Rural Population - Statistics & numerical data
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Barriers to the care of HIV-infected children in rural Zambia: a cross-sectional analysis.

14 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Successful antiretroviral treatment programs in rural sub-Saharan Africa may face different challenges than programs in urban areas. The objective of this study was to identify patient characteristics, barriers to care, and treatment ... Read more...

Risk factors according to estrogen receptor status of breast cancer patients in Trivandrum, South India.

29 Sep 2009 Estrogen receptor (ER) status is an important biomarker in defining subtypes of breast cancer differing in antihormonal therapy response, risk factors and prognosis. However, little is known about association of ER status with various risk factors ... Read more...

Antenatal and postnatal iron supplementation and childhood mortality in rural Nepal: a prospective follow-up in a randomized, controlled community trial.

22 Sep 2009 The long-term benefits of antenatal iron supplementation in child survival are not known. In 1999-2001, 4,926 pregnant women in rural Nepal participated in a cluster-randomized, double-masked, controlled trial involving 4 alternative combinations of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Rural Population - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Barriers to the care of HIV-infected children in rural Zambia: a cross-sectional analysis. 14 Oct 2009
• Risk factors according to estrogen receptor status of breast cancer patients in Trivandrum, South India. 29 Sep 2009
• Antenatal and postnatal iron supplementation and childhood mortality in rural Nepal: a prospective follow-up in a randomized, controlled community trial. 22 Sep 2009
• Ocular manifestation in treated multibacillary Hansen's disease. 17 Sep 2009
• Impact of hypothermia (below 36 degrees C) in the rural trauma patient. 17 Sep 2009
• Refractive errors in a rural Chinese adult population the Handan eye study. 8 Sep 2009
• The treatment gap of epilepsy in a rural district of Vietnam: a study from the EPIBAVI project. 8 Sep 2009
• Urban versus rural residence and occurrence of septal heart defects in Texas. 30 Aug 2009
• Toward replacement fertility in Egypt and Tunisia. 30 Aug 2009
• Eye injuries in rural Victoria, Australia. 30 Aug 2009
• Physical activity levels among urban and rural women in south India and the risk of breast cancer: a case-control study. 30 Aug 2009
• Prevalence of alcohol consumption and risk of ocular diseases in a general population: the Beijing Eye Study. 24 Aug 2009
• Pediatric convulsive status epilepticus in Honduras, Central America. 17 Aug 2009
• Human papillomavirus testing for cervical cancer screening: results from a 6-year prospective study in rural China. 17 Aug 2009
• Prevalence and associations of keratoconus in rural maharashtra in central India: the central India eye and medical study. 9 Aug 2009
• Cardiovascular disease risk in a semirural community in Malaysia. 3 Aug 2009
• Education and cancer incidence in a rural population in south India. Aug 2009
• [Prevalence of primary headaches in a rural population in Cuba] 30 Jul 2009
• Changes in HIV-related knowledge, behaviors, and sexual practices among Cambodian women from 2000 to 2005. 30 Jul 2009
• Nonfatal suicide attempts and other self-inflicted harm. Beltrami County youths, 2002-2006. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Rural Population'

Definition: The inhabitants of rural areas or of small towns classified as rural.

Descriptor UI: D012424

Alternative terms: Rural Population; Population, Rural; Populations, Rural; Rural Populations; Rural Spatial Distribution; Distribution, Rural Spatial; Distributions, Rural Spatial; Rural Spatial Distributions; Rural Communities; Communities, Rural; Community, Rural; Rural Community;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; history; statistics & numerical data; trends;

Tree Number: N01.600.725;

History Note: 68(65)

Technical Notes: specify geog; RURAL HEALTH & RURAL HEALTH SERVICES are also available