This article provides an overview of recent developments in mediation analysis, that is,
analyses used to assess the relative magnitude of different pathways and mechanisms by …

The continuously increasing cost of the US healthcare system has received significant
attention. Central to the ideas aimed at curbing this trend is the use of technology in the form …

In this critical review, we summarized the evidence on associations between
individual/household income and oral health, between income inequality and oral health …

The importance of socioeconomic conditions for health has been recognized for centuries (1–
3). No matter whether we are talking about the mill towns of Victorian England (4), the …

The term 'life course epidemiology'was coined in 1997 with the publication of the first edition
of A Life Course Approach to Chronic Disease Epidemiology. 1 This book reviewed the pre …

Objective To investigate the association between long term intake of dietary and
supplemental calcium and death from all causes and cardiovascular disease. Design …

Abstract Problem/Condition: Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United
States. In 2015, heart disease accounted for approximately 630,000 deaths, representing …

Background High body mass index (BMI) is an important contributor to the global burden of
ill-health and health inequality. Lower socioeconomic position (SEP) in both childhood and …

Epidemiology is sometimes described as the study of the distribution and determinants of
disease. Tremendous progress has been made in our understanding of, and in developing …

This book examines child poverty as a topic of social justice. The authors develop a theory of
social justice for children based within the capability approach, apply it to the injustice of …