Al confine tra ufficialità e underground. Forme di istituzionalizzazione della ‘seconda cultura’ sovietica by Alice Bravin

“…These institutions represented a forum for discussions and interaction between the members of the unofficial culture, but at the same time they were under the jurisdiction of Soviet law and combined functions and features like any other official Soviet institution. …”
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TB and poverty: the effect of rifampicin-resistant TB on household income by A. Ciobanu, V. Plesca, S. Doltu, M. Manea, L. Domente, A. Dadu

“…Participants who had ≥3 members in their households were more likely to be poor at all TB stages: diagnostic period (cOR 5.7, 95% CI 3.7–8.8), treatment period (cOR 3.8, 95% CI 2.5–5.6) and post-treatment (cOR 7.2, 95% CI 3.6–14.3). …”
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Determinant of catastrophic costs associated with treatment for rifampicin-resistant TB in households in the Republic of Moldova by A. Ciobanu, V. Plesca, S. Doltu, M. Manea, L. Domente, A. Dadu

“…TB-related costs were associated with being unofficially employed or unemployed (aOR 1.9, 95% CI 1.1–3.3), having fewer household members (aOR 2.1, 95% CI 1.3–3.5), having an income that accounted for over 50% of household income (aOR 2.4, 95% CI 1.5–3.8), and being a poor household (aOR 2.2, 95% CI 1.2–3.9). …”
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