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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.

Factors influencing physical inactivity status among chinese pregnant women: a cross-sectional study

Authors: Tianchun Zhou, Yuping Lin, Feng Xu, Xiaoxia Ma, Na Wang and Yan Ding

Content type: Research 9 December 2022
The influence of social class and institutional relationships on the experiences of vaccine-hesitant mothers: a qualitative study

Authors: Lindsay W. Glassman and Julia E. Szymczak

Content type: Research 9 December 2022
Establishment of dynamic nomogram and risk score models for T2DM: a retrospective cohort study in Beijing

Authors: Chao Tong, Yumei Han, Shan Zhang, Qiang Li, Jingbo Zhang, Xiuhua Guo, Lixin Tao, Deqiang Zheng and Xinghua Yang

Content type: Research 9 December 2022
Preventative practices and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on caregivers of children with pediatric pulmonary hypertension

Authors: Erik J. Nelson, Ella Cook, Megan Pierce, Samara Nelson, Ashley Bangerter Seelos, Heather Stickle, Rebecca Brown and Michael Johansen

Content type: Research 9 December 2022
Design and rationale for evaluating the impact of salad bars on elementary school students’ fruit, vegetable, and energy intake: a wait list control, cluster randomized controlled trial

Authors: Melanie K. Bean, Hollie A. Raynor, Laura M. Thornton, Lilian de Jonge and Suzanne E. Mazzeo

Content type: Study protocol 9 December 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
School grade and sex differences in domain-specific sedentary behaviors among Japanese elementary school children: a cross-sectional study

Authors: Kaori Ishii, Ai Shibata, Minoru Adachi, Yoshiyuki Mano and Koichiro Oka

Content type: Research article 13 April 2017
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

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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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