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Physiological and transcriptome analysis reveals the differences in nitrate content between lamina and midrib of flue-cured tobacco

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Nitrate is an important precursor of tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) and a remarkable difference in nitrate accumulation between lamina and midrib of flue-cured tobacco has long been observed.
Yuqing Feng   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Critical appraisal of the European Union Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) Preliminary Opinion on electronic cigarettes

open access: yesHarm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background In preparation for the 2021 revision of the European Union Tobacco Products Directive, the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) has posted its Preliminary Opinion on Electronic Cigarettes.
Renée O’Leary   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can studies of harm be harmful? [PDF]

open access: yesCanadian Medical Association Journal, 2008
In this issue of CMAJ , Wen and colleagues report that the use of folic acid antagonists was associated with a higher risk of placenta-mediated adverse outcomes of pregnancy.[1][1] Had these medications appeared to be protective, we might be more reluctant to accept the association as causal or ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Preventable medication harm across health care settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesBMC Medicine, 2020
Mitigating or reducing the risk of medication harm is a global policy priority. But evidence reflecting preventable medication harm in medical care and the factors that derive this harm remain unknown.
A. Hodkinson   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The importance of drug checking outside the context of nightlife in Slovenia

open access: yesHarm Reduction Journal, 2018
Background The main purpose of the research was to evaluate the implementation of the drug checking service in Slovenia and to obtain the opinion of users included in harm reduction programmes for high-risk drug users and of drug users in nightlife ...
Matej Sande, Simona Šabić
doaj   +1 more source

“They don’t go by the law around here”: law enforcement interactions after the legalization of syringe services programs in North Carolina

open access: yesHarm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background In 2016, the US state of North Carolina (NC) legalized syringe services programs (SSPs), providing limited immunity from misdemeanor syringe possession when law enforcement is presented documentation that syringes were obtained from an SSP ...
Brandon Morrissey   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Self-Harm, Suicidal Behaviours, and Cyberbullying in Children and Young People: Systematic Review

open access: yesJournal of Medical Internet Research, 2018
Background Given the concerns about bullying via electronic communication in children and young people and its possible contribution to self-harm, we have reviewed the evidence for associations between cyberbullying involvement and self-harm or suicidal ...
A. John   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The harms of privacy [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Media Law, 2015
This paper aims to identify and order the harms or losses which the law might compensate (or more widely redress) in actions for breach of privacy. Part I identifies three such detriments, to which all the others are reducible: pecuniary loss, mental distress and breach of privacy per se. Part II seeks to explain why they cannot all coexist at the same
openaire   +4 more sources

What Goes Around: the process of building a community-based harm reduction research project

open access: yesHarm Reduction Journal, 2017
Background Often, research takes place on underserved populations rather than with underserved populations. This approach can further isolate and stigmatize groups that are already made marginalized. What Goes Around is a community-based research project
Chelsea Jalloh   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Antimicrobial-associated harm in critical care: a narrative review

open access: yesIntensive Care Medicine, 2020
The belief that, for the individual patient, the benefit of prompt and continued use of antimicrobials outweighs any potential harm is a significant barrier to improved stewardship of these vital agents.
N. Arulkumaran   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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