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Ying-**a Liao
Medicine & Public Health
English
Public Health
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Open AccessBarriers and facilitators to uptake and use of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis in pregnant and postpartum women: a qualitative meta-synthesis
Acute HIV infection during pregnancy and in the postpartum period increases the risk of vertical transmission. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended preexposure prophylaxis for pregnant and postp...
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Open AccessUN peacekeeper health and risk factors --- a systematic sco** review
Conflicts, natural disasters, and complex emergencies present substantial health challenges to United Nations (UN) peacekeepers deployed in mission areas. This sco** review aims at summarizing previous resea...
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A quick online cross-sectional study of knowledge, attitude, practice, and information media toward the Omicron pandemic in China
The knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) toward the COVID-19 and popular information media of the public is unclear in the late pandemic. The objective of this study was to evaluate the Chinese residents’...
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Open AccessAssociation between internal migration experience and depressive symptoms: analysis of PSID data
Depression is on the rise globally. Additionally, the United States has a high level of population mobility. The main aim of this study was to provide a reference for improving the mental health of internal mi...
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Open AccessDevelo** a conceptual framework for the health protection of United Nations peacekeepers against the COVID-19 pandemic from global health perspectives
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed particular health risks to United Nations peacekeepers, which require prompt responses and global attention. Since the health protection of United Nat...
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Open AccessNutrition-related diseases and cardiovascular mortality in American society: national health and nutrition examination study, 1999–2006
Despite many significant advances in treatment and management, cardiovascular disease remains the main cause of the global disease burden. Nutrition-related disease is a modifiable cardiovascular risk factor. ...
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Association amongst social support inside or outside the family and depression symptoms: longitudinal study of urban–rural differences in China
The purpose is to analyze the longitudinal association between social support inside and outside the family and depression and the differences between urban and rural areas.
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Open AccessMedical expenditure for lung cancer in China: a multicenter, hospital-based retrospective survey
Lung cancer is the most prevalent cancer, and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in China. The aim of this study was to estimate the direct medical expenditure incurred for lung cancer care and analyze...
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Open AccessAssociation among multimorbidity, physical disability and depression trajectories: a study of urban–rural differences in China
The purpose of this study was to analyse the trajectories of depression in urban and rural areas, and to analyse the relationship among multimorbidity, disability and other variables and trajectories.
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Serum albumin and atrial fibrillation: insights from epidemiological and mendelian randomization studies
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in clinical practice. Low serum albumin level is linked to the emergence of many cardiovascular diseases, including AF. In this study, we aim to character...
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BKCa channel activity and vascular contractility alterations with hypertension and aging via β1 subunit promoter methylation in mesenteric arteries
Promoter methylation is a key mechanism in the epigenetic reprogramming of gene expression patterns. Here, we investigated the contribution of DNA methylation and the associated expression and function of larg...
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Open AccessWhat is the gap in activity and participation between people with disability and the general population in Taiwan?
In 2010, the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0) was developed, based on the concept of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). The I...
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Long-term mortality risk in individuals with permanent work-related impairment
OBJECTIVES: Recent estimates indicate that at least one in five activity-limiting injuries occurs at work. Of individuals who suffer these injuries approximately 10% experience some degree of functional impairmen...
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Open AccessOutpatient prescription practices in rural township health centers in Sichuan Province, China
Sichuan Province is an agricultural and economically develo** province in western China. To understand practices of prescribing medications for outpatients in rural township health centers is important for t...
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Open AccessThoracic aorta pseudoaneurysm with hemopericardium: unusual presentation of warfarin overdose
There have been few case reports which discuss a relationship between warfarin overdose and aortic pseudoaneurysm leakage. We report the case of a female receiving warfarin who presented with dsypnea. Her inte...
