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Social and environmental factors influencing in-prison drug use [PDF]
, 2011 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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Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 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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Environmental, developmental, and genetic factors controlling root system architecture [PDF]
, 2014 A better understanding of the development and architecture of roots is essential to develop strategies to increase crop yield and optimize agricultural land use.
Mansoorkhani, F. M. +5 more
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Epigenetic Biomarkers for Environmental Exposures and Personalized Breast Cancer Prevention. [PDF]
, 2020 Environmental and lifestyle factors are believed to account for >80% of breast cancers; however, it is not well understood how and when these factors affect risk and which exposed individuals will actually develop the disease.
Park, Hannah Lui
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Genetic and environmental influences on eating behavior - a study of twin pairs reared apart or reared together [PDF]
, 2012 This study examined the relative influence of genetic versus environmental factors on specific aspects of eating behavior. Adult monozygotic twins (22 pairs and 3 singleton reared apart, 38 pairs and 9 singleton reared together, age 18-76 years, BMI 17 ...
Bouchard, Thomas J. +8 more
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Effects of green space on adverse birth outcomes induced by air pollution
环境与职业医学, 2022 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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The impact of voluntary environmental protection instruments on company environmental performance [PDF]
, 2004 In the last decade there has been increasing emphasis on the use of voluntary environmental protection tools such as corporate environmental reporting (CER) and environmental management systems (EMSs).
Annandale, D. +2 more
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Frontiers in ImmunologyPulmonary 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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Extended twin study of alcohol use in Virginia and Australia [PDF]
, 2018 Drinking alcohol is a normal behavior in many societies, and prior studies have demonstrated it has both genetic and environmental sources of variation.
Eaves, Lindon J +6 more
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Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit, 2011 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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