Intergenerationalrecord linkagelongitudinalrisk factorswellbeingmental health ..read more

Mother-child cohortenvironmentpregnancychemicalsoccupational exposurechild health ..read more

ScorpionsMexicoscorpion envenomationprevention and controlneglected tropical disease ..read more

Population-based studieshealth examination studiesbiobankpopulation healthpopulation-based epidemiology ..read more

Birth cohortchild healthmaternal healthexposomeDOHaDpersonal exposurefoetal growthepigeneticspersonal monitoringactivity space ..read more

Abstract Background Model-estimated air pollution exposure products have been widely used in epidemiological studies to assess the health risks of particulate matter with diameters of ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5). However, few studies have assessed the disparities in health effects between model-estimated and station-observed PM2.5 exposures. Methods We collected daily all-cause, respiratory and cardiovascular mortality data in 347 cities across 15 countries and regions worldwide based on the Multi-City Multi-Country collaborative research network. The station-observed PM2.5 data were obtained from officia ..read more

Abstract Background Biobanks typically rely on volunteer-based sampling. This results in large samples (power) at the cost of representativeness (bias). The problem of volunteer bias is debated. Here, we (i) show that volunteering biases associations in UK Biobank (UKB) and (ii) estimate inverse probability (IP) weights that correct for volunteer bias in UKB. Methods Drawing on UK Census data, we constructed a subsample representative of UKB’s target population, which consists of all individuals invited to participate. Based on demographic variables shared between the UK Census and UKB, we est ..read more

Mother-baby cohortHospital Episode StatisticsNational Pupil Databasedata linkageintergenerational effects ..read more

Health disparitiescancer survivorshipcardiovascular mortality ..read more

Population healthdemographic surveillancehealth transitionTanzaniasub-Saharan Africa ..read more