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Sex specific familial risk in lung cancer through changing histologies in Sweden
International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.What's New? Lung cancer is a complex disease arising from genetic and environmental factors. In this study, using data from family and cancer registries in Sweden, the authors investigated familial risks in lung cancer, with focus on sex‐ and time‐related changes and correlations with histology.
Kari Hemminki +5 more
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Labour/data justice: a new framework for labour/regulatory datafication
Journal of Law and Society, Volume 49, Issue 4, Page 658-680, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Labour datafication – the accelerating quantification of working life, encompassing data use that extracts additional value from workers – is increasingly recognized as a dimension of the future of work. This article proposes a notion of ‘labour/data justice’ to capture both the deterioration of working life at the labour/data nexus and ...
DEIRDRE MCCANN, ARELY CRUZ‐SANTIAGO
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Spatiotemporal deep learning model for citywide air pollution interpolation and prediction [PDF]
arXiv, 2019 Recently, air pollution is one of the most concerns for big cities. Predicting air quality for any regions and at any time is a critical requirement of urban citizens. However, air pollution prediction for the whole city is a challenging problem.
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Environment, lifestyle, and cancer in women
International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.Abstract Environmental and lifestyle factors significantly contribute to gynecological cancers. The risk of ovarian cancer, one the most lethal gynecological cancer, is associated with obesity, poor dietary habits, and environmental pollutants, exacerbating hormonal imbalances, inflammation, and oxidative stress.
Sara Farina +3 more
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Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2018 Background The use of cosmetic products in beauty salons emits numerous kinds of toxic air pollutants. The objectives of this study were to measure the concentrations of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene, formaldehyde, and acetaldehyde in 20 large ...
Mostafa Hadei +6 more
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Modeling the impact of rain on population exposed to air pollution [PDF]
arXiv, 2017 Environmental pollution, comprising of air, water and soil have emerged as a serious problem in past two decades. The air pollution is caused by contamination of air due to various natural and anthropogenic activities. The growing air pollution has diverse adverse effects on human health and other living species. However, a significant reduction in the
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Nurses as agents for achieving environmentally sustainable health systems: A bibliometric analysis
Journal of Nursing Management, Volume 30, Issue 8, Page 3900-3908, November 2022., 2022 Abstract Aim To analyse the current scientific knowledge and research lines focused on environmentally sustainable health systems, including the role of nurses. Background There seem to be differences between creating interventions focused on environmentally sustainable health systems, including nurses, and the scarcity of research on this topic ...
Olga María Luque‐Alcaraz +3 more
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Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (o‐, m‐, and p‐xylenes) constitute a family, named BTEX, of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) known for its toxicity. This study aimed to study the acute in vitro toxicity of ethylbenzene and m‐xylene on human bronchial epithelial cells exposed at the air–liquid interface (ALI).
Nour Jaber +3 more
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Information needs, approaches, and case studies in human health risk communication
Risk Analysis, Volume 42, Issue 11, Page 2376-2399, November 2022., 2022 Abstract This article uses ten case studies to illustrate the information needs, various communication approaches, and the communicator's role in explaining environmental health risks from a variety of hazards, to a variety of audiences, over time frames from days to years, using in person consultation, lectures, zooms, and email formats.
Michael Gochfeld
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