Public Health

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(The median citation count of Public Health is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board114
Care pathway of asylum seekers in the health care access points following inclusion in the PREMENTADA project: an observational study91
Impact of maternal body mass index (BMI) and the challenges of fetal echocardiography71
Alcohol-related cancer risk awareness and support for cancer warning labelling among adults in Estonia70
Prevalence of quitting decision and the impact of increased cigarette prices on the smoking behaviours among the male garment workers in Bangladesh64
Is England's 10 year health plan fit for the future?63
From material hardship to harsh parenting: Testing the Family Stress Model in dyadic family context63
Workplace violence among healthcare workers, a multicenter study in Italy62
Living arrangements, activity participation and depression among older Chinese adults61
Quantifying the prevalence and determinants of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine hesitancy in US adults aged 60 or older60
Changes in cerebrovascular disease–related deaths and their location during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan59
Breast cancer time to treatment in Martinique: predictive factors and effect on survival55
Increased COVID-19 mortality among immigrants compared with US-born individuals: a cross-sectional analysis of 2020 mortality data50
Bystander interventions and clinical outcomes among adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims in South Korea over a decade: Sex-based disparities50
Parental support in adolescence: A potential moderator of the relationship between racial discrimination and adult suicidality48
Mental healthcare experiences of Ukrainian displaced people in the Netherlands: Their perspectives and as observed by professionals48
Prevalence and risk factors associated with undiagnosed hypertension among adults aged 15–49 years in India: insights from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5)46
Split household and smoking behaviour of rural migrants in China44
The role of pandemic planning in the management of COVID-19 in England from an infection prevention and control perspective: results of a national survey43
If you build it, will they come? Is test site availability a root cause of geographic disparities in COVID-19 testing?42
The practice of exclusive breastfeeding by region in Indonesia40
Do self-management supportive interventions reduce healthcare utilization for people with musculoskeletal pain conditions? – A systematic review39
Influence of family structure on adolescent deviant behavior and depression: the mediation roles of parental monitoring and school connectedness38
A systematic review of historic neighborhood redlining and contemporary health outcomes37
Association between gestational cardiovascular health in the first trimester and pregnancy outcomes in the China birth cohort36
Lung cancer in Argentina: a modelling study of disease and economic burden34
Low education predicts large increase in COVID-19 mortality: the role of collective culture and individual literacy34
Association of sensory impairment with healthcare use and costs among middle-aged and older adults in China34
Indirect impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of non–COVID-19 infectious diseases: a region-wide, patient-based database study in Japan32
COVID-19 border controls prevent a 2021 seasonal influenza epidemic in New Zealand32
Sexuality and respiratory outcomes in the UK: disparities, development and mediators in multiple longitudinal studies32
‘Family Matters’: A multilevel analysis of household-level clustering of overweight and obesity among adults in India31
Impact of regional medical self-sufficiency on mortality from cancer, stroke and myocardial infarction31
Association between road traffic noise exposure and heart failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies31
Impact of particulate-matter air pollution on 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels: a mendelian randomisation study31
Effectiveness of health literacy education on health literacy in early adolescence: A randomized controlled trial30
Key stakeholders’ perspectives of public health emergency preparedness in Palestine: A qualitative exploratory study30
Model-informed evaluation of interventions to eliminate tuberculosis transmission in China29
An ecological study on the correlation between sanitary vulnerability and air pollution with COVID-19 pandemic burden: What lessons can we learn?29
Preterm birth and public health challenges: Incidence and risk factors29
Environmental characteristics and disparities in adult asthma in north central Texas urban counties29
Trajectories of otitis media and association with health determinants among Indigenous children in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children28
Trends and patterns of cause-specific hospitalizations in mainland Portugal between 2000 and 201628
