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, 2023 [[abstract]]While numerous studies have found a relationship between long-term exposure to airborne fine particulate matter (PM(2.5)) and higher risk of death, few investigations examined the contribution that a reduction of exposure to ambient PM(2.5 ...
Tsai, SS;Yang, CY
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Evaluation of life expectancy in Kurdistan Province, Iran, during the years 2006 and 2016
Chronic Diseases Journal, 2017 BACKGROUND: Life expectancy index is used in assessing changes in the health status of Kurdistan Province community, Iran, especially among the elderly, the difference in the health levels of women and men, and also the economic levels and the desired ...
Hadis Karimi +4 more
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Health and doping in elite‐level cycling [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 2011 The protection of the health of athletes is one of the three criteria taken into account when registering a substance in the World Anti‐Doping Agency prohibited list. Nevertheless, in elite‐level cycling, banned substance use is widespread. The present research adopted a psychological approach to examine how or whether perceived health risks influence ...
Lentillon-Kaestner, V. +2 more
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Modeling Area-Level Health Rankings [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2013 ObjectiveRank county health using a Bayesian factor analysis model.Data SourcesSecondary county data from the National Center for Health Statistics (through 2007) and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (through 2009).Study DesignOur model builds on the existing county health rankings (CHRs) by using data‐derived weights to compute ranks from ...
Courtemanche, Charles J +2 more
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BMC Public Health, 2018 Background Public health in England has opportunities to reduce alcohol-related harms via shaping the availability and accessibility of alcohol through the licensing function in local government.
Joanna Reynolds +6 more
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BMC Public Health, 2023 Health counseling is a prevention and health promotion action, especially in the context of a pandemic, for both preventing disease and maintaining health. Inequalities may affect receipt of health counseling.
Juliana Quadros Santos Rocha +4 more
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The impact of universal National Health Insurance on population health: the experience of Taiwan. [PDF]
, 2010 BACKGROUND: Taiwan established a system of universal National Health Insurance (NHI) in March, 1995. Today, the NHI covers more than 98% of Taiwan's population and enrollees enjoy almost free access to healthcare with small co-payment by most clinics and
Yi-Wen Tsai +14 more
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Jurnal Medik Veteriner, 2023 This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of Apis dorsata honey on calcium levels in the mandibular bone of Wistar rats after ovariohysterectomy as an animal osteoporosis model for treating cases of osteoporosis.
Siti Nur Rohmah +3 more
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Do primary and specialized care physicians know and use coordination mechanisms?
Revista de Saúde Pública, 2020 OBJECTIVES: To analyze if primary and specialized care physicians know and use care coordination mechanisms between healthcare levels. METHODS: Cross-sectional survey study, with the application of the COORDENA-BR instrument to primary and specialized ...
Lívia dos Santos Mendes +1 more
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The macro‐level effect of religiosity on health
Health Economics, 2022 AbstractAn issue that has not yet been explored in the religiosity‐health literature is the macro‐level effect of religiosity on health—the effect of the religiosity of a society on the absolute health of the population of that society as a whole. We address this issue using two panel datasets: The first is a time‐series cross‐sectional panel dataset ...
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