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Prevalence of domestic violence in the United States.
This comprehensive review of the literature reports on the annual and life-time prevalence of domestic violence against women in the United States. Data on population-based samples, pregnant women,… Expand
A deadly discrimination among Montreal infants, 1860–1900
- P. Thornton, S. Olson
- Geography
- 1 May 2001
Downwind, Downstream, Downtown: The Environmental Legacy in Baltimore and Montreal
- S. Olson
- Geography
- 1 October 2007
BALTIMORE IMITATES THE SPIDER
- S. Olson
- Geography
- 1 December 1979
ABSTRACT The long-swing rhythm of urban investment has produced distinctive spaces and forms in the city. The timing and spatial structure of city-building also created a tempo and a spatial matrix… Expand
Montréal, l'avenir du passé (MAP)
Montreal l'avenir du passe (MAP) was established in 2000 to create an historical GIS research infrastructure for 19th and 20th century Montreal. It consists of six highly detailed digitized… Expand
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Red destinies: The landscape of environmental risk in Madagascar
- S. Olson
- Sociology
- 1 March 1987
Ecological events which recur with a period of 5–30 years are perceived as “discontinuities” and culturally interpreted. A cultural model of environmental expectation and intervention is inferred… Expand
An Ecology of Workplace Hazards
- S. Olson
- Sociology
- 1 October 1979
A simple systems model is proposed as an approach to the ecology of workplace hazards. Acceleration, spatial isolation, and gravity are identified as ecological factors. Because occupational risks… Expand
Introduced versus native plants in austral forests
- P. Holland, S. Olson
- Biology
- 1 June 1989
Despite the concern of some nineteenth- and early twentieth-century biologists, relatively few alien species have become established in undisturbed forests of Australia, Madagascar or New Zealand.… Expand
La croissance naturelle des Montréalais au XIXe siècle
- S. Olson, P. Thornton
- Sociology
- 2001
Un echantillon patronymique est stratifie pour faciliter la comparaison des comportements demographiques de trois communautes culturelles : canadienne-francaise, anglo-protestante et… Expand
Mobilité sociale dans une ville industrielle nord-américaine : Montréal, 1880-1900
- D. Gauvreau, S. Olson
- Art
- 2008
Durant les dernieres decennies du xixe siecle, Montreal, comme d’autres grandes villes nord-americaines, est le theâtre de bien des reves de reussite sociale. Si certains d’entre eux se concretisent,… Expand