World Health Status

Cocco et al. (1997) evaluated cause-specific mortality among workers of a lead-smelting plant in Italy. The cohort consisted of 1,388 men whose vital status was followed from January 1950, or 12 months after the date of hiring, whichever was later, through December 1992. For this period, reference mortality rates of the Italian male population were available from the mortality data base of the World Health Organization (WHO). The deaths from all causes, all malignant neoplasms, diseases of the... 

The protein content of milk is primarily influenced by the breed of cow, the stage of lactation, type of diet being fed and the health status of the cow, and is important in processing because the protein (and specifically casein) content of milk determines its cheese yield. Milk provides a highly digestible source of protein for a large proportion of the world s population, either as raw milk or processed into dairy products. In addition to this basic nutrition, milk... 

Chowdhury, T.R., B.K. Mandal, G. Samanta, G.K. Basu, P.P. Chowdhury, C.R. Chanda, N.K. Karan, D. Lodh, R.K. Dhar, D. Das, K.C. Saha, and D. Chakraborti. 1997. Arsenic in groundwater in six districts of West Bengal, India the biggest arsenic calamity in the world the status report up to August, 1995. Pages 93-111 in C.O. Abernathy, R. Calderon, and W.R. Chappel (eds.). Arsenic. Exposure and Health Effects. Chapman Hall, London. 

ICAA is a non-governmental organization in consultative status (Category Special) with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and in official relations with the World Health Organization. ... 

Global Status Report Alcohol and Young People, by David H. Jernigan. World Health Organization, 2001. Access http //www.who.int/en/, (use search)... 

WHO Iodine Status Worldwide. WHO global database on iodine deficiency. Geneva (Switzerland) World Health Organization 2004. 

World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on Oral Health Status and Fluoride Use, Fluorides and Oral Health Report of a WHO Expert Committee on Oral Health Status and Fluoride Use, WHO Technical Report Series 846, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1994. 

The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. 

Then, in 1998, Harvard researchers dipped into chocolate and published a study that made headlines around the world. They tracked the health status of nearly eight thousand male Harvard graduates, all over the age of sixty-five, and concluded that those who ate one to three chocolate bars a month lived, on average, a year longer. More chocolate-eating, unfortu-... 

Gemmell, M.A., Lawson, J.R. and Roberts, M.G. (1 986) Control of echinococcosis/hydatidosis present status of worldwide progress. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 64, 333-339. 

Report of a WHO Expert Committee. Physiological status the use and interpretation of anthropometry. World Health Organ. Tech. Rep. Ser. 1995 854 1-452. 

It is well established that vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a public health problem in more than ioo countries, especially in Africa and Southeast Asia, hitting hardest young children and pregnant women. Worldwide, over 124 million children are estimated to be vitamin A deficient. Many of these children go blind or become ill from diarrhea, and nearly eight million preschool age children die each year as the result of this deficiency. The World Health Organization estimates that improved vitamin A nutritional status could prevent the deaths of 1.3—2.5 million late-infancy and preschool age children each year (Humphrey et al. 1992). The heartache of losing a child to a preventable disease is not one commonly encountered in the developed world. 

Risk assessors must be particularly sensitive to the potential for significantly higher exposures in areas of the world where hazardous environmental exposures are not sufficiently controlled. Compounding factors such as poverty, inadequate nutrition, and compromised health status must also be considered in problem formulation throughout the risk assessment process. 

World Health Organization Measuring Changes in Nutritional Status. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 1983. 

The specifications are prepared by a Working Party consisting of official governmental scientists assisted by a technical representative from the World Health Organization and by technical observers from the secretariats of international pesticide organizations which have liaison status with FAO. Industrial scientists may be consulted or invited as advisers to deal with particular items. 

Disasters have been integral parts of the human experience since the beginning of time, causing premature death, impaired quality of life, and altered health status. The risk of a disaster is ubiquitous. On average, one disaster per week that requires international assistance occurs somewhere in the world. The recent dramatic increase in natural disasters, their intensity, the number of people affected by them, and the human and eco-... 

Collins, S., Duffield, A., Myatt, M. (2000). Assessment of nutritional status in emergency-affected populations. Geneva, Switzerland World Health Organization. 

Infant mortality, another measure of the health status of a nation, stated as the number of deaths per live births, was 7.2 per 1000 live births in 1997 compared to 9.9 per 1000 live births for 1988. Overall, these figures are comparable to those of the major, industrialized nations of the world. 

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