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Prevalences of metabolic syndrome and its sex-specific association with socioeconomic status in rural China: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Few studies have reported the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) and examined relationships between socioeconomic status and MS in rural China.
Xuhua Ying, Shuyue Yang, Songtao Li, Meifang Su, Na Wang, Yue Chen, Qingwu Jiang, Chaowei Fu   +7 more
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The importance of socioeconomic conditions in mitigating climate change impacts and achieving Sustainable Development Goals

Environmental Research Letters, 2020
Actions tackling with climate change can cause co-benefits and trade-offs with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) concerned with air pollution, water scarcity, food security, land use, and sustainable energy. Such interactions can be greatly influenced
Jing-Yu Liu, Shinichiro Fujimori, Kiyoshi Takahashi, Tomoko Hasegawa, Wenchao Wu, Yong Geng, Jun’ya Takakura, Toshihiko Masui   +7 more
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Framing Sustainability in a Telecoupled World

Ecology and Society, 2013
Interactions between distant places are increasingly widespread and influential, often leading to unexpected outcomes with profound implications for sustainability. Numerous sustainability studies have been conducted within a particular place with little
Jianguo Liu, Vanessa Hull, Mateus Batistella, Ruth DeFries, Thomas Dietz, Feng Fu, Thomas W. Hertel, R. Cesar Izaurralde, Eric F. Lambin, Shuxin Li, Luiz A. Martinelli, William J. McConnell, Emilio F. Moran, Rosamond Naylor, Zhiyun Ouyang, Karen R. Polenske, Anette Reenberg, Gilberto de Miranda Rocha, Cynthia S. Simmons, Peter H. Verburg, Peter M. Vitousek, Fusuo Zhang, Chunquan Zhu   +22 more
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Leave no child behind: Using data from 1.7 million children from 67 developing countries to measure inequality within and between groups of births and to identify left behind populations.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundGoal 3.2 from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) calls for reductions in national averages of Under-5 Mortality. However, it is well known that within countries these reductions can coexist with left behind populations that have mortality ...
Antonio P Ramos, Martin J Flores, Robert E Weiss   +2 more
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Postnatal origins of undernutrition. [PDF]

, 2009
Obesity and nutrition-related chronic disorders are fast rising in developing countries. But undernutrition--stunting, underweight, wasting and micronutrient deficiencies--still affect millions of preschool children in both rural and urban settings ...
Prost, Marc-André
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Within-scale and cross-scale interaction effects of temperature and human socioeconomic conditions on avian abundance

Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2020
The interactive effects of climate and human socioeconomic factors on biodiversity in the Anthropocene may be studied most effectively from a social-ecological perspective.
Anand Chaudhary, Kevin J. Gutzwiller
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Does Socioeconomic Status Affect Patients’ Ease of Use of a Touch-Screen (iPad) Patient Survey?

Interactive Journal of Medical Research, 2013
Socioeconomic disparities influence the usage rate of advanced communication technologies in Canada. It is important to assess all patient interactions with computers and electronic devices based on these socioeconomic differences.
Zarghom, Saman, Di Fonzo, David, Leung, Fok-Han   +2 more
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The relevance of socioeconomic interactions for the resilience of protected area networks [PDF]

Ecosphere, 2015
Ecological theory suggests that intermediate connectivity between protected areas will increase their resilience by facilitating dispersal, recolonisation, and genetic mixing. Conversely, over‐connectivity may make areas less resilient to contagious perturbations such as pathogen outbreaks. In a similar manner, socioeconomic connectivity should enhance
Maciejewski, K., Cumming, G.S.
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Assessing Cognitive Functioning in Children With Brain Tumors: Interaction of Neighborhood Social Determinants of Health and Neurological Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background This study investigated how neighborhood‐level social determinants of health (SDOH), including redlining and neurological risk, interact to influence cognitive outcomes in children treated for brain tumors (CTBT). Methods A retrospective chart review of 161 CTBT aged 5–17 was conducted.
Alannah R. Srsich, Manali Zope, Peter M. Fantozzi, Cassie N. Kline, Iris Paltin, Matthew C. Hocking   +5 more
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Effect of individual-level and socioeconomic factors on long-term survival after cataract surgery over a 30-year period [PDF]

, 2017
Purpose: To evaluate survival and the risk for mortality after cataract surgery in relation to individual-level and socioeconomic factors in Scotland over 3 decades. Setting: Linked healthcare data, United Kingdom.
Blundell, Charlson, Dickey, Fong CS-u, Mitchell, Fong CS-u, Mitchell, Greenberg, Levin, Quan, Smith, Tseng   +9 more
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