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, 2021 Abstract Demographic methods can be used to study the spatial response of individuals and populations to current global changes. The first mechanism underlying range shifts is a change in the spatial distribution of births and deaths. The spatial regression of demographic rates with geostatistical and spatially explicit models documents ...
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Thirty Years of Demography and Demography [PDF]
Demography, 1993 This article was written at the behest of "Demographys" editors on the 30th anniversary of the publication. An overview is provided of how the field of demography has changed within graduate study within the membership of the Population Association of America and within the literature published by "Demography." Publication began as an annual volume ...
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The indirect health effects of malaria estimated from health advantages of the sickle cell trait
Nature Communications, 2019 Estimates of the burden of malaria often don't take wider, indirect effects on overall health into consideration. Here, Uyoga et al. estimate the indirect impact of malaria on children’s health in a case-control study, using the sickle cell trait as a ...
Sophie Uyoga +11 more
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Veterinary Medicine International, 2023 Biosecurity practice limits the occurrence of diseases and economic losses in fish farms. The objective of this study was to characterize fish farming in the Administrative Division of Wouri, Cameroon (3°97′04″–3°58′13″N; 9°76′78″–9°46′4.3″E) and assess ...
Fonkwa Georges +7 more
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Maternal grand multiparity and intention to use modern contraceptives in Nigeria
BMC Public Health, 2018 Background Grand multiparity and low contraceptive prevalence are dominant among Nigerian women. These elevate the risk of unintended pregnancies, high-risk fertility and adverse maternal and child health outcomes among women in the country, particularly
Bola Lukman Solanke +3 more
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Contraception and Reproductive Medicine, 2019 Background Unmet need for modern contraceptive remains a critical reproductive health challenge in Nigeria. Numerous studies in Nigeria and other countries have investigated the patterns, prevalence and associated factors of unmet contraceptive need.
Bola Lukman Solanke +3 more
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Human Biology, 2009 Archaeological demography investigates the structure and dynamics of past human populations using evidence from traces of human activities and remnants of material culture in the archaeological record. Research in this field is interdisciplinary, incorporating findings from anthropology, paleogenetics, and human ecology but with a remit that extends ...
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Wellcome Open Research, 2018 Background: Kenya introduced the monovalent Rotarix® rotavirus group A (RVA) vaccine nationally in mid-2014. Long-term surveillance data is important prior to wide-scale vaccine use to assess the impact on disease and to investigate the occurrence of ...
Betty E. Owor +7 more
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Wellcome Open Research, 2020 Background: Respiratory viruses are primary agents of respiratory tract diseases. Knowledge on the types and frequency of respiratory viruses affecting school-children is important in determining the role of schools in transmission in the community and ...
Irene Wangwa Adema +6 more
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