A majority of the world's population will live in urban areas by 2007. The most rapidly
urbanizing cities are in less-wealthy nations, and the pace of growth varies among regions …

Drug use represents a significant burden to public health through disease, disability and
social problems, and policy makers are becoming increasingly interested in how to develop …

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Background Global attention has focused on mortality in children younger than 5 years. We
analysed global mortality data for people aged 1–24 years across a 50-year period …

Unemployment and violence both increased during the coronavirus pandemic in the United
States (US), but no studies to our knowledge have examined their association. Using data …

A good deal of research in recent years has revisited the relationship between immigration
and violent crime. Various scholars have suggested that, contrary to the claims of the classic …

▪ Abstract Injuries continue to place a tremendous burden on the public's health and rates
vary widely among different groups in the population. Increasing attention has recently been …

As elected coroners came to be replaced by medical examiners with scientific training, the
American public became fascinated with their work. From the grisly investigations …

ContextSince the early 1980s, the black-white gap in life expectancy at birth increased
sharply and subsequently declined, but the causes of these changes have not been …

The effects of pornography, whether violent or non-violent, on sexual aggression have been
debated for decades. The current review examines evidence about the influence of …