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A Study of Suicide and Socioeconomic Factors

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2009
The topic of suicide has long been an important socioeconomic issue studied in many countries. Suicides inject an atmosphere of unrest into society, and media attention furthers that social uneasiness. From the viewpoint of economics and management, suicide is a waste of human resource: it decreases the labor force in society and deteriorates human ...
Yung Hsiang Ying, Koyin Chang
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Socioeconomic factors and the risk for sarcoma

European Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2014
Sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of rare malignancies arising from mesenchymal tissue. Although several occupational exposures have been evaluated in association with sarcoma, little is known about the role of socioeconomic indicators such as education.
Sathiya P. Marimuthu, Vijayvel Jayaprakash, Kirsten B. Moysich, Shalaka S. Hampras, Vinod Ravi   +4 more
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Socioeconomic factors and human cancer

International Journal of Cancer, 1995
AbstractIn spite of the many attempts made at various periods of human history to arrive at an equalitarian society by reducing differences between the rich and the poor and by redistributing wealth, social inequalities have not disappeared and even seem to be increasing worldwide.
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Socioeconomic factors and the development of allergy

Toxicology Letters, 1996
Allergy has been associated with relative affluence for over a century, and more recently a substantially lower prevalence of sensitisation to common aeroallergens has been demonstrated in parts of Eastern Europe compared with Western and Northern Europe. One of the strongest risk factors for atopy is small sibship size.
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Geographic and Socioeconomic Factors on Survival in Esthesioneuroblastoma

The Laryngoscope, 2020
ObjectivesEsthesioneuroblastoma (ENB) is a rare sinonasal malignancy with little known regarding how regional and socioeconomic differences in the United States alter disease survival. The aim of this study is to explore the geographic difference in clinical features, socioeconomic factors, and survival outcomes of ENB patients.MethodsENB cases were ...
Sandra T. Mikhael, Abanoob F. Tadrosse, Marina F. Tadrosse, Arsany Yassa, Mina T. Mikhael, Gregory L. Barinsky, Jordon G. Grube, Christina H. Fang, Jean Anderson Eloy   +8 more
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Socioeconomic factors and consumption theories

Mathematical Social Sciences, 1983
Abstract In consumption theories, the question of how to incorporate socio-demographic and other non-budgetary factors in the theoretical structure remains unresolved. To facilitate partial resolution of this issue, this paper presentd a conceptual framework for representing an individual consumption set and its relationship to nonbudgetary factors ...
Maw Lin Lee, Teh-Wei Hu
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CORONARY RISK FACTORS AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS

The Lancet, 1977
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De Becker, Geneviève, Kornitzer, Marcel, Thilly, Cécile   +2 more
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Socioeconomic Factors in Family Planning.

Studies in Family Planning, 1977
In a developing country with an average life expectancy of 50 years or higher (an age already reached by several less developed nations) unl imited procreation is no longer necessary to insure the survival of 1 or 2 sons. Data from Pakistan computed from the Population Growth Estimation Experiment of 1962-1965 shows that the male mortality ratio for ...
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Socioeconomic Factors in Adolescent Delinquency

International Social Work, 1985
[In Bombay, 371 delinquent boys and girls were interviewed in order to study the various socioeconomic factors. In the majority of the cases, an adverse home environ ment played a major role. 45% of the boys and 50% of the girls had incurred loss of one or both the parents. Factors like poverty, large family size, nuclear family pattern and illiteracy
N.D. Jejurikar, N.S. Shenvi
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SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS OF FRAILTY

Proceedings of the 23rd International Academic Conference, Venice, 2016
Frailty is a risk factor for morbidity and mortality in older people. About 4-17% of elderly people living at home are frail, about 3-7% of elderly in age group 65-74 years and about 32% in age group 90 years. About 33-51% of elderly people in hospital care are frail. Several studies reported association between socioeconomic factors and health status.
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