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Perceptions of Neighborhood Safety and Asthma among Children and Adolescents in Los Angeles: A Multilevel Analysis
(Public Library of Science, 2014)
Background: Research examining the impact of neighborhoods on asthma has shown an increased interest in the role of the psychosocial environment. We examined the associations between various measures of neighborhood safety, ...
Participation in Sports Organizations and the Prevention of Functional Disability in Older Japanese: The AGES Cohort Study
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
Background: We sought to examine prospectively the difference in the association between incident functional disability and exercise with or without sports organization participation. Methods: The study was based on the ...
Socioeconomic Inequalities in Adolescent Depression in South Korea: A Multilevel Analysis
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
Background: In recent years, South Korea has witnessed a sustained rise in the prevalence of adolescent depression. In the present study, we sought to investigate family and school environmental influences on adolescent ...
Social and Geographical Inequalities in Suicide in Japan from 1975 through 2005: A Census-Based Longitudinal Analysis
(Public Library of Science, 2013)
Background: Despite advances in our understanding of the countercyclical association between economic contraction and suicide, less is known about the levels of and changes in inequalities in suicide. The authors examined ...
Geographic Inequalities in All-Cause Mortality in Japan: Compositional or Contextual?
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
Background: A recent study from Japan suggested that geographic inequalities in all-cause premature adult mortality have increased since 1995 in both sexes even after adjusting for individual age and occupation in 47 ...