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RURAL. That which relates to the country, as rural servitudes. See Urban.

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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the rural area of Juquitiba, Sao Paulo Metropolitan Area, Brazil.

Hantaviruses in Sao Paulo State, Brazil. (Letters)

Most inhabit either remote rural areas of developing countries outside electrical power grids or urban areas with inadequate utility systems.

Renewable energy: empowering the developing world. (Spheres of Influence)

President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbai Jeenbekov signed the law on renaming one of the rural areas and 2 villages in the country, the President's press service reported.

Jeenbekov signs law on renaming rural area and 2 villages

Similarly, education of the head of the household in the two urban areas and total hours of work in a day in one rural area also related negatively with the working women's share of earning in their family's total income.

A Comparative Analysis of Urban and Rural working Women (A Case Study of District Peshawar)

Epidemiological survey of asthma in a rural area of Yanqing County in Beijing (in Chinese).

Prevalence and Treatment of Children's Asthma in Rural Areas Compared with Urban Areas in Beijing

This picture is even more complex in rural areas due to imbalances between offered medical services and health care needs of the communities.

A cross sectional study of attitudes among Goan Doctors towards rural service

Students who had some family member practicing in rural area (mean score 48.

Attitude of medical students toward serving in rural areas and its determinants: a cross-sectional study from Uttarakhand

A number of family medicine residency programs have developed a rural training track, which requires residents to spend 1 year in the larger academic medical center, followed by 2 years in the rural area, which may or may not have a hospital.

Rural coverage a key to meeting primary care demand

The subsequent overview provides data on the distinctiveness of rural areas in statistical expressions.

Measuring differences in urban-rural development: the case of unemployment

According to the report, there were only 55 primary care physicians per 100,000 rural area residents in 2005.

HHS report says rural residents would benefit from health insurance reform

One area of the country that has seen urban settings increasingly encroach on rural areas is the northwestern United States It has also been called the "hotbed of the environmental movement.

NAFB members reaching out to rural lifestyle audiences

Past studies have indicated there is a difference in power output from mobile phones between urban and rural areas.