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Displaying all 24 Publications

Current search: 'Health', 'Journal Article' and '2018'

  1. Radically open dialectical behaviour therapy for refractory depression: the RefraMED RCT

    Thomas R. Lynch, Roelie J. Hempel, Ben Whalley, et al.

    1. Medicine
    2. Psychiatry
    3. Economics
    4. Research
    5. Well Being
    6. Health

  2. Exome chip meta-analysis fine maps causal variants and elucidates the genetic architecture of rare coding variants in smoking and alcohol use

    David M. Brazel, Yu Jiang, Jordan M. Hughey, et al.

    1. Drug/Alcohol Abuse
    2. Medicine
    3. Science And Technology
    4. Psychiatry
    5. Health
    6. Biology
    7. Genetics

  3. Assessing potential shared genetic aetiology between body mass index and sleep duration in 142,209 individuals

    Victoria Garfield, Ghazaleh Fatemifar, Caroline Dale, et al.

    1. Science And Technology
    2. Health
    3. Biology
    4. Genetics

  4. Unravelling the ‘immigrant health paradox’: ethnic maintenance, discrimination, and health behaviours of the foreign born and their children in England

    Renee Reichl Luthra, Alita Nandi, and Michaela Benzeval

    1. Drug/Alcohol Abuse
    2. Social Groups
    3. Social Networks
    4. Migration
    5. Ethnic Groups
    6. Health
    7. Social Behaviour
    8. Race Relations

  5. Socioeconomic position and DNA methylation age acceleration across the lifecourse

    Amanda Hughes, Melissa Smart, Tyler Gorrie-Stone, et al.

    1. Health
    2. Life Course Analysis
    3. Social Stratification
    4. Biology
    5. Genetics

  6. Is pre-operation social connectedness associated with weight loss up to 2 years post bariatric surgery?

    Urszula Tymoszuk, Meena Kumari, Andrea Pucci, et al.

    1. Social Networks
    2. Medicine
    3. Health
    4. Social Psychology

  7. Leveraging DNA-methylation quantitative-trait loci to characterize the relationship between methylomic variation, gene expression, and complex traits

    Eilis Hannon, Tyler J. Gorrie-Stone, Melissa Smart, et al.

    1. Science And Technology
    2. Research
    3. Health
    4. Biology
    5. Genetics

  8. Parametric models for biomarkers based on flexible size distributions

    Apostolos Davillas and Andrew M. Jones

    1. Statistical Mathematics
    2. Health
    3. Surveys
    4. Biology

  9. Age modification of the relationship between C-reactive protein and fatigue: findings from Understanding Society (UKHLS)

    Amanda Hughes and Meena Kumari

    1. Medicine
    2. Health
    3. Biology

  10. Neighborhood deprivation and biomarkers of health in Britain: the mediating role of the physical environment

    M. Pia Chaparro, Michaela Benzeval, Elizabeth Richardson, et al.

    1. Area Effects
    2. Geography
    3. Health
    4. Biology

  11. Population priorities for successful aging: a randomized vignette experiment

    Elise Whitley, Michaela Benzeval, and Frank Popham

    1. Older People
    2. Demography
    3. Survey Methodology
    4. Well Being
    5. Health
    6. Life Course Analysis

  12. The increasing mortality advantage of the married: the role played by education

    Øystein Kravdal, Emily Grundy, and Katherine Keenan

    1. Demography
    2. Education
    3. Family Formation And Dissolution
    4. Health

  13. Meta-analysis of exome array data identifies six novel genetic loci for lung function [version 3; referees: 2 approved]

    Victoria E. Jackson, Jeanne C. Latourelle, Louise V. Wain, et al.

    1. Medicine
    2. Science And Technology
    3. Health
    4. Genetics

  14. Social patterning in grip strength and in its association with age; a cross sectional analysis using the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS)

    Caroline Carney and Michaela Benzeval

    1. Medicine
    2. Health
    3. Life Course Analysis
    4. Social Stratification
    5. Biology

  15. Fertility history and physical and mental health changes in European older adults

    Katherine Keenan and Emily Grundy

    1. Older People
    2. Demography
    3. Childbearing: Fertility
    4. Well Being
    5. Health
    6. Life Course Analysis

  16. Socioeconomic status indicators and common mental disorders: evidence from a study of prenatal depression in Pakistan

    Joanna Maselko, Lisa Bates, Sonia Bhalotra, et al.

    1. Economics
    2. Poverty
    3. Childbearing: Fertility
    4. Well Being
    5. Health
    6. Social Stratification

  17. Leveraging DNA methylation quantitative trait loci to characterize the relationship between methylomic variation, gene expression and complex traits

    Eilis Hannon, Tyler J. Gorrie-Stone, Melissa Smart, et al.

    1. Science And Technology
    2. Research
    3. Health
    4. Biology
    5. Genetics

  18. Retirement and socioeconomic differences in diurnal cortisol: longitudinal evidence from a cohort of British civil servants

    Tarani Chandola, Patrick Rouxel, Michael G. Marmot, et al.

    1. Older People
    2. Labour Market
    3. Health
    4. Life Course Analysis
    5. Social Stratification
    6. Biology

  19. Gender differences in the associations between age trends of social media interaction and well-being among 10-15 year olds in the UK

    Cara L. Booker, Yvonne J. Kelly, and Amanda Sacker

    1. Information And Communication Technologies
    2. Social Networks
    3. Psychology
    4. Time Use
    5. Young People
    6. Well Being
    7. Health
    8. Life Course Analysis
    9. Social Behaviour

  20. MINDMAP: establishing an integrated database infrastructure for research in ageing, mental well-being, and the urban environment

    Mariëlle A. Beenackers, Dany Doiron, Isabel Fortier, et al.

    1. Older People
    2. Area Effects
    3. Psychology
    4. Urban Sociology
    5. Geography
    6. Research
    7. Well Being
    8. Health
    9. Surveys

  21. Associations of successful aging with socioeconomic position across the life-course: the West of Scotland Twenty-07 prospective cohort study

    Elise Whitley, Michaela Benzeval, and Frank Popham

    1. Older People
    2. Health
    3. Life Course Analysis
    4. Social Stratification

  22. EQ-5D-5L versus EQ-5D-3L: the impact on cost effectiveness in the United Kingdom

    Monica Hernandez-Alava, Allan Wailoo, Sabine Grimm, et al.

    1. Economics
    2. Well Being
    3. Health
    4. Surveys

  23. Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity

    Valérie Turcot, Yingchang Lu, Heather M. Highland, et al.

    1. Medicine
    2. Science And Technology
    3. Health
    4. Biology
    5. Genetics

  24. Social media use and adolescent mental health: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study

    Yvonne Kelly, Afshin Zilanawala, Cara L. Booker, et al.

    1. Information And Communication Technologies
    2. Psychology
    3. Time Use
    4. Young People
    5. Well Being
    6. Health
    7. Social Behaviour

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