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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The cortical bone structure of long bone diaphyses changes throughout growth via skeletal modeling and has important implications for bone strength and structural integrity. Ontogenetic trends in diaphyseal structure have been identified in both chimpanzees and humans but it is not yet clear how these trends compare given notable differences ...
Karen R. Swan +3 more
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Infant, fetal, and maternal mortality, United States 1963 [PDF]
A report on infant, fetal, and maternal deaths, with special reference to differential mortality by race, sex, and region; causes of death; and trends in infant and maternal mortality ...
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality have declined dramatically during the last century. Historical data are therefore important sources to study the evolutionary selection pressures related to childbirth and how they have fluctuated over time.
Mirella Woodert +7 more
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Environmental Health Perspectives, 2015 Background Exposure to arsenic is one of the major global health problems, affecting > 300 million people worldwide, but arsenic’s effects on human reproduction are uncertain.
R. Quansah +10 more
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Infant and Child Mortality in Andhra Pradesh: Analysing changes over time and between states [PDF]
Most countries of the world are reducing infant and child mortality too slowly to meet the Millennium Development Goal of a two-thirds reduction by 2015.
White, Howard, Masset, Edoardo
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Human evolution and the obstetrical dilemma: The pelvic floor hypothesis
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Human childbirth is mechanically difficult because a large‐headed, broad‐shouldered fetus must pass through a comparatively narrow, twisted bony birth canal. Traditional explanations of this “obstetrical dilemma” emphasize the role of bipedal locomotion in inhibiting the evolution of a wider, more spacious pelvis.
Barbara Fischer, Ekaterina Stansfield
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Frontiers in Global Women's HealthBackgroundInfant mortality, the death of a baby before its first birthday, is a concern in the Hispanic population in Indiana who have higher infant mortality rates than at the national level.
Jean Marie Sims Place +4 more
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Neonatal mortality at Hospital Geral do Grajaú [PDF]
Einstein (São Paulo), 2003 OBJECTIVES: To analyze the characteristics of neonatal deaths atHospital Geral Grajaú, in 2002, and assess the influence of perinatalfactors in mortality.
José Ricardo Dias Bertagnon +3 more
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Drinking Water Salinity and Infant Mortality in Coastal Bangladesh
, 2016 Bangladesh, with two-thirds of its land area less than five meters above sea level, is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world. Low-lying coastal districts along the Bay of Bengal are particularly vulnerable to sea level rise, tidal ...
Susmita Dasgupta, M. Huq, D. Wheeler
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Inequality and Infant and Childhood Mortality in the United States in the Twentieth Century [PDF]
This paper deals with the issue of using infant and childhood mortality as an indicator of inequality. The case is that of the United States in the 20th century. Using microdata from the 1900 and 1910 Integrated Public Use Microsamples (IPUMS), published
Michael R. Haines
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