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The Physical and Mental Health of a Large Military Cohort: Baseline Functional Health Status of the Millennium Cohort
The Millennium Cohort Study was launched to study the potential health effects of deployment-related exposures and as a systematic, longitudinal population-based assessment of service members' health.
February 2009
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Personality, Psychological Stress, and Self-reported Influenza Symptomatology
Does perceived stress predict self-reported influenza-like illness? What are the roles of negative affectivity and social inhibition in influenza-like illness?
Journal Article, November 2007
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Sedative, Hypnotic, Anxiolytic and Opioid Medicament Use and Its Co-occurrence With Tobacco Smoking and Alcohol Risk Drinking in a Community Sample
How prevalent is sedative, hypnotic, anxiolytic, and opioid medicament (SO) use behavior in general adult populations? How often does tobacco smoking and alcohol risk drinking co-occur with SO use?
Journal Article, November 2007
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Rates, Risk Factors & Methods of Self Harm Among Minority Ethnic Groups in the UK: A Systematic Review
Studies show ethnic variations in mental illness prevalence, but the cultural epidemiology of self harm is not well-studied. Do prevalence, risk factors, and methods of self harm vary by ethnic group?
Journal Article, November 2007
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Internet Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections - A Public Health Hazard?
People with sexually transmitted infections can use the Internet to get diagnostic tests and treatments privately but at what risk? Are the medications safe and effective? Is health education offered?
Journal Article, November 2007
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Disparities in Appendicitis Rupture Rate Among Mentally Ill Patients
Mental patients' access to care for their physical diseases is not well-studied. Are there disparities in access to care for appendicitis rupture between patients with and without mental illness?
Journal Article, November 2007
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Avian Influenza Outbreak in Turkey Through Health Personnel's Views: A Qualitative Study
The first human avian influenza epidemic in Turkey occurred during the first months of 2006. What was the course of the avian influenza outbreak control through the views of health care providers?
Journal Article, November 2007
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The Development of an Intervention Programme to Reduce Whole-Body Vibration Exposure at Work Induced by a Change in Behaviour: A Study Protocol
Whole body vibration (WBV) exposure at work might cause low back pain. An intervention program to reduce WBV exposure in a population of drivers with an emphasis on behavioral change is described.
Journal Article, November 2007
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Changes in Health Risk Behaviors of Elementary School Students in Northern Taiwan from 2001 to 2003: Results From the Child and Adolescent Behaviors in Long-Term Evolution Study
Monitoring development of health risk behaviors in childhood is important due to potential long-term effects on later life. What changes in health risk behaviors were observed in elementary students?
Journal Article, November 2007
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Short GSM Mobile Phone Exposure Does Not Alter Human Auditory Brainstem Response
GSM cellular phones have about 1.6 billion users throughout the world today. What are the potential adverse effects of GSM mobile phones on the human hearing system?
Journal Article, November 2007
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Design and Evaluation Protocol of "FATaintPHAT", a Computer-Tailored Intervention to Prevent Excessive Weight Gain in Adolescents
A planned development of an intervention is described - specifically, a school-based computer-tailored intervention targeting energy balance-related behaviors to prevent overweight in adolescents.
Journal Article, November 2007
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Media Suicide-Reports, Internet Use and the Occurrence of Suicides Between 1987 and 2005 in Japan
Whether suicide reports in the media affect incidence of suicide in Japan is not well-known. What affect do newspaper articles about suicide and Internet use have on the incidence of suicide in Japan?
Journal Article, November 2007
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Cigarette Smoking and Tooth Loss Experience Among Young Adults: A National Record Linkage Study
Smoking is one of a number of factors affecting tooth loss in older age, but does it also affect tooth loss during young adulthood? Are smoking and tooth loss associated among adults aged 20-39 years?
Journal Article, November 2007
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Exposure of Bakery and Pastry Apprentices to Airborne Flour Dust Using PM2.5 and PM10 Personal Samplers
Bakery and pastry workers are exposed to flour dust but data about this exposure to a known risk factor of occupational asthma is limited. How might nonasthmatic workers develop airway inflammation?
Journal Article, November 2007
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Prevalence of overweight and obesity on the island of Ireland: results from the North South Survey of Children's Height, Weight and Body Mass Index, 2002
Is there an obesity epidemic among children in Ireland?
Journal Article, July 2007
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What makes people decide who to turn to when faced with a mental health problem? Results from a French survey
Even countries with universal health care have unequal rates of mental health care seekers.
Journal Article, July 2007
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To be Seen, Confirmed and Involved - a Ten Year Follow-up of Perceived Health and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Swedish Community Intervention Programme
Public health interventions may be counterproductive, a Swedish community study suggests.
Journal Article, July 2007
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Impact of Pharmaceutical Promotion on Prescribing Decisions of General Practitioners in Eastern Turkey
This study examined the self-reported impact of pharmaceutical promotion on the decision-making process of prescription of general practitioners' in Eastern Turkey.
Journal Article, June 2007
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Comparing Primary Prevention with Secondary Prevention to Explain Decreasing Coronary Heart Disease Death Rates in Ireland, 1985-2000
A look at whether primary prevention might be more favorable than secondary prevention (risk factor reduction in patients with coronary heart disease in Ireland).
Journal Article, June 2007
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Cannabis Treatment Outcomes among Legally Coerced and Non-coerced Adults
This study compares the characteristics, psychosocial functioning and treatment outcome of those legally coerced into cannabis treatment compared to those entering treatment without legal coercion.
Journal Article, June 2007
