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The health of both farmers and consumers of tobacco has attracted the attention of international organizations. The … protection of the environment and human health in the tobacco production process, since its cultivation brings serious risks to … the environment and the health of farmers. Tobacco has established itself as one of the main agricultural products grown …
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This article analyzes the situation of social isolation among the elderly, considering both its impacts on health and … first part of the text discusses the negative influences of social isolation (and loneliness) on the health and well … issue. The Brazilian case is treated in the second part of the text based on data from the 2019 National Health Survey …
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their costs and impacts on the health system. In addition, we also discuss challenges to its development and to how …
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services, giving water and sewage services a status of the infrastructure and health sectors. Among the conclusions we point …
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The population's access to public health services contribute to reducing disease prevalence and raising life expectancy … health needs. Despite the advances of the SUS, it faces permanent challenges in planning the coverage and equity of health … services to reduce, spatial, and income inequalities in access to health care. Several studies explore the spatial dimension of …
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One of the main goals of transportation policies is to improve the people's access to employment opportunities, public …-qualification) and public services, such as schools (early childhood, primary and high school), health facilities (hospital and …
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social security and the interrelation among social security, social assistance and health policies are analyzed, at first …
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This paper presents new empirical evidence about the wage gap between union and nonunion workers in Brazil. In principle, due to the rules governing union organization/mobilization, no one should rationally expect such gap. But, as this paper reveals, there is empirical evidence of its existence...
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This study investigates the effects of changes in firms' performance on wages across occupations from the extractive … reasons. The results point to the existence of a positive and significant relationship between firm performance and wages, as …
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Information) to generate statistics for employment in the tourism industries at the subnational level. Overall data for employment … an illustrative case, comparative statistics of employment and characteristics of workers and establishments in the … these databases as an important source of employment statistics for the tourism industries. …
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