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The Impact of Public Health Policy: The Case of Community Health Centers [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of the Community Health Center (CHC) on health levels in the U.S. Using infant mortality as the underlying health indicator, a time series of large counties as the data set, and multivariate regression ...
Fred Goldman, Michael Grossman
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Keratosis–ichthyosis–deafness (KID) syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant ectodermal disease caused by mutations in the GJB2 gene, which encodes the gap junction protein Connexin 26 (Cx26) located on Chr. 13q12.11. This study presents the first mortality analysis associated with KID syndrome, focusing on a case report of a Latin American ...
Leslie Patrón‐Romero +17 more
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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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Interaction of infant mortality and fertility and the effectiveness of health and family planning programs [PDF]
The interaction of fertility and infant mortality is well established. Lower infant mortality can lead to lower fertility by reducing the need for replacement births. Conversely, birth spacing improves the chances of child survival. To find out how these
Barnum, Howard
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Gastrointestinal defects and immunodeficiency syndrome 1 (GIDID1) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by biallelic variants in TTC7A. GIDID1 is characterized by a broad clinical spectrum ranging from very early‐onset inflammatory bowel disease (VEOIBD) to multiple intestinal atresia (MIA) with or without immunological manifestations.
Julia Imhoff +8 more
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Causal Relationships between Infant Mortality and Fertility in Developedand Less Developed Countries [PDF]
This paper is a study of the dynamic relationships between two demographic variables--the infant mortality rate and the fertility rate-- using time series methodology.
Tadashi Yamada
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Women with the FMR1 premutation (FXpm) are at heightened genetic vulnerability for depression, with risk compounded by the stressors of parenting a disabled child. Although risk factors persist as FXpm women age, depression in FXpm mothers during midlife and old age is poorly characterized. This study used an accelerated longitudinal design to
Jessica Klusek +8 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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DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION IN EUROPE [PDF]
Using panel cointegration analysis, we show that a cointegration relationship exists among fertility choice, infant mortality, real wages and real per capita output.
Evangelia Papapetrou +1 more
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Patients with Turner Syndrome (TS) and those exposed to high concentrations of glucocorticoids have a number of characteristics in common, including an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Pediatric TS patients underwent studies of salivary cortisol (SC) and cortisone (SCn), body composition, continuous glucose monitoring, vascular ...
Lily Jones +6 more
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