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Communication of Urgent Public Health Messages to Urban Populations: Lessons Learned from the Massachusetts Water Main Break
December 2011
Objective: To study when and how an urgent public health message about a boil-water order reached an urban population after the Massachusetts water main break.
Health system determinants of infant, child and maternal mortality: A cross-sectional study of UN member countries
December 2011
Abstract (provisional)ObjectiveFew studies have examined the link between health system strength and important public health outcomes across nations.
Rifaximin for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Without Constipation
January 2011
BACKGROUND: Evidence suggests that gut flora may play an important role in the pathophysiology of the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
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Human health already suffers from climate change and the effects are getting worse, Stanford scholars say
February 2017
Stanford scholars across disciplines tell us what we can expect and how we can mitigate the effects of climate change on health.
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