01.12.2015 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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An Internet-supported Physical Activity Intervention Delivered in Secondary Schools Located in Low Socio-economic Status Communities: Study Protocol for the Activity and Motivation in Physical Education (AMPED) Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Chris Lonsdale, Aidan Lester, Katherine B. Owen, Rhiannon L. White, Ian Moyes, Louisa Peralta, Morwenna Kirwan, Anthony Maeder, Andrew Bennie, Freya MacMillan, Gregory S. Kolt, Nikos Ntoumanis, Jennifer M. Gore, Ester Cerin, Thierno M.O. Diallo, Dylan P. Cliff, David R. Lubans
01.12.2015 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Associations of mutually exclusive categories of physical activity and sedentary time with markers of cardiometabolic health in English adults: a cross-sectional analysis of the Health Survey for England
Kishan Bakrania, Charlotte L. Edwardson, Danielle H. Bodicoat, Dale W. Esliger, Jason M. R. Gill, Aadil Kazi, Latha Velayudhan, Alan J. Sinclair, Naveed Sattar, Stuart J. H. Biddle, Kamlesh Khunti, Melanie Davies, Thomas Yates
01.12.2015 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
Open Access
Unintended pregnancy, contraceptive use, and childbearing desires among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected women in Botswana: across-sectional study
Gloria K. Mayondi, Kathleen Wirth, Chelsea Morroni, Sikhulile Moyo, Gbolahan Ajibola, Modiegi Diseko, Maureen Sakoi, Jane Dipuo Magetse, Kebaiphe Moabi, Jean Leidner, Joseph Makhema, Betsy Kammerer, Shahin Lockman
01.12.2015 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension and sodium intake in Jiangsu Province, China: a baseline study in 2014
Zhang Yongqing, Wu Ming, Su Jian, Luo Pengfei, Pan Xiaoqun, Dong Meihua, Lou Peian, Dong Jianmei, Zhou Guoyu, Yang Jie, Lin Ping, Xu Yan
01.12.2015 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Effectiveness of additional follow-up telephone counseling in a smoking cessation clinic in Beijing and predictors of quitting among Chinese male smokers
Lei Wu, Yao He, Bin Jiang, Fang Zuo, Qinghui Liu, Li Zhang, Changxi Zhou, Miao Liu, Hongyan Chen, KK Cheng, Sophia S. C. Chan, Tai Hing Lam
01.12.2015 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
Open Access
Clinical surveillance for human astrovirus in Monastir region, Tunisia
Abir Monastiri, Mahjoub Aouni, Susana Guix, Badereddine Mechri, Marc Lopez-Roig, Nabil Ben Salem Abid, Neji Gueddiche, Sabeur Hamami, Lamjed Boughzala, Jordi Serra-Cobo
01.12.2015 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Are village health sanitation and nutrition committees fulfilling their roles for decentralised health planning and action? A mixed methods study from rural eastern India
Aradhana Srivastava, Rajkumar Gope, Nirmala Nair, Shibanand Rath, Suchitra Rath, Rajesh Sinha, Prabas Sahoo, Pavitra Mohan Biswal, Vijay Singh, Vikash Nath, HPS Sachdev, Jolene Skordis-Worrall, Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli, Anthony Costello, Audrey Prost, Sanghita Bhattacharyya
01.12.2015 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Physical activity guidelines and cardiovascular risk in children: a cross sectional analysis to determine whether 60 minutes is enough
L. M. Füssenich, L. M. Boddy, D. J. Green, L. E. F. Graves, L. Foweather, R. M. Dagger, N. McWhannell, J. Henaghan, N. D. Ridgers, G. Stratton, N. D. Hopkins
01.12.2015 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Comparison of body mass index (BMI) with the CUN-BAE body adiposity estimator in the prediction of hypertension and type 2 diabetes
Vicente Martín, Verónica Dávila-Batista, Jesús Castilla, Pere Godoy, Miguel Delgado-Rodríguez, Nuria Soldevila, Antonio J. Molina, Tania Fernandez-Villa, Jenaro Astray, Ady Castro, Fernando González-Candelas, José María Mayoral, José María Quintana, Angela Domínguez, CIBERESP Cases and Controls in Pandemic Influenza Working Group, Spain
01.12.2015 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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The acceptability and cost of a home-based chlamydia retesting strategy: findings from the REACT randomised controlled trial
K. S. Smith, J. M. Kaldor, J. S. Hocking, M. S. Jamil, A. M. McNulty, P. Read, C. S. Bradshaw, M. Y. Chen, C. K. Fairley, H. Wand, K. Worthington, S. Blake, V. Knight, W. Rawlinson, M. Saville, S. N. Tabrizi, S. M. Garland, B. Donovan, R. Guy
01.12.2015 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
Open Access
Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health (ELANS): rationale and study design
M. Fisberg, I. Kovalskys, G. Gómez, A. Rigotti, L. Y. Cortés, M. Herrera-Cuenca, M. C. Yépez, R. G. Pareja, V. Guajardo, I. Z. Zimberg, A. D. P. Chiavegatto Filho, M. Pratt, B. Koletzko, K. L. Tucker, the ELANS Study Group
