduction Depression and harmful alcohol consumption contribute significantly to the global health burden, but in young adults, this relationship is under-researched and conflicted. The aim of this ...

Objective: To test the hypothesis that sleep disorders are relevant to the risk of ischaemic stroke and ischaemic heart disease events in older men. Design: A cohort study. Setting: The Caerphilly ...

Objectives: The aim of this population-based study was to investigate associations between recreational values of the close natural environment and neighbourhood satisfaction, physical activity, ...

Background Cessation of community water fluoridation (CWF) appears to be occurring with increasing frequency in some regions. Our objective was to comprehensively review published research on the ...

1 Scientific Department at the University of Hamburg, Albertinen-Haus Zentrum für Geriatrie und Gerontologie Medizinisch-Geriatrische Klinik, Hamburg, Germany 2 Horten Zentrum, University of Zürich, ...

1 Department of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway 2 Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway 3 HUNT Research Centre, Department of ...

Correspondence to Erin Hetherington, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada; elhether{at}ucalgary.ca Background Low ...

Correspondence to Dr Hiroyuki Shimada, Department of Preventive Gerontology, Center for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi 474-8511, Japan; ...

Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Correspondence to: Professor I Kawachi Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington ...

Correspondence to Dr T J C Polderman, Department of Biological Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; jc.polderman{at}psy.vu.nl Background ...