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Interaction of physical activity on the association of obesity-related measures with multimorbidity among older adults: a population-based cross-sectional study in India

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2021
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
doaj   +1 more source

Perception, environmental determinants, and health complications of excess weight in India: a mixed methods approach

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
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
doaj   +1 more source

Reproductive mortality. [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 1979
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 ...
openaire   +6 more sources

Hospital admissions and mortality for acute exacerbations of COPD during the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationwide study in France

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine, 2022
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
doaj   +1 more source

Socioeconomic inequalities in the place of death in urban small areas of three Mediterranean cities

open access: yesInternational Journal for Equity in Health, 2020
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
doaj   +1 more source

Disposal of children’s stools and its association with childhood diarrhea in India

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2017
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
doaj   +1 more source

Thinness and mortality [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Safety Research, 1987
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
openaire   +4 more sources

Pregnancy risks and contraceptive use among postpartum mothers in Cameroon: implications for improving the coverage of postpartum family planning services

open access: yesReproductive Health, 2023
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
doaj   +1 more source

Psychopathy and Mortality [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Sciences, 2017
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
openaire   +4 more sources

The unpredictably eruptive dynamics of spruce budworm populations in eastern Canada

open access: yesPopulation Ecology, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

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