History and Main Research Currents in Polish Medical Geography
Quaestiones Geographicae, 2018 The main aim of the study is to present the history and the state of research in Polish medical geography. Its origins are the same as in world geography, i.e. it is associated with non-geographers.
Michalski Tomasz
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Medical topographies: Sources for the evolutionary study of territory and landscape [PDF]
Human Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography, 2020 This research delves into the comprehensive treatment of textual geohistorical sources, promoting the procedures that currently advocate the recovery, analysis and opening of scientific knowledge in a transparent and extensive way to the society. Between
Alejandro Vallina Rodríguez* +2 more
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A Life Below the Threshold? Examining Conflict Between Ethical Principles and Parental Values In Neonatal Treatment Decision Making [PDF]
, 2016 Three common ethical principles for establishing the limits of parental authority in pediatric treatment decision making are the harm principle, the principle of best interest, and the threshold view.
Cunningham, Thomas V.
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Risk for Human African Trypanosomiasis, Central Africa, 2000–2009
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011 Comprehensive georeference records for human African trypanosomiasis in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon were combined with human population layers to estimate a kernel-smoothed relative risk function.
Pere P. Simarro +8 more
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Rurality or distance to care and the risk of homelessness among Afghanistan and Iraq veterans [PDF]
, 2017 INTRODUCTION: To date, no studies have examined the relationship of rurality and distance to nearest VA facility to risk of homelessness. METHODS: We examined differences in the rate of homelessness within a year of a Veteran's first encounter with
Brignone, Emily +8 more
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INFLUENCE OF CLIMATIC FACTOR ON NATURALLY DETERMINED DISEASES IN А REGIONAL CONTEXT
Geography, Environment, Sustainability, 2018 The spread of almost all diseases caused by living pathogens is determined primarily by environmental conditions. These pathogens like any other biological objects are the components of the certain natural ecosystems.
Svetlana M. Malkhazova +3 more
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Assessing the methods needed for improved dengue mapping: a SWOT analysis
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2014 INTRODUCTION: Dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral infection, is a growing threat to human health in tropical and subtropical areas worldwide. There is a demand from public officials for maps that capture the current distribution of dengue and maps that ...
David Frost Attaway +4 more
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Modelling spatial accessibility to medical care. Case study of the North-Eastern Region of Romania [PDF]
Human Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography, 2015 Providing the entire population with the same accessibility to services of general interest is among the priorities of EU policy. Among these services, those concerned with medical treatment occupy a special place due to their social and economic ...
Mihail Eva , Corneliu Iatu
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Clinical features of endemic community-acquired psittacosis
New Microbes and New Infections, 2014 Following a large outbreak of community-acquired psittacosis in 2002 in residents of the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, we reviewed new cases in this area over a 7-year period from 2003 to 2009.
J.M. Branley +4 more
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An Analysis of the Proximity Based Polarisation of the Hospital Network of Moldavia’s Counties
Lucrările Seminarului Geografic "Dimitrie Cantemir", 2018 Since 1990, the deficiencies of the widely criticised health care system of Romania have been analysed from economic, political and management related points of view, but the territorial dimension of this system was often neglected.
Andra-Cosmina Albulescu, Daniela Larion
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