Analysis of foreign dissertations on hygiene (according to electronic resources Proquest Dissertations and Theses, 1992-2015)

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Search in electronic resource ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (PQDT) found 12,813 dissertation works in hygiene, prepared in foreign universities in 1992-2015. Master's degree dissertations were 99.4%, doctor's degree - 0.6%, published in English - 97.2%. In US universities were prepared 67.7% of the works, in Canada - 30.9%, in other countries - 1.4%. No Russian dissertations were found in PQDT. General hygiene topics were studied in 27.5% of the works, communal hygiene - in 5.3%, industrial hygiene and occupational diseases - in 7%, pediatric hygiene - in 20%, nutrition hygiene - in 17.8%, radiation hygiene - in 0.7%, rural hygiene - in 12.5%, hospital hygiene - in 8.3%, military hygiene - in 0.9%. Electronic resource PQDT opens wide possibilities for scientists - 89.9% dissertations in hygiene contained complete texts.