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Socioeconomic factors in lupus erythematosus

Autoimmunity Reviews, 2005
For a long time, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was considered a potentially deadly disease. Since the introduction of immunosuppressive therapy, the life expectancy and the quality of life of patients suffering from lupus erythematosus has been dramatically improved. Today, the 5-year survival rate for SLE varies between 50% and 95%.
Stephan, Meller, Bernhard, Homey, Thomas, Ruzicka   +2 more
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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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Examining socioeconomic factors influencing maternal health in pregnancy

Journal of Human Behavior in The Social Environment
Maternal health outcomes are profoundly influenced by socioeconomic determinants, posing significant challenges to achieving equitable care for pregnant women worldwide.
J. S, Prabakar S
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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.
Shalaka S, Hampras, Kirsten B, Moysich, Sathiya P, Marimuthu, Vinod, Ravi, Vijayvel, Jayaprakash   +4 more
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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

Definitions, 2006
Observations: In most populations and societies, people of higher social position live longer and remain healthier than those of lower position. Disparities in morbidity and mortality across ethnic groups also exist. Mortality rates for African Americans
L. Stephen, Buka
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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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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 Risk Factors in Neurocysticercosis

Neurology India
NCC is responsible for around 30% of active epilepsy in endemic countries such as India. Knowing socioeconomic factors associated with NCC can help in decreasing the incidence of this disease. We intend to study socioeconomic risk factors in NCC patients and how these factors are different from patients without NCC.
Aditya, Choudhary, Neeraj, Balaini, Manoj, Goyal, Manish, Modi, Karthik V, Mahesh, Vivek, Lal   +5 more
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