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Environmental risk factors for atopy

Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology, 1997
There is an almost universal consensus that the prevalence of allergic diseases has increased considerably in western industrialised countries since the second world war. Reasons for this are poorly understood, although several environmental risk factors have been identified that may enhance the risk for sensitisation and the appearance of allergic ...
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The Economics of Global Environmental Risks [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 1998
This chapter focusses on global environmental risks such as climate change, an issue that must be confronted as we move into the future. It proposes sound principles of risk management that make sense in today's society generally, going beyond their role of averting and hedging climate risks. This chapter is about these and related questions.
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Effect of hydrothermal carbonization on heavy metals in swine manure: Speciation, bioavailability and environmental risk.

Journal of Environmental Management, 2019
The speciation, bioavailability and environmental risk of heavy metals (HMs) in the hydrochar derived from hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of swine manure were investigated in this study.
Qianqian Lang, Mengjun Chen, Yanchuan Guo, Zhengang Liu, C. Gai   +4 more
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Risk Assessment of Environmental Chemicals

Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1995
Risk assessment is an evolving process, based not only upon toxicology but also upon a broad background of knowledge in fields ranging from chemistry to physiology and molecular biology and from environmental transport processes to applied statistics.
A, Fan, R, Howd, B, Davis
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Environmental Risk Communication for the Clinician

Pediatrics, 2003
Although they are accustomed to discussing risks in the medical arena through the process of informed consent, primary care clinicians may have difficulty communicating with their patients and communities about environmental health risks. Clinicians are generally trusted and can play important roles as educators, alert practitioners, or even advocates ...
Mark, Miller, Gina, Solomon
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Environmental Risks and Public Health

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2001
Abstract: There are currently a number of initiatives aimed at considering and redefining the role of environmental health. These include an effort under the auspices of the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Environmental Health and another under the auspices of the American Schools of Public Health. Both will result in conferences to be held in the
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Monitoring the environmental risk for the elderly

2012 International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communications Systems, 2012
Robotic devices are increasingly a research focus for liberation of humans from time-consuming traditional tasks, but the cost and complexity of such devices remain a daunting issue. This paper proposes a simple and cost-effective demonstration prototype system composed of a wireless module, sensors and a mobile robotic cart which prowls the target ...
Pei-Chen Tseng, Chih-Heng Ke
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Bilastine: an environmental risk assessment

Drug and Chemical Toxicology, 2015
Bilastine is a new oral selective, non-sedating histamine H1 antagonist for the symptomatic treatment of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and urticaria. The European Medicines Agency requires an Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) for all novel medicines for human use.To calculate the bilastine predicted environmental concentration in surface water (PECsw;
María Luisa, Lucero, Armin, Peither, Francisco, Ledo   +2 more
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Risk and Benefit in Environmental Law

Science, 1981
Judicial review establishes whether the mandate of Congress is observed by an agency's rule-making mechanisms for setting environmental standards or other regulations. Central issues in risk assessment now include whether a risk is significant, what the burden of proof for significance is, how to resolve the tension between the effort to reduce ...
P F, Ricci, L S, Molton
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Fish bioaccumulation and biomarkers in environmental risk assessment: a review.

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2003
R. van der Oost, J. Beyer, N. Vermeulen
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