Population well-being and the COVID-19 vaccination program in Chile: evidence from Google Trends28
War in Ukraine and health worker density28
Re: Integration of local resilience forums in health systems of low- and lower-middle-income countries27
Association between awareness of vulnerability and disaster preparedness in an infrastructure-resilient city: a population-based study27
Smokers who were seen by a doctor or other healthcare provider for any health concern in Brazil: what a missed opportunity to encourage smoking cessation!27
High prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies among unvaccinated children of Chandigarh, Northwest India, in a household-based paediatric serosurvey post–s26
The rocky road to freedom: number of countries transited during defection and risk of metabolic syndrome among North Korean Refugees in South Korea26
Self-perceived body weight and weight status: analysis of concordance by age group and sex26
The relationship between risk and prevention awareness of infectious diseases and health literacy among prisoners25
Public health response to outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) among poultry in Northeast of Ireland, November 2021 to January 202225
Palliative care and pain relief in LMICs: a global public health and moral failing25
An evaluation of a pilot of daily testing of SARS-CoV-2 contacts in acute hospital and ambulance trusts in England25
Patient and healthcare delays in critical and non-critical pulmonary tuberculosis incidence areas in Portugal: are there differences?25
Retraction notice: Effect of educational interventions on health in childhood: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials [Public Health Volume 164, November 2018, Pages 134-147]25
Community-based health promotion interventions to reduce risk factors of non-communicable diseases among adolescent and young adults in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-a24
The projected economic burden of non-communicable diseases attributable to overweight in Brazil by 203024
Use of artificial intelligence to address health disparities in low- and middle-income countries: a thematic analysis of ethical issues23
Exploring risk and protective factors for burnout in professionals working in death-related settings: A scoping review23
Effects of probiotic/prebiotic/synbiotic supplementation on blood glucose profiles: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials23
Structural and intermediary determinants in sexual health care access in migrant populations: a scoping review23
The association between migraine and dementia – a national register-based matched cohort study23
Investigation on knowledge level about rational use of antimicrobial drugs among pharmacists in medical institutions in Shanxi province, China23
Implementation and evaluation of the public health emergency response to the 2019 outbreak of e-cigarette and vaping product use–associated lung injury in Massachusetts,USA23
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on vaccine hesitancy and sentiment changes: A survey of healthcare workers in 12 countries23
American Heart Association's new ‘Life's Essential 8’ score in association with cardiovascular disease: a national cross-sectional analysis23
Assessing the asthma-related burden of disease in Latin American and Caribbean countries: a sociodemographic perspective22
The impact of gambling advertising and marketing on online gambling behavior: an analysis based on Spanish data22
The relationship between loneliness and healthy aging indicators in Brazil (ELSI-Brazil) and England (ELSA): sex differences22
Clinical outcomes following COVID-19 infection in ethnic minority groups in the UK: a systematic review and meta-analysis22
Global prevalence of urinary tract infection in pregnant mothers: a systematic review and meta-analysis22
Global, regional, and national trends in osteoarthritis disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) from 1990 to 2019: a comprehensive analysis of the global burden of disease study22
How does the credibility of vaccine information compare across traditional search engines and AI-based conversational agents?21
Emotional Literacy: The Missing Link in health literacy for underserved populations public health, special issue on health literacy21
The effect of parents' lifestyle on Schoolchildren's consumption of ultra-processed food21
What is the impact of job precariousness on depression? Risk assessment and attributable fraction in Spain21
Art engagement and psychological well-being among community-dwelling older adults in Japan: an observational cross-sectional study21
Better accounting for long-term health effects in economic assessments: an illustration for air pollution in the Canton of Geneva20
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Tobacco use and heavy episodic drinking among persons aged 18–69 years in Bolivia in 201920
Factors associated with poor adherence to medication in patients with diabetes and hypertension in Peru: findings from a pooled analysis of six years of population-based surveys20
