Transportation
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Carbon cost of pragmatic randomised controlled trials: retrospective analysis of sample of trials.

28 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To calculate the global warming potential, in carbon dioxide (CO(2)) equivalent emissions, from a sample of pragmatic randomised controlled trials. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis. Data source Internal data held by NIHR Evaluation, Trials ... Read more...

Spatial and temporal investigations of reported movements, births and deaths of cattle and pigs in Sweden.

5 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Livestock movements can affect the spread and control of contagious diseases and new data recording systems enable analysis of these movements. The results can be used for contingency planning, modelling of disease spread and design of ... Read more...

Prospective study of urban form and physical activity in the Black Women's Health Study.

4 Oct 2009 The authors used data from the Black Women's Health Study to assess the association between neighborhood urban form and physical activity. Women reported hours/week of utilitarian and exercise walking and of vigorous activity in 1995 and on biennial ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Transportation'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Carbon cost of pragmatic randomised controlled trials: retrospective analysis of sample of trials. 28 Oct 2009
• Spatial and temporal investigations of reported movements, births and deaths of cattle and pigs in Sweden. 5 Oct 2009
• Prospective study of urban form and physical activity in the Black Women's Health Study. 4 Oct 2009
• Traffic exposure--heart attack trigger? 29 Sep 2009
• Global climate change and the mitigation challenge. 29 Sep 2009
• Reconciling the construct of walking in physical activity and transportation research. 29 Sep 2009
• A walk (or cycle) to the park: active transit to neighborhood amenities, the CARDIA study. 29 Sep 2009
• Shifting gears. 29 Sep 2009
• Transport stress in broilers: I. Blood metabolism, glycolytic potential, and meat quality. 29 Sep 2009
• Suicide from the Golden Gate Bridge. 29 Sep 2009
• Use of car crashes resulting in fatal and serious injuries to analyze a safe road transport system model and to identify system weaknesses. 29 Sep 2009
• The Health Belief Model variables as predictors of risky driving behaviors among commuters in Yazd, Iran. 29 Sep 2009
• Risk assessment and screening for sexually transmitted infections, HIV, and hepatitis virus among long-distance truck drivers in New Mexico, 2004-2006. 15 Sep 2009
• A pandemic problem with public transport. 5 Sep 2009
• Expression of heat shock proteins in tissues from young pigs exposed to transport stress. 30 Aug 2009
• Results of a survey to estimate cattle movements and contact rates among beef herds in California, with reference to the potential spread and control of foot-and-mouth disease. 30 Aug 2009
• Of taps and toilets: quasi-experimental protocol for evaluating community-demand-driven projects. 30 Aug 2009
• Salmonella detection in feces during broiler rearing and after live transport to the slaughterhouse. 30 Aug 2009
• "Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety": response of the Association of Program Directors in Surgery to the December 2008 Report of the Institute of Medicine. 30 Aug 2009
• Recruitment and retention of Latino children in a lifestyle intervention. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Transportation'

Definition: The means of moving persons, animals, goods, or materials from one place to another.

Descriptor UI: D014186

Alternative terms: Transportation; Commuting;

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

Tree Number: J01.937;

History Note: 76; was NON MESH before 1976

Technical Notes: specify industry or geog if pertinent