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A comparative study on the effectiveness of pollutants control measures adopted in the steel industry to reduce workplace and environmental exposure: a case study

open access: yesScientific Reports
Our understanding of the environmental and occupational health implications of pollutants emitted in steel production is still lacking, despite the considerable amount of research devoted to this topic.
Daniel Onut Badea   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Key schedule algorithm based on coordinate geometry of a three-dimensional hybrid cube [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Cryptographic algorithms play an important role in information security where it ensures the security of data across the network or storage. A key schedule algorithm is the mechanism that generates and schedules all session-keys for the encryption ...
Mushtaq, Muhammad Faheem
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Imperative for a health‐centred focus on climate change in radiology

open access: yesJournal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.
Summary Climate change negatively impacts individual and population‐level health through multiple pathways, including poor air quality, extreme heat and changes in infectious disease. These health effects will lead to higher health system and medical imaging utilisation.
Omar Taboun   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Age-related changes in the respiratory system [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
This article summarises the main structural and physiological changes which take place in the lung from young adulthood to senescence. An understanding of these changes helps the clinician to correctly interpret some results of radiology and pulmonary ...
Ebejer, Martin J., Lesauskaite, Vita
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Associations of smoke‐free policies in multi‐unit housing with smoking behavior and second‐hand smoke exposure: A systematic review

open access: yesAddiction, Volume 120, Issue 4, Page 578-588, April 2025.
Abstract Background and aim Although considerable progress has been made regarding the implementation of smoke‐free policies (SFPs), many people continue to be exposed to second‐hand smoke (SHS) in the home environment. The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review on the association of SFPs in multi‐unit housing (MUH) with smoking behavior ...
Heike H. Garritsen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chemical and Physical Hazards in Different Small Workshops Activities

open access: yesJournal of High Institute of Public Health, 2008
Workers in informal small-scale industries (SSI) in developing countries involved in welding, spray painting, woodwork, and metalwork are exposed to various hazards with consequent risk to health. The present study was to assess occupational exposures to
Khaled F. El-Said
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental public health tracking of childhood asthma using California health interview survey, traffic, and outdoor air pollution data. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
BackgroundDespite extensive evidence that air pollution affects childhood asthma, state-level and national-level tracking of asthma outcomes in relation to air pollution is limited.ObjectivesOur goals were to evaluate the feasibility of linking the 2001 ...
Balmes, John   +5 more
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The Prevalence of Symptomatic Dermographism: Results of the International UCARE PREVALENCE‐D Study

open access: yesAllergy, EarlyView.
An online expert‐designed questionnaire estimated the international prevalence of dermographism. Symptomatic dermographism, physiological red dermographism, and simple urticarial dermographism exhibit distinct prevalence patterns across age groups, sex, and geographic regions. Symptomatic dermographism has an international point prevalence of 3.20% (95%
Kanokvalai Kulthanan   +55 more
wiley   +1 more source

Methodology for the Development of the Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma (ARIA)‐EAACI 2024–2025 Guidelines: From Evidence‐to‐Decision Frameworks to Digitalised Shared Decision‐Making Algorithms

open access: yesAllergy, EarlyView.
The Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) group is working on the 2024–2025 update of its guidelines for the management of allergic rhinitis (ARIA 2024–2025). The ARIA 2024–2025‐EAACI guidelines will follow GRADE methodology and will incorporate evidence from different sources, including systematic reviews and meta‐analyses, mHealth data ...
Jean Bousquet   +230 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wildfires and Atopic Diseases: A Review

open access: yesAllergy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wildfire smoke is a major environmental health threat that has increased in frequency and severity in recent years. A hazardous component of wildfire smoke is particulate matter ≤ 2.5 μm (PM2.5). There is evidence to suggest that exposure to wildfire PM2.5 may increase the risk of developing or exacerbating atopic diseases, such as asthma ...
Alex Ha, John R. Balmes, Maria L. Wei
wiley   +1 more source

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