The mortality from CVD has decreased in recent decades after its peak in mid-1980s at a slightly faster pace than many other OECD countries but it is still higher than the OECD average, at 476 per 100 000 population in 2011, 59% higher than the OECD average of 299 (Figure 1). Potential years of life lost, a commonly used measure of premature mortality, at 1 079 per 100 000 population for diseas...

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A. TITLE OF THE TEST GUIDELINES (YEAR OF ORIGINAL ADOPTION, YEAR OF UPDATE) Transgenic rodent (TGR) somatic and germ cell gene mutation assays, EU: B.58, OECD: 488 (2011, 2013) In vivo mammalian alkaline comet assay, EU: none at present, OECD: 489 (2014) Note: the latest version of the OECD test guideline (TG) should always be used independent of whether it is published in the EU Test Method Re...

Giuseppe Nicoletti, Dana Hajkova and Kwang-Yeol Yoo work in the OECD Economics Department; Steve Golub and Daniel Mirza are, respectively, Professor of Economics at Swarthmore College (United States) and Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham (United Kingdom), and were consultants to the OECD Economics Department when this paper was written. The authors wish to thank Sveinbjörn Blöndal...

This country section is an extract from chapter 3 of the OECD publication (2008) Environmental Performance of Agriculture in OECD countries since 1990, which is available at the OECD website indicated below. A summary version of this report is published as Environmental Performance of Agriculture: At a Glance, see the OECD website which also contains the agri-environmental indicator time series...

This country section is an extract from chapter 3 of the OECD publication (2008) Environmental Performance of Agriculture in OECD countries since 1990, which is available at the OECD website indicated below. A summary version of this report is published as Environmental Performance of Agriculture: At a Glance, see the OECD website which also contains the agri-environmental indicator time series...

This country section is an extract from chapter 3 of the OECD publication (2008) Environmental Performance of Agriculture in OECD countries since 1990, which is available at the OECD website indicated below. A summary version of this report is published as Environmental Performance of Agriculture: At a Glance, see the OECD website which also contains the agri-environmental indicator time series...

This country section is an extract from chapter 3 of the OECD publication (2008) Environmental Performance of Agriculture in OECD countries since 1990, which is available at the OECD website indicated below. A summary version of this report is published as Environmental Performance of Agriculture: At a Glance, see the OECD website which also contains the agri-environmental indicator time series...