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Severity of effect considerations regarding the use of mutation as a toxicological endpoint for risk assessment: A report from the 8th International Workshop on Genotoxicity Testing (IWGT)

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, EarlyView.
Abstract Exposure levels without appreciable human health risk may be determined by dividing a point of departure on a dose–response curve (e.g., benchmark dose) by a composite adjustment factor (AF). An “effect severity” AF (ESAF) is employed in some regulatory contexts.
Barbara L. Parsons, Marc A. Beal, Kerry L. Dearfield, George R. Douglas, Min Gi, B. Bhaskar Gollapudi, Robert H. Heflich, Katsuyoshi Horibata, Michelle Kenyon, Alexandra S. Long, David P. Lovell, Anthony M. Lynch, Meagan B. Myers, Stefan Pfuhler, Alisa Vespa, Andreas Zeller, George E. Johnson, Paul A. White   +17 more
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Use of routinely collected national data sets for reporting on induced abortion in Australia [PDF]

Foreword The lack of national data on induced abortion in Australia represents a gap in health statistics. The AIHW’s Reproductive Health Indicators in Australia 2002 report included an indicator on induced abortions in Australia, but national data were
Elizabeth A. Sullivan, Jenny Hargreaves, Narelle Grayson   +2 more
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Who Owns a Woman\u27s Body? [PDF]

, 2013
In lieu of an abstract, below is the first paragraph of the paper. Every hour, approximately eight women around the world die as a result of complications from unsafe induced abortions.
Tuthill, Karyssa
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Prevalence, attitudes and knowledge of misoprostol for self-induction of abortion in women presenting for abortion at Midwestern reproductive health [PDF]

, 2018
Expansive restrictions to legal abortion have led to reports of self-induced termination of undesired pregnancies with misoprostol obtained without a prescription or provider.
Hardy-Fairbanks, Abbey J, Kerestes, Courtney, Sheets, Kelsey, Stockdale, Colleen   +3 more
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Incidence of Induced Abortion and Post-Abortion Care in Tanzania

PLOS ONE, 2015
Tanzania has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world, and unsafe abortion is one of its leading causes. Yet little is known about its incidence.To provide the first ever estimates of the incidence of unsafe abortion in Tanzania, at the national level and for each of the 8 geopolitical zones (7 in Mainland plus Zanzibar).A nationally ...
Keogh, Sarah C, Kimaro, Godfather, Muganyizi, Projestine, Philbin, Jesse, Kahwa, Amos, Ngadaya, Esther, Bankole, Akinrinola   +6 more
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Developing a comprehensive abortion prevention program for couples based on I-change model: study protocol for a mixed method research

Reproductive Health
Background In countries where abortion laws are stringent, induced abortions are prevalent. The limited availability of abortion services within these regions amplifies the likelihood of maternal complications and mortality. Induced abortions represent a
Zari Dolatabadi, Maryam Moridi, Farnaz Farnam, Maryam Damghanian   +3 more
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Willingness to perform induced abortion and associated factors among graduating midwifery, medical, nursing, and public health officer students of University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: institution based cross sectional study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background In developing countries, abortion is often unsafe and a significant cause of maternal morbidity and mortality accounting for about 8% (4.7–13.2%) of maternal mortality worldwide.
Mihretu Molla Enyew
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Policy entrepreneurship for transformative governance

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
Abstract Scholarship is growing on societal transitions, describing radical societal change involving multiple sectors and scales, and transformative governance, describing how public, private, and civil society actors use tools of policy to pursue this fundamental change, aiming to build resiliency and sustainability.
Gwen Arnold, Sara Ludwick, S. Mohsen Fatemi, Rachel Krause, Le Anh Nguyen Long   +4 more
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Induced abortion potential among Indian women [PDF]

Information on abortion is limited and inaccurate especially in the developing world, which has led to several speculations on the prevalence of abortion in this region. A rise in prevalence of abortion is mostly accounted for in terms of increase in the
Mala Ramanathan, S. Irudaya Rajan, U.S. Mishra   +2 more
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Efficacy of naloxone in reducing hypoxemia and duration of immobility following focal to bilateral tonic–clonic seizures

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Evaluating the efficacy of an opioid antagonist, naloxone (NLX), to reduce the severity of post‐ictal hypoxemia and immobility after focal to bilateral tonic–clonic seizures (FBTCS). Methods ENALEPSY is a double‐blind placebo (PCB)‐controlled trial conducted in patients with focal epilepsy undergoing long‐term video‐EEG monitoring ...
Sylvain Rheims, Fatima Chorfa, Véronique Michel, Edouard Hirsch, Louis Maillard, Luc Valton, Fabrice Bartolomei, Philippe Derambure, Vincent Navarro, Julien Biberon, Arielle Crespel, Anca Nica, Martine Lemesle Martin, Laure Mazzola, Jerome Petit, Vincent Rossero, Sébastien Boulogne, Mathilde Leclercq, Laurent Bezin, Catherine Mercier, Pascal Roy, Philippe Ryvlin, on behalf of the ENALEPSY Study Group, V. Michel, M. De Montaudouin, M. Lemesle Martin, P. Kahane, L. Minotti, L. Vercueil, A. S. Jobst, J. Petit, D. Tourniaire, V. Eid, P. Latour, P. Derambure, W. Szurhaj, S. Rheims, H. Catenoix, N. Andre‐Obadia, J. Isnard, A. Montavont, S. Boulogne, F. Bartolomei, A. Trébuchon, A. Mc Gonigal, S. Aubert, S. Lagarde, A. Crespel, P. Gelisse, B. Mercedes, L. Maillard, L. Tyvaert, J. P. Vignal, V. Navarro, S. Dupont, C. Adam, V. Frazzini, V.‐H. Nguyen‐Michel, M. Damiano, V. Lambrecq, A. Biraben, A. Nica, P. Convers, L. Mazzola, E. Hirsch, M. P. Valenti, J. Scholly, C. Behr, L. Valton, M. Denuelle, J. Curot, J. Biberon   +71 more
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