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Spatial Econometric Approach to Modelling of Selected Western Diseases

open access: yesActa Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica, 2017
For years now, developed countries face an epidemic of high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol, risk factors related to heart and circulatory disease, and a suite of psychological disorders ranging from depression, anxiety, to compulsive ...
Alicja Anna Olejnik, Agata Żółtaszek
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Pellagra: 4 D’s and 8 Points

open access: yesAdvances in Clinical Neuroscience & Rehabilitation, 2020
Pellagra has largely been forgotten. This is unfortunate as important lessons are to be learnt for the diseases and social consequences of poverty (and of affluence) that often involve dietary nicotinamide and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD ...
Adrian, Williams
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Gut Microbiota in Nutrition and Health with a Special Focus on Specific Bacterial Clusters

open access: yesCells, 2022
Health is influenced by how the gut microbiome develops as a result of external and internal factors, such as nutrition, the environment, medication use, age, sex, and genetics.
Lucas R. F. Bresser   +3 more
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Overweight and obesity in urban Africa: A problem of the rich or the poor? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
BACKGROUND: Obesity is a well recognized risk factor for various chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Abdhalah K Ziraba   +8 more
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Diseases of affluence? A systematic review of the literature on socioeconomic diversity in eating disorders

open access: yesEating Behaviors, 2021
The stereotype that eating disorders (ED) primarily present among individuals of higher socioeconomic status (SES) has long persisted in popular and professional perception. This belief has likely contributed to disparities in ED identification and treatment, particularly among those of lower SES backgrounds.
Kathryn M, Huryk   +2 more
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Rule-based models of the interplay between genetic and environmental factors in childhood allergy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Both genetic and environmental factors are important for the development of allergic diseases. However, a detailed understanding of how such factors act together is lacking. To elucidate the interplay between genetic and environmental factors in allergic
Erik Melén (276082)   +81 more
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Occupational Health Aspects with Special Focus on Physiological Differences between Office and Metalworkers

open access: yesAntioxidants, 2022
Physical workload adversely impacts inflammation, oxidative stress and mood in heavy workers. We compared these risk parameters between metalworkers (n = 20) and office workers (n = 30), including gender differences.
Franz Tatzber   +10 more
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Goji Berry (Lycium barbarum): Composition and Health Effects – a Review

open access: yesPolish Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences, 2016
Goji berries contain many nutrients and bioactive compounds which allowed to classify them as superfruits. A short description of the fruits is presented together with cultivation requirements.
Kulczyński Bartosz   +1 more
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The association between adolescent mental health and oral health behavior: The Luxembourg Health Behavior in School-Aged Children study

open access: yesFrontiers in Dental Medicine, 2022
Oral health remains a global health problem. Mental health has been linked to oral health behavior. However, studies among adolescents in high-income countries are limited.
Anouk Francine Jacqueline Geraets   +2 more
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Association of Clinical Severity With Family Affluence–Based Socioeconomic Status Among Hospitalized Pediatric Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease Patients in Henan, China: A Single Hospital-Based Case Series Study [PDF]

open access: yesOpen Forum Infectious Diseases, 2021
Abstract Background The association between the clinical severity of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) inpatients and socioeconomic status (SES) is important for quantifying SES inequality in HFMD disease burden and informing decision-makers regarding medical subsidy and reimbursement policies ...
Wang, Kai   +13 more
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