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Modelling stochastic bivariate mortality [PDF]
, 2006 Stochastic mortality, i.e. modelling death arrival via a jump process with stochastic intensity, is gaining increasing reputation as a way to represent mortality risk.
A J G Cairns +36 more
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Black mortality in antebellum Savannah [PDF]
, 2013 Black mortality in an urban environment in the antebellum South is relatively under-researched. This article is based on burial records from Savannah between 1853 and 1861 and argues that black mortality in Savannah was noticeably better than on nearby ...
Lockley, Timothy James
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A synthetic measure of mortality using skeletal data from ancient cemeteries: the d index [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Due to the scarcity of written sources in ancient historical periods, and thanks to the development of increasingly sophisticated methods of excavation, recognition, publication, and interpretation, archaeology has played an important role in
Barbiera, Irene +2 more
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Socioeconomic inequalities in the place of death in urban small areas of three Mediterranean cities
International 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
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Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 2021 Objective: It would be reasonable to hypothesize that common unobserved factors, such as psychological stress and anxiety, as well as genetic and environmental factors, simultaneously influence the tendency for overweight or obesity and the prevalence of
Strong P. Marbaniang +3 more
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Effect of case management on neonatal mortality due to sepsis and pneumonia. [PDF]
, 2011 BACKGROUND: Each year almost one million newborns die from infections, mostly in low-income countries. Timely case management would save many lives but the relative mortality effect of varying strategies is unknown.
Bhutta, Zulfiqar A +7 more
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Disposal of children’s stools and its association with childhood diarrhea in India
BMC 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
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Frontiers 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
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Methylation age acceleration does not predict mortality in schizophrenia. [PDF]
, 2019 Schizophrenia (SCZ) is associated with high mortality. DNA methylation levels vary over the life course, and pre-selected combinations of methylation array probes can be used to estimate "methylation age" (mAge). mAge correlates highly with chronological
Burrage, Joe +7 more
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Migraine, headache, and mortality in women: a cohort study [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Migraine carries a high global burden, disproportionately affects women, and has been implicated as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Migraine with aura has been consistently associated with increased risk of cardiovascular mortality.
Buring, Julie Elizabeth +3 more
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