01.12.2015 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
Open Access
Effectiveness and micro-costing of the KiVa school-based bullying prevention programme in Wales: study protocol for a pragmatic definitive parallel group cluster randomised controlled trial
Suzy Clarkson, Nick Axford, Vashti Berry, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Gretchen Bjornstad, Zoe Wrigley, Joanna Charles, Zoe Hoare, Obioha C. Ukoumunne, Justin Matthews, Judy Hutchings
01.12.2015 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
Open Access
Vijana Vijiweni II: a cluster-randomized trial to evaluate the efficacy of a microfinance and peer health leadership intervention for HIV and intimate partner violence prevention among social networks of young men in Dar es Salaam
Lusajo Kajula, Peter Balvanz, Mrema Noel Kilonzo, Gema Mwikoko, Thespina Yamanis, Marta Mulawa, Deus Kajuna, Lauren Hill, Donaldson Conserve, Heathe Luz McNaughton Reyes, Sheila Leatherman, Basant Singh, Suzanne Maman
01.12.2015 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
Open Access
Study protocol for the Maule Cohort (MAUCO) of chronic diseases, Chile 2014–2024
Catterina Ferreccio, Juan Carlos Roa, Claudia Bambs, Alejandra Vives, Alejandro H. Corvalán, Sandra Cortés, Claudia Foerster, Johanna Acevedo, Andrea Huidobro, Alvaro Passi, Pablo Toro, Yerko Covacevich, Rolando de la Cruz, Jill Koshiol, Mauricio Olivares, Juan Francisco Miquel, Francisco Cruz, Raúl Silva, Andrew F. Quest, Marcelo J. Kogan, Pablo F. Castro, Sergio Lavandero
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
Open Access
Maternal urinary manganese and risk of low birth weight: a case–control study
Wei Xia, Yanqiu Zhou, Tongzhang Zheng, Bin Zhang, Bryan A. Bassig, Yuanyuan Li, John Pierce Wise Sr., Aifen Zhou, Yanjian Wan, Youjie Wang, Chao Xiong, Jinzhu Zhao, Zhengkuan Li, Yuanxiang Yao, Jie Hu, Xinyun Pan, Shunqing Xu
01.12.2016 | Erratum | Ausgabe 1/2016
Open Access
Erratum to: ‘Characteristics associated with the consumption of malted drinks among Malaysian primary school children: findings from the MyBreakfast study’
Hamid Jan Jan Mohamed, S. L. Loy, Mohd Nasir Mohd Taib, Norimah A. Karim, S. Y. Tan, M. Appukutty, Nurliyana Abdul Razak, F. Thielecke, S. Hopkins, M. K. Ong, C. Ning, E. S. Tee
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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A systematic review of correlates of sedentary behaviour in adults aged 18–65 years: a socio-ecological approach
Grainne O’Donoghue, Camille Perchoux, Keitly Mensah, Jeroen Lakerveld, Hidde van der Ploeg, Claire Bernaards, Sebastien F. M. Chastin, Chantal Simon, Donal O’Gorman, Julie-Anne Nazare, on behalf of the DEDIPAC consortium
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Characterisation of exposure to non-ionising electromagnetic fields in the Spanish INMA birth cohort: study protocol
Mara Gallastegi, Mònica Guxens, Ana Jiménez-Zabala, Irene Calvente, Marta Fernández, Laura Birks, Benjamin Struchen, Martine Vrijheid, Marisa Estarlich, Mariana F. Fernández, Maties Torrent, Ferrán Ballester, Juan J Aurrekoetxea, Jesús Ibarluzea, David Guerra, Julián González, Martin Röösli, Loreto Santa-Marina
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Hypertension unawareness among Chinese patients with first-ever stroke
Qinqin Cao, Pei Pei, Jun Zhang, Jillian Naylor, Xinying Fan, Biyang Cai, Qiliang Dai, Wen Sun, Ruidong Ye, Ruifeng Shi, Keting Liu, Yongjun Jiang, Wenhua Liu, Fang Yang, Wusheng Zhu, Yunyun Xiong, Xinfeng Liu, Gelin Xu
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Niche modeling predictions of the potential distribution of Marmota himalayana, the host animal of plague in Yushu County of Qinghai
Liang Lu, Zhoupeng Ren, Yujuan Yue, Xiaotao Yu, Shan Lu, Guichang Li, Hailong Li, Jianchun Wei, Jingli Liu, You Mu, Rong Hai, Yonghai Yang, Rongjie Wei, Biao Kan, Hu Wang, Jinfeng Wang, Zuyun Wang, Qiyong Liu, Jianguo Xu
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in adolescents in Northern Italy: an observational school-based study
Alberto Matteelli, Michela Capelli, Giorgia Sulis, Giuseppe Toninelli, Anna Cristina C. Carvalho, Sergio Pecorelli, Arnaldo Caruso, Carlo Bonfanti, Franco Gargiulo, Francesco Donato, (on behalf of the Clamigon Study Group)
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Maternal, fetal and perinatal alterations associated with obesity, overweight and gestational diabetes: an observational cohort study (PREOBE)
Staffan K. Berglund, Luz García-Valdés, Francisco J Torres-Espinola, Mª Teresa Segura, Cristina Martínez-Zaldívar, María J. Aguilar, Ahmad Agil, Jose A. Lorente, Jesús Florido, Carmen Padilla, Signe Altmäe, Acensión Marcos, M. Carmen López-Sabater, Cristina Campoy, on behalf of the PREOBE team
