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  1. 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

  2. Meta-analysis of exome array data identifies six novel genetic loci for lung function [version 1; referees: 1 approved with reservations]

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

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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Parametric models for biomarkers based on flexible size distributions

    Apostolos Davillas and Andrew M. Jones

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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Does postpartum depression affect employment?

    Maria Elena Komodromou

    1. Psychology
    2. Labour Market
    3. Childbearing: Fertility
    4. Well Being
    5. Health
    6. Life Course Analysis

  12. Does postpartum depression predict emotional and cognitive difficulties in 11 year olds?

    Maria Elena Komodromou

    1. Psychology
    2. Child Development
    3. Well Being
    4. Health
    5. Sociology Of Households
    6. Social Psychology

  13. Concordance of health states in couples: analysis of self-reported, nurse administered and blood-based biomarker data in the UK Understanding Society panel

    Apostolos Davillas and Stephen Pudney

    1. Medicine
    2. Economics
    3. Health
    4. Biology

  14. Gene-environment interactions between education and body mass: evidence from the UK and Finland

    Vikesh Amin, Petri Böckerman, Jutta Viinikainen, et al.

    1. Education
    2. Health
    3. Biology
    4. Genetics

  15. Associations of C-reactive protein and psychological distress are modified by antidepressants, supporting an inflammatory depression subtype: findings from UKHLS

    Amanda Hughes and Meena Kumari

    1. Psychology
    2. Medicine
    3. Well Being
    4. Health
    5. Biology

  16. Causal effects of the timing of life-course events: age at retirement and subsequent health

    Nicola Barban, X. de Luna, E. Lundholm, et al.

    1. Older People
    2. Health
    3. Life Course Analysis

  17. New blood pressure–associated loci identified in meta-analyses of 475 000 individuals

    Aldi T. Kraja, James P. Cook, Helen R. Warren, et al.

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

  18. Vitamin D and cognitive function: a Mendelian randomisation study

    Jane Maddock, Ang Zhou, Alana Cavadino, et al.

    1. Older People
    2. Psychology
    3. Science And Technology
    4. Health
    5. Life Course Analysis
    6. Genetics

  19. 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

  20. Genetic determinants of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration during pregnancy and type 1 diabetes in the child

    Maija E. Miettinen, Melissa Smart, Leena Kinnunen, et al.

    1. Medicine
    2. Science And Technology
    3. Child Development
    4. Childbearing: Fertility
    5. Health
    6. Biology
    7. Genetics

  21. Long working hours as a risk factor for atrial fibrillation: a multi-cohort study

    Mika Kivimäki, Solja T. Nyberg, G. David Batty, et al.

    1. Labour Market
    2. Well Being
    3. Health
    4. Biology

  22. Novel blood pressure locus and gene discovery using Genome-Wide Association Study and expression data sets from blood and the kidney

    Louise Wain, Ahmad Vaez, Rick Jansen, et al.

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

  23. Econometric modelling of multiple self-reports of health states: the switch from EQ-5D-3L to EQ-5D-5L in evaluating drug therapies for rheumatoid arthritis

    Monica Hernandez-Alava and Stephen Pudney

    1. Economics
    2. Health

  24. Unemployment and inflammatory markers in England, Wales and Scotland, 1998–2012: meta-analysis of results from 12 studies

    Amanda Hughes, Meena Kumari, Anne McMunn, et al.

    1. Medicine
    2. Unemployment
    3. Well Being
    4. Health
    5. Biology

  25. Sexual orientation health inequality: evidence from Understanding Society, the UK Longitudinal Household Study

    Cara L. Booker, Gerulf Rieger, and Jennifer B. Unger

    1. Drug/Alcohol Abuse
    2. Disability
    3. Psychology
    4. Well Being
    5. Health

  26. The health benefits of a targeted cash transfer: the UK Winter Fuel Payment

    Thomas F. Crossley and Federico Zilio

    1. Older People
    2. Public Policy
    3. Welfare Benefits
    4. Health
    5. Biology

  27. Smoking behaviour and individual well-being: a fresh look at the effects of the 2005 public smoking ban in Italy

    Emilia Del Bono and Daniela Vuri

    1. Public Policy
    2. Health
    3. Social Behaviour

  28. Age at first birth and cardiovascular risk factors in the 1958 British birth cohort

    Rebecca E. Lacey, Meena Kumari, Amanda Sacker, et al.

    1. Childbearing: Fertility
    2. Health
    3. Life Course Analysis

  29. A guide to the biomarker data in the CLOSER studies. A catalogue across cohort and longitudinal studies

    Milagros Ruiz, Michaela Benzeval, and Meena Kumari

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

  30. BMI and well-being - a Mendelian Randomization study

    Yanchun Bao

    1. Well Being
    2. Health
    3. Biology
    4. Genetics

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