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Health and Socioeconomic Change

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1980
A cross national and cross temporal analysis of the statistics of 29 developed and 25 less developed countries (DC's and LDC's) from 1950 to 1975 shows that the relationship between the Indicators characterizing the performance of seven socioeconomic subsectors (demography, economy, education, communication, housing, nutrition, and health resources ...
Ernst O. Attinger, Dilip R. Ahuja
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Hypertension and socioeconomic status

Current Opinion in Cardiology, 2008
The impact of socioeconomic status on hypertension is complicated and unclear. In this article, we review the findings of recently published studies pertaining to the association between socioeconomic status and hypertension. Specifically, we focus on several potentially modifiable modes of pathogenesis involved in this association, including education,
Itamar, Grotto, Michael, Huerta, Yehonatan, Sharabi   +2 more
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Socioeconomic Status and Insomnia.

Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 2005
This investigation compared the likelihood of insomnia and insomnia-related health consequences among individuals of different socioeconomic status. A random-digit dialing procedure was used to recruit at least 50 men and 50 women in each age decade from 20 to 80+ years old.
Les A, Gellis, Kenneth L, Lichstein, Isabel C, Scarinci, H Heith, Durrence, Daniel J, Taylor, Andrew J, Bush, Brant W, Riedel   +6 more
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Socioeconomic issues in dermatology

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 1981
The organization and delivery of health services in the United States is currently being re-evaluated in light of emerging trends in the supply and distribution of physicians. The recent GMENAC report identified an impending physician surplus in many specialties and a near-balance situation for dermatology by 1990.
L J, Goodman, J E, Swartwout
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Socioeconomic status and stroke

The Lancet Neurology, 2006
This paper reviews the current evidence for the association between socioeconomic status and stroke incidence, survival, mortality, and other outcomes. The evidence is strongest for mortality and incidence of stroke, with high rates of stroke in low socioeconomic groups being a consistent finding.
Cox, AM, McKevitt, C, Rudd, AG, Wolfe, CDA   +3 more
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Socioeconomic deprivation and burns

Burns, 2010
Burns are a complex phenomenon with multiple interactive factors. Age, ethnicity and socioeconomic deprivation have been identified in the literature as important determinants of this form of injury.The primary objective of this study was to undertake a descriptive analysis of the socioeconomic factors associated with burn injuries in New Zealand. This
R M, Mistry, L, Pasisi, S, Chong, J, Stewart, R B Wong, She   +4 more
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Socioeconomic disparity is not a given

BMJ, 2018
I thank The BMJ and Fiona Godlee for the thought provoking debate on the tension between patient and population health.1 Socioeconomic characteristics are too often taken as non-modifiable risk factors for health outcomes. Setting aside the role of health professionals as actors for social change (the tradition going back at least to Villerme and ...
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SOCIOECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF DYSMENORRHEA

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 1979
Abstract. Dysmenorrhea constitutes only a small fraction of the causes of absence from work among women of childbearing age. Nevertheless, every second woman in two Norwegian industrial companies experienced pain during menstruation and one in three had to stay in bed at least one day per month.
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Socioeconomics of Cloud Standards

IEEE Cloud Computing, 2015
This column discusses factors that can lead to the emergence of standards, and explores features that can both limit their initial emergence and accelerate their subsequent uptake. The author describes conditions that tend to lead to monopolies versus the shared development and diversity that push communities toward standards.
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Socioeconomic Aspects of the Pneumoconioses

Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal, 1964
(1964). Socioeconomic Aspects of the Pneumoconioses. Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal: Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 521-528.
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