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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The HAPPY (Healthy and Active Parenting Programmme for early Years) feasibility randomised control trial: acceptability and feasibility of an intervention to reduce infant obesity
Rosemary R. C. McEachan, Gillian Santorelli, Maria Bryant, Pinki Sahota, Diane Farrar, Neil Small, Shaheen Akhtar, Judith Sargent, Sally E. Barber, Natalie Taylor, Gerry Richardson, Amanda J. Farrin, Raj S. Bhopal, Daniel D. Bingham, Sara M. Ahern, John Wright, on behalf of the BiB childhood obesity scientific group
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Bio-behavioural HIV and STI surveillance among men who have sex with men in Europe: the Sialon II protocols
Lorenzo Gios, Massimo Mirandola, Igor Toskin, Ulrich Marcus, Sandra Dudareva-Vizule, Nigel Sherriff, Michele Breveglieri, Martina Furegato, Cinta Folch, Laia Ferrer, Alexandra Montoliu, Christiana Nöstlinger, Wim Vanden Berghe, Sharon Kühlmann-Berenzon, Inga Velicko, Sónia Dias, Barbara Suligoi, Vincenza Regine, Danica Stanekova, Magdalena Rosińska, Saulius Caplinskas, Irena Klavs, Ivailo Alexiev, Alexandru Rafila
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Correlates of women’s intentions to be screened for human papillomavirus for cervical cancer screening with an extended interval
Gina S. Ogilvie, Laurie W. Smith, Dirk van Niekerk, Fareeza Khurshed, Heather N. Pedersen, Darlene Taylor, Katharine Thomson, Sandra B. Greene, Suzanne M. Babich, Eduardo L. Franco, Andrew J. Coldman
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Optimal waist circumference cut-off points and ability of different metabolic syndrome criteria for predicting diabetes in Japanese men and women: Japan Epidemiology Collaboration on Occupational Health Study
Huanhuan Hu, Kayo Kurotani, Naoko Sasaki, Taizo Murakami, Chii Shimizu, Makiko Shimizu, Tohru Nakagawa, Toru Honda, Shuichiro Yamamoto, Hiroko Okazaki, Satsue Nagahama, Akihiko Uehara, Makoto Yamamoto, Kentaro Tomita, Teppei Imai, Akiko Nishihara, Takeshi Kochi, Masafumi Eguchi, Toshiaki Miyamoto, Ai Hori, Keisuke Kuwahara, Shamima Akter, Ikuko Kashino, Isamu Kabe, Weiping Liu, Tetsuya Mizoue, Naoki Kunugita, Seitaro Dohi, the Japan Epidemiology Collaboration on Occupational Health Study Group
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Creating opportunities through mentorship, parental involvement, and safe spaces (COMPASS) program: multi-country study protocol to protect girls from violence in humanitarian settings
Kathryn L. Falb, Sophie Tanner, Leora Ward, Dorcas Erksine, Eva Noble, Asham Assazenew, Theresita Bakomere, Elizabeth Graybill, Carmen Lowry, Pamela Mallinga, Amy Neiman, Catherine Poulton, Katie Robinette, Marni Sommer, Lindsay Stark
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
Open Access
Complementary school garden, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene interventions to improve children’s nutrition and health status in Burkina Faso and Nepal: a study protocol
Séverine Erismann, Akina Shrestha, Serge Diagbouga, Astrid Knoblauch, Jana Gerold, Ramona Herz, Subodh Sharma, Christian Schindler, Peter Odermatt, Axel Drescher, Ray-yu Yang, Jürg Utzinger, Guéladio Cissé
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
Open Access
First nationwide web-based surveillance system for influenza-like illness in pregnant women: participation and representativeness of the French G-GrippeNet cohort
Paul Loubet, Caroline Guerrisi, Clément Turbelin, Béatrice Blondel, Odile Launay, Marc Bardou, Thierry Blanchon, Isabelle Bonmarin, François Goffinet, Pierre-Yves Ancel, Vittoria Colizza, Thomas Hanslik, Solen Kernéis
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Task shifting of frontline community health workers for cardiovascular risk reduction: design and rationale of a cluster randomised controlled trial (DISHA study) in India
Panniyammakal Jeemon, Gitanjali Narayanan, Dimple Kondal, Kashvi Kahol, Ashok Bharadwaj, Anil Purty, Prakash Negi, Sulaiman Ladhani, Jyoti Sanghvi, Kuldeep Singh, Deksha Kapoor, Nidhi Sobti, Dorothy Lall, Sathyaprakash Manimunda, Supriya Dwivedi, Gurudyal Toteja, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, On behalf of DISHA study investigators
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Exploring synergistic interactions and catalysts in complex interventions: longitudinal, mixed methods case studies of an optimised multi-level suicide prevention intervention in four european countries (Ospi-Europe)
Fiona M. Harris, Margaret Maxwell, Rory O’Connor, James C. Coyne, Ella Arensman, Claire Coffey, Nicole Koburger, Ricardo Gusmão, Susana Costa, András Székely, Zoltan Cserhati, David McDaid, Chantal van Audenhove, Ulrich Hegerl
