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Understanding why GPs see pharmaceutical representatives: a qualitative interview study (2003)
Journal Article
Prosser, H., & Walley, T. (2003). Understanding why GPs see pharmaceutical representatives: a qualitative interview study. British Journal of General Practice, 53(489), 305-311

Background: doctors are aware of the commercial bias in pharmaceutical representative information; nevertheless, such information is known to change doctors' prescribing, and augment irrational prescribing and prescribing costs. Aim: to explore GPs,... Read More about Understanding why GPs see pharmaceutical representatives: a qualitative interview study.

Trends in social capital: Membership of associations in Great Britain, 1991–98 (2003)
Journal Article
Warde, A., Tampubolon, G., Longhurst, B., Ray, K., Savage, M., & Tomlinson, M. (2003). Trends in social capital: Membership of associations in Great Britain, 1991–98. British Journal of Political Science, 33(03), 515-525. https://doi.org/10.1017/S000712340321022X

This Note uses the British Household Panel Study (BHPS) to consider the changing volume and distribution of voluntary association membership (and hence social capital) in Great Britain. We aim to supplement Hall's study of trends in social capital pu... Read More about Trends in social capital: Membership of associations in Great Britain, 1991–98.

The exclusiveness of the political field : networks and political mobilization (2003)
Journal Article
Ray, K., Savage, M., Tampubolon, G., Warde, A., Longhurst, B., & Tomlinson, M. (2003). The exclusiveness of the political field : networks and political mobilization. Social Movement Studies, 2(1), 37-60. https://doi.org/10.1080/1474283032000062558

This paper applies social network analysis to three case study social movement organizations based in the north of England: a local Labour Party branch, an environmental group, and a conservation group. Using a postal survey of members, we chart the... Read More about The exclusiveness of the political field : networks and political mobilization.

Level of volatile organic compounds and their risks to human health in Kuwait (2003)
Thesis
Al-Shatti, F. Level of volatile organic compounds and their risks to human health in Kuwait. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

Kuwait is subject to fast urbanization and industrialization. This development has increased traffic and other anthropogenic activities resulting in air pollution. Such activities are linked to increasing levels of emitted VOCs. Exposure to VOCs m... Read More about Level of volatile organic compounds and their risks to human health in Kuwait.

Women’s leisure activities, their social stereotypes and Some implications for identity (2003)
Journal Article
Taylor, J. (2003). Women’s leisure activities, their social stereotypes and Some implications for identity. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66(4), 151-158

An understanding of leisure as an area of occupational performance that can
contribute to the individual’s personal and social development is important to
the occupational therapist. The knowledge bases from other disciplines, such as
sociology an... Read More about Women’s leisure activities, their social stereotypes and Some implications for identity.