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Gregory Pappas
Researcher at Aga Khan University
Publications - 31
Citations - 2394
Gregory Pappas is an academic researcher from Aga Khan University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Public health. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 29 publications receiving 2340 citations. Previous affiliations of Gregory Pappas include Carnegie Mellon University & National Center for Health Statistics.
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The increasing disparity in mortality between socioeconomic groups in the United States 1960 and 1986.
TL;DR: Despite an overall decline in death rates in the United States since 1960, poor and poorly educated people still die at higher rates than those with higher incomes or better educations, and this disparity increased between 1960 and 1986.
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Health status of the Pakistani population : A Health profile and comparison with the United States
TL;DR: In comparison with the US population, the Pakistani population has a higher rate of undernutrition, a lower rates of high cholesterol, and an approximately equal rate of high blood pressure.
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Incidence, patterns and severity of reported unintentional injuries in Pakistan for persons five years and older: results of the National Health Survey of Pakistan 1990–94
TL;DR: There is high burden of unintentional injuries among persons over five years of age in Pakistan and these results are useful to plan further studies and prioritizing prevention programs on injuries nationally and other developing countries with similar situation.
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The widening gap in death rates among income groups in the United States from 1967 to 1986.
TL;DR: Between 1967 and 1986, death rates for those with maximal income declined between two and three times more rapidly than did rates for the middle and low income groups, and the greatest increase in relative inequality was seen among white males.
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Hypertension prevalence and the status of awareness, treatment, and control in the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES), 1982-84.
TL;DR: Control of hypertension in the HHANES populations fall short of the 1990 Objectives for the Nation established by the US Public Health Service 60 percent (34 percent controlled Mexican American hypertensives, 27.8 percent controlled Cuban American hypertENSives, and 29 percent controlled Puerto Rican hypertensive).