Equal waiting times for all? Empirical evidence for elective surgeries in the Austrian public healthcare system19
Interconnectedness of exposure to community violence, maternal emotional dysfunction, and child emotional distress in Nigeria: A consideration for promoting family cohesion19
The mediating effect of psychosocial work factors in the prospective associations between organisational changes and self-rated health: Results from the national French working conditions survey19
Impact of pandemics on primary care: changes in general practitioner antidepressant prescriptions and mental health referrals during lockdowns in England, UK19
Does health anxiety and vaccine concern predict self-reported adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination?–A Danish national cohort study19
Extreme heat exposure in the first 1000 days: Implications for childhood stunting in Bangladesh19
Age heterogeneity in the association between malnutrition and early childhood development among children aged 0–5 years in a Chinese plateau area19
Investigating the contextual drivers and factors impacting child growth failure in mining communities: A Structural Equation Modeling approach18
Are we suffering from the Peltzman effect? Risk perception among recovered and vaccinated people during the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel18
Association between parental occupations, educational levels, and household income and children's psychological adjustment in Japan18
Socio-economic determinants of COVID-19 in Mexico18
Analysing features of home-based workout during COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review18
Crime and chance: Understanding the relationship between neighbourhood crime and gambling18
A longitudinal study of learning difficulties in adolescence and biomarkers of cardiometabolic risk in adulthood: A gendered pathways approach18
Interaction between nutrition-related parameters and sexual orientation on depression18
Social and ideological determinants of COVID-19 vaccination status in Spain18
Association between physical activity energy expenditure and bone mineral density in U.S. adults: A cross-sectional analysis of NHANES 2011–201818
The burden of rheumatoid arthritis in China from 1990 to 2019 and projections to 203018
COVID-19 vaccination roll-out and uptake among refugees and migrants in Greece: a retrospective analysis of national vaccination routine data17
Patterns of exposure to smoked tobacco advertisements among youths in India and its association with smoked tobacco use: a Latent Class Analysis17
Healthy ageing – Investing now for the future17
Editorial Board17
Discretion in decision to receive COVID-19 vaccines and associated socio-economic inequalities in rates of uptake: a whole-of-population data linkage study from Australia17
Corrigendum to ‘Impact of COVID-19 on birth rate trends in the Italian Metropolitan Cities of Milan, Genoa and Turin’ [Public Health 198 (2021) 35–36]17
Sex differences in acute health service contact after release from prison in Australia: a data linkage study17
Is the increment of diabetes mellitus in Brazil associated with the consumption of artificially sweetened beverages? A time trend analysis with 757,386 adults from 2006 to 202017
Teachers’ experiences in co-creating an implementation plan for a public health intervention: a Health CASCADE study17
Global burden of gastric cancer in adolescents and young adults: estimates from GLOBOCAN 202016
Patient-reported health outcomes of SARS-CoV-2–tested patients presenting to emergency departments: a propensity score–matched prospective cohort study16
Risk of hospitalisation or death in households with a case of COVID-19 in England: an analysis using the HOSTED data set16
TikTok: a far-reaching opportunity for health professionals to address weight loss16
The cost of climate disasters: an additional call for health emergency preparedness16
Money for a vaccine? Pay incentives as a solution to increase vaccination rates during the COVID-19 pandemic16
Educational interventions for the adoption of healthy lifestyles and improvement of health literacy: a systematic review16
Assessing the performance of the integrated disease surveillance and response systems: a systematic review of global evidence16
Smoking-attributable mortality by sex in the 27 Brazilian federal units: 201916
A novel gun law strength index and influential state gun laws for firearm homicide in the United States, 1999–201816
When public health and healthcare messaging collide: unintended consequences16
COVID-19 survey burden for health care workers: literature review and audit16
Estimated number and incidence of influenza-associated acute respiratory infection cases in winter 2021/22 in Wanzhou District, China15
Chronic exposure to nitrate in drinking water and the risk of bladder cancer: a meta-analysis of epidemiological evidence15
Electronic health record reveals community-level cardiometabolic health benefits associated with 10 years of community-based participatory research15
Trends in different contraception methods among women attending the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre from 2011 to 202015
