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Ravi K. Sharma
English
Public Health
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Open AccessAir toxics and the risk of autism spectrum disorder: the results of a population based case–control study in southwestern Pennsylvania
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) constitute a major public health problem affecting one in 68 children. There is little understanding of the causes of ASD despite its serious social impact. Air pollution contai...
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Open AccessExploring the role of GIS during community health assessment problem solving: experiences of public health professionals
A Community health assessment (CHA) involves the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in conjunction with other software to analyze health and population data and perform numerical-spatial problem solvi...
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Latinos' Health Care Access: Financial and Cultural Barriers
This study aimed at investigating how income, culture, and language affect health care access. Data from a structured questionnaire administered to a random sample of 206 Latinos was analyzed using multivariat...
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Book Review: The Demography of Health and Health Care. By Louis G. Pol and Richard K. Thomas. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, 2001. 374 pp. $95 (hardbound), $42.50 (paperback)
