Transitional Justice and the Former Soviet Union: Reviewing the Past, Looking toward the Future. Edited by Cynthia M. Horne and Lavinia Stan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 438p. $125.00 cloth, $41.99 paper.
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592719004158
Abstract: mir, Chhattisgarh, Chechnya, and Turkish Kurdistan— are hardly poster children of peace” (p. 163). Defining policy success is surely a thorny problem. Yet given the selection issue and the principal’s military goal of defeating insurgents,… read more here.
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Progress in reducing premature mortality from cancer and cardiovascular disease in the former Soviet Union, 2000-19.
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DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckac030
Abstract: BACKGROUND A reduction in non-communicable diseases premature mortality by one-third by 2030 is one of the targets of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG3.4). We examined the mortality profiles in the Newly Independent States of… read more here.
Keywords: progress; former soviet; cancer; union ... See more keywords
Alcohol control policies in Former Soviet Union countries: A narrative review of three decades of policy changes and their apparent effects
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DOI: 10.1111/dar.13204
Abstract: Issues. The last Soviet anti-alcohol campaign of 1985 resulted in considerably reduced alcohol consumption and saved thousands of lives. But once the campaign’s policies were abandoned and the Soviet alcohol monopoly broken up, a steep… read more here.
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The Political and Historical Implications of Koreans in the Former Soviet Union: Their Social Historic Dynamics with Turkic People
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DOI: 10.1177/0021909621999071
Abstract: This account of Koreans in the former Soviet Union describes important discoveries concerning a key hidden story of the Korean people and identity. The paper describes important aspects of Korean life in Central Asia that… read more here.
Keywords: korean people; turkic people; former soviet; soviet union ... See more keywords
Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I in the Russian Federation and Other Republics of the Former Soviet Union: Molecular Genetic Analysis and Epidemiology
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DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.783644
Abstract: Mutations in the IDUA gene cause deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme alpha-l-iduronidase (IDUA), which leads to a rare disease known as mucopolysaccharidosis type I. More than 300 pathogenic variants of the IDUA gene have been… read more here.
Keywords: epidemiology; soviet union; mucopolysaccharidosis type; republics former ... See more keywords
Adult mortality patterns in the former Soviet Union’s southern tier: Armenia and Georgia in comparative perspective
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DOI: 10.4054/demres.2017.36.19
Abstract: BACKGROUND While the health crisis in the former USSR has been well-documented in the case of Russia and other northern former Soviet republics, little is known about countries located in the southern tier of the… read more here.
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Air Pollution, Political Corruption, and Cardiovascular Disease in the Former Soviet Republics
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DOI: 10.5334/aogh.3702
Abstract: Background: Ambient air pollution is a serious problem in many Eastern European countries. Elevated levels of fine airborne particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution in the former Soviet republics relative to the rest of Europe contribute to… read more here.
Keywords: corruption; pollution; soviet republics; air ... See more keywords