John McMullen, Paul O’Callaghan, Ciarán Shannon, Alastair Black et al.
BACKGROUND: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been home to the world's deadliest conflict since World War II and is reported to have the largest number of child soldiers in the world. Despite evidence of the debilitating impact of war, no group-based mental health or psychosocial interventi...
Dieter B. Wildenauer, Sibylle G. Schwab, Margot Albus, Joachim Hallmayer et al.
In response to reported schizophrenia linkage findings on chromosomes 3, 6 and 8, fourteen research groups genotyped 14 microsatellite markers in an unbiased, collaborative (New) sample of 403-567 informative pedigrees per marker, and in the Original sample which produced each finding (the Johns Hop...
Oarabile R. Molaodi, Alastair H. Leyland, Anne Ellaway, Ade Kearns et al.
Background We recently showed that ethnic minorities tend to live in deprived neighbourhoods with a high density of fast food outlets and less green space. We examine whether these neighbourhood characteristics were associated with ethnic differences in biological ‘wear and tear’. The hypothesis is ...
Paula Miller, Clíona McDowell, Ashley Agus, Lynn Murphy et al.
Background: Urinary tract infections (UTI) are the second most common serious bacterial infection in children. When healthcare practitioners are unsure if an infant, child, or young person has a UTI they perform a urine test. A midstream sample is recommended by the National Institute for Health and...
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Oarabile R. Molaodi, Seeromanie Harding, Alastair H. Leyland, Anne Ellaway et al.
Background In the UK, obesity is more common in some ethnic minority groups than in Whites but little is known about the extent to which ethnic minorities are more exposed to obesity promoting environments. We examine whether area deprivation and ethnic density are associated with access to fast foo...
André Gunder Frank, I. M. Lewis, Philip B. Daniel, Stephen Biggs et al.
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