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Background: Existing evidence suggests that mumps epidemics, a global public health issue, are associated with meteorological factors and air pollutants at the population scale. However, the interaction effect of meteorological factors and air pollutants
Weichen Liu +18 more
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Social and environmental factors influencing in-prison drug use [PDF]
Purpose – There is a strong political imperative to regard the prison as a key social setting for health promotion, but evidence indicates that drug misuse continues to be a significant issue for many prisoners.
Woodall, J
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Effects of green space on adverse birth outcomes induced by air pollution
Air pollution has become one of the most important public health problems worldwide. Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy is one of the important risk factors for adverse birth outcomes such as preterm birth, low birth weight, and birth defects ...
Juan ZHANG +3 more
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Most of the genetic covariation between major depressive and alcohol use disorders is explained by trait measures of negative emotionality and behavioral control [PDF]
Background Mental health disorders commonly co-occur, even between conceptually distinct syndromes, such as internalizing and externalizing disorders.
Ellingson, J. M +4 more
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Emerging viral respiratory tract infections—environmental risk factors and transmission [PDF]
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Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A. +6 more
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Pulmonary fibrosis is an interstitial lung disease characterized by chronic progressive fibrosis. It is associated with fibrocyte proliferation and collagen deposition, leading to severe, irreversible lung function decline.
Xiaobo Sun +5 more
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Cross-cultural comparison of genetic and cultural transmission of smoking initiation using an extended twin kinship model [PDF]
Background: Considerable evidence from twin and adoption studies indicates that genetic and shared environmental factors play a role in the initiation of smoking behavior.
Eaves, Lindon J +6 more
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BackgroundMitochondrial biogenesis is pivotal in coal workers' pneumoconiosis fibrosis, yet the role of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha (PGC-1α)-nuclear respiratory factor 1 (NRF1)-mitochondrial transcription ...
Mei ZHANG +7 more
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Abstract The hypothalamus–pituitary–thyroid–periphery (HPTP) axis has been known to be a vulnerable target for environmental factors and nutritional agents for centuries. Goitrogenesis, hypo- and hyperthyroidism, tumorigenesis, and autoimmune diseases of this gland have been linked to single or combined deficiencies of several essential ...
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Background Higher intakes of dietary antioxidants have been linked to a lower type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) risk. However, few studies have comprehensively examined the overall dietary antioxidant capacity, assessed by dietary antioxidant quality ...
Xiaoxia Li +8 more
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