OBJECTIVE To estimate the long-term and short-term effects on cigarette demand in Argentina based on changes in cigarette price and income per person >14 years old. METHOD Public data from the Ministry of Economics and Production were analysed based on monthly time series data between 1994 and 2010. The econometric analysis used cigarette consumption per person >14 years of age as the depende...

An individual assessing a risky job can be understood as a public good. He and each of his valued relationships place a demand for the preservation of his life and health for which he accepts a responsibility to preserve. Additional demands generally do not deplete his capacity for beneficial relationships, hence, they are nonrival. It follows that the more extensive are his relationships the g...

1 Department of Pathology, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran. 2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran. 3 General physician, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran. 4 Department of Biochemistry, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran. 5 Center for research of Mol...

Seyed-Moayed Alavian MD 1, Masoud Ahmadzad Asl MD 2, Maryam Keshvari MD 3, Bita Behnava MD 4, Bashir Hajibeigi MD 5 1 Associate Professor of Gastroenterology; Department of Gastroenterology, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences; Dean of Tehran Hepatitis Center, Tehran, Iran 2 Methodology and Statistics Consultant; Nikan Health Researchers Institute, Tehran Hepatitis Center, Tehran, Iran ...