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Narayan Sastry
Researcher at University of Michigan
Publications - 106
Citations - 4151
Narayan Sastry is an academic researcher from University of Michigan. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Panel Study of Income Dynamics. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 103 publications receiving 3768 citations. Previous affiliations of Narayan Sastry include RAND Corporation.
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Collective efficacy and obesity: The potential influence of social factors on health
TL;DR: If group-level collective efficacy is indeed important in the regulation of individual-level net energy balance, it suggests that future interventions to control weight by addressing the social environment at the community level may be promising.
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Race, socioeconomic status, and return migration to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
TL;DR: It is concluded that blacks tended to live in areas that experienced greater flooding and hence suffered more severe housing damage which, in turn, led to their delayed return to the city.
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Forest fires, air pollution, and mortality in Southeast Asia
TL;DR: The results show that the smoke haze from the fires had a deleterious effect on the health of the population in Malaysia.
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The Quality of Retrospective Data An Examination of Long-Term Recall in a Developing Country
TL;DR: It is concluded that many of the data quality problems found previously are present in the MFLS, fielded in Peninsular Malaysia in 1976 and 1988.
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The design of a multilevel survey of children, families, and communities: The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the development and implementation of the multilevel sample design for the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey, a study of children, adults, families, and neighborhoods in Los Angeles County.