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Predictors of knowledge about tuberculosis: results from SANHANES I, a national, cross-sectional household survey in South Africa
Pamela Naidoo, Leickness Simbayi, Demetre Labadarios, Yoliswa Ntsepe, Nwabisa Bikitsha, Gadija Khan, Ronel Sewpaul, Sizulu Moyo, Thomas Rehle
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Increased risks of cardiovascular diseases and insulin resistance among the Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia
Tuan Azlin Tuan Abdul Aziz, Lay Kek Teh, Muhd Hanis Md Idris, Zakaria Bannur, Lydiatul Shima Ashari, Adzrool Idzwan Ismail, Aminuddin Ahmad, Kamarudzaman Md Isa, Fadzilah Mohd Nor, Thuhairah Hasrah Abdul Rahman, Syahrul Azlin Binti Shaari, Hamid Jan Jan Mohamed, Nornazliya Mohamad, Mohd Zaki Salleh
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Prevalence, awareness, treatment, control and risk factors related to hypertension among urban adults in Inner Mongolia 2014: differences between Mongolian and Han populations
Guoju Li, Hailing Wang, Ke Wang, Wenrui Wang, Fen Dong, Yonggang Qian, Haiying Gong, Guodong Xu, Yanlong Li, Li Pan, Bin Wang, Guangjin Zhu, Guangliang Shan
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Rationale and design of a randomized controlled trial examining the effect of classroom-based physical activity on math achievement
Mona Have, Jacob Have Nielsen, Anne Kær Gejl, Martin Thomsen Ernst, Kjeld Fredens, Jan Toftegaard Støckel, Niels Wedderkopp, Sidsel Louise Domazet, Claire Gudex, Anders Grøntved, Peter Lund Kristensen
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Relationship between e-cigarette point of sale recall and e-cigarette use in secondary school children: a cross-sectional study
Catherine Best, Farhana Haseen, Winfried van der Sluijs, Gozde Ozakinci, Dorothy Currie, Douglas Eadie, Martine Stead, Anne Marie MacKintosh, Jamie Pearce, Catherine Tisch, Andy MacGregor, Amanda Amos, John Frank, Sally Haw
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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The association of cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking with body mass index: a cross-sectional, population-based study among Chinese adult male twins
Chunxiao Liao, Wenjing Gao, Weihua Cao, Jun Lv, Canqing Yu, Shengfeng Wang, Bin Zhou, Zengchang Pang, Liming Cong, Zhong Dong, Fan Wu, Hua Wang, Xianping Wu, Guohong Jiang, Xiaojie Wang, Binyou Wang, Liming Li
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Same day ART initiation versus clinic-based pre-ART assessment and counselling for individuals newly tested HIV-positive during community-based HIV testing in rural Lesotho – a randomized controlled trial (CASCADE trial)
Niklaus Daniel Labhardt, Isaac Ringera, Thabo Ishmael Lejone, Phofu Masethothi, T’sepang Thaanyane, Mashaete Kamele, Ravi Shankar Gupta, Kyaw Thin, Bernard Cerutti, Thomas Klimkait, Christiane Fritz, Tracy Renée Glass
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Smoking and environmental characteristics of smokers with a mental illness, and associations with quitting behaviour and motivation; a cross sectional study
Alexandra P. Metse, John Wiggers, Paula Wye, Lyndell Moore, Richard Clancy, Luke Wolfenden, Megan Freund, Tara Van Zeist, Emily Stockings, Jenny A. Bowman
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Prevalence and factors associated with occupational burnout among HIV/AIDS healthcare workers in China: a cross-sectional study
Zhengxue Qiao, Lu Chen, Mingqi Chen, Xin Guan, Lin Wang, Yang Jiao, Jiarun Yang, Qinghua Tang, Xiuxian Yang, Xiaohui Qiu, Dong Han, Jingsong Ma, Yanjie Yang, Xiuwei Zhai
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Prevalence, awareness, treatment, control and socio demographic determinants of hypertension in Malaysian adults
Suraya Abdul-Razak, Aqil Mohammad Daher, Anis Safura Ramli, Farnaza Ariffin, Md Yasin Mazapuspavina, Krishnapillai S. Ambigga, Maizatullifah Miskan, Hasidah Abdul-Hamid, Nafiza Mat-Nasir, Mohamed Noor Khan Nor-Ashikin, Kien Keat Ng, Hapizah Nawawi, Khalid Yusoff, for the REDISCOVER Investigators
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Uptake and linkage into care over one year of providing HIV testing and counselling through community and health facility testing modalities in urban informal settlement of Kibera, Nairobi Kenya
Samuel Muhula, Peter Memiah, Lilian Mbau, Happiness Oruko, Bebora Baker, Geoffrey Ikiara, Margaret Mungai, Meshack Ndirangu, Dunstan Achwoka, Festus Ilako
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Effects of a community-based salt reduction program in a regional Australian population
Mary-Anne Land, Jason H. Y. Wu, Adriana Selwyn, Michelle Crino, Mark Woodward, John Chalmers, Jacqui Webster, Caryl Nowson, Paul Jeffery, Wayne Smith, Victoria Flood, Bruce Neal
