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Politics is nothing but medicine at a larger scale: reflections on public health’s biggest idea by Mackenbach, J P

“…This article retraces the historical origins and contemporary resonances of Rudolf Virchow’s famous statement “Medicine is a social science, and politics…”
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Occupational class and educational level inequalities in major cardiovascular risk factors in Turkey: 2008–2016 by Erkoyun, Erdem, Mackenbach, J P

“…Abstract Background We aimed to investigate the magnitude of occupational class (OC) and educational level (EL) inequalities in cardiovascular risk factors in…”
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Available Energy of Trapped Electrons and Its Relation to Turbulent Transport by Mackenbach, R J J, Proll, J H E, Helander, P

“…Any collisionless plasma possesses some "available energy" (AE), defined as that part of the thermal energy that can be converted into instabilities and…”
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Exploring the relationship between perceived barriers to healthy eating and dietary behaviours in European adults by Pinho, M. G. M., Mackenbach, J. D., Charreire, H., Oppert, J.-M., Bárdos, H., Glonti, K., Rutter, H., Compernolle, S., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Beulens, J. W. J., Brug, J., Lakerveld, J.

“…Purpose Dietary behaviours may be influenced by perceptions of barriers to healthy eating. Using data from a large cross-European study ( N  = 5900), we…”
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Inequalities in the prevalence of smoking in the European Union: comparing education and income by Huisman, M., Kunst, A.E., Mackenbach, J.P.

“…The aim of the study was to determine whether education or income was more strongly related to smoking in the European Union at large, and within the…”
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Educational inequalities in smoking among men and women aged 16 years and older in 11 European countries by Huisman, M, Kunst, A E, Mackenbach, J P

“…Objective: To determine those groups who are at increased risk of smoking related diseases, we assessed in which male and female generations smoking was more…”
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Trends in smoking behaviour between 1985 and 2000 in nine European countries by education by Giskes, K, Kunst, A E, Benach, J, Borrell, C, Costa, G, Dahl, E, Dalstra, J A A, Federico, B, Helmert, U, Judge, K, Lahelma, E, Moussa, K, Ostergren, P O, Platt, S, Prattala, R, Rasmussen, N K, Mackenbach, J P

“…Objective: To examine whether trends in smoking behaviour in Western Europe between 1985 and 2000 differed by education group. Design: Data of smoking…”
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Neighbourhood inequalities in physical inactivity: the role of neighbourhood attractiveness, proximity to local facilities and safety in the Netherlands by van Lenthe, F.J., Brug, J., Mackenbach, J.P.

“…We investigated the association between the neighbourhood socioeconomic environment and physical inactivity, and explored the contribution of neighbourhood…”
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The effect of on-shelf sugar labeling on beverage sales in the supermarket: a comparative interrupted time series analysis of a natural experiment by Hoenink, J C, Stuber, J M, Lakerveld, J, Waterlander, W, Beulens, J W J, Mackenbach, J D

“…Nutrition labels show potential in increasing healthy food and beverage purchases, but their effectiveness seems to depend on the type of label, the targeted…”
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Mismatch between perceived and objectively measured environmental obesogenic features in European neighbourhoods by Roda, C., Charreire, H., Feuillet, T., Mackenbach, J. D., Compernolle, S., Glonti, K., Ben Rebah, M., Bárdos, H., Rutter, H., McKee, M., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Brug, J., Lakerveld, J., Oppert, J.-M.

“…Summary Findings from research on the association between the built environment and obesity remain equivocal but may be partly explained by differences in…”
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Using remote sensing to define environmental characteristics related to physical activity and dietary behaviours: A systematic review (the SPOTLIGHT project) by Charreire, H., Mackenbach, J.D., Ouasti, M., Lakerveld, J., Compernolle, S., Ben-Rebah, M., McKee, M., Brug, J., Rutter, H., Oppert, J.-M.

“…We performed a systematic literature review on the use of free geospatial services as potential tools to assess built environmental characteristics related to…”
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Socioeconomic inequalities in life and health expectancies around official retirement age in 10 Western-European countries by Majer, I M, Nusselder, W J, Mackenbach, J P, Kunst, A E

“…BackgroundDiscussions on raising pension eligibility age focus more on improvement in life expectancy (LE) and health expectancy measures than on socioeconomic…”
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Exploring absolute and relative measures of exposure to food environments in relation to dietary patterns among European adults by Pinho, MGM, Mackenbach, JD, Oppert, J-M, Charreire, H, Bárdos, H, Rutter, H, Compernolle, S, Beulens, JWJ, Brug, J, Lakerveld, J

“…To explore the associations of absolute and relative measures of exposure to food retailers with dietary patterns, using simpler and more complex measures…”
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Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality among elderly people in 11 European populations by Huisman, M, Kunst, A E, Andersen, O, Bopp, M, Borgan, J-K, Borrell, C, Costa, G, Deboosere, P, Desplanques, G, Donkin, A, Gadeyne, S, Minder, C, Regidor, E, Spadea, T, Valkonen, T, Mackenbach, J P

“…Study objective: To describe mortality inequalities related to education and housing tenure in 11 European populations and to describe the age pattern of…”
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The effects of work-related maternal risk factors on time to pregnancy, preterm birth and birth weight: the Generation R Study by Burdorf, A, Brand, T, Jaddoe, V W, Hofman, A, Mackenbach, J P, Steegers, E A P

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the influence of maternal working conditions on fertility and pregnancy outcomes.Methods8880 women were enrolled in a large prospective…”
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Socioeconomic differences in the prevalence of common chronic diseases: an overview of eight European countries by Dalstra, JAA, Kunst, AE, Borrell, C, Breeze, E, Cambois, E, Costa, G, Geurts, JJM, Lahelma, E, Van Oyen, H, Rasmussen, NK, Regidor, E, Spadea, T, Mackenbach, JP

“…Background Few studies have compared socioeconomic inequalities in the prevalence of both fatal and non-fatal diseases. This paper aims to give the first…”
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Contribution of smoking to socioeconomic inequalities in mortality: a study of 14 European countries, 1990–2004 by Gregoraci, G, van Lenthe, F J, Artnik, B, Bopp, M, Deboosere, P, Kovács, K, Looman, C W N, Martikainen, P, Menvielle, G, Peters, F, Wojtyniak, B, de Gelder, R, Mackenbach, J P

“…BackgroundSmoking contributes to socioeconomic inequalities in mortality, but the extent to which this contribution has changed over time and driven widening…”
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Mortality and disability: the effect of overweight and obesity by Walter, S, Kunst, A, Mackenbach, J, Hofman, A, Tiemeier, H

“…Context: Prevalence of obesity is increasing globally. The effect of obesity on mortality and morbidity and its implication on the future prevalence of…”
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Amenable mortality in the EU-has the crisis changed its course? by Karanikolos, M, Mackenbach, J P, Nolte, E, Stuckler, D, McKee, M

“…Did the global financial crisis and its aftermath impact upon the performance of health systems in Europe? We investigated trends in amenable and other…”
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Self‐defined residential neighbourhoods: size variations and correlates across five European urban regions by Charreire, H, Feuillet, T, Roda, C, Mackenbach, J. D, Compernolle, S, Glonti, K, Bárdos, H, Le Vaillant, M, Rutter, H, McKee, M, De Bourdeaudhuij, I, Brug, J, Lakerveld, J, Oppert, J.‐M

“…The neighbourhood is recognized as an important unit of analysis in research on the relation between obesogenic environments and development of obesity. One…”
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