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Disparities in pesticide exposure and harm are being perpetuated by current laws and regulations in the USA.

In NYC, medical cannabis services are least available in areas with Black residents and most available in urban neighborhoods with educated residents.

Climate change impacts, exposures, and vulnerability indicators can help tracking the impacts of climate change on human health.

Water pipe smoking among public versus private university students in Ankara, Turkey: an online survey

Authors: Asena Caner and Hilal Özcebe

Content type: Research 25 June 2022
Innovative perception analysis of HIV prevention messaging for black women in college: a proof of concept study

Authors: Rasheeta Chandler, Henry Ross and Dominique Guillaume

Content type: Research 25 June 2022
Perception of worry of harm from air pollution: results from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)

Authors: Samantha Ammons, Hayley Aja, Armen A. Ghazarian, Gabriel Y. Lai and Gary L. Ellison

Content type: Research article 25 June 2022
Spatial clustering of heroin-related overdose incidents: a case study in Cincinnati, Ohio

Authors: Jung Im Choi, Jinha Lee, Arthur B. Yeh, Qizhen Lan and Hyojung Kang

Content type: Research 25 June 2022
Prevention and control of non-communicable diseases in iran: the case for Investment

Authors: Mahmood Yousefi, Ilker Dastan, Farbod Alinezhad, Mansour Ranjbar, Christoph Hamelmann, Afshin Ostovar, Alireza Moghisi, Sima Mohammadi, Awad Mataria, Asmus Hammerich, Slim Slama, Nasim Pourghazian, Alireza Mahdavi Hezaveh, Behzad Valizadeh, Parisa Torabi, Mehdi Najmi…

Content type: Research 24 June 2022

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Porn video shows, local brew, and transactional sex: HIV risk among youth in Kisumu, Kenya

Authors: Carolyne Njue, Helene ACM Voeten and Pieter Remes

Content type: Research article 8 August 2011
Local government responses for COVID-19 management in the Philippines

Authors: Dylan Antonio S. Talabis, Ariel L. Babierra, Christian Alvin H. Buhat, Destiny S. Lutero, Kemuel M. Quindala III and Jomar F. Rabajante

Content type: Research 21 September 2021
The weight of nations: an estimation of adult human biomass

Authors: Sarah Catherine Walpole, David Prieto-Merino, Phil Edwards, John Cleland, Gretchen Stevens and Ian Roberts

Content type: Research article 18 June 2012
Oral and anal sex practices among high school youth in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Authors: Amsale Cherie and Yemane Berhane

Content type: Research article 4 January 2012
Health literacy and public health: A systematic review and integration of definitions and models

Authors: Kristine Sørensen, Stephan Van den Broucke, James Fullam, Gerardine Doyle, Jürgen Pelikan, Zofia Slonska and Helmut Brand

Content type: Research article 25 January 2012

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BMC Public Health is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on the epidemiology of disease and the understanding of all aspects of public health. The journal has a special focus on the social determinants of health, the environmental, behavioral, and occupational correlates of health and disease, and the impact of health policies, practices and interventions on the community.

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