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
Open Access
Moving towards a new vision: implementation of a public health policy intervention
Ruta Valaitis, Marjorie MacDonald, Anita Kothari, Linda O’Mara, Sandra Regan, John Garcia, Nancy Murray, Heather Manson, Nancy Peroff-Johnston, Gayle Bursey, Jennifer Boyko
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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A follow-up study to assess the determinants and consequences of physical activity in pregnant women of Cuenca, Spain
Raquel Poyatos-León, Gema Sanabria-Martínez, Jorge Cañete García-Prieto, Celia Álvarez-Bueno, Diana P. Pozuelo-Carrascosa, Iván Cavero-Redondo, Antonio García-Hermoso, Sagrario Gómez-Cantarino, Miriam Garrido-Miguel, Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
Open Access
Alcohol in urban streetscapes: a comparison of the use of Google Street View and on-street observation
Chris Clews, Roza Brajkovich-Payne, Emily Dwight, Ayob Ahmad Fauzul, Madeleine Burton, Olivia Carleton, Julie Cook, Charlotte Deroles, Ruby Faulkner, Mary Furniss, Anahera Herewini, Daymen Huband, Nerissa Jones, Cho Wool Kim, Alice Li, Jacky Lu, James Stanley, Nick Wilson, George Thomson
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Fuel for Fun: a cluster-randomized controlled study of cooking skills, eating behaviors, and physical activity of 4th graders and their families
Leslie Cunningham-Sabo, Barbara Lohse, Stephanie Smith, Ray Browning, Erin Strutz, Claudio Nigg, Meena Balgopal, Kathleen Kelly, Elizabeth Ruder
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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‘Let’s Move It’ – a school-based multilevel intervention to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour among older adolescents in vocational secondary schools: a study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial
Nelli Hankonen, Matti T. J. Heino, Vera Araujo-Soares, Falko F. Sniehotta, Reijo Sund, Tommi Vasankari, Pilvikki Absetz, Katja Borodulin, Antti Uutela, Taru Lintunen, Ari Haukkala
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
Open Access
Evaluation of an Australian health literacy training program for socially disadvantaged adults attending basic education classes: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial
Kirsten J. McCaffery, Suzanne Morony, Danielle M. Muscat, Sian K. Smith, Heather L. Shepherd, Haryana M. Dhillon, Andrew Hayen, Karen Luxford, Wedyan Meshreky, John Comings, Don Nutbeam
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Maternal tea consumption and the risk of preterm delivery in urban China: a birth cohort study
Lei Huang, Catherine Lerro, Tao Yang, Jing Li, Jie Qiu, Weitao Qiu, Xiaochun He, Hongmei Cui, Ling Lv, Ruifeng Xu, Xiaoying Xu, Huang Huang, Qing Liu, Yawei Zhang
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Direct comparisons of commercial weight-loss programs on weight, waist circumference, and blood pressure: a systematic review
Rachit M. Vakil, Ruchi S. Doshi, Ambereen K. Mehta, Zoobia W. Chaudhry, David K. Jacobs, Clare J. Lee, Sara N. Bleich, Jeanne M. Clark, Kimberly A. Gudzune
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Psychoactive substances use and associated factors among middle and high school students in the North Center of Morocco: a cross-sectional questionnaire survey
B. Zarrouq, B. Bendaou, A. El Asri, S. Achour, I. Rammouz, R. Aalouane, B. Lyoussi, S. Khelafa, A. Bout, N. Berhili, H. Hlal, A. Najdi, C. Nejjari, K. El Rhazi
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
Open Access
Findings from a comprehensive diarrhoea prevention and treatment programme in Lusaka, Zambia
Samuel Bosomprah, Lauren B. Beach, Laura K. Beres, Jonathan Newman, Kabwe Kapasa, Cheryl Rudd, Lungowe Njobvu, Brad Guffey, Sydney Hubbard, Karen Foo, Carolyn Bolton-Moore, Jeffrey Stringer, Roma Chilengi
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Food, health, and complexity: towards a conceptual understanding to guide collaborative public health action
Shannon E. Majowicz, Samantha B. Meyer, Sharon I. Kirkpatrick, Julianne L. Graham, Arshi Shaikh, Susan J. Elliott, Leia M. Minaker, Steffanie Scott, Brian Laird
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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National survey of risk factors for non-communicable disease in Vietnam: prevalence estimates and an assessment of their validity
Tan Van Bui, Christopher Leigh Blizzard, Khue Ngoc Luong, Ngoc Le Van Truong, Bao Quoc Tran, Petr Otahal, Seana Gall, Mark R. Nelson, Thuy Bich Au, Son Thai Ha, Hai Ngoc Phung, Mai Hoang Tran, Michele Callisaya, Velandai Srikanth
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
Open Access
