Abstract Purpose of the Review As the science of the microbiome advances, social
epidemiologists can contribute to understanding how the broader social environment …

Funded by the European Commission Horizon 2020 programme, the Lifepath research
consortium aimed to investigate the effects of socioeconomic inequalities on the biology of …

Background The consumption of non-alcoholic beer and other non-alcoholic and low-
alcohol beverages has grown significantly in recent years. Due to a lack of suitable datasets …

Cancer represents a major burden of morbidity and mortality globally. So far, however, little
is known on time trends and inequalities in the lengths of life spent free of any cancer. This …

Introduction The association between education and wealth, as fundamental determinants of
health, and smoking is well-established. Yet, social inequalities have received little attention …

Background Children who are exposed to secondhand smoke (SHS) have an increased risk
of a wide range of health problems and illnesses. Smoke-free legislation aims to improve …

Introduction Little is known about how US smoking patterns of initiation, cessation, and
intensity vary by birth cohort across education levels or how these patterns may be driven by …

Sociologists interested in the effects of genes on complex social outcomes claim
environmental conditions structure when and how genes matter, but they have only studied …

Introduction: Limited evidence suggests that transgender individuals smoke at significantly
higher rates than the general population. We aimed to determine whether structural or …

Abstract Background Lung Cancer (LC) is one of the most prevalent cancer diseases. Due to
the lack of databases which allow the combination of information on individual …