Gender inequality and restrictive gender norms: framing the challenges to health

L Heise, ME Greene, N Opper, M Stavropoulou… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Gender is not accurately captured by the traditional male and female dichotomy of sex.
Instead, it is a complex social system that structures the life experience of all human beings …

Bayesian computing with INLA: a review

H Rue, A Riebler, SH Sørbye, JB Illian… - Annual Review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
The key operation in Bayesian inference is to compute high-dimensional integrals. An old
approximate technique is the Laplace method or approximation, which dates back to Pierre …

[HTML][HTML] The state of US health, 1990-2016: burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors among US states

AH Mokdad, K Ballestros, M Echko, S Glenn, HE Olsen… - Jama, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Introduction Several studies have measured health outcomes in the United States, but none
have provided a comprehensive assessment of patterns of health by state. Objective To use …

Trends and patterns of disparities in cancer mortality among US counties, 1980-2014

AH Mokdad, L Dwyer-Lindgren, C Fitzmaurice… - Jama, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Introduction Cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and
results in a high economic burden. Objective To estimate age-standardized mortality rates …

[HTML][HTML] Gender differences in binge drinking: Prevalence, predictors, and consequences

RW Wilsnack, SC Wilsnack, G Gmel… - Alcohol research …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Just as binge drinking rates differ for men and women, the predictors and consequences of
binge drinking vary by gender as well. This article examines these differences and how …

Epidemiology of alcohol consumption and societal burden of alcoholism and alcoholic liver disease

PD Axley, CT Richardson, AK Singal - Clinics in liver disease, 2019 - liver.theclinics.com
Epidemiology of Alcohol Consumption and Societal Burden of Alcoholism and Alcoholic Liver
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Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, part II: progress toward Healthy People 2020 objectives for 4 common cancers

SJ Henley, CC Thomas, DR Lewis, EM Ward, F Islami… - Cancer, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Cancer Society,
the National Cancer Institute, and the North American Association of Central Cancer …

Trends in self-reported adherence to healthy lifestyle behaviors among US adults, 1999 to March 2020

Y Li, PF Xia, TT Geng, ZZ Tu, YB Zhang… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Adherence to a healthy lifestyle is associated with lower risks of adverse
outcomes. However, trends in multiple lifestyle factors and overall healthy lifestyle status …

Periodontal pathogens are a risk factor of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma, independent of tobacco and alcohol and human papillomavirus

I Ganly, L Yang, RA Giese, Y Hao… - … journal of cancer, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decade, there has been a change in the epidemiology of oral cavity squamous
cell cancer (OC‐SCC). Many new cases of OC‐SCC lack the recognized risk factors of …

Fine particulate matter exposure and cancer incidence: analysis of SEER cancer registry data from 1992–2016

NC Coleman, RT Burnett, M Ezzati… - Environmental …, 2020 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Previous research has identified an association between fine particulate matter
(PM 2.5) air pollution and lung cancer. Most of the evidence for this association, however, is …