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Social determinants of health inequalities [PDF]

, 2005
The gross inequalities in health that we see within and between countries present a challenge to the world. That there should be a spread of life expectancy of 48 years among countries and 20 years or more within countries is not inevitable. A burgeoning
Marmot, M
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The Post-2015 Development Agenda: Keeping Our Focus On the Worst Off [PDF]

, 2015
Non-communicable diseases now account for the majority of the global burden of disease and an international campaign has emerged to raise their priority on the post-2015 development agenda. We argue, to the contrary, that there remain
Sharp, D.
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The Level of Satisfaction of Family Physician Program in Urban Population of Fasa from 2014 to 2015 [PDF]

Journal of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, 2017
Background & Objective: Patient satisfaction is an indicator of the health services that is increasingly important in today's competitive world and perhaps the simplest method for evaluation of family physician program.
Farzaneh Mobasheri, Saeedeh Jafarzadeh, Ehsan Bahramali   +2 more
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Community-based control of a neglected tropical disease: the mossy foot treatment and prevention association [PDF]

, 2009
Podoconiosis (endemic non-filarial elephantiasis, also known as mossy foot) is a non-communicable disease now found exclusively in the tropics, caused by the conjunction of environmental, genetic, and economic factors.
AS Kerketta, B Yakob, EH Wagner, Emily Burridge, EW Price, F Tekola, G Davey, Gail Davey, J Li, J Shiffman, JE Epping-Jordan, K Desta, Samuel Wanji, TK Suma   +13 more
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Histopathological Patterns of Cutaneous and Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis Due to L. aethiopica

Dermatology Research and Practice
Conclusion: In our study, the histopathological patterns of the CL caused by L. aethiopica were shown to have a dermal change that was characterized by a domination of diffused inflammatory cell infiltrate.
Abay Atnafu, Zewditu Chanyalew, Sofia Yimam, Meaza Zeleke, Shimelis Negussie, Selfu Girma, Aklilu Melaku, Menberework Chanyalew   +7 more
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Neck circumference associated with arterial blood pressures and hypertension: A cross-sectional community-based study in northern Han Chinese

Scientific Reports, 2017
Although several studies have investigated the associations of neck circumference (NC) with arterial blood pressures (BPs) and hypertension, no such studies have been conducted among Northern Chinese population.
Shujun Fan, Boyi Yang, Xueyuan Zhi, Jing He, Ping Ma, Luyang Yu, Quanmei Zheng, Guifan Sun   +7 more
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Morbidity Pattern Among Out-Patients Attending Urban Health Training Centre in Srinagar [PDF]

, 2018
The current study was designed to identify the morbidity pattern of out-patients attending Urban Health Training Centre in an urban area of a medical college in Srinagar, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, North India.
Ali, H. (Haroon), Kumar, S. (Santosh), Raj, A. (Abhishek), Singh, A. K. (Amit)   +3 more
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Youth Manifesto on Non-Communicable Diseases

Global Heart, 2011
Sandeep P. Kishore , Karen R. Siegel , Aria Ahmad , Amina A. Aitsi-Selmi k, Mohammed K. Ali , Phillip Baker , Sanjay Basu , Asaf Bitton , Gerald S. Bloomfield , Gene Bukhman , Eleanor Emery , Andrea B. Feigl , Karen Grepin , Mark D. Huffman , Kiti Kajana , Shweta Khandelwal , Kavitha Kolappa , Chenhui Liu , Naaznin Lokhandwala , Vishal Marwah kk, Modi ...
Sanjay Basu, Cristina Parsons Perez, Justin Zaman, Justin Zaman, Gene Bukhman, Andrea B. Feigl, Paul H. Park, Matthew Price, Modi Mwatsama, Phillip Baker, Hester Rice, Chenhui Liu, Kiti Kajana, Asaf Bitton, Rajesh Vedanthan, Nicole L. Novak, Amina Aitsi-Selmi, Gerald S. Bloomfield, Mark D. Huffman, Karen A. Grépin, Karen R. Siegel, Kavitha Kolappa, Ben Seligman, David Stuckler, Nikka Rapkin, Naaznin Lokhandwala, Shweta Khandelwal, Devi Sridhar, Aria Ahmad, Vishal Marwah, Shantanu Nundy, Mohammed K. Ali, Joao da Silva, Sumit Shah, Sandeep P. Kishore, Eleanor Emery   +35 more
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Air pollution and cancer daily mortality in Hangzhou, China: an ecological research

BMJ Open
Background Long-term exposure to air pollution has been linked to cancer incidence. However, the evidence is limited regarding the effect of short-term exposure to air pollution on cancer mortality.Objectives This study aimed to investigate associations ...
Yan Zhang, Biao Li, Zongxue Cheng, Kang Qin, Zhecong Yu, Caixia Jiang, Jue Xu   +6 more
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Association between physical activity energy expenditure and cardiometabolic risk factor clustering among Chinese adults in 2015

Sports Medicine and Health Science, 2022
To understand the association between cardiometabolic risk factor (CMRF) clustering and physical activity (PA) levels, we included 86520 Chinese adults aged 18–64 years having at least one CMRF (hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, or obesity) from the ...
Xiaorong Chen, Mei Zhang, Limin Wang, Zhengjing Huang, Wenrong Zhang, Jing Wu   +5 more
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