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... Tanaka et al.: Health status and lifestyle factors as predictors of depression in middle-aged and elderly Japanese adults: a seven-year follow-up of the Komo-Ise cohort study BMC Psychiatry 2011 ... Medicine, Maebashi, Japan 2Faculty of Education, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan 3NPO International Ecohealth Institute, Isesaki, Japan Authors’ contributions HT was involved in data analysis ... T, Ohta A, Tsuda T, Yasuda N, Babazono A, Yamamoto E: Smoking and mental health: cross-sectional and cohort studies in an occupational setting in Japan Prev Med 2001, 32:371-375 Tanaka et al BMC...

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... et al.: Barriers to initiation of antiretroviral treatment in rural and urban areas of Zambia: a cross-sectional study of cost, stigma, and perceptions about ART Journal of the International AIDS ... one in an urban area in Livingstone (Maramba clinic), and one in a rural part of Choma District (Pemba clinic) A third site was urban and located in Lusaka (Chawama clinic) in Lusaka Province, and ... International Health 2008, 13:904-913 14 Mshana GH, Wamoyi J, Busza J, Zaba B, Changalucha J, Kaluvya S, Urassa M: Barriers to accessing antiretroviral therapy in Kisesa, Tanzania: a qualitative study...

... this article as: Bilotta et al.: Older People’s Quality of Life (OPQOL) scores and adverse health outcomes at a one-year follow-up A prospective cohort study on older outpatients living in the community ... outpatients in Italy A one-year prospective cohort study Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2011 Bilotta C, Bowling A, Nicolini P, Casè A, Vergani C: Quality of life in older outpatients living alone in the community ... nonetheless provided confirmation of their currently living at home so that data on survival and living arrangements one year after the baseline visit were available for all (Figure 1) The main...