Behaviour change intervention for smokeless tobacco cessation: its development, feasibility and fidelity testing in Pakistan and in the UK
Kamran Siddiqi, Omara Dogar, Rukhsana Rashid, Cath Jackson, Ian Kellar, Nancy O’Neill, Maryam Hassan, Furqan Ahmed, Muhammad Irfan, Heather Thomson, Javaid Khan
01.12.2016 | Erratum | Ausgabe 1/2016
Open Access
Erratum to: Complementary school garden, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene interventions to improve children’s nutrition and health status in Burkina Faso and Nepal: a study protocol
Séverine Erismann, Akina Shrestha, Serge Diagbouga, Astrid Knoblauch, Jana Gerold, Ramona Herz, Subodh Sharma, Christian Schindler, Peter Odermatt, Axel Drescher, Ray-yu Yang, Jürg Utzinger, Guéladio Cissé
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
Open Access
The health and well-being of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Britain: Evidence from the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3)
Catherine H. Mercer, Philip Prah, Nigel Field, Clare Tanton, Wendy Macdowall, Soazig Clifton, Gwenda Hughes, Anthony Nardone, Kaye Wellings, Anne M. Johnson, Pam Sonnenberg
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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A qualitative evaluation of a novel intervention using insight into tobacco industry tactics to prevent the uptake of smoking in school-aged children
John Taylor, Amy Taylor, Sarah Lewis, Ann McNeill, John Britton, Laura L. Jones, Linda Bauld, Steve Parrott, Qi Wu, Lisa Szatkowski, Manpreet Bains
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Effects of an exclusive breastfeeding intervention for six months on growth patterns of 4–5 year old children in Uganda: the cluster-randomised PROMISE EBF trial
Lars T. Fadnes, Victoria Nankabirwa, Ingunn M. Engebretsen, Halvor Sommerfelt, Nancy Birungi, Carl Lombard, Sonja Swanevelder, Jan Van den Broeck, Thorkild Tylleskär, James K. Tumwine, for the PROMISE-EBF Study Group
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Late presentation for diagnosis of HIV infection among HIV positive patients in South Tigray Zone, Ethiopia
Admassu Assen, Fantahun Molla, Abrham Wondimu, Solomon Abrha, Wondim Melkam, Ebisa Tadesse, Zewdu Yilma, Tadele Eticha, Hagos Abrha, Birhanu Demeke Workneh
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
Open Access
Outbreak of foodborne gastroenteritis in a senior high school in South-eastern Ghana: a retrospective cohort study
Donne K. Ameme, Holy Alomatu, Albert Antobre-Boateng, Adam Zakaria, Lilian Addai, Klutse Fianko, Bai Janneh, Edwin A. Afari, Kofi M. Nyarko, Samuel O. Sackey, Fred Wurapa
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Reducing child abuse amongst adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: A pre-post trial in South Africa
Lucie Cluver, Franziska Meinck, Alexa Yakubovich, Jenny Doubt, Alice Redfern, Catherine Ward, Nasteha Salah, Sachin De Stone, Tshiamo Petersen, Phelisa Mpimpilashe, Rocio Herrero Romero, Lulu Ncobo, Jamie Lachman, Sibongile Tsoanyane, Yulia Shenderovich, Heidi Loening, Jasmina Byrne, Lorraine Sherr, Lauren Kaplan, Frances Gardner
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Do socio-cultural factors influence medical students’ health status and health-promoting behaviors? A cross-sectional multicenter study in Germany and Hungary
Henna Riemenschneider, Péter Balázs, Erika Balogh, Axel Bartels, Antje Bergmann, Károly Cseh, Nora Faubl, Zsuzsanna Füzesi, Ferenc Horváth, István Kiss, Jörg Schelling, András Terebessy, Karen Voigt
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Study protocol of European Fans in Training (EuroFIT): a four-country randomised controlled trial of a lifestyle program for men delivered in elite football clubs
Femke van Nassau, Hidde P. van der Ploeg, Frank Abrahamsen, Eivind Andersen, Annie S. Anderson, Judith E. Bosmans, Christopher Bunn, Matthew Chalmers, Ciaran Clissmann, Jason M. R. Gill, Cindy M. Gray, Kate Hunt, Judith G.M. Jelsma, Jennifer G. La Guardia, Pierre N. Lemyre, David W. Loudon, Lisa Macaulay, Douglas J. Maxwell, Alex McConnachie, Anne Martin, Nikos Mourselas, Nanette Mutrie, Ria Nijhuis-van der Sanden, Kylie O’Brien, Hugo V. Pereira, Matthew Philpott, Glyn C. Roberts, John Rooksby, Mattias Rost, Øystein Røynesdal, Naveed Sattar, Marlene N. Silva, Marit Sorensen, Pedro J. Teixeira, Shaun Treweek, Theo van Achterberg, Irene van de Glind, Willem van Mechelen, Sally Wyke
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Study protocol: combining experimental methods, econometrics and simulation modelling to determine price elasticities for studying food taxes and subsidies (The Price ExaM Study)
Wilma E. Waterlander, Tony Blakely, Nhung Nghiem, Christine L. Cleghorn, Helen Eyles, Murat Genc, Nick Wilson, Yannan Jiang, Boyd Swinburn, Liana Jacobi, Jo Michie, Cliona Ni Mhurchu
