BACKGROUND Even today, 12% of the children in Sweden live in poverty and many children are exposed to adverse experiences, such as being bullied, which may have long-term consequences on public health. This study examined the associations between economic stress and condescending treatment in childhood and self-rated health (SRH) in adulthood. METHODS The study is based on 26,706 persons who ...

Among clinical physicians it is the population study that is considered to be the "gold standard" of medical evidence concerning acceptable treatments. As new information comes to light concerning the many variables and confounding factors that can affect such studies, many older studies lose much of their original impact. While newer population studies take into consideration a far greater num...

seroepidemiology study of hepatitis e virus infection in tehran province: a population based study     mohebbi sr [1] , rostaminejad m [2] , ebrahim tahaei s m [3] , pourhoseingholi ma [4] , habibi m [5] , azimzadeh p [6] , naghoosi h [7] , derakhshan f [8] , zali mr [9]     received: 26 jan, 2011 accepted: 19 apr, 2011     abstract:   background & aims : hepatitis e virus (hev) is the second p...