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Association between Air Pollutants and Cancer Incidence Rates in Japan: An Ecological Study

Medical Sciences Forum, 2021
We investigated the associations between the incidence rates of five typical cancer types and five air pollutants in 317 Japanese municipalities in 2017. We obtained the concentrations of the five air pollutants, i.e., sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitric oxide (
Kohei Hasegawa, Teruomi Tsukahara, Tetsuo Nomiyama   +2 more
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Environmental exposure to organophosphate esters and suspected non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among US adults: A mixture analysis

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
ObjectivesNon-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease worldwide. We evaluated NAFLD using the US FLI to determine whether there is an association between urinary organophosphorus (OPE) levels and the “prevalence” of
Haisheng Chai, Weiye Hu, Yaoyao Dai, Xiaohan Zhu, Ping'an Qian, Junfeng Zhu, Junfeng Zhu   +6 more
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Metabolic profiles associated with exposure to ambient particulate air pollution: findings from the Betula cohort

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionAir pollution is a significant contributor to morbidity and mortality globally and has been linked to an increased risk of dementia. Previous studies within the Betula cohort in Northern Sweden have demonstrated associations between air ...
Wasif Raza, Anders Öhman, Katja M. Kanninen, Pasi Jalava, Xiao-wen Zeng, Tosca O. E. de Crom, M. Arfan Ikram, Anna Oudin, Anna Oudin   +8 more
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Preliminary results on epidemiology of coconut lethal yellowing in Ghana [PDF]

, 2009
Epidemiological studies are of major importance in understanding the determinants of plant diseases in order to control the risks of their spreading. A research programme on the epidemiology of coconut lethal yellowing, or Cape Saint Paul Wilt Disease ...
Bonnot, François, Danyo, Gilbert, Dery, Sylvester Kuuna, Philippe, René, Ransford, Arthur   +4 more
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Dried blood spots in toxicology : from the cradle to the grave? [PDF]

, 2012
About a century after its first described application by Ivar Bang, the potential of sampling via dried blood spots (DBS) as an alternative for classical venous blood sampling is increasingly recognized.
De Kesel, Pieter, Ingels, Ann-Sofie, Lambert, Willy, Stove, Christophe   +3 more
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In utero tobacco smoke exposure, DNA methylation, and asthma in Latino children. [PDF]

, 2019
BackgroundMaternal smoking during pregnancy is a risk factor for chronic disease later in life and has been associated with variability of DNA methylation at specific cytosine-phosphate-guanine (CpG) loci.
Barker, Beach, Beamer, Best, Cardenas, Chhabra, Cunningham, DiFranza, Galanter, Gibbs, Gilliland, Gilliland, Gilliland, Hanieh, Harb, Hu, Jaakkola, Jauniaux, Joubert, Joubert, Küpers, Lara, Morales, Oh, Perreira, Pickett, Rahmani, Reese, Reese, Rehan, Richiardi, Richmond, Richmond, Sharma, Shorey-Kendrick, Stick, Stocks, Tong, Upton, van der Laan, Vanderweele, VanderWeele, Waterland, Wongtrakool, Wu, Zeilinger, Zhang, Zhong   +47 more
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Upstream Oil and Gas Production and Community COVID‐19 Case and Mortality Rates in California, USA

GeoHealth
Higher concentrations of ambient air pollutants, including PM2.5 and NO2, and other pollutants have been found near active oil and gas wells and may be associated with adverse COVID‐19 outcomes.
Helena Archer, David J. X. González, Julia Walsh, Paul English, Peggy Reynolds, W. John Boscardin, Catherine Carpenter, Rachel Morello‐Frosch   +7 more
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Bisphenols exposure and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: from environmental trigger to molecular pathogenesis

Frontiers in Endocrinology
Bisphenols (BPs), including bisphenol A (BPA) and its substitutes (BPS, BPF), are ubiquitous environmental contaminants with emerging links to metabolic disorders. This review synthesizes current evidence on the role of BP exposure in the pathogenesis of
Chang-Lei Li, Zhi-Yuan Yao, Yin-Feng Zhang, Xiao-Tong Cui, Ao Sun, Jing-Yu Cao, Zu-Sen Wang   +6 more
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Digital administrative maps – A tool for visualization of epidemiological data

Medycyna Pracy, 2013
Background: The aim of the study is to present the methods for visualization of epidemiological data using digital contour maps that take into account administrative division of Poland.
Ewa Niewiadomska, Małgorzata Kowalska, Elżbieta Czech, Michał Skrzypek   +3 more
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Methodological Frontiers in Environmental Epidemiology [PDF]

, 2011
Environmental epidemiology comprises the epidemiologic study of those environmental factors that are outside the immediate control of the individual.
Rothman, K J
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