All Outputs (91)

Estimating the proportion of prisoners in England and Wales who are ex-Armed Forces - further analysis (2010)
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On 25 January 2010 Defence Analytical Services and Advice (DASA) published its initial estimate of the proportion of prisoners in England and Wales who are ex-Armed Forces. The study involved matching the personal
details of adult prisoners against... Read More about Estimating the proportion of prisoners in England and Wales who are ex-Armed Forces - further analysis.

Estimating the proportion of prisoners in England and Wales who are ex-Armed Forces; a data matching exercise carried out by the MOD in collaboration with the MoJ (2010)
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The aim of this study was to estimate the proportion of prisoners in England and Wales who are ex-Armed Forces by matching administrative datasets held by the MOD and the MoJ. A database of all prisoners in England and Wales on 06/11/09 was matched a... Read More about Estimating the proportion of prisoners in England and Wales who are ex-Armed Forces; a data matching exercise carried out by the MOD in collaboration with the MoJ.

Suicide after leaving the UK armed forces -A cohort study (2009)
Journal Article

Background Few studies have examined suicide risk in individuals once they have left the military. We aimed to investigate the rate, timing, and risk factors for suicide in all those who had left the UK Armed Forces (1996-2005). Methods and Findings... Read More about Suicide after leaving the UK armed forces -A cohort study.

Self-harm in UK armed forces personnel: Descriptive and case-control study of general hospital presentations (2009)
Journal Article

Background Little is known about self-harm in the armed forces. Aims To investigate the characteristics of armed forces personnel presenting to a general hospital following self-harm and compare these with matched controls who had self-harmed. Method... Read More about Self-harm in UK armed forces personnel: Descriptive and case-control study of general hospital presentations.

An estimate of the veteran population in England: Based on data from the 2007 adult psychiatric morbidity survey (2009)
Journal Article

BACKGROUND:

The health and well-being of military veterans has recently generated much media and political interest. Estimating the current and future size of the veteran population is important to the planning and allocation of veteran support s... Read More about An estimate of the veteran population in England: Based on data from the 2007 adult psychiatric morbidity survey.

Residential exposure to electric power transmission lines and risk of lymphoproliferative and myeloproliferative disorders: A case-control study (2007)
Journal Article

Background: Studies have shown an association between electromagnetic fields and childhood leukaemia. The aim of this study was to determine whether there is an increased risk of lymphoproliferative disorders (LPD) or myeloproliferative disorders (MP... Read More about Residential exposure to electric power transmission lines and risk of lymphoproliferative and myeloproliferative disorders: A case-control study.

The operational emergency department attendance register (OPEDAR): a new epidemiological tool. (2007)
Journal Article

AIM: To determine the number, status and nature of emergency department attendances to deployed field hospitals. POPULATION: All attendances to the emergency department (ED) of deployed field hospitals in support of Operation TELIC (Iraq) from initia... Read More about The operational emergency department attendance register (OPEDAR): a new epidemiological tool..

Advanced paternal age: How old is too old? (2006)
Journal Article

Average paternal age in the UK is increasing. The public
health implications of this trend have not been widely
anticipated or debated. This commentary aims to contribute
to such a debate. Accumulated chromosomal aberrations
and mutations occurri... Read More about Advanced paternal age: How old is too old?.

Increase in schizophrenia incidence rates: Findings in a Canadian cohort born 1975-1985 (2006)
Journal Article

Background: Results from previous studies on the incidence rates for schizophrenia are inconsistent, with some showing a declining rate [e.g., Suvisaari et al. (1999) Arch Gen Psychiatry 56:733-740] and others showing an increasing rate [e.g., Boydel... Read More about Increase in schizophrenia incidence rates: Findings in a Canadian cohort born 1975-1985.

Suicide rates, life satisfaction and happiness as markers for population mental health (2006)
Journal Article

Objective: To examine the association of variables from survey data on well-being with suicide rates and other markers of population mental health in Europe. Design: Ecological study correlating (Spearman's rank correlation) life satisfaction and hap... Read More about Suicide rates, life satisfaction and happiness as markers for population mental health.

Associations of childhood and adulthood height and the components of height with insulin-like growth factor levels in adulthood: A 65-year follow-up of the Boyd Orr cohort (2006)
Journal Article

Context: Taller individuals with longer legs have a higher risk of cancer but a lower risk of coronary heart disease. Objective: We investigated whether childhood height and its components are associated with the IGF system in adulthood. Design and P... Read More about Associations of childhood and adulthood height and the components of height with insulin-like growth factor levels in adulthood: A 65-year follow-up of the Boyd Orr cohort.

Relationship between antidepressant sales and secular trends in suicide rates in the Nordic countries (2006)
Journal Article

Background: The effect of recent increases in antidepressant prescribing on population suicide rates is uncertain. Aims: To investigate the relationship between antidepressant sales and trends in suicide rates. Method: Graphical and quantitative asse... Read More about Relationship between antidepressant sales and secular trends in suicide rates in the Nordic countries.

Bayesian projections: What are the effects of excluding data from younger age groups? (2005)
Journal Article

Bayesian age-period-cohort models are used increasingly to project cancer incidence and mortality rates. Data for younger age groups for which rates are low are often discarded from the analysis. The authors explored the effect of excluding these dat... Read More about Bayesian projections: What are the effects of excluding data from younger age groups?.

The epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in Devon: A comparison of the new and old classification criteria (2004)
Journal Article

OBJECTIVES:

To determine the prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Devon and compare the new McDonald classification guidelines with the Poser criteria currently used.

METHODS:

All patients known to have multiple sclerosis and alive and resi... Read More about The epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in Devon: A comparison of the new and old classification criteria.

A mixture model for rounded data (2003)
Journal Article

The paper focuses on the problem of data heaping that arises when measurements are recorded to varying degrees of precision. The work is motivated by an application in foetal medicine where measurements obtained from ultrasound images are rounded to... Read More about A mixture model for rounded data.

Application of Markov chain Monte Carlo methods to projecting cancer incidence and mortality (2002)
Journal Article

Projections based on incidence and mortality data collected by cancer registries are important for estimating current rates in the short term, and public health planning in the longer term. Classical approaches are dependent on questionable parametri... Read More about Application of Markov chain Monte Carlo methods to projecting cancer incidence and mortality.

Cultured rat trachea as a model for the study of ciliary abundance: The effect of oxygen (2002)
Journal Article

Recent trends and future directions for lung cancer mortality in Europe (2002)
Journal Article

Lung cancer mortality patterns throughout Europe are very heterogeneous and largely reflect past smoking habits. In order to clarify the changing patterns of lung cancer in Europe we have plotted the overall lung cancer trends among men and women for... Read More about Recent trends and future directions for lung cancer mortality in Europe.

Application of Markov chain Monte Carlo methods to modelling birth prevalence of Down syndrome (2002)
Journal Article

Data collected before the routine application of prenatal screening are of unique value in estimating the natural live-birth prevalence of Down syndrome. However, much of these data are from births from over 20 years ago and they are of uncertain qua... Read More about Application of Markov chain Monte Carlo methods to modelling birth prevalence of Down syndrome.

Recent trends and future projections of lymphoid neoplasms - A Bayesian age-period-cohort analysis (2001)
Journal Article

Objectives: A steady increase in incidence of lymphoid neoplasms has been reported, especially for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Using high-quality incidence data from 1973-1992 in nine population-based cancer registries (Alberta, Bombay, Denmark, Is... Read More about Recent trends and future projections of lymphoid neoplasms - A Bayesian age-period-cohort analysis.