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Angela Chetrit
Public Health
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Open AccessFactors associated with disparities in out-of-pocket expenditure on dental care: results from two cross-sectional national surveys
Socioeconomic differences in oral health and dental care utilization are a persistent problem in many high-income countries. We evaluated demographic, geographic and socioeconomic factors associated with dispa...
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Primary prevention and screening practices among long-term breast cancer survivors
Parallel to increasing survival of breast cancer (BC) patients, a need has arisen to characterize the follow-up required to improve and maintain their health. Our study aimed to assess changes in lifestyle hab...
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Open AccessSocial characteristics associated with disparities in smoking rates in Israel
Cigarette smoking is a major cause of health disparities. We aimed to determine social characteristics associated with smoking status and age at smoking initiation in the ethnically-diverse population of Israel.
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Allergy and brain tumors in the INTERPHONE study: pooled results from Australia, Canada, France, Israel, and New Zealand
A history of allergy has been inversely associated with several types of cancer although the evidence is not entirely consistent. We examined the association between allergy history and risk of glioma, meningi...
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Open AccessThe calculation of quality indicators for long term care facilities in 8 countries (SHELTER project)
Performance indicators in the long term care sector are important to evaluate the efficiency and quality of care delivery. We are, however, still far from being able to refer to a common set of indicators at t...
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Open AccessThe INTERPHONE study: design, epidemiological methods, and description of the study population
The very rapid worldwide increase in mobile phone use in the last decade has generated considerable interest in the possible health effects of exposure to radio frequency (RF) fields. A multinational case–cont...
