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Results of 15 years of extended follow-up of the German porcelain workers cohort study: lung cancer and silicosis

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health
ObjectivesTo quantify, after extending follow-up 15 years, the relationship between occupational respirable crystalline silica (RCS) exposure and risk of silicosis diagnosis and lung cancer mortality in the German Porcelain Workers Cohort Study, and to ...
Thomas Birk   +3 more
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The Clinical Assessment of Vaping Exposure

open access: yesJournal of Addiction Medicine, 2020
Vaping, the inhalation of a nicotine or tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD), or non-drug infused solution delivered by vaping devices, is a growing phenomenon across many segments of the US population. Complications associated with vaping are newly emerging and relatively unstudied; little guidance exists on how ...
Edward W. Boyer   +4 more
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Assessing topographic exposure [PDF]

open access: yesMeteorological Applications, 2000
AbstractTopographic exposure is a variable which represents the degree of shelter afforded to a location. A detailed knowledge of exposure is useful for a wide variety of applications, ranging from the dynamics of drifting snow to the optimal location of wind‐farms.
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Are cell phones an indicator of personal exposure to organophosphate flame retardants and plasticizers?

open access: yesEnvironment International, 2019
Background: Exposure to organophosphate ester (OPE) flame retardants and plasticizers is widespread and is of concern due to their toxicity. Objectives: To investigate relationships between and within OPE concentrations in air, dust, hands, electronic ...
Congqiao Yang   +12 more
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Risk Categorization of Foods of Non-Animal Origin Subject to United Kingdom Import Controls

open access: yesJournal of Food Protection
Significant volumes of foods are traded between countries, and this trade brings with it opportunities for foodborne hazards to cross borders and pose a public health risk.
Amy Neill, J.Andrew Hudson, Andy Axon
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Global Burden of Disease of Mercury Used in Artisanal Small-Scale Gold Mining

open access: yesAnnals of Global Health, 2017
Background: Artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is the world's largest anthropogenic source of mercury emission. Gold miners are highly exposed to metallic mercury and suffer occupational mercury intoxication.
Nadine Steckling   +6 more
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Complex exposures: potentials for assessing integrated exposures

open access: yesClinical Chemistry, 1994
Abstract To determine empirically the most probable mode of interaction of chemicals given in combination, major occupational health, environmental health, and toxicology journals published in the past 10 years were sorted by eye for studies on noncarcinogenic and nonteratogenic effects of industrial and environmental chemicals in ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Changes in epidemiologic associations with different exposure metrics: A case study of phthalate exposure associations with body mass index and waist circumference

open access: yesEnvironment International, 2014
The use of human biomonitoring data to characterize exposure to environmental contaminants in epidemiology studies has expanded greatly in recent years.
Krista Christensen   +5 more
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Composition analysis (pick analysis) of waste generated from household: A pilot study in Ujjain city, India

open access: yesHeliyon, 2023
Waste segregation is an essential function in improving waste management. Waste segregation not only facilitates recycling and reduces waste going to landfills, rather it can benefit our environment and human in various ways.
Madhanraj Kalyanasundaram   +12 more
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Developmental toxicity of Nafion byproduct 2 (NBP2) in the Sprague-Dawley rat with comparisons to hexafluoropropylene oxide-dimer acid (HFPO-DA or GenX) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)

open access: yesEnvironment International, 2022
Nafion byproduct 2 (NBP2) is a polyfluoroalkyl ether sulfonic acid that was recently detected in surface water, drinking water, and human serum samples from monitoring studies in North Carolina, USA. We orally exposed pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats to NBP2
Justin M. Conley   +10 more
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