The 18 OECD countries comprise of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the US.
Tappin pointed to the BRICs — the block of emerging market countries comprised of Brazil, Russia, India and China.
Mycobacterium abscessus complex, the third most frequent mycobacterial complex responsible for community- and health care-associated infections in developed countries, comprises of M. abscessus subsp. abscessus and M. abscessus subsp. bolletii reviously referred as Mycobacterium bolletii and Mycobacterium massiliense.
19 Malaysia is a multiethnic country comprising of three major ethnic groups.
Micronesia, a country comprising of more than 600 islands in the Central Western Pacific, has a long history of foreign influence and dependence.
Singapore is a multi-ethnic country comprising of three major Asian ethnic groups, Chinese, Malay and Indian, that have different mother tongues, religious beliefs and cultural practices.
If all 12 countries have not ratified the agreement within two years, provisions allow for it to take effect if six countries comprising 85% of the GDP of the bloc have signed.
Data set of 96 countries, comprising 91% of the global population.
This estimate is based on data from countries comprising 71% of the population of the region.
Our model estimates of pesticide suicides in the EMR were based on data from Jordan (stratum B)[ 38] and Pakistan (stratum D) [ 41] alone, countries comprising 31% of the population of the region.
