We analyzed the epidemiological data during 1990–2012 that investigated the blood lead
level (BLL) in the population aged 0–18 years old in China mainland and provided evidence …

Given the large proportion of time that people spend indoors, the potential health risks
posed by heavy metals in the indoor environment deserve greater attention. A global-scale …

Using the most recent statistical data, two US-based geographers document the changes
and level of regional inequality in China for the period 1978-2006, in order to shed light on …

Growing income inequality in China has elicited considerable concern, and consensus has
not been reached regarding whether regional income converges into one common steady …

A large part of the literature on provincial inequality in China has found it necessary to
include regional dummies in the provincial growth regressions. A smaller but vocal part of …

This research examines the roles of government policies within the national innovation
system (NIS) in promoting effective social entrepreneurial action and enhancing economic …

The digital-substantive fusion is the realistic need to crack the problem of “out of the real to
the virtual” in the real economy. Based on the panel data of 288 prefecture-level cities in …

The paper studies regional (spatial) inequality in the five most populous countries in the
world: China, India, the United States of America, Indonesia and Brazil in the period 1980 …

This paper investigates regional inequality across regions, provinces, prefectures, and
counties in China from 1997 to 2010 using a comparative and multiscalar framework …

Materials stocked in infrastructure provide necessary personal and economic services, and
are also closely linked with massive resource extraction, energy consumption and waste …