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Adaptation of an amphibian mucociliary clearance model to evaluate early effects of tobacco smoke exposure

Respiratory Research, 2004
Rationale Inhaled side-stream tobacco smoke brings in all of its harmful components impairing mechanisms that protect the airways and lungs. Chronic respiratory health consequences are a complex multi-step silent process.
Lim Leonard, Ding Jie, Tai Shusheng, O'Brien Darryl W, Zayas J Gustavo, King Malcolm   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A prospective cohort study of biomarkers of prenatal tobacco smoke exposure: the correlation between serum and meconium and their association with infant birth weight

Environmental Health, 2010
Background The evaluation of infant meconium as a cumulative matrix of prenatal toxicant exposure requires comparison to established biomarkers of prenatal exposure.
Braun Joe M, Daniels Julie L, Poole Charles, Olshan Andrew F, Hornung Richard, Bernert John T, Xia Yang, Bearer Cynthia, Barr Dana, Lanphear Bruce P   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epigenetic impacts of maternal tobacco and e-vapour exposure on the offspring lung

Clinical Epigenetics, 2019
In utero exposure to tobacco products, whether maternal or environmental, have harmful effects on first neonatal and later adult respiratory outcomes. These effects have been shown to persist across subsequent generations, regardless of the offsprings ...
Razia Zakarya, Ian Adcock, Brian G. Oliver   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Implementation of smoke-free homes in Poland

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2016
Objectives: Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) constitutes a threat to the health of many people. In order to diminish ETS exposure, countries (including Poland) implemented legal restrictions of smoking in public places and worksites ...
Dorota Kaleta, Adam Fronczak, Bukola Usidame, Elżbieta Dziankowska-Zaborszczyk, Teresa Makowiec-Dąbrowska, Piotr Wojtysiak   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Development of a Web-Based Tobacco Tracker Tool to Crowdsource Campus Environmental Reports for Smoke and Tobacco–Free College Policies: Mixed Methods Study

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021
BackgroundCollege campuses in the United States have begun implementing smoke and tobacco–free policies to discourage the use of tobacco. Smoke and tobacco–free policies, however, are contingent upon effective policy enforcement.
Sabrina F Loureiro, Kim Pulvers, Melissa M Gosdin, Keavagh Clift, Myra Rice, Elisa K Tong   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Residential exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, and its associates: Findings from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey in Poland

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2015
Objectives: Expanding the information on exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) at home and its associates is of great public health importance. The aim of the current analysis was to evaluate associates of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke ...
Dorota Kaleta, Piotr Wojtysiak, Bukola Usidame, Elżbieta Dziankowska-Zaborszczyk, Adam Fronczak, Teresa Makowiec-Dąbrowska   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental exposure of pregnant women to tobacco smoke and selected socio-economic factors

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2017
Introduction. Exposure of pregnant women constitutes the risk to procreative health, correct process of pregnancy, health of newborn babies and children in further years. According to GATS, 14.1 mln of Poles are exposed to inhalation of tobacco smoke. In
Paweł Kalinowski, Ewelina Kozłowska, Michał Woś, Anna Kobiałka, Eliza Wołoszynek, Maria Bożenna Wawrzycka, Henryk Wiktor   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Step by step towards a smoke-free province: The case of Ciudad Real, Spain

Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, 2023
Introduction Tobacco is the main risk factor for cancer, being related to up to 1 in 3 cases. In order to achieve a "Tobacco Free Generation" by 2040, we need to target our younger population and promote healthy lifestyles where tobacco has no place.
Carolina Castillejos Andújar, Miguel Ángel Galindo García, Margarita Velascoin González Tejero, Lorena Martin Bedia, María Belén Amores Vera, Beatriz Arranz   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multidimensional Cellular Micro‐Compartments to Model Invasive Lobular Carcinoma Dormancy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) is an understudied subtype of breast cancer that is susceptible to late recurrences. In this study, micro‐compartmentalization techniques spanning multiple dimensions, including 2D, pseudo‐3D, and 3D, are integrated to uncover the mechanisms underlying ILC dormancy, revealing the central role of p27Kip1.
Xilal Y. Rima, Sarmila Majumder, Divya S. Patel, Chunyu Hu, Hong Li, Xin Huang, Kim Truc Nguyen, Jacob Doon‐Ralls, Chiranth K. Nagaraj, Mangesh D. Hade, Setty M. Magaña, Eswar Shankar, Xiaoli Zhang, Daniel G. Stover, Bhuvaneswari Ramaswamy, Eduardo Reátegui   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Thirdhand Smoke Awareness among Adults in Urban Kattankulathur, Chengalpattu, India: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

National Journal of Community Medicine
Background: Tobacco-related environmental exposure remains a major public health concern in India. This study assessed second-hand smoke exposure and thirdhand smoke awareness among adults in urban Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India.
Kaarunya A, Abinaya P, Sathya Priya T, Anantharaman VV   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source