Socioeconomic inequalities in cervical cancer mortality in Canada, 1990 and 2019: a trend analysis15
Prevalence and determinants of non-communicable diseases and risk factors among adults in Lebanon: a multicentric cross-sectional study15
What is a population-level approach to prevention, and how could we apply it to dementia risk reduction?15
Exploring the relationship between women's health autonomy and mental health in Senegal15
COVID-19 pandemic in prisons in Spain: characteristics of cases and implemented control measures, March 2020–June 202215
Hard to reach? Language matters when describing populations underserved by health and social care research15
Burden of lung cancer attributed to particulate matter pollution in China: an epidemiological study from 1990 to 201915
Mortality due to cervical and breast cancer in health regions of Brazil: impact of public policies on cancer care15
Secondhand exposure to cigarettes smoke and e-cigarettes aerosols on sidewalks: pattern, public attitudes, and support for tobacco bans15
Science communication in the media and human mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic: a time series and content analysis15
The COVID-19 pandemic and non-COVID-19 healthcare utilization in Mexico14
The political component of COVID-19 vaccine choice: Results from a conjoint experiment14
Introduction of hospital quality measures may lead to a temporary decrease in patient outcomes14
Bowel movement frequency, stool consistency, and risk of disabling dementia: a population-based cohort study in Japan14
Factors associated with advanced-stage diagnosis of cervical cancer in Estonia: a population-based study14
Association between specific types of physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic and the risk of subjective memory decline: findings from the PAMPA Cohort14
Increase in suicide rates in the elderly population of the state of São Paulo, Brazil: Could Alzheimer's disease be a risk factor?14
Tackling gambling harm to bingo players at a time of commercial, regulatory and technological change – towards a public health approach14
Community-based sharing of vaccine adverse event information for public trust: a case of Soma city in Fukushima, Japan14
Costs and healthcare utilisation due to respiratory syncytial virus disease in paediatric patients in Italy: a systematic review14
Precarious employment and associations with socio-demographic characteristics and self-reported health in Wales, UK14
Gender-dependent effect of physical activity on the risk of incident multimorbidity during the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from the PAMPA cohort, Brazil14
Early arrivals: association of maternal obstetric factors with preterm births and their survival in India14
Playing for understanding: The impact of interactive gaming on young adults’ sexual health education13
Prevalence and patterns of gender disparity in workplace violence among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis13
Can behavioural nudges promote reduced-salt dish orders on meal delivery apps?13
Disease prevalence and working ability among socio-medically assessed unemployed people in Germany between 2016 and 2021: A secondary data analysis of the Federal Employment Agency13
The association between health literacy and unmet medical needs by gender13
Epidemiological landscape in Iran: A qualitative analysis of strengths, weaknesses, and growth potential13
Impact of mediterranean diet promotion on environmental sustainability: a longitudinal analysis13
Japan's intensive health guidance program has limited effects on cardiovascular risk factors: a regression discontinuity analysis12
Behavioural determinants of COVID-19 vaccination acceptance among healthcare workers: a rapid review12
Identifying and mitigating the public health consequences of meta-ignorance about "Long COVID" risks12
The association between periodontitis and hepatitis virus infection: a cross-sectional study utilizing data from the NHANES database (2003–2018)12
Mass online training of health care workers during COVID-19: approach, impact, and outcomes for over 10,000 health care providers12
Divergences in sex ratio at birth in US Census Regions due to racial factors: chronic stress and female foeticide12
Lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic in selected countries to inform strengthening of public health systems: a qualitative study12
How well does the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation identify income and employment deprived individuals across the urban-rural spectrum and between local authorities?12
A comparative analysis of integrated comprehensive care models: Lessons Canada can learn from East Africa12
Long-term comparative effectiveness of BNT162b2 vaccine on SARS-CoV-2 infection in adolescents: A register-based real-world study from Denmark12
Treatment, clinical outcomes, and predictors of mortality among a national cohort of hospitalized patients with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection12
