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International Wound Journal, Volume 20, Issue 9, Page 3567-3579, November 2023., 2023 Abstract Pressure injuries affect 13.1% to 45.5% of patients in the intensive care unit and lead to pain and discomfort for patients, burden on healthcare providers, and unnecessary cost to the health system. Turning and positioning systems offer improvements on usual care devices, however the evidence of the effectiveness of such systems is still ...
Suzanne Kapp +10 more
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International Journal of Environmental Health Engineering, 2018 Aims: Phthalates (e.g., diethylhexyl phthalate) act as one of the endocrine disruptive compounds and can have adverse effects on different biological pathways including hormonal receptors, affecting the synthesis, secretion, or metabolism of hormones ...
Mohammad Mehdi Amin +4 more
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Environmental Research, 2022 Environmental exposures to mixtures of toxic chemicals have potential interaction effects that may lead to hazard index values exceeding one. However, current regulation levels, such as tolerable daily intake (TDI), are mostly based on experimental ...
Chu-Chih Chen +11 more
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Food Risk Assess Europe, Volume 1, Issue 2, September‐December 2023., 2023 Abstract According to the World Health Organization (WHO), obesity and overweight have reached epidemic proportions globally. In Spain, the prevalence of obesity is high, especially in childhood, with an upward trend in the last two decades. While improving dietary habits and increasing physical activity has been the main focus on reducing obesity, its
Ana María Rivas Velasco +7 more
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Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Volume 140, Issue 30, August 10, 2023., 2023 Analytical methods have been evaluated as potential ways to improve upon the ASTM D3291 plasticizer compatibility test. GC–MS was successfully used to quantify the exudation of three different plasticisers from PVC. FTIR could not detect plasticizer exudation at this level.
Katharine Burns +4 more
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Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2016 The objective of this study was to determine the level of phthalate ester plasticizers in Ethiope River water samples. Gas chromatography (GC) coupled with mass spectrometer (MS) was used to evaluate the levels of dimethyl phthalate (DMP), diethyl ...
O Edjere, I.G. Asibor, S.E. Otolo
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Taxanes – The backbone of medical oncology
Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology, 2020 Drug development in oncology has witnessed a revolutionary growth from its humble beginning with nitrogen mustard in 1940 to immunotherapy in 1986 (Interferon alpha).
Wesley M Jose
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Chemosphere, 2021 Bisphenol A (BPA) and Diethylhexyl Phthalate (DEHP) are well-studied endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), however, the effects of mixtures of these EDCs are not.
J. Dagher +15 more
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Diethylhexyl phthalates is associated with insulin resistance via oxidative stress in the elderly: a panel study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 BACKGROUND: Insulin resistance (IR) is believed to be the underlying mechanism of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Recently, a few studies have demonstrated that phthalates could cause oxidative stress which would contribute to the ...
Jin Hee Kim +4 more
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Serum phthalate levels and time to pregnancy in couples from Greenland, Poland and Ukraine. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Phthalates are ubiquitous industrial chemicals that have been associated with altered reproductive function in rodents. Several human studies have reported an inverse association between male testosterone and phthalate levels.
Ina Olmer Specht +5 more
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