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Health disparities in chronic liver disease

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian, Marina Serper, Norah Terrault, Lauren D. Nephew   +3 more
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County-level associations between tobacco retailer density and smoking prevalence in the USA, 2012

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2020
We examine whether county-level tobacco retailer density and adult smoking prevalence are positively associated in the United States and determine whether associations differ in metropolitan vs. nonmetropolitan counties.
Shelley D. Golden, Tzy-Mey Kuo, Amanda Y. Kong, Christopher D. Baggett, Lisa Henriksen, Kurt M. Ribisl   +5 more
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Local government in England: evolution and long-term trends

Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2020
This paper traces the history of local government in England (as opposed to the United Kingdom) since the early nineteenth century, and explores five long-term trends in its evolution. These are path dependence; the occurrence of major structural change;
John Parr
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Assessing the association between area deprivation index on COVID-19 prevalence: a contrast between rural and urban U.S. jurisdictions Running title: COVID-19 prevalence, ADI and county type

AIMS Public Health, 2021
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted communities differentially, with poorer and minority populations being more adversely affected. Prior rural health research suggests such disparities may be exacerbated during the pandemic and in remote ...
Christopher Kitchen, Elham Hatef, Hsien Yen Chang, Jonathan P Weiner, Hadi Kharrazi   +4 more
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Township, County Town, Metropolitan Area, or Foreign Cities? Evidence from House Purchases by Rural Households in China

Land, 2023
In the context of China’s New Urbanization Strategy, it is of great practical significance to study rural–urban population migration from the perspective of house purchases by rural households.
Chengxiang Wang, Zehua Pang, Chang Gyu Choi   +2 more
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Tracing Evolving Networks Using Tensor Factorizations vs. ICA-Based Approaches

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022
Analysis of time-evolving data is crucial to understand the functioning of dynamic systems such as the brain. For instance, analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data collected during a task may reveal spatial regions of interest, and ...
Evrim Acar, Marie Roald, Marie Roald, Khondoker M. Hossain, Vince D. Calhoun, Tülay Adali   +5 more
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Follow-up of 2003 Human West Nile Virus Infections, Denver, Colorado

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006
Tri-County Health Department and Boulder County Public Health conducted a follow-up study of all nonfatal West Nile virus (WNV) cases reported during 2003 in 4 metropolitan Denver, Colorado, counties.
Jennifer L. Patnaik, Heath Harmon, Richard L. Vogt   +2 more
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Access to Early Care and Education in Rural Communities: Implications for Children’s School Readiness

RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2022
This study links county-level early care and education (ECE) program, economic, and demographic data to child-level data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort of 2010–2011 to examine geographic variation in ECE program ...
Taryn W. Morrissey, Scott W. Allard, Elizabeth Pelletier   +2 more
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Spatiotemporal analysis of the relationship between urbanization and the eco-environment in the Kashgar metropolitan area, China

Ecological Indicators, 2022
As urbanization increases, the city continues to interfere with an already-fragile oasis eco-environment in arid areas. This paper proposes a synthesised evaluation index system regarding the urbanization level from the perspectives of demographic ...
Jiangang Li, Jun Lei, Songhong Li, Zhen Yang, Yanjun Tong, Shubao Zhang, Zuliang Duan   +6 more
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The Importance of Place: Effects of Community Job Loss on College Enrollment and Attainment Across Rural and Metropolitan Regions

AERA Open, 2021
Youth living in remote rural communities face significant geographic barriers to college access. Even those living near to a postsecondary institution may not have the means for, or may not see the value of, pursuing a college degree within their local ...
Lucy C. Sorensen, Moontae Hwang
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