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Spatial inequalities in infant survival at an early stage of the longevity revolution: A pan-European view across 5000+ regions and localities in 1910

Demographic Research, 2014
Background: Spatial inequalities in human development are of great concern to international organisations and national governments. Demographic indicators like the infant mortality rate are important measures for determining these inequalities.
Sebastian Klüsener, Isabelle Devos, Peter Ekamper, Ian Gregory, Siegfried Gruber, Jordi Martí-Henneberg, Frans van Poppel, Luís Silveira, Arne Solli   +8 more
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The Demographic Deficit

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017
Abstract There has been a slowdown in growth in the world’s most advanced economies. In this paper we argue that changing demographics, in particular aging populations combined with increased life expectancy, may be part of the explanation for why we observe slower growth, falling interest rates and falling productivity growth.
Cooley, Thomas F., Henriksen, Espen
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The U.S. Demographic Transition [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2002
agriculture;manufacturing;technological ...
Jeremy Greenwood, Ananth Seshadri
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Mortality decline and reproductive change during the Dutch demographic transition: revisiting a traditional debate with new data

, 2012
BACKGROUND According to classic demographic transition theory, mortality change is the key factor that triggers a decline in fertility. Research on this topic has mostly relied on aggregate or time series data.
Frans Van Poppel, David Reher, Sanz-Gimeno, Alberto,, Erik Beekink, Poppel van, F.W.A., Reher, D.S., Alberto Sanz-Gimeno, Sánchez Domínguez, María Isabel, Beekink, Erik,, Sanz-Gimeno, A., van Poppel, F.W.A., Beekink, Erik, Beekink, E., Reher, David,, Maria Sanchez-Dominguez, Sánchez-Domínguez, María,, Sanchez-Dominguez, M., Van Poppel, Frans, Sanz Gimeno, Alberto, Reher Sullivan, David Sven, van Poppel, Frans,   +20 more
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Time Toxicity in Wilms Tumor: Quantifying the Burden of Healthcare Interaction in the First Year After Diagnosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Wilms tumor (WT) treatment imposes a significant time burden on patients and their families. Time toxicity is a patient‐centered metric that quantifies the burden of healthcare interaction. We sought to define time toxicity in the first year after diagnosis of WT and hypothesized that it would increase as tumor stage and treatment ...
Caleb Q. Ashbrook, Veerain Gupta, Nicholas J. Clark, Vijay Rings, Lauren E. Corona, Douglass B. Clayton, Daniel J. Benedetti   +6 more
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Inequalities in healthcare use during the COVID-19 pandemic

Nature Communications
The COVID-19 pandemic led to reductions in non-COVID related healthcare use, but little is known whether this burden is shared equally. This study investigates whether reductions in administered care disproportionately affected certain sociodemographic ...
Arun Frey, Andrea M. Tilstra, Mark D. Verhagen   +2 more
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Social orphanhood and deprived parenthood in a migrant family as a threat to demographic security: is there light at the end of the tunnel?

Вестник Майкопского государственного технологического университета
The relevance of the research is the spread of the phenomena of social orphanhood and deprived parenthood due to the labor migration of family members.The problem of the research is the expansion of labor migration, the spread of social orphanhood, the ...
G. I. Osadchaya, O. A. Volkova, T. N. Yudina   +2 more
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Income pooling strategies among cohabiting and married couples: A comparative perspective

Demographic Research, 2014
Background: Studies explaining why cohabiters are more likely to keep money separate than spouses have mainly focused on selection processes, without taking into account the heterogeneity within both union types in levels of commitment.
Nicole Hiekel, Aart C. Liefbroer, Anne-Rigt Poortman   +2 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis for Intravenous Methylprednisolone‐Refractory Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder: Clinical and Radiological Outcomes in a Single‐Center Case Series

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a relapsing autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. High‐dose intravenous methylprednisolone (IVMP) is the standard first‐line therapy for acute attacks, although some patients remain refractory.
Wataru Horiguchi, Daisuke Katagiri, Takeyuki Watadani, Shunichi Matsuda, Hiroshi Kaneko, Noritoshi Arai   +5 more
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Dietary Protein Intake and Peritoneal Protein Losses in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients lose protein in their waste dialysate, potentially increasing their risk for malnutrition. We wished to determine whether there was any association between losses and dietary protein intake (DPI). Methods DPI was assessed from 24‐h dietary recall using Nutrics software.
Haalah Shaaker, Andrew Davenport
wiley   +1 more source