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Association between socioeconomic factors and cancer risk: a population cohort study in Scotland (1991-2006) [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Lung and upper aero-digestive tract (UADT) cancer risk are associated with low socioeconomic circumstances and routinely measured using area socioeconomic indices.
Raab, Gillian M., Alex D McMahon, Conway David I., Katharine H Sharpe, Raab Gillian M., Conway, David I., David I Conway, David H Brewster, Brewster, David H., Sharpe, Katharine H., McMahon Alex D., Sharpe Katharine H., McMahon, Alex D., Gillian M Raab, Brewster David H.   +14 more
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Socioeconomic factors of global food loss

Agriculture & Food Security, 2023
A considerable amount of food produced is lost globally. Food loss indicates not only the amount of edible food that humans do not consume but also the waste of resources used in production and distribution, linked with multifold problems such as climate
Daniel Chrisendo, Johannes Piipponen, Matias Heino, Matti Kummu   +3 more
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Analysing the socioeconomic determinants of hypertension in South Africa: a structural equation modelling approach [PDF]

, 2014
Background Epidemiological research has long observed a varying prevalence of hypertension across socioeconomic strata. However, patterns of association and underlying causal mechanisms are poorly understood in sub-Saharan Africa.
Rodney Ehrlich, Annibale Cois, Cois, Annibale, Ehrlich, Rodney   +3 more
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Socioeconomic determinants of cardiovascular diseases, obesity, and diabetes among migrants in the United Kingdom: A systematic review [PDF]

, 2022
There has been little agreement on the role that socioeconomic factors play in the aetiology of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), obesity, and diabetes among migrants in the United Kingdom (UK).
Boateng, Daniel, Osei-Kwasi, H.A., Sanda Umar Ismail, Ismail, Sanda Umar, Osei-Kwasi, Hibbah Araba, Boateng, D., Asamane, Evans Atiah, Ismail, S.U., Hibbah Araba Osei-Kwasi, Daniel Boateng, Evans Atiah Asamane, Asamane, E.A.   +11 more
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Socioeconomic differentials in mortality among older people [PDF]

, 2004
Research in social epidemiology and medical sociology has consistently shown that people in lower socioeconomic status groups experience poorer health and live shorter lives than those in higher status groups.
Bowling, Ann, Bowling, A
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Sociodemographic characteristics as suicide risk factors in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2017
Background/Aim. Suicide and self-inflicted injuries are one of the leading causes of injury-related deaths worldwide. The aim of this work was to investigate sociodemographic characteristics as a risk factor for suicide.
Nikolić-Balkoski Gordana, Leposavić Ljubica   +1 more
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Socioeconomic patterning of childhood overweight status in Europe. [PDF]

, 2012
There is growing evidence of social disparities in overweight among European children. This paper examines whether there is an association between socioeconomic inequality and prevalence of child overweight in European countries, and if socioeconomic ...
Cécile Knai, Darmon, Nicole, N., Knai, Cécile, Nicole Darmon, Rutter, Harry, Lobstein, Tim, McKee, Martin, Harry Rutter, Martin McKee, Darmon, Nicole, Tim Lobstein   +10 more
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Socioeconomic, regional and demographic factors related to population ageing

Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia, 2017
Objective: the present study aims to investigate the association between population ageing in municipal regions in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, and socioeconomic, demographic and regional factors.
Laércio Almeida de Melo, Lidiane Maria de Brito Macedo Ferreira, Marquiony Marques dos Santos, Kenio Costa de Lima   +3 more
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Episiotomy in Southern Brazil: prevalence, trend, and associated factors

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2022
OBJECTIVE To identify and analyze the prevalence, trend, and factors associated with episiotomy in Rio Grande, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil.
Juraci A. Cesar, Luana P. Marmitt, Raúl A. Mendoza-Sassi   +2 more
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Income-related inequality in completed suicide across the provinces of Iran [PDF]

Epidemiology and Health, 2018
OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to measure income-related inequality in completed suicide across the provinces of Iran. METHODS This ecological study was performed using data from the Urban and Rural Household Income and Expenditure Survey-2010 ...
Mohammad Hassan Kazemi-Galougahi, Asieh Mansouri, Samaneh Akbarpour, Mahmood Bakhtiyari, Majid Sartipi, Rahmatollah Moradzadeh   +5 more
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