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Fine-scale spatial mapping of urban malaria prevalence for microstratification in an urban area of Ghana. [PDF]

Malar J
Oppong SK, Dosoo DK, Peprah NY, Adu GA, Mohammed W, Rozier J, Kayan K, McPhail M, Amratia P, Alene KA, Asante KP, Gething PW, Malm KL.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich, Valerio Giuffrida, Bruno Martorano, Georg Schmerzeck, Marco Tiberti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The fuzzy boundary: the spatial definition of urban areas

, 2007
Cities seem to have some kind of area structure, usually distinguished in terms of land use types, socio-economic variables, physical appearance or historical and culturalcharacteristics.
Hillier, B, Bill Hillier, Yang, T, Tao Yang   +3 more
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A qualitative exploration of menstrual management practices and the impact of menstruation on the livelihoods of female sex workers in a peri-urban area of western Kenya. [PDF]

Front Reprod Health
McCullough E, Zulaika G, Osire EA, Akinyi C, Otieno FO, Phillips-Howard PA, Mehta SD, Mason L.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Linking community structure and climate vulnerability in desert plant assemblages of southern California

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise Desert plant assemblages in southern California provide an opportunity to link patterns of community structure with climate‐driven vulnerability in a rapidly changing environment. California sustains an exceptionally diverse flora of approximately 4300 plant species, with 31% identified as endemic.
Hector Zumbado‐Ulate, Luis E. Barrios, Danelle A. Baronia, G. Darrel Jenerette, Lynn C. Sweet   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

City Conservation and Urban Villages in China - A Case Study of Design and Planning Method in Urban Village Renovation Project in Kunming City

During the last two decades of rapid urban development in China, Chinese cities expanded their boundaries significantly. Many villages that used to locate at the outskirt of cities have found that they are surrounded by the newly built up urban ...
Jiang, Wen
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Knowledge of breast cancer and practice of breast self-examination among adolescent girls in semi-urban area - Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh: A school-based cross-sectional study. [PDF]

PLoS One
Alam R, Akter S, Mohammad T, Rini R, Mariyam M, Priti AA, Ayshee AM, Sayem MSH, Mimi AM, Ahmed A, Kundu LR, Talukder MH, Sikder MT.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

THE DISEASE PATTERN IN URBAN AREAS.

South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde, 1996
No ...
openaire   +2 more sources

The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Population‐based survey data have demonstrated that LGBTQ communities report varying rates of economic insecurity, yet very little research directly assesses how pathways into and experiences with poverty look different among subgroups at the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Leishmania exposure in blood donors from a non-endemic urban area: A study in São Paulo. [PDF]

Vox Sang
de Lima IS, Ferreira SC, Nishiya AS, Kesper N, Ferreira JE, de Castro Gomes CM, Derriga J, Dantas KC, Polato SPG, Salles NA, Lindoso JAL, Fanciani T, de Almeida-Neto C, Rocha V, Mendrone A.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source