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An investigation of entrepreneurial skills for contingent employees in small retail businesses as job security determinants [PDF]

Problems and Perspectives in Management, 2016
SMEs provide employment to approximately 61 per cent of households in South Africa (SA). Though, entrepreneurial activity rate (TEA) still poses a great concern, at 5.9% which is far below that of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China).
Germinah Evelyn Chiloane-Tsoka, Bheki Tshabangu   +1 more
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Characteristics of medicine use for children with asthma in China: a nationwide population-based study

BMC Pediatrics, 2022
Objective To analyze the asthma medication use in Chinese children of different age groups, regions, and levels of cities in China, based on the 2015 Healthcare Insurance Data in China.
Ping Wu, Baoping Xu, Adong Shen, Huasong Zeng, Kunling Shen   +4 more
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Emergency department visits and hospitalisations for emergent asthmatic symptoms from 2014 to 2016: cross-sectional study in Korea

BMJ Open, 2020
Objective To evaluate the characteristics of emergent patients with asthma who visited emergency departments (EDs) in Korea, and the consequences of these visits.Design Retrospective cross-sectional study.Setting We used data from the National Emergency ...
Kyungseon Choi, Sola Han, Hae Sun Suh
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Healthcare resource consumption prior to asthma-related death: a nationwide descriptive study

Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, 2022
Background: Although asthma mortality declined sharply until the mid-2000s, a stagnation in mortality has been observed over the past decade in different countries. Objective: The objective of this study is to describe healthcare resource consumption for
Laurent Guilleminault, Michael Mounié, Agnès Sommet, Claire Camus, Alain Didier, Laurent L. Reber, Nadège Costa, Cécile Conte   +7 more
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Tear gas exposure and its association with respiratory emergencies in infants and older adults during the social uprising of 2019 in Chile: an observational, longitudinal, repeated measures study

BMJ Open, 2023
Objective To evaluate if extensive use of tear gas during the Chilean social uprising of 2019 was associated with a higher frequency of respiratory emergencies and bronchial diseases in a residential vulnerable population.Design Observational ...
Manuel Cifuentes, Patricia Alejandra Huerta, Marcelo González, Tamara Ugarte-Avilés   +3 more
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Impact of black carbon exposure on length of hospital stay in asthma patients: a retrospective cohort study in yulin, China [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Objective Background While PM₂.₅ exposure is linked to asthma exacerbations, components-specific effects on healthcare burden remain understudied. Hospital length of stay (LOS), a critical indicator of disease severity and healthcare costs, has received ...
Yu Chen, Qian Huang, Huimeng Liu, Baosen Meng, Can Zhang, Xiaohui Li, Chunlai Yang, Mengchun Wang, Peiying Yang, Li Cheng, Baibing Mi, Yu Zheng   +11 more
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Asthma Incidence and Risk Factors in Tuberculosis Survivors: A Longitudinal Analysis of National Health Data. [PDF]

Clin Exp Allergy
Clinical &Experimental Allergy, Volume 56, Issue 10, Page 1253-1255, October 2026.
Jang JG, Lee KN, Han K, Yoon HJ, Kim SH, Shin DW, Lee H.   +6 more
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Medical Unmet Needs in Uncontrolled Asthma Despite GINA Step 4/5 Treatment in Poland [PDF]

Journal of Asthma and Allergy
Maciej Kupczyk,1,* Radosław Gawlik,2,* Grażyna Bochenek,3,* Iwona Poziomkowska-Gęsicka,4,* Piotr Kuna,1,* Rafał Dobek,5,* Piotr Dąbrowiecki,6,&ast ...
Kupczyk M, Gawlik R, Bochenek G, Poziomkowska-Gęsicka I, Kuna P, Dobek R, Dąbrowiecki P, Kucharczyk A, Ciesielczyk PJ, Sosnowska K, Grabowicz A   +10 more
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Search Behavior of Undergraduate Students toward Conflicting Scientific Information [PDF]

Journal of Library and Information Studies, 2018
Some people might be unaware of misinformation and unable to resolve conflicting information. Undergraduate students become the pillars of the society in the future.
Yuan-Ho Huang
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Preservice Teachers' Collaborative Information Behavior while Developing Curriculum in Cooperative Learning Contexts [PDF]

Journal of Library and Information Studies, 2018
The purpose of this study is to examine the collaborative information behavior (CIB) and experiences of preservice teachers while developing curriculum in small groups.
Wan-Lin Yang, Tien-I Tsai
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