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Associations of smoking and air pollution with peripheral blood RNA N6-methyladenosine in the Beijing truck driver air pollution study

Environment International, 2020
Background: Post-transcriptional modifications of RNA constitute fundamental mechanisms of gene regulation. N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is critical for health and disease and is modulated by cellular stressors.
Allison Kupsco, Gwendolyn Gonzalez, Brennan H. Baker, Julia M. Knox, Yinan Zheng, Sheng Wang, Dou Chang, Joel Schwartz, Lifang Hou, Yinsheng Wang, Andrea A. Baccarelli   +10 more
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Comparing the Effects of Microplastics From Conventional Cigarette Butts and Heated Tobacco Device: The Role of UV‐Induced Aging

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the widespread presence of cigarette butts in the environment, the potential toxicological effects posed by microplastics (MPs) derived from them remain poorly understood. In this study, we compared the effects of MPs from conventional cigarette butts (cellulose acetate) and heated tobacco devices (cellulose acetate and polylactic acid
Andraž Dolar, Veno Kononenko, Valentina Perc, Damjana Drobne, Gabriela Kalčíková, Jernej Imperl, Tina Skalar, Ula Rozman, Branka Mušič, Anita Jemec Kokalj   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inflammatory Shift in Chronic Rhinosinusitis Amidst Guangzhou's Urbanization (2000–2018)

World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) exhibits temporal and geographic diversity in pathological endotypes with progressive eosinophilic infiltration, while the underlying causes remain unclear. Current pathological endotypes determination relies on mean cell count per high‐power field, requiring accuracy optimization.
Ning Kang, Man‐Hou Chao, Xin Luo, Feng‐Wen Shan, Zi‐Xuan Hua, Ze‐Zhi Guo, Hua‐Mei Yan, He Zhang, Tong Wu, Min Zhou, Rui Zheng, Shuo Wu, Xue‐Kun Huang, Zhao‐Hui Shi, Ya‐Na Zhang, Ji Yang, Qin‐Tai Yang   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental Determinants of Early Childhood Caries: A Narrative Synthesis of Observational Evidence and Implications for Global Policy

Dentistry Journal
Early childhood caries (ECC) remains a significant global health challenge, disproportionately affecting marginalized populations. While traditional research emphasizes behavioral and biological risk factors, emerging evidence highlights the critical ...
Moréniké Oluwátóyìn Foláyan, Robert J. Schroth, Olubukola Olatosi, Maha El Tantawi   +3 more
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Why Evidence Is Not Enough: Power, Politics, and a Strategy Shift for Public Health

The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Public health has lost political influence because of a mismatch between the forms of power primarily deployed in this field—knowledge and moral authority—and the forms of power that currently shape societal rules and health outcomes—economic, political, ideological, and physical.
JONATHAN C. HELLER
wiley   +1 more source

Do indoor environments influence asthma and asthma-related symptoms among adults in homes? A review of the literature

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2011
This review summarizes the results of epidemiological studies focusing on the detrimental effects of home environmental factors on asthma morbidity in adults.
Yu Jie, Noor Hassim Ismail, Xu jie, Zaleha Md Isa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

US Life Expectancy and Increasing Mortality Rates: An Analysis of the Crisis

The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points US life expectancy is shorter than in other high‐income countries and the gap has widened dramatically over time, driven in particular by rising mortality rates that threaten the probability that youth can survive to middle age, or even adulthood.
STEVEN H. WOOLF
wiley   +1 more source

The Relationship between Maternal Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure during Pregnancy with Anthropometric Parameters of the Newborn [PDF]

Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum, 2009
Background and ObjectivesMaternal environmental tobacco smoke exposure (ETS) or passive smoking would be a risk factor for maternal and new born morbidity.
Z. Sadat, F. Bazarganipour, Z. Sehhat, M. Barati   +3 more
doaj  

Cigarette smoke causes caspase-independent apoptosis of bronchial epithelial cells from asthmatic donors.

PLoS ONE, 2015
BackgroundEpidemiologic studies have demonstrated important links between air pollution and asthma. Amongst these pollutants, environmental cigarette smoke is a risk factor both for asthma pathogenesis and exacerbation.
Fabio Bucchieri, Antonella Marino Gammazza, Alessandro Pitruzzella, Alberto Fucarino, Felicia Farina, Peter Howarth, Stephen T Holgate, Giovanni Zummo, Donna E Davies   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cost-effectiveness of a complex intervention to reduce children’s exposure to second-hand smoke in the home

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Second-hand smoke (SHS) causes numerous health problems in children such as asthma, respiratory tract infections and sudden infant death syndrome. The home is the main source of exposure to SHS for children, particularly for young children. We
Charlotte Renwick, Qi Wu, Magdalena Opazo Breton, Rebecca Thorley, John Britton, Sarah Lewis, Elena Ratschen, Steve Parrott   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source