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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Prevalence of Leptospira spp. in urban rodents from a groceries trade center of Medellin, Colombia.

30 Oct 2009 Leptospirosis is a widely distributed zoonosis, and rats are its most common source of infection. Our goal was to determine the frequency for Leptospira infection in rodents in a farmers market in the city of Medellin. We performed a descriptive ... Read more...

Density of tobacco retailers near schools: effects on tobacco use among students.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVES: We examined the relationship between students' tobacco use and the density and proximity of tobacco retailers near their schools. METHODS: We used data from the 2003-2004 California Student Tobacco Survey and California retail licensing ... Read more...

Availability of less nutritious snack foods and beverages in secondary schools - selected States, 2002-2008.

7 Oct 2009 Foods and beverages offered or sold in schools outside of U.S. Department of Agriculture school meal programs are not subject to federal nutrition standards and generally are of lower nutritional quality than foods and beverages served in the meal ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Commerce'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Prevalence of Leptospira spp. in urban rodents from a groceries trade center of Medellin, Colombia. 30 Oct 2009
• Influenza vaccine market dynamics. 30 Oct 2009
• Market watch: Sales of biologics to show robust growth through to 2013. 30 Oct 2009
• The business case for TCAB. 30 Oct 2009
• Trustees view TCAB from a business perspective. Interview by Laurie Lewis. 30 Oct 2009
• Density of tobacco retailers near schools: effects on tobacco use among students. 30 Oct 2009
• Supermarket chains warn that minimum pricing of alcohol will not stop binge drinking. 14 Oct 2009
• MPs vote to ban tobacco displays and cigarette vending machines. 12 Oct 2009
• Economic sanctions towards North Korea. 7 Oct 2009
• Availability of less nutritious snack foods and beverages in secondary schools - selected States, 2002-2008. 7 Oct 2009
• Schedule of controlled substances; placement of fospropofol into schedule IV. Final rule. 4 Oct 2009
• The twain shall meet. 29 Sep 2009
• Chemical tracers of particulate emissions from commercial shipping. 29 Sep 2009
• Medicine's NFL draft. 29 Sep 2009
• Confidence to cook vegetables and the buying habits of Australian households. 29 Sep 2009
• Luxury bushmeat trade threatens lemur conservation. 22 Sep 2009
• E-waste reuse may be more pervasive than previously thought. 13 Sep 2009
• The one-stop health stock. 12 Sep 2009
• Use of contraband cigarettes among adolescent daily smokers in Canada. 6 Sep 2009
• Suppliers shuffle, deal. Spate of restructuring, exec changes, acquisitions. 5 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Commerce'

Definition: The interchange of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale, between different countries or between populations within the same country. It includes trade (the buying, selling, or exchanging of commodities, whether wholesale or retail) and business (the purchase and sale of goods to make a profit). (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, p411, p2005 & p283)

Descriptor UI: D003132

Alternative terms: Commerce; Commerces; Commercial Sector; Commercial Sectors; Sector, Commercial; Sectors, Commercial; Sales; Prices; Price; Vendors; Vendor; Business; Businesses; Contraceptive Importation; Contraceptive Importations; Importation, Contraceptive; Importations, Contraceptive;

Related Mesh Headings: Economic Competition; Industry; Antitrust Laws; Ethics, Business;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: J01.219;

Technical Notes: includes business & trade; SPEC: SPEC qualif