Documents tagged with disparities

The Global Gender Gap Report WEF 2008

Although gender-based inequalities exist in the majority of the world’s cultures, religions, nations and income groups, there are differences in the way these disparities manifest themselves and ho...
  • leongio published this 10 / 17 / 2009
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Racial Differences in Paraoxonase-1 (PON1): A Factor in the Health of Southerners?

The southern United States (excluding Florida) has the highest age-adjusted rate of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the country, with African Americans having a higher prevalence of CVD than Caucas...
  • ehponline published this 08 / 11 / 2009
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Cross-cutting view on health spending

1 Cross-cutting View on Health Spending Motivational examples for countries classified as “poor” Michel ODIKA With regard to the impact of health spending on health outcomes, countless people are ...
  • Michel ODIKA published this 05 / 12 / 2009
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The Relationship of Housing and Population Health: A 30-Year Retrospective Analysis

We analyzed the relationship between health status and housing quality over time.
  • ehponline published this 04 / 22 / 2009
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Regional Development in Japan-Okinawa Case Study08

This is a group presentation at the Regional Development in Japan Seminar organised by JICA for international participants. Copyright: All authors.
  • kaidere published this 02 / 25 / 2009
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Integrating Human Health into Environmental Impact Assessment:

The National Environmental Policy Act and related state laws require many public agencies to analyze and disclose potentially significant environmental effects of agency actions, including effects ...
  • ehponline published this 09 / 29 / 2008
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