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Agroecosystem health assessment in Mashhad

پژوهشهای زراعی ایران, 2009
Agroecosystem Health investigating requires a holistic approach based on its biophysical, socio-economic and human community dimensions. In order to assess Agroecosystem Health in Mahhad, this research was conducted for the period of 1982 to 2002.
kazem vafabakhsh, alireza kochaki, mahdi najafy   +2 more
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Medical expenditure and its inequity for people with disabilities: Evidence from the CHARLS 2018 data

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
IntroductionDisabilities may raise heavy medical expenses and rich-poor inequalities. However, data is lacking for the Chinese older populations. This study aimed to measure socioeconomic inequalities in medical expenses amongst the Chinese adult 45 ...
Shengxuan Jin, Ying Sun, Jun Tao, Lanlan Tian, Jiawei Lin, Dongfu Qian, Dongfu Qian   +6 more
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AB0861 Health status in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (AXSPA) as determined by the assessment of spondyloarthritis international society health index (ASAS-HI) [PDF]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2018
Background The ASAS-HI is a new instrument based in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health to assess the impact of axSpA; ASAS-HI has been validated in Mexican patients. Objectives To investigate the status of health in Mexican patients with axSpA using the ASAS-HI Methods This is multicenter, cross-sectional study ...
R. Burgos-Vargas, G. Alva Medina, I. Peláez Ballestas, C. Ramos-Remus, M. Saavedra Salinas, F. Enriquez-Sosa, A. Guilaisne, C. PACHECO-TENA, G. REYES-CORDERO, O. MUÑOZMONROY, M. PIZAÑA-SERNA, L. SANDOVAL-GARCIA, B. Mota Mondragón, L. Silveira Torre, N. SANTANA, F. MERAYO, M. MARADIAGA-CECEÑA   +16 more
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Assessing horizontal equity in health care utilization in Iran: a decomposition analysis

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Despite the goal of horizontal equity in Iran, little is known about it. This study aimed i) to assess socioeconomic inequality and horizontal inequity in the healthcare utilization; and ii) to explore the contribution of need and non-need ...
Farideh Mostafavi, Bakhtiar Piroozi, Paola Mosquera, Reza Majdzadeh, Ghobad Moradi   +4 more
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Heavy metal contamination in the complete stretch of Yamuna river: A fuzzy logic approach for comprehensive health risk assessment.

PLoS ONE, 2022
River Yamuna is one of the most sacred major tributaries of river Ganga. This study aimed to assess the level of heavy metals in monsoon and non-monsoon season in river Yamuna in Uttar Pradesh, India and to assess the possible source of contamination and
Maneesh Jaiswal, Sanjay Kumar Gupta, Mayuri Chabukdhara, Mahmoud Nasr, Arvind Kumar Nema, Jakir Hussain, Tabarak Malik   +6 more
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Operator Exposure to Heavy Metals from Wood Pellet Ash – Risk Assessment [PDF]

Kemija u Industriji, 2022
Ash is a by-product of wood biomass combustion that must be removed daily from stoves or fireplaces. Therefore, operators or owners are exposed to the potential impact of ash.
Mirha Pazalja, Mirsada Salihović, Alisa Smajović   +2 more
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Development of a health index in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (ASAS HI): final result of a global initiative based on the ICF guided by ASAS [PDF]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2015
The burden of disease in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) can be considerable. However, no agreement has been reached among expert members of Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society (ASAS) to define severity of AS. Based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), a core set of items for AS ...
Kiltz, U., van der Heijde, D., Boonen, A., Cieza, A., Stucki, G., Khan, M.A., Maksymowych, W.P., Marzo-Ortega, H., Reveille, J., Stebbings, S., Bostan, C., Braun, J.   +11 more
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Determinants of Primary School Teachers’ Health Literacy in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania: A Reflection on Access to Health Information

Advances in Public Health, 2023
Background. Teachers have the potential of promoting health knowledge and consequently health-literacy (HL) enhancement. Cognizant of this, interventions geared toward influencing and strengthening school teachers’ HL have remained important.
David M. Mshingo, Mikidadi I. Muhanga, Raymond J. Salanga, Edwin E. Ngowi   +3 more
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Horizontal inequity trends of health care utilization in rural China after the medicine and healthcare system reform: based on longitudinal data from 2010 to 2018

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023
Background To assess the effectiveness of China's medicine and health care reform in promoting equity in health care utilization among rural residents, it is necessary to analyze temporal trends in equity in health care utilization among rural residents ...
Jinpeng Xu, Guomei Tian, Jiale Sun, Jian Liu, Fangting Chen, Qi Shi, Ting Zhang, Hongyu Zhang, Jingran He, Fangmin Deng, Bokai Zhang, Haixin Wang, Qunhong Wu, Zheng Kang   +13 more
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Validation of the Russian-language version of the ASAS Health Index

Научно-практическая ревматология, 2019
The Assessment of Spondyloarthritis International Society (ASAS) Health Index (HI) is a comprehensive tool for quantifying the health of patients with axial (ax) spondyloarthritis (SpA), including ankylosing spondylitis (AS). ASAS HI was developed on the
A. I. Akulova, A. P. Rebrov, Sh. Erdes, I. Z. Gaydukova   +3 more
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