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Trends in inequality in length of life in India: a decomposition analysis by age and causes of death

Genus, 2017
Background Studies dealing with trends in inequality in length of life in India are rare. Studies documenting the contribution of age and causes of death to the inequality in length of life are more limited. Objective The study aims to examine the trends
Abhishek Singh, Ankita Shukla, Faujdar Ram, Kaushalendra Kumar   +3 more
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Risky injection practices and HCV awareness in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand: a respondent-driven sampling study of people who inject drugs

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are the most exposed to hepatitis C virus (HCV). In Thailand, drug use is highly criminalized, and harm reduction services are scarce. This study estimates risky injection practices and assesses the proportion of
Myrtille Prouté, Sophie Le Coeur, Métrey H. Tiv, Timothée Dub, Parinya Jongpaijitsakul, Anantika Ratnamhin, Chaisiri Angkurawaranon, Apinun Aramrattana, Marc Lallemant   +8 more
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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

BMJ 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, Vinod Joseph K J, Drishti Dristhi, T Muhammad   +3 more
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Differential mortality and wealth accumulation [PDF]

, 1995
The issue of asset accumulation and decumulation is central to the life cycle theory of consumer behavior and to many policy questions. One of the main implications of the life cycle model is that assets are decumulated in the last part of life.
Attanasio, O., Hoynes, H.W.
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Perception, environmental determinants, and health complications of excess weight in India: a mixed methods approach

Scientific 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
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Peroxiredoxin 4, a novel circulating biomarker for oxidative stress and the risk of incident cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Oxidative stress has been suggested to play a key role in the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The aim of our study was to investigate the associations of serum peroxiredoxin 4 (Prx4), a hydrogen peroxide-degrading peroxidase ...
Abbasi, A., Bakker, S.J., Beulens, J.W., Corpeleijn, E., de Jong, P.E., Gans, R.O., Gansevoort, R.T., Hillege, H.L., Navis, G., Peelen, L.M., Postmus, D., Schulte, J., Stolk, R.P., Struck, J., van der Harst, P.   +14 more
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Bivariate stochastic modeling of functional response with natural mortality [PDF]

, 2010
A correction due to Abbott (1925) is the standard method of dealing with control mortality in insect bioassay to estimate the mortality of an insect conditional on control mortality not having occurred.
B. J. T. Morgan, C. S. Holling, D. J. Kuenen, D. J. Skirvin, D. J. Skirvin, D. J. Skirvin, D. J. Skirvin, H. K. Preisler, J. A. Hoekstra, J. S. Fenlon, J. S. Fenlon, M. J. Faddy, M. J. Faddy, M. J. Faddy, M. J. Faddy, P. S. Hewlett, W. S. Abbott   +16 more
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Child suicide rates during the COVID-19 pandemic in England

Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 2021
Background: There is concern about the impact of COVID-19, and the control measures to prevent the spread, on children's mental health. The aim of this work was to identify if there had been a rise of childhood suicide during the COVID pandemic.
David Odd, Tom Williams, Louis Appleby, David Gunnell, Karen Luyt   +4 more
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Identifying which septic patients have increased mortality risk using severity scores:a cohort study [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Early aggressive therapy can reduce the mortality associated with severe sepsis but this relies on prompt recognition, which is hindered by variation among published severity criteria. Our aim was to test the performance of different severity
Davey, Peter G, Evans, Josie Mm, Guthrie, Bruce, Marwick, Charis A, McLeod, Shaun R, Pringle, Jan Ec   +5 more
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Potential Work-related Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 by Standard Occupational Grouping Based on Pre-lockdown Working Conditions in France

Safety and Health at Work, 2023
This study aims to ascertain occupations potentially at greatest risk of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 based on pre-lockdown working conditions in France. We combined two French population-based surveys documenting workplace exposures to infectious agents, face-
Narges Ghoroubi, Emilie Counil, Myriam Khlat   +2 more
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