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Blockchain Applications Presentation Commentry

Blockchain in Healthcare Today, 2022
The 2021 ConV2X Annual Symposium  featured a scientific program of academic/research presentations in addition to business and industry talks. The research track  focused on exploring and sharing developments in blockchain and emerging technologies in ...
Dr. Anjum Khurshid, Director Of Data Integration, Department of Population Health, Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health, The University Of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, USA, Dr. Kayo Fujimoto, Distinguished Professor In Social Determinants of Health, Professor In School Of Public Health At The University Of Texas Health Science Center At Houston, USA, Dr. Vijayakumar Varadarajan, Adjunct Professor, School of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Australia   +2 more
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The Social Determinants of Health [PDF]

Annual Review of Public Health, 2011
In the United States, awareness is increasing that medical care alone cannot adequately improve health overall or reduce health disparities without also addressing where and how people live. A critical mass of relevant knowledge has accumulated, documenting associations, exploring pathways and biological mechanisms, and providing a previously ...
Paula, Braveman, Susan, Egerter, David R, Williams   +2 more
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Health Impacts of Exposure to Heavy Metals in Some Selected Lipstick Products Available in Mashhad, Iran [PDF]

Avicenna Journal of Environmental Health Engineering, 2019
This study aimed to investigate the levels of heavy metals in the lipstick products. In general, 30 samples were randomly selected from Mashhad markets. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and t test were used to compare color and price variables.
Hossein Alidadi, Sima Zamand, Aliasghar Najafpoor, Hamid Heidarian, Aliakbar Dehghan, Maryam Sarkhosh, Vahid Taghavimanesh   +6 more
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Exploration factors on smoking among female adolescents based on the viewpoints of Iranian adolescent girls

BMC Women's Health, 2022
Background In recent years, the prevalence of smoking in women has increased significantly. This study aimed to explain the effective factors in the tendency to smoke in female adolescents, employing a qualitative method of content analysis in Mashhad ...
Hadi Tehrani, Mehrsadat Mahdizadeh, Nooshin Peyman, Mahdi Gholian-Aval, Elham Charoghchian Khorasani, Alireza Jafari   +5 more
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Towards a global monitoring system for implementing the Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health: developing a core set of indicators for government action on the social determinants of health to improve health equity

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018
Background In the 2011 Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization (WHO) Member States pledged action in five areas crucial for addressing health inequities. Their pledges referred to better governance for health
Working Group for Monitoring Action on the Social Determinants of Health
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Report summary - The Direct Economic Burden of Socioeconomic Health Inequalities in Canada: An Analysis of Health Care Costs by Income Level

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 2016
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Social Determinants and Science Integration Directorate, Public Health Agency of Canada
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of pregnancy and COVID-19: Signs and symptoms, laboratory tests, and perinatal outcomes

International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine, 2020
Background: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 appeared in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. Objective: To investigate the clinical manifestations including signs and symptoms, laboratory results ...
Soheil Hassanipour, Saeed Bagheri Faradonbeh, Khalil Momeni, Zahra Heidarifard, Mohammad-Javad Khosousi, Leila Khosousi, Hosein Ameri, Morteza Arab-Zozani   +7 more
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Serum Vitamin D Status in Older Adults: A Cohort Study [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background: Vitamin D is best known as a key regulator of bone metabolism and calcium and phosphate homeostasis. This study aimed to assess the effect of different factors on the five-year changes in serum vitamin D concentration among older adults ...
Simin Mouodi, Sajedeh Delbari, Seyed Reza Hosseini, Reza Ghadimi, Ali Bijani   +4 more
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Social Determinants of Health [PDF]

North Carolina Medical Journal, 2012
In spite of improvements in its health care delivery systems and in local and state public health infrastructure, North Carolina continues to face significant challenges in improving the health of its citizens. The state lags behind almost two-thirds of the nation in overall health status, and racial and ethnic disparities exist across multiple ...
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Water, sanitation and hygiene interventions for acute childhood diarrhea: a systematic review to provide estimates for the Lives Saved Tool

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background In the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) era, there is growing recognition of the responsibilities of non-health sectors in improving the health of children. Interventions to improve access to clean water, sanitation facilities, and hygiene
Nazia Darvesh, Jai K. Das, Tyler Vaivada, Michelle F. Gaffey, Kumanan Rasanathan, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, for the Social Determinants of Health Study Team   +6 more
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