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a physical activity loyalty scheme for behaviour change maintenance: a cluster randomised controlled trial
Ruth F. Hunter, Sarah F. Brennan, Jianjun Tang, Oliver J. Smith, Jennifer Murray, Mark A. Tully, Chris Patterson, Alberto Longo, George Hutchinson, Lindsay Prior, David P. French, Jean Adams, Emma McIntosh, Frank Kee
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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The effectiveness of non-pyrethroid insecticide-treated durable wall lining to control malaria in rural Tanzania: study protocol for a two-armed cluster randomized trial
George Mtove, Joseph P. Mugasa, Louisa A. Messenger, Robert C. Malima, Peter Mangesho, Franklin Magogo, Mateusz Plucinski, Ramadhan Hashimu, Johnson Matowo, Donald Shepard, Bernard Batengana, Jackie Cook, Basiliana Emidi, Yara Halasa, Robert Kaaya, Aggrey Kihombo, Kimberly A. Lindblade, Geofrey Makenga, Robert Mpangala, Abraham Mwambuli, Ruth Mzava, Abubakary Mziray, George Olang, Richard M. Oxborough, Mohammed Seif, Edward Sambu, Aaron Samuels, Wema Sudi, John Thomas, Sophie Weston, Martin Alilio, Nancy Binkin, John Gimnig, Immo Kleinschmidt, Peter McElroy, Lawrence H. Moulton, Laura Norris, Trenton Ruebush, Meera Venkatesan, Mark Rowland, Franklin W. Mosha, William N. Kisinza
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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The Healthy Primary School of the Future: study protocol of a quasi-experimental study
M. Willeboordse, M. W. Jansen, S. N. van den Heijkant, A. Simons, B. Winkens, R.H.M. de Groot, N. Bartelink, S. P. Kremers, P. van Assema, H. H. Savelberg, E. de Neubourg, L. Borghans, T. Schils, K. M. Coppens, R. Dietvorst, R. ten Hoopen, F. Coomans, S. Klosse, M.H.J. Conjaerts, M. Oosterhoff, M. A. Joore, I. Ferreira, P. Muris, H. Bosma, H. L. Toppenberg, C. P. van Schayck
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Rationale, design, and methods for Canadian alliance for healthy hearts and minds cohort study (CAHHM) – a Pan Canadian cohort study
Sonia S. Anand, Jack V. Tu, Philip Awadalla, Sandra Black, Catherine Boileau, David Busseuil, Dipika Desai, Jean-Pierre Després, Russell J. de Souza, Trevor Dummer, Sébastien Jacquemont, Bartha Knoppers, Eric Larose, Scott A. Lear, Francois Marcotte, Alan R. Moody, Louise Parker, Paul Poirier, Paula J. Robson, Eric E. Smith, John J. Spinelli, Jean-Claude Tardif, Koon K. Teo, Natasa Tusevljak, Matthias G. Friedrich, on behalf of the CAHHM Study Investigators
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Reducing violence and increasing condom use in the intimate partnerships of female sex workers: study protocol for Samvedana Plus, a cluster randomised controlled trial in Karnataka state, south India
Tara S. Beattie, Shajy Isac, Parinita Bhattacharjee, Prakash Javalkar, Calum Davey, T. Raghavendra, Sapna Nair, Satyanarayana Ramanaik, D. L. Kavitha, James F. Blanchard, Charlotte Watts, Martine Collumbien, Stephen Moses, Lori Heise
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in small areas of 33 Spanish cities
Marc Marí-Dell’Olmo, Mercè Gotsens, Laia Palència, Maica Rodríguez-Sanz, Miguel A. Martinez-Beneito, Mónica Ballesta, Montse Calvo, Lluís Cirera, Antonio Daponte, Felicitas Domínguez-Berjón, Ana Gandarillas, Natividad Izco Goñi, Carmen Martos, Conchi Moreno-Iribas, Andreu Nolasco, Diego Salmerón, Margarita Taracido, Carme Borrell
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Protocol of the impact of alternative social assistance disbursement on drug-related harm (TASA) study: a randomized controlled trial to evaluate changes to payment timing and frequency among people who use illicit drugs
Lindsey Richardson, Allison Laing, M-J Milloy, Russ Maynard, Bohdan Nosyk, Brandon Marshall, Eric Grafstein, Patricia Daly, Evan Wood, Julio Montaner, Thomas Kerr
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Balanced: a randomised trial examining the efficacy of two self-monitoring methods for an app-based multi-behaviour intervention to improve physical activity, sitting and sleep in adults
Mitch J. Duncan, Corneel Vandelanotte, Stewart G. Trost, Amanda L. Rebar, Naomi Rogers, Nicola W. Burton, Beatrice Murawski, Anna Rayward, Sasha Fenton, Wendy J. Brown
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Mortality in Transition: Study Protocol of the PrivMort Project, a multilevel convenience cohort study
Darja Irdam, Lawrence King, Alexi Gugushvili, Aytalina Azarova, Mihaly Fazekas, Gabor Scheiring, Denes Stefler, Katarzyna Doniec, Pia Horvat, Irina Kolesnikova, Vladimir Popov, Ivan Szelenyi, Michael Marmot, Michael Murphy, Martin McKee, Martin Bobak
