Education is strongly associated with better health and longer lives. However, the extent to
which education causes health and longevity is widely debated. We develop a human …

Background Few studies have compared socioeconomic inequalities in the prevalence of
both fatal and non-fatal diseases. This paper aims to give the first international overview for …

Demographic research frequently reports consistent and signifcant associations between
formal educational attainment and a range of health risks such as smoking, drug abuse, and …

Background There are substantial social inequalities in adult male mortality in many
countries. Smoking is often more prevalent among men of lower social class, education, or …

A new focus within both social epidemiology and political sociology investigates how
political systems and priorities shape health inequities. To advance—and better integrate …

Objective The current study aimed to identify the barriers to participation among high-risk
individuals in the UK Lung Cancer Screening (UKLS) pilot trial. Setting The UKLS pilot trial …

The magnitude of socioeconomic inequalities in mortality differs importantly between
countries, but these variations have not been satisfactorily explained. We explored the role …

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 prevalent among …

Poverty, the extent of relative deprivation, and the processes of social exclusion in a society
have a major impact on the health of its population. All over Europe, in richer countries as …

Background We aimed to investigate whether more years spent in education are causally
associated with a lower risk of lung cancer, through a two-sample Mendelian randomization …