Tanja Srebotnjak

TL;DR: The Water Quality Index (WATQI) as discussed by the authors provides a global effort at reporting and estimating water quality on the basis of five commonly reported quality parameters: dissolved oxygen, electrical conductivity, pH value, and total nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations.

TL;DR: County-level estimates of cigarette smoking prevalence provide a unique opportunity to assess where prevalence remains high and where progress has been slow, and provide the data needed to better develop and implement strategies at a local and at a state level to further reduce the burden imposed by cigarette smoking.

TL;DR: Emergency department charges for common conditions are expensive with high charge variability, and greater acute care charge transparency will at least allow patients and providers to be aware of the emergency department charges patients may face in the current health care system.

TL;DR: In this article, a conceptual model to map the degree of human dependence on marine ecosystems based on the magnitude of the benefit, susceptibility of people to a loss of that benefit, and the availability of alternatives is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the scientific knowledge divide in the environmental sciences between developed and developing countries and explore the implications and impacts on both science and policymaking, concluding that the limited empirical source and focus of environmental research undermine the claims of universality of environmental science and what consequences this may have on policymaking processes at different levels.