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Environmental epidemiology in a crossfire [PDF]
Environmental Health, 2021 AbstractTwo tendencies have emerged in environmental epidemiology that hamper the translation of research findings into prevention of environmental hazards. One is the increased focus on highlighting weaknesses of epidemiology research that is clearly meant to explain away the research conclusions and weaken their possible implications for ...
Etzel, Ruth A. +2 more
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Spatio-Temporal Pattern and Meteo-Climatic Determinants of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Italy
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022 Historically, visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Italy was constrained to Mediterranean areas. However, in the last 20 years, sand fly vectors and human cases of VL have been detected in northern Italy, traditionally classified as a cold area unsuitable for ...
Giovenale Moirano +4 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 Background: The negative impact of isolation, confinement, and physical (in)activity due to pandemic movement restriction has been well-documented over the past year, but less is known on the impact of these policies on children's physical fitness.
Shawnda A. Morrison +4 more
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Environmental Research Letters, 2021 Greenness is beneficial to health and is associated with lower mortality. Many studies used the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) to measure greenness. However, NDVI cannot be used to indicate landscape type.
Qile He +4 more
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Toxics, 2023 Background: Ambulance emergency calls (AECs) are seen as a more suitable metric for syndromic surveillance due to their heightened sensitivity in reflecting the health impacts of air pollutants.
Hanxu Shi +10 more
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Comparative genomics of Burkholderia multivorans, a ubiquitous pathogen with a highly conserved genomic structure [PDF]
, 2017 The natural environment serves as a reservoir of opportunistic pathogens. A well-established method for studying the epidemiology of such opportunists is multilocus sequence typing, which in many cases has defined strains predisposed to causing infection.
Carlier, Aurélien +5 more
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Prenatal lead exposure is negatively associated with the gut microbiome in childhood
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 BackgroundMetal exposures are associated with gut microbiome (GM) composition and function, and exposures early in development may be particularly important.
Shoshannah Eggers +9 more
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Impact of COVID-19 on medical waste management and disposal practices in Nigeria
Cogent Engineering, 2022 In recent years, Nigeria has experienced increased outbreaks of Monkeypox, Ebola, Lassa fever, and the latest Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
Mmemek-Abasi Etim +2 more
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Towards a People's Social Epidemiology: Envisioning a More Inclusive and Equitable Future for Social Epi Research and Practice in the 21st Century. [PDF]
, 2019 Social epidemiology has made critical contributions to understanding population health. However, translation of social epidemiology science into action remains a challenge, raising concerns about the impacts of the field beyond academia.
Allen, Amani +3 more
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The environmental epidemiology of atrial arrhythmogenesis [PDF]
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2010 Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia seen in clinical practice, and makes an important contribution to cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality. The focus of AF research has recently shifted, from concentrating on treatments and complications, to the evaluation of putative risk factors including ambient air ...
Eric A, Whitsel, Christy L, Avery
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