61 Result(s)

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Sociodemographic correlates of food habits among school adolescents (12–15 year) in north Gaza Strip

There is little information about meal patterns and food consumption of adolescents in Palestine. The objective of this study was to describe the association between sociodemographic factors and food intake, a...

Abdallah H Abudayya, Hein Stigum, Zumin Shi, Yehia Abed… in BMC Public Health (2009)

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Short sleep duration and obesity among Australian children

There is limited information on sleep duration and obesity among Australian children. The objective of the study is to cross-sectionally examine the relationship between sleep duration and obesity in Australia...

Zumin Shi, Anne W Taylor, Tiffany K Gill, Jane Tuckerman, Robert Adams… in BMC Public Health (2010)

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Multimorbidity - not just an older person's issue. Results from an Australian biomedical study

Multimorbidity, the simultaneous occurrence of two or more chronic conditions, is usually associated with older persons. This research assessed multimorbidity across a range of ages so that planners are inform...

Anne W Taylor, Kay Price, Tiffany K Gill, Robert Adams… in BMC Public Health (2010)

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Reactions of Chinese adults to warning labels on cigarette packages: A survey in Jiangsu Province

To compare reactions to warning labels presented on cigarette packages with a specific focus on whether the new Chinese warning labels are better than the old labels and international labels.

Yu Qin, Ming Wu, **aoqun Pan, Quanyong **ang, Jian** Huang… in BMC Public Health (2011)

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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Multimorbidity: not just an older person’s issue. Results from an Australian biomedical study

Anne W. Taylor, Kay Price, Tiffany K. Gill… in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemio… (2011)

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Identification of immunoreactive proteins of Brucella melitensis by immunoproteomics

Infection with Brucella causes brucellosis, a chronic disease in humans, which induces abortion and sterility in livestock. Among the different Brucella species, Brucella melitensis is considered the most virulen...

ZhongPeng Zhao, Fang Yan, WenHui Ji, DeYan Luo, **n Liu… in Science China Life Sciences (2011)

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Interaction between physical activity and sleep duration in relation to insulin resistance among non-diabetic Chinese adults

It is of a public health interest to explore the relationship between different types of physical activity, sleep duration and diabetes/insulin resistance. However, little is known about such relationship. Thi...

Hui Zuo, Zumin Shi, Baojun Yuan, Yue Dai, Gang Hu, Gaolin Wu… in BMC Public Health (2012)

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Empirically Derived Dietary Patterns and Hypertension

The association between dietary patterns and hypertension or systolic blood pressure/diastolic blood pressure was described in 27 papers identified between January 2008 and December 2011. The majority were cro...

Zumin Shi, Anne W. Taylor, Evan Atlantis, Gary A. Wittert in Current Nutrition Reports (2012)

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The prevalence of childhood asthma in China: a systematic review

It is well known that the prevalence of asthma has been reported to increase in many places around the world during the last decades. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify and review studies of asth...

Yangzong Yangzong, Zumin Shi, Per Nafstad, Lise Lund Håheim… in BMC Public Health (2012)

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Anemia in relation to body mass index and waist circumference among chinese women

This study aimed to investigate the relationship of anemia and body mass index among adult women in Jiangsu Province, China. Data were collected in a sub-national cross-sectional survey, and 1,537 women aged 2...

Yu Qin, Alida Melse-Boonstra, **aoqun Pan, Baojun Yuan, Yue Dai… in Nutrition Journal (2013)

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Exposure to the Chinese famine in early life and the risk of anaemia in adulthood

Famine exposure during the early stage of life is related to a number of adulthood diseases. The objective of this study was to examine the association of early life exposure to the famine in China (1959–1961)...

Zumin Shi, Cuilin Zhang, Minghao Zhou, Shiqi Zhen, Anne W Taylor in BMC Public Health (2013)

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Is dietary zinc protective for type 2 diabetes? Results from the Australian longitudinal study on women’s health

Animal studies have shown that zinc intake has protective effects against type 2 diabetes, but few studies have been conducted to examine this relationship in humans. The aim of this study is to investigate if...

Khanrin Phungamla Vashum, Mark McEvoy, Zumin Shi… in BMC Endocrine Disorders (2013)

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Observation of Replacement of Carbon in Benzene with Nitrogen in a Low-Temperature Plasma

Selective activation of benzene has been mainly limited to the C-H activation. Simple replacement of one carbon in benzene with another atom remains unresolved due to the high dissociation energy. Herein, we d...

Zhi** Zhang, **aoyun Gong, Sichun Zhang, Haijun Yang, Youmin Shi… in Scientific Reports (2013)

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Association of dietary pattern and body weight with blood pressure in Jiangsu Province, China

To identify risk factors, associations between dietary patterns, body mass index (BMI), and hypertension in a Chinese population.

Yu Qin, Alida Melse-Boonstra, **aoqun Pan, **kou Zhao, Baojun Yuan… in BMC Public Health (2014)

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Vitamin D levels in an Australian population

Levels of vitamin D in the population have come under increasing scrutiny, however there are only a few studies in Australia which measure levels in the general population. The aim of this study was to measure...

Tiffany K Gill, Catherine L Hill, E Michael Shanahan, Anne W Taylor… in BMC Public Health (2014)

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Tea consumption is inversely related to 5-year blood pressure change among adults in Jiangsu, China: a cross-sectional study

Data relating to the association between tea consumption and blood pressure change are inconsistent. The aim of this analysis was to investigate the association between tea consumption and the change in blood ...

**aoliang Tong, Anne W Taylor, Lynne Giles, Gary A Wittert, Zumin Shi in Nutrition Journal (2014)

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Ten-year trends in major lifestyle risk factors using an ongoing population surveillance system in Australia

Understanding how risk factors (tobacco, alcohol, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol) change over time is a critical aim of public health. The associations across th...

Anne W Taylor, Eleonora Dal Grande, **g Wu, Zumin Shi… in Population Health Metrics (2014)

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Effect of social mobility in family financial situation and housing tenure on mental health conditions among South Australian adults: results from a population health surveillance system, 2009 to 2011

To assess the association of socioeconomic position (SEP), measured by family financial situation and housing tenure in childhood and adulthood, with mental health conditions in adulthood.

Eleonora Dal Grande, Catherine R. Chittleborough, **g Wu, Zumin Shi… in BMC Public Health (2015)

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Prevalence and factors associated with stunting and thinness among adolescent students in Northern Ethiopia: a comparison to World Health Organization standards

Adolescence is last chance for curbing the consequences of malnutrition and breaking the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition and poor health. This study aimed to assess the prevalence and the factors assoc...

Yohannes Adama Melaku, Gordon Alexander Zello, Tiffany K. Gill… in Archives of Public Health (2015)

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Predictive value of serum testosterone for type 2 diabetes risk assessment in men

Effective prevention of type 2 diabetes (T2D) requires early identification of high-risk individuals who might benefit from intervention. We sought to determine whether low serum testosterone, a novel risk fac...

Evan Atlantis, Paul Fahey, Sean Martin, Peter O’Loughlin… in BMC Endocrine Disorders (2016)