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The phrase "studies were scarce" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English
It means that there were not many studies available or conducted on a particular topic. It can be used to describe a scarcity of research or information. Example: "In the early 1900s, studies were scarce on the effects of industrial pollution on human health."
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Sociological studies, cultural studies and governance studies were scarce in the transport and mobility domains.
However, the representation of the different scales was not fully balanced; large-scale studies were scarce and most publications considered only one scale.
It is however important to note that data from interventional studies were scarce.
Overall the studies lack explicit theoretical orientation, and empirical studies were scarce until 2010.
Most previous studies considering an association between adverse perinatal outcomes and depression were small and population-based studies were scarce.
Our report lacks detailed epidemiologic data describing the incidence, age and sex distribution, and outcome of patients because most cases date back to the 1960s, a time when epidemiologic studies were scarce in a developing country such as Lebanon.
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Because there are so few of them, comparative studies are scarce.
D'Avray: Academic jobs in medieval studies are scarce, though some of the recent graduates of the MA who are currently completing doctorates are likely to be near the head of the queue.
It is difficult to determine if these programs reduce overdoses, as studies are scarce, but advocates argue that they cannot hurt.
Gene-finding studies are scarce.
Longitudinal large sample studies are scarce.
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