Richard Levins
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Godoy R, Goodman E, Levins R, Caram M, Seyfried C
Econ Hum Biol
. 2006 Nov;
5(1):82-99.
PMID: 17088111
The links between adult height and socioeconomic-political marginality are controversial. We test hypotheses by comparing secular trends between two groups of USA adult male citizens born during 1886-1930: (a) 9805...
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Yasuoka J, Mangione T, Spielman A, Levins R
Am J Trop Med Hyg
. 2006 Jun;
74(6):1034-42.
PMID: 16760516
Mosquito-borne diseases are a major public health threat in Sri Lanka. A 20-week pilot education program to improve community knowledge and mosquito control with participatory and non-chemical approaches was developed,...
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Yasuoka J, Levins R, Mangione T, Spielman A
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
. 2006 May;
100(11):995-1006.
PMID: 16730765
Sri Lanka is one of the Asian countries most affected by mosquito-borne diseases, especially malaria. This 18-month study assessed the effectiveness of a new community-based ecosystem management programme to control...
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Dambacher J, Levins R, Rossignol P
Math Biosci
. 2005 Jul;
197(1):1-14.
PMID: 16043195
Pollution, loss of habitat, and climate change are introducing dramatic perturbations to natural communities and affecting public health. Populations in perturbed communities can change dynamically, in both abundance and age...
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Karpati A, Galea S, Awerbuch T, Levins R
Am J Public Health
. 2002 Oct;
92(11):1768-72.
PMID: 12406806
Objectives: We examined variability in disease rates to gain understanding of the complex interactions between contextual socioeconomic factors and health. Methods: We compared mortality rates between New York and California...
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Mohtashemi M, Levins R
Bull Math Biol
. 2002 Mar;
64(1):147-73.
PMID: 11868334
To date, despite decades of investigations and the relative abundance of mortality data, our understanding of the phenomenon of 'mortality crossover' remains inadequate. We propose a methodology for transforming mortality...