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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A community-engaged randomized controlled trial of an integrative intervention with HIV-positive, methamphetamine-using men who have sex with men
Adam W. Carrico, Jennifer Jain, Michael V. Discepola, David Olem, Rick Andrews, William J. Woods, Torsten B. Neilands, Steven Shoptaw, Walter Gómez, Samantha E. Dilworth, Judith T. Moskowitz
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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“Did you ever drink more?” A detailed description of pregnant women’s drinking patterns
Evelyne Muggli, Colleen O’Leary, Susan Donath, Francesca Orsini, Della Forster, Peter J. Anderson, Sharon Lewis, Catherine Nagle, Jeffrey M. Craig, Elizabeth Elliott, Jane Halliday
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Mood, anxiety, and alcohol use disorders and later cause-specific sick leave in young adult employees
Fartein Ask Torvik, Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud, Line C. Gjerde, Gun Peggy Knudsen, Eivind Ystrom, Kristian Tambs, Espen Røysamb, Kristian Østby, Ragnhild Ørstavik
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Born in Bradford’s Better Start: an experimental birth cohort study to evaluate the impact of early life interventions
Josie Dickerson, Philippa K. Bird, Rosemary R. C. McEachan, Kate E. Pickett, Dagmar Waiblinger, Eleonora Uphoff, Dan Mason, Maria Bryant, Tracey Bywater, Claudine Bowyer-Crane, Pinki Sahota, Neil Small, Michaela Howell, Gill Thornton, Melanie Astin, Debbie A. Lawlor, John Wright
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Air pollution, aeroallergens and admissions to pediatric emergency room for respiratory reasons in Turin, northwestern Italy
Roberto Bono, Valeria Romanazzi, Valeria Bellisario, Roberta Tassinari, Giulia Trucco, Antonio Urbino, Claudio Cassardo, Consolata Siniscalco, Pierpaolo Marchetti, Alessandro Marcon
01.12.2016 | Study protocol | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Using a gamified monitoring app to change adolescents’ snack intake: the development of the REWARD app and evaluation design
W. Van Lippevelde, J. Vangeel, N. De Cock, C. Lachat, L. Goossens, K. Beullens, L. Vervoort, C. Braet, L. Maes, S. Eggermont, B. Deforche, J. Van Camp
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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It’s not only what you say, it’s also how you say it: communicating Nipah virus prevention messages during an outbreak in Bangladesh
Shahana Parveen, M. Saiful Islam, Momtaz Begum, Mahbub-Ul Alam, Hossain M. S. Sazzad, Rebeca Sultana, Mahmudur Rahman, Emily S. Gurley, M. Jahangir Hossain, Stephen P. Luby
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Are the current notification criteria for Lyme borreliosis in Norway suitable? Results of an evaluation of Lyme borreliosis surveillance in Norway, 1995–2013
Emily MacDonald, Didrik Frimann Vestrheim, Richard A White, Kirstin Konsmo, Heidi Lange, Audun Aase, Karin Nygård, Pawel Stefanoff, Ingeborg Aaberge, Line Vold
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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A community-based lifestyle and weight loss intervention promoting a Mediterranean-style diet pattern evaluated in the stroke belt of North Carolina: the Heart Healthy Lenoir Project
Thomas C. Keyserling, Carmen D. Samuel-Hodge, Stephanie Jilcott Pitts, Beverly A. Garcia, Larry F. Johnston, Ziya Gizlice, Cassandra L. Miller, Danielle F. Braxton, Kelly R. Evenson, Janice C. Smith, Gwen B. Davis, Emmanuelle L. Quenum, Nadya T. Majette Elliott, Myron D. Gross, Katrina E. Donahue, Jacqueline R. Halladay, Alice S. Ammerman
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Potential health gains and health losses in eleven EU countries attainable through feasible prevalences of the life-style related risk factors alcohol, BMI, and smoking: a quantitative health impact assessment
Stefan K. Lhachimi, Wilma J. Nusselder, Henriette A. Smit, Paolo Baili, Kathleen Bennett, Esteve Fernández, Margarete C. Kulik, Tim Lobstein, Joceline Pomerleau, Hendriek C. Boshuizen, Johan P. Mackenbach
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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Association between perceived neighbourhood characteristics, physical activity and diet quality: results of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)
Dóra Chor, Letícia Oliveira Cardoso, Aline Araújo Nobre, Rosane Härter Griep, Maria de Jesus Mendes Fonseca, Luana Giatti, Isabela Bensenor, Maria del Carmen Bisi Molina, Estela M. L. Aquino, Ana Diez-Roux, Débora de Pina Castiglione, Simone M. Santos
01.12.2016 | Research article | Ausgabe 1/2016
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