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Improving Environmental Health Literacy and Justice through Environmental Exposure Results Communication

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2016
Understanding the short- and long-term impacts of a biomonitoring and exposure project and reporting personal results back to study participants is critical for guiding future efforts, especially in the context of environmental justice.
M. Ramírez-Andreotta   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The epithelial barrier theory proposes a comprehensive explanation for the origins of allergic and other chronic noncommunicable diseases

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Exposure to common noxious agents (1), including allergens, pollutants, and micro‐nanoplastics, can cause epithelial barrier damage (2) in our body's protective linings. This may trigger an immune response to our microbiome (3). The epithelial barrier theory explains how this process can lead to chronic noncommunicable diseases (4) affecting organs ...
Can Zeyneloglu   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Socio-economic, infrastructural and health-related risk factors associated with adverse heat-health effects reportedly experienced during hot weather in South Africa

open access: yesThe Pan African Medical Journal, 2019
INTRODUCTION: Poor urban communities are likely to bear the brunt of climate change impacts on health and well-being. The City of Johannesburg, South Africa, is predicted to experience an average increase in ambient temperature of 4,C by 2100.
Caradee Yael Wright   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental health disparities in the Central Appalachian region of the United States

open access: yesReviews on Environmental Health, 2017
Health disparities that cannot be fully explained by socio-behavioral factors persist in the Central Appalachian region of the United States. A review of available studies of environmental impacts on Appalachian health and analysis of recent public data ...
L. Krometis   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Goodbye flat lymphoma biology

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Three‐dimensional (3D) biological systems have become key tools in lymphoma research, offering reliable in vitro and ex vivo platforms to explore pathogenesis and support precision medicine. This review highlights current 3D non‐Hodgkin lymphoma models, detailing their features, advantages, and limitations, and provides a broad perspective on future ...
Carla Faria   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping environmental injustices: pitfalls and potential of geographic information systems in assessing environmental health and equity. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have been used increasingly to map instances of environmental injustice, the disproportionate exposure of certain populations to environmental hazards.
Austin R   +16 more
core   +3 more sources

Tendencia de los niveles de plomo en la atmósfera de la zona metropolitana de la Ciudad de México: 1988-1998 Trends in atmospheric concentrations of lead in the Metropolitan Area of Mexico City: 1988-1998

open access: yesSalud Pública de México, 2003
OBJETIVO: Describir las tendencias del plomo atmosférico asociadas a la eliminación paulatina del plomo de la gasolina y el uso de convertidores catalíticos en el auto transporte de la Ciudad de México, de 1988 a 1998.
Marlene Cortez-Lugo   +3 more
doaj  

The Exposome: Embracing the Complexity for Discovery in Environmental Health

open access: yesEnvironmental Health Perspectives, 2016
Summary: Environmental exposures are ubiquitous and play a fundamental role in the development of complex human diseases. The exposome, which is defined as the totality of environmental exposures over the life course, allows for systematic evaluation of ...
Yuxia Cui   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

From omics to AI—mapping the pathogenic pathways in type 2 diabetes

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Integrating multi‐omics data with AI‐based modelling (unsupervised and supervised machine learning) identify optimal patient clusters, informing AI‐driven accurate risk stratification. Digital twins simulate individual trajectories in real time, guiding precision medicine by matching patients to targeted therapies.
Siobhán O'Sullivan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study of health status of mosques and prayer rooms covered by Kashan University of Medical Sciences in 2019

open access: yesFiyz̤, 2020
Background: Taking care of health principals is essential for prevention of diseases and attracting young people to congregational prayers in mosques and prayer rooms.
Elaheh Mianehsaz   +5 more
doaj  

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