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INTRODUCTION Little current research examines associations between infant mortality and US states' funding for family planning services and for abortion, despite growing efforts to restrict reproductive rights and services and documented associations between unintended pregnancy and infant mortality. MATERIAL AND METHODS We obtained publicly available data on state-only public funding for fam...

the aim of this paper is to determine the different types of theatrical policies applied by the states of iran within the years 198 9(the start of the first presidency of akbar hashemi rafsanjan) to 2009 (the end of the first presidency of mahmoud ahmadi nejad). the method of this research is content analysis. the cabinet approvals within these years which either in their titles or in their tex...

History confirms that while technological innovations can bring many benefits, they can also cause much human suffering, environmental degradation and economic costs. But are we repeating history with new and emerging chemical and technological products? In preparation for volume 2 of 'Late Lessons from Early Warnings' (European Environment Agency, 2013), two analyses were carried out to help a...

BACKGROUND Describe the prevalence and types of conflicts of interest (COI) in published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in general medical journals with a binary primary outcome and assess the association between conflicts of interest and favorable outcome. METHODS Parallel-group RCTs with a binary primary outcome published in three general medical journals during 2013-2015 were identifi...

background: the present paper focuses on approaching the context and the actual manner of applying a method, known to be efficient and with a solid scientific background, on the institutional level of healthcare in romania. methods: the analyses and correlations developed by the author have taken into account the latest editions of the journals and publications of these institutions, such as st...

AIM To examine if optimal clopidogrel therapy following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) differed systematically by sociodemographic characteristics during and after special authority (SA) restrictions, which required hospital-specialist approval for full funding. METHOD National health databases were anonymously linked for New Zealanders discharged following publicly-funded PCI betwe...