Sentence examples for measures of residence from inspiring English sources

The problem may be defined in two alternative ways, using different measures of residence time.

The authors reported an increased breast cancer risk associated with residence within a mile of a hazardous waste site containing pesticides [odds ratio (OR) = 2.9; 95% CI, 1.1 7.2] but no association with measures of residence on or near prior agricultural land (OR = 1.5; 95% CI, 0.8 2.9) or pesticides detected in drinking water (OR = 1.2; 95% CI, 0.6 2.1).

Municipality, our measure of residence, has several demographic, socioeconomic, and environmental factors nested within it.

Water age, an adapted measure of residence time based on more detailed information, allow description of the temporal development in side-arms.

If over time persons move to better or worse areas or the areas in which they live change, using a single measure of residence could underestimate the effects of areas on physical capability.

Suicide in Australia has also been shown to vary by area-based socio-economic strata [ 3], by measures of urban rural residence [ 4], and by small-area geographic units [ 5, 6].

Our study is unique in its ability to measure durations of residence of over 20 years.

We tested the hypothesis that dissolved silicate (DSi) yields [kg km− 2 yr− 1] of 82 major watersheds of the Baltic Sea can be expressed as a function of the hydraulic load (HL) as a measure of water residence time and the total organic carbon (TOC) concentration, both variables potentially increasing the DSi yield.

Gas flow rate as a measure of gas residence time and superficial gas velocity, gas composition, inlet H2S load, flow modes (countercurrent and cocurrent) and packing geometry were the parameters in the design and/or operation of an acid gas scrubber system.

We also adjusted for postnatal PAH exposure using individual creatinine-adjusted PAH metabolites in urine collected at 3 years of age and a measure of postnatal residence change as an indicator of possible change in exposure to airborne PAHs after birth.

Increases in risk of death were noted for advanced stage, poor histological grade, the ductal, lobular and 'others' morphology categories and low socioeconomic status by either social class (occupational measure) or deprivation category (area of residence measure).