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Equity, social determinants and public health programmes
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This article is published in Indian Journal of Medical Research.The article was published on 2011-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 311 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social determinants of health & Health equity.read more
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Physical illness in patients with severe mental disorders.I. Prevalence, impact of medications and disparities in health care
Marc De Hert,Christoph U. Correll,Julio Bobes,Marcelo Cetkovich-Bakmas,Dan Cohen,Itsuo Asai,Johan Detraux,S. Gautam,Hans-Jurgen Möller,David M. Ndetei,John W. Newcomer,Richard Uwakwe,Stefan Leucht +12 more
TL;DR: Prevalence rates of different physical illnesses as well as important individual lifestyle choices, side effects of psychotropic treatment and disparities in health care access, utilization and provision that contribute to these poor physical health outcomes are reported.
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Type 2 diabetes in East Asians: similarities and differences with populations in Europe and the United States
Ronald C.W. Ma,Juliana C.N. Chan +1 more
TL;DR: East Asian patients with type 2 diabetes have a higher risk of developing renal complications than Europeans and, with regard to cardiovascular complications, a predisposition for developing strokes and cancer is emerging as the other main cause of mortality.
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The global burden of periodontal disease: towards integration with chronic disease prevention and control.
Poul Erik Petersen,Hiroshi Ogawa +1 more
TL;DR: The present report highlights the global burden of periodontal disease: the ultimate burden of Periodontal Disease (tooth loss), as well as signs of periodental disease, are described from World Health Organization (WHO) epidemiological data.
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The political origins of health inequity: prospects for change
Ole Petter Ottersen,Jashodhara Dasgupta,Chantal Blouin,Paulo Marchiori Buss,Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong,Julio Frenk,Sakiko Fukuda-Parr,Bience P Gawanas,Rita Giacaman,John O. Gyapong,Jennifer Leaning,Michael Marmot,Desmond McNeill,Gertrude I Mongella,Nkosana Moyo,Sigrun Møgedal,Ayanda Ntsaluba,Gorik Ooms,Espen Bjertness,Ann Louise Lie,Suerie Moon,Sidsel Roalkvam,Kristin Ingstad Sandberg,Inger B. Scheel +23 more
TL;DR: Ole Petter Ottersen, Jashodhara Dasgupta, Chantal Blouin, Paulo Buss, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Julio Frenk, Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Bience P Gawanas, Rita Giacaman, John Gyapong, Jennifer Leaning, Michael Marmot, Desmond McNeill, Gertrude I Mongella, Nkosana Moyo, Sigrun M
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Risk Factors for Tuberculosis
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