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Industrialization and Infant Mortality [PDF]

On average, infant mortality rates are lower in more industrialized nations, yet health and mortality worsened during early industrialization in some nations.
David I. Levine, Maya Federman
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Maryland Infant Mortality Epidemiology Work Group Findings from Data Analysis and Overall Recommendations [PDF]

, 2011
The Infant Mortality Epidemiology Workgroup was charged to examine the risk factors associated with infant mortality in Maryland and to identify interventions that were most likely to enhance the state’s ability to achieve the goal of 10% reduction in ...
Cheng, Diana +7 more
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Over the edge: Empirical evidence for the cliff‐edge model of obstetric selection

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The cliff‐edge model of obstetric selection maintains that larger neonates and smaller birth canals confer a positive selective advantage until labor becomes obstructed and vaginal delivery is no longer possible, eliciting an abrupt reduction in fitness.
Laura M. Watson +6 more
wiley +1 more source

Influence of women's autonomy on infant mortality in Nepal

Reproductive Health, 2011
Background Nepalese women lag behind men in many areas, such as educational attainment, participation in decision-making and health service utilization, all of which have an impact on reproductive health outcomes.
Adhikari Ramesh, Sawangdee Yothin
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From Angela's Ashes to the Celtic Tiger: Early Life Conditions and Adult Health in Ireland [PDF]

We use data from the Irish census and exploit regional and temporal variation in infant mortality rates over the 20th century to examine effects of early life conditions on later life health.
Delaney, Liam, McGovern, Mark, Smith, James P. +2 more
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Pelvic morphology and body size in relation to the preauricular sulcus: Evidence from medieval to modern Iberia

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The preauricular sulcus has long been debated as a pelvic feature variably attributed to obstetric stress, ligamentous traction, and broader biomechanical processes. To clarify its determinants, we analyzed 409 adult individuals from three archeological and one early modern skeletal collection from the Iberian Peninsula, integrating graded ...
Rebeca García‐González +5 more
wiley +1 more source

The Welfare of Children During the Great Depression [PDF]

This paper examines the impact of New Deal relief programs on demographic outcomes in major U.S. cities during the 1930s. A five-equation structural model is estimated that tests the effect of the relief spending on infant mortality, non-infant mortality,
Michael R. Haines, Price V. Fishback, Shawn Kantor +2 more
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Higher complement C4 gene copy number constitutes a shared genetic risk factor for giant cell arteritis and IgA vasculitis

Arthritis &Rheumatology, Accepted Article.
Objective Low copy number (CN) of complement C4 isoforms and high CN of retroviral HERV‐K elements are known risk factors for many immune‐mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs), often showing sex‐biased effects. Here, we assessed whether CN variation within the C4 gene contributes to giant cell arteritis (GCA) and IgA vasculitis (IgAV), two complex ...
Laura Martínez‐Gutiérrez +296 more
wiley +1 more source

Evaluation of the Impact of the Mother and Infant Health Project in Ukraine [PDF]

This paper exploits a unique opportunity to evaluate the impact of the quality change in the labor and delivery services on maternal and infant health. Since basic medical care has been universally available in Ukraine, implementation of the Mother and ...
Maria Vyshnya, Olena Nizalova
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Pentoxifylline dose finding trial in preterm neonates with suspected late onset sepsis (PTX‐trial)

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim The aim of this study (PTX‐trial) is to determine the optimal dose of pentoxifylline (PTX) in preterm neonates (gestational age < 30 weeks) with (suspected) late onset sepsis (LONS). Methods The PTX‐trial is a prospective multicentre open‐label sequential dose‐optimization study with an adapted continual reassessment method.
Serife Kurul +7 more
wiley +1 more source

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