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Socioeconomic Disparities in Osteoporosis Prevalence: Different Results in the Overall Korean Adult Population and Single-person Households [PDF]

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2015
Objectives: The present study was conducted in order to examine the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and osteoporosis prevalence in Korea and to assess whether different associations are found in single-person households.
Jungmee Kim, Joongyub Lee, Ju-Young Shin, Byung-Joo Park   +3 more
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Household-specific physical activity levels and energy intakes according to the presence of metabolic syndrome in Korean young adults: Korean National Health and nutrition examination survey 2016–2018

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Participation in exercise, and dietary and nutritional intakes have an impact on the risk and prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS), but these effects may differ according to whether a person lives alone or in a multi-person household.
Young-Jun Lee, Yeon-Hee Park, Jung-Woo Lee, Eun-Sook Sung, Hyun-Seob Lee, Jonghoon Park   +5 more
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Sensitivity of household transmission to household contact structure and size. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
Study the influence of household contact structure on the spread of an influenza-like illness. Examine whether changes to in-home care giving arrangements can significantly affect the household transmission counts.We simulate two different behaviors for ...
Achla Marathe, Bryan Lewis, Jiangzhuo Chen, Stephen Eubank   +3 more
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Vacant wall, versatile screen, and personal gateway: design implications for the impact of smartphone use on the domestic spaces of single-person student households

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2023
Recently, there has been a phenomenon wherein smartphones have begun to serve as substitutes for televisions in domestic spaces. However, there have been few studies of investigating the relationship between smartphone use and domestic spaces.
Hoyoung Kim
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Transformation of the Housing Market in Tokyo since the Late 1990s: Housing Purchases by Single-person Households

Asian Studies, 2011
This study aims to clarify the correlation between the transformation of the Japanese housing market and the increasing number of single-person households in Japan, with a special focus on the supply of compact condominiums.
Tomoko Kubo, Yoshimichi Yui
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Hand hygiene improvement or antibiotic restriction to control the household transmission of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli: a mathematical modelling study

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2020
Background The best strategy to control ESBL-producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-EC) spread in the community is lacking. Methods We developed an individual-based transmission model to evaluate the impact of hand hygiene (HH) improvement and reduction in ...
Lidia Kardaś-Słoma, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Anne Perozziello, Jean-Ralph Zahar, François-Xavier Lescure, Anthony Cousien, Jean-Christophe Lucet   +6 more
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Changes in food purchase, consumption and handling during COVID-19 pandemic among single person households.

PLoS ONE, 2023
ObjectiveAs a new type of consumer subject in the market that was formerly dominated by multiple person families, single households are driving the change in the buying structure.
Janet Antwi, Yetunde Olawuyi, Shadiamon Bain, Kyndall Samuel   +3 more
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Prediction model of quality of life using the decision tree model in older adult single-person households: a secondary data analysis

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundAttention is drawn to the subjective health status and quality of life of older adult single-person households, whose number is gradually increasing as factors including low fertility, increased life expectancy, aging, and household ...
Dajung Ryu, Sohyune Sok
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Who Is Behaving? Consequences for Energy Policy of Concept Confusion

Energies, 2015
Policies to reduce household energy use usually target the individual customer. This is probably one explanation to the limited effect of many information policies, because two concepts with different meanings are confused: individual and household.
Kajsa Ellegård, Jenny Palm
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Identification of Risk Groups for and Factors Affecting Metabolic Syndrome in South Korean Single-Person Households Using Latent Class Analysis and Machine Learning Techniques: Secondary Analysis Study

JMIR Formative Research, 2023
BackgroundThe rapid increase of single-person households in South Korea is leading to an increase in the incidence of metabolic syndrome, which causes cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, due to lifestyle changes.
Ji-Soo Lee, Soo-Kyoung Lee
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