Circular Cities: Mapping Six Cities in Transition

A Tale of Six Cities

ONE OF THE interesting aspects of teaching statistics to students from different disciplines is to observe their differing attitudes to the subject. We are probably all familiar with the mathematician who will calculate a veritable feast of summary statistics with immense (and often inappropriate) accuracy but cannot express in words what any of them actually means. I find the opposite problem ...

Studies of Acid Aerosols in Six Cities

Carbonaceous aerosols in six European cities

Comparison of the levels of organic, elemental and inorganic carbon in particulate matter in six urban environments in Europe M. Sillanpää, A. Frey, R. Hillamo, A. S. Pennanen, and R. O. Salonen Finnish Meteorological Institute, Air Quality Research, Sahaajankatu 20 E, FIN-00880 Helsinki, Finland National Public Health Institute, Department of Environmental Health, Neulaniementie 4, FIN-70210 K...

Tobacco smoking among government employees in six cities in China.

OBJECTIVE Employer-based tobacco control interventions have been highly successful in developed countries, and, recently, Chinese officials announced a focus on quitting among government employees. However, there are few data offering estimates of smoking prevalence among government workers from developing nations. In this study, we investigate smoking behaviours among government workers in six...

[Correlates of smoking in pregnant women in six Brazilian cities].

OBJECTIVE To evaluate sociodemographic and lifestyle correlates of smoking in pregnant women sampled from hospitals. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in 5,539 pregnant women aged 20 or more who sought medical attention in prenatal clinics of affiliate hospitals of the Brazilian National Health System in the cities of Manaus, Fortaleza, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Por...