A large literature documents a widespread prevalence of small stature among Indian children as well as adults. We show that a height gap relative to a richer population such as whites in England also exists, although substantially reduced, among adult immigrants of Indian ethnicity in England. This is despite positive height selection into migration, demonstrated by ethnic Indian adults in Engl...

OBJECTIVE To compare oral health in the US and England and to assess levels of educational and income related oral health inequalities between both countries. DESIGN Cross sectional analysis of US and English national surveys. SETTING Non-institutionalised adults living in their own homes. PARTICIPANTS Oral health measures and socioeconomic indicators were assessed in nationally represent...

this article engages with debates about the conceptualisation and practical challenges of patient and public involvement (ppi) in health and social care services. policy in this area in england has shifted numerous times but increasingly a consumerist discourse seems to override more democratic ideas concerning the relationship between citizens and public services. recent policy change in engla...

OBJECTIVE Comparison of recent national survey data on prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in England, the USA and Canada, and correlation of these parameters with each country stroke and ischaemic heart disease (IHD) mortality. DESIGN Non-institutionalised population surveys. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS England (2006 n=6873), the USA (2007-2010 n=10 003) and Canada (2...

S. C. Deoni, E. Mercure, A. Blasi, D. Gasston, M. Johnson, S. C. Williams, and D. G. Murphy Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom, Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, London, England, United Kingdom, Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck University, London, England, United Kingdom, Department of Psychological Medi...

ISIS Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Chilton, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, England, Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, England, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, England, and Spallation Neutron Source, 8600 Spallation Dr, Oak Ridge, TN ...

Daphne Economou , William L. Mitchell and Steve R. Pettifer 1Sony Broadcast and Professional Research Labs, Jays Close, Basingstoke, RG22 4SB, England, Email: [email protected] 2Education and Training Group, The British Council Bridgewater House, 58 Whitworth Street, Manchester, M1 6BB, England, E-mail: [email protected] 3Advanced Interfaces Group, The University...