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Objective To explore the associations between obesity-related measures and multimorbidity among older Indian adults and the interactive effects of physical activity in those associations.Design A cross-sectional study was conducted using large ...
Shobhit Srivastava+3 more
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In light of the high and rising prevalence of obesity, we studied females and males aged 25–54 years with excess weight in the Kolkata metropolitan region, one of India's main cities, to understand the perception, environmental determinants and health ...
Somdutta Barua, Nandita Saikia
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The transfer from traditional to modern methods of contraception in recent decades has been accompanied by a transfer of deaths from complications of pregnancy to deaths from complications of the modern contraceptive methods. In 1975, for example, it is estimated that there were more deaths at ages 25-44 years in England and Wales from adverse effects ...
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BackgroundA global reduction in hospital admissions for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) was observed during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jonas Poucineau+10 more
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Socioeconomic inequalities in the place of death in urban small areas of three Mediterranean cities
Background Dying at home is the most frequent preference of patients with advanced chronic conditions, their caregivers, and the general population. However, most deaths continue to occur in hospitals.
Andreu Nolasco+6 more
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Disposal of children’s stools and its association with childhood diarrhea in India
Background Children’s stool disposal is often overlooked in sanitation programs of any country. Unsafe disposal of children’s stool makes children susceptible to many diseases that transmit through faecal-oral route.
Rahul Bawankule+3 more
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The relationship of thinness to mortality was examined in White adult members of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program who had at least three multiphasic health checkups between 1964 and 1972, with mortality follow-up through 1980. A detailed comparison was performed of the mortality patterns of "thin" (decile 1 of Quetelet's index) and "average"
A B Siegelaub+2 more
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Plain Language Summary We use information from mothers with a child under the age of 18 months, who were interviewed in a national survey conducted in 2018.
Jean Christophe Fotso+4 more
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Psychopathy and Mortality [PDF]
AbstractIt is not known how mortality differs between psychopathic and nonpsychopathic individuals. We linked data from subjects having been in forensic mental examinations at Niuvanniemi Hospital during 1984–1993 to the data from the National Death Registry to estimate the association between psychopathy and mortality.
B A Hannu Kautiainen+5 more
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The unpredictably eruptive dynamics of spruce budworm populations in eastern Canada
We examine historical population data for spruce budworm from several locations through the period 1930–1997, and use density‐dependent recruitment curves to test whether the pattern of population growth over time is more consistent with Royama's (1984; Ecological Monographs 54:429–462) linear R(t) model of harmonic oscillation at Green River New ...
Barry J. Cooke, Jacques Régnière
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