Global, regional, and national burden of bladder cancer, 1990–2019: an age-period-cohort analysis based on the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study11
Risk of colorectal cancer and participation in fecal immunochemical test-based screening11
Individual and area-level socioeconomic status, Life's Simple 7, and comorbid cardiovascular disease and cancer: a prospective analysis of the UK Biobank cohort11
The increasing association of pulmonary embolism with cancer deaths: A seven-year, US-based, nationwide analysis11
Changes in physical activity during the COVID-19 lockdown based on the sociodemographic profile of 5569 students and academic staff of Austrian universities11
Determinants of pneumococcal vaccination among older adults: A scoping review11
Comparing the quality of care in physician networks to usual care for elderly patients in three German regions: a quasi-experimental cohort study11
Effect of e-Health exercise interventions on physical activity and number of steps in healthy older people: A network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials11
Effects of climate change on the occurrence and distribution of Western equine encephalitis virus in South America11
Global associations between the use of basic drinking water and sanitation services with diarrhoeal disease incidence in 200 countries and territories from 2000 to 201911
Alcohol-related emergency department presentations and hospital admissions around the time of minimum unit pricing in Ireland11
The implementation of a hepatitis C testing service in community pharmacies: I-COPTIC consensus statement11
Exploring the quality of urban green spaces and their association with health: An epidemiological study on obesity using Street View technology11
A systematic review of interventions to promote human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in Africa11
Early initiation of breastfeeding in anglophone and francophone West African countries: Systematic review and meta-analysis of associated factors11
Timing and chronicity of child maltreatment in Germany: results from a representative sample11
Efforts made, challenges faced, and recommendations provided by stakeholders involved in mpox prevention and control in China: a qualitative study11
Maximising the potential of Chinese birth cohort studies: a systematic review of mother–baby cohorts in mainland China10
Water, sanitation, and hygiene vulnerability in child stunting in developing countries: a systematic review with meta-analysis10
Association between cognitive social capital and all-cause mortality in Great East Japan Earthquake survivors: a prospective cohort study10
Impact of policy response on health protection and economic recovery in OECD and BRIICS countries during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic10
The Skagit County choir COVID-19 outbreak – have we got it wrong?10
Health inequalities: responding to the challenge10
COVID or not COVID: attributing and reporting cause of death in a community cohort10
Occupational Health Literacy Scale development and validation in Italy: a pilot study10
Hepar-C: A cross-sectional study investigating general population knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding hepatitis C screening in the Latium Region, Italy, October 2022 to May 202310
To give or not to give? Pandemic vaccine donation policy10
Timeliness and obsolescence of herd immunity threshold estimates in the COVID-19 pandemic10
National long COVID impact and risk factors10
Effect of COVID-19 infection on pregnant women in plateau regions10
Estimated number of symptomatic Lyme borreliosis cases in Germany in 2021 after adjusting for under-ascertainment10
The association between place of birth and physical fitness among Latino youth: Findings from New York City public school students, 2006–201910
Coping strategies during legally enforced quarantine and their association to psychological distress level: a cross-sectional study10
Stressors in health care and their association to symptoms experienced by gender diverse people10
Prevalence and determinants of low birth weight in Ethiopia: A multilevel meta-analysis and systematic review10
Association between triglyceride glucose-body mass index and depression among US adults: A cross-sectional study9
Implementing a free continuing education webinar series: a case study of the Partners in Contraceptive Choice and Knowledge (PICCK) program9
Development of a machine learning model to predict the probability of health checkup participation in Japan9
Effectiveness of a preschool emotional education programme administered over 3 grades: a cluster randomised controlled trial9
Temporal trends in sleep pattern among Chinese adults between 2010 and 2018: findings from five consecutive nationally representative surveys9
Effect of vaccination on SARS-CoV-2 reinfection risk: a case–control study in the Republic of Cyprus9
False-negative real-time polymerase chain reaction tests in COVID-19 patients: an epidemiological analysis of 302 patients9
Deaths of despair-associated mortality rates globally: a 2000–2019 sex-specific disparities analysis9
