abstract background: to determine daily calcium, vitamin d intake and serum biochemical findings of rickets in adolescent girls. methods: a total of 414 healthy adolescent student girls aged 11-15 years were evaluated from various areas of tehran, iran with different socioeconomic status. a randomized, cross-sectional, prospective and descriptive study was undertaken for calculation of daily ca...

BACKGROUND Epilepsy is a chronic disorder characterized by recurrent seizures and has significant psychological and social consequence for everyday living. Epilepsy affects various aspects of ones' social life. The present study aimed to investigate the influence of marital status on the quality of life of adult Chinese patients with epilepsy. METHODS This study surveyed 805 Chinese adults wh...

BACKGROUND Although marital status and low occupation level has been associated with mortality, the relationship with case fatality rates (CFR) after a coronary event (CE) is unclear. This study explored whether incidence of CE and short-term CFR differ between groups defined in terms of marital status and occupation, and if this could be explained by biological and life-style risk factors. M...

This article reviews all published studies reporting tests for sex differences in well-being. Women were found to report greater happiness and life satisfaction than men. This sex difference was explained in terms of men's and women's social roles: The female (vs. male) gender role specifies greater emotional responsiveness. Furthermore, past role-related experiences provide women with appropri...

the rise, especially in urban areas, where an estimated 20–25% of unmarried young males and 6–10% of unmarried young females have experienced premarital sex.1 Other studies indicate that while adolescents’ attitudes toward premarital sex are becoming more liberal, their awareness of contraceptives remains poor.2 Studies on abortion and on the prevalence of STDs in India, though few, confirm tha...

BACKGROUND Child marriage, defined as marriage before age 18, is associated with adverse human capital outcomes. The child marriage burden remains high among female adolescents in Indonesia, despite increasing socioeconomic development. Research on child marriage in Southeast Asia is scarce. No nationally representative studies thus far have examined determinants of child marriage in Indonesia ...

BACKGROUND Marital status is a known prognostic factor in overall and disease-specific survival in several types of cancer. The impact of marital status on survival in patients with carcinoid tumors remains unknown. We hypothesized that married patients have higher rates of survival than similar unmarried patients with carcinoid tumors. METHODS Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Re...

BACKGROUND Bangladesh has the highest rate of adolescent pregnancy in South Asia. Child marriage is one of the leading causes of pregnancies among adolescent girls. Although the country's contraceptive prevalence rate is quite satisfactory, only 52% of married adolescent girls use contraceptive methods. This qualitative study is aimed at exploring the factors that influence adolescent girls' de...

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