The multiple sclerosis exposome: environmental determinants, immunological convergence, and the Gulf Region as a natural test case. [PDF]
Shosha E, Qadi N.
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Healthcare Waste Generation Rates in the Three Categories of Public Healthcare Facilities in Malawi
Two tertiary (Kamuzu and Mzuzu Central), secondary (Nkhata Bay and Rumphi), and primary (Bolero and Chintheche Rural) healthcare institutions participated in a study on healthcare waste. Waste was categorized as nonhazardous or hazardous. Significant differences in waste generation rates were observed on the basis of facility type (p < 0.001). ABSTRACT
Grace O. Ogbonna +5 more
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Integrated evaluation of environmental monitoring, rheumatoid arthritis biomarkers, and genetic variants in textile dyeing workers. [PDF]
Saad-Hussein A +7 more
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At the Atwemonom bushmeat market in Kumasi, 211 ticks were collected from 46 wildlife carcasses and grouped into 94 pools. Rickettsia DNA occurred in 10 pools (10.64%), comprising Rickettsia africae and Rickettsia massiliae; Coxiella burnetii was undetected.
Emmanuel Kwame Amoako +12 more
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Understanding Unexpected Ozone-Health Associations: Are Secondary Oxidative Pollutants Key? [PDF]
Gao J +4 more
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ABSTRACT This study evaluated the water quality of artesian wells and effluents generated in cassava processing in a rural area of Bragança, Pará, with emphasis on physicochemical parameters, multielement composition, and cyanogenic compounds. The well water presented specific nonconformities, highlighting pH values below the recommended level and high
Alana Coêlho Maciel +13 more
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Toward a Politics of (In)Fertility: Reproductive Debility in Africa
ABSTRACT Sub‐Saharan Africa has some of the highest estimated rates of infertility or involuntary childlessness in the world, leading epidemiologists to refer to parts of the region as the “infertility belt.” The medicalization of infertility and the situating of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) as the treatment for infertility have siphoned ...
Tessa Moll
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Associations between air pollution, accelerated biological aging, and oral inflammatory diseases: evidence from the UK Biobank cohort. [PDF]
Zhan H, Liu D, Guo Y, Liu W.
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[Antimony as a component of occupational air pollutants in an industrial town].
Iu P, Popov +2 more
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