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and COVID-19 downgrade on non-COVID-19 respiratory diseases in Japan9
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Prevalence of tobacco use among healthcare workers in Italy: A systematic review and meta-analysis9
Achievements and challenges in the health of Mexican women, 1990 and 2019: ecological analysis based on the global burden of disease data9
Parental enablers and barriers for using rapid antigen tests for symptomatic or close contact children: a national survey of Australian parents9
Development of a critical appraisal tool for models predicting the impact of ‘test, trace, and protect’ programmes on COVID-19 transmission9
We are not prepared for the next pandemic: why learning from the COVID-19 pandemic is vital9
Exploring under-five mortality disparities: a comparative analysis of rural and urban areas in Punjab-Pakistan, using Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey data9
The burden of COVID-19 in Latin American and Caribbean countries: an analysis based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 20219
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A nomogram to predict long COVID risk based on pre- and post-infection factors: Results from a cross-sectional study in South China9
Spatiotemporal variations in body mass index among Han adolescents aged 18 years across 27 provinces of China, 1985–2019: Results from eight successive national cross-sectional surveys9
The global state of disease surveillance and delivering the Pandemic Accord9
Respiratory virus infections in decedents in a large, urban medical examiner's office9
Nursing factors associated with length of stay and readmission rate of the elderly residents from nursing home based on LTCfocus database9
Re: Role of confounding factors attributing to the changes in physical activity of students and academic staff of Austrian universities during the COVID-19 lockdown9
Estimating the effect of socio-economic factors on infant mortality rates in Latin America between 2000 and 2019: a panel data analysis9
Shared decision-making tool development for colorectal cancer screening: A co-creative process with general practitioners and underserved people8
Gender differences in workplace violence against physicians and nurses in Latin America: a survey from the Interamerican Society of Cardiology8
Associations between socioeconomic status and rates of blood pressure changes among Chinese older adults: a longitudinal community-based cohort study8
The mediating effect of lifestyle behaviors on the relationship between self-perceived work stress and suboptimal health status: a cross-sectional study involving Chinese urban workers8
The effect of short-term exposure to air pollution on the admission of ischemic stroke and its interaction with meteorological factors8
Socio-economic inequality and healthcare costs over the life course – A dynamic microsimulation approach8
Principles and attributes of evidence-based co-creation: From naïve praxis toward a trustworthy methodology - A Health CASCADE study8
Age-dependent changes in the risk of weight gain in Chinese adults: results from the Kailuan cohort study8
Conspiracy mentality and health-related behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multiwave survey in Italy8
Evaluation of the allocation efficiency of medical and health resources in China's rural three-tier healthcare system8
Convolutional LSTM–LSTM model for predicting the daily number of influenza patients in South Korea using satellite images8
Landscapes, cultures and technologies of loneliness: A call for participatory research with young adults8
Trends in fatal poisoning among medical users of analgesics in France from 2013 to 2022: an analysis of the DTA register8
Teachers’ emotional well-being during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic with long school closures: a large-scale cross-sectional survey in Northern Italy8
Undocumented immigrants suffering from inequality of vaccination access in Japan: measuring the institutional barriers and exploring the associated factors8
Validation of a Difference-in-Differences Investigation Tool (DiD IT) for quantifying local outbreaks8
Whole-school interventions promoting student commitment to school to prevent substance use and violence: a systematic review8
Circulatory diseases and the wide sex and ethnic life expectancy gaps in Bulgaria since 20108
Measuring and increasing rates of self-isolation in the context of COVID-19: a systematic review with narrative synthesis8
Smoking patterns among individuals with hypertension in Iran: findings from the nationwide STEPS survey 20218
Spatial–temporal trends in leprosy burden and its associations with socioeconomic and physical geographic factors: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 20198
The relationship of social contacts with prisoners' mental health: a systematic review8
Risk factors for severe disease in pediatric respiratory syncytial virus infections8
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