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Occupational safety and health status of medical laboratories in Kajiado County, Kenya
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2018 INTRODUCTION: Despite the increasing interest in Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), seldom studies are available on OSH in medical laboratories from developing countries in general although a high number of injuries occur without proper documentation.
Fridah Ntinyari Tait +2 more
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GeoHazards, 2021 The mountainous Pacific Northwest is prone to heavy winter rainfall, resulting in hundreds of landslides per year, human casualties, and billions of dollars of property damage.
Zhong Lu, Jinwoo Kim
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Considering Vulnerability in Disaster Risk Reduction Plans: From Policy to Practice in Ladakh, India
Mountain Research and Development, 2015 In Ladakh, India, a mountainous region prone to natural hazards, particularly floods, it is critical to adapt disaster risk reduction (DRR) measures to the local environment.
Virginie Le Masson
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The hazards of hazard identification in environmental epidemiology [PDF]
Environmental Health, 2017 Hazard identification is a major scientific challenge, notably for environmental epidemiology, and is often surrounded, as the recent case of glyphosate shows, by debate arising in the first place by the inherently problematic nature of many components of the identification process.
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Self-Medication: potential risks and hazards among pregnant women in Uyo, Nigeria
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2012 INTRODUCTION: There is increasing evidence that self-medications among pregnant women are common in many developing countries. Despite the adverse impact on pregnancy, there are few programs available for their control. The objective of this study was to
Festus Abasiubong +5 more
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Foodborne disease hazards and burden in Ethiopia: A systematic literature review, 1990–2019
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023 BackgroundFoodborne disease (FBD) affects millions of people each year, posing a health burden similar to malaria, tuberculosis or HIV. A recent World Bank study estimated the productivity losses alone attributed to unsafe food within Africa at $20 ...
Lina Gazu +16 more
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Ecological vulnerability of the Densu river Basin due to land use change and climate variability
Cogent Engineering, 2020 Ecological hazards such as floods, drought and poor water quality remain notable disparaging natural catastrophes of climate variability in West Africa.
Samuel Anim Ofosu +2 more
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Water Policy, 2023 The impact of floods on households in Uganda is becoming increasingly severe. It is often assumed that people who reside in a riverine area have adapted to flood pulses. However, in most cases, household-level risk reduction strategies are inadequate for
Godwin Erima +5 more
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Advances in Risk Assessment and Early Warning Techniques of Rice Quality and Safety
Liang you shipin ke-ji, 2023 Rice quality and safety is important for achieving national food security and social stability. Rice has been contaminated with heavy metals, pesticide residues, and fungal toxins, which has affected the healthy development of China’s rice industry and ...
WANG Yin +5 more
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Value of Information: Exploring Behavioral and Social Factors
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 There is growing interest within and beyond the economics community in assessing the value of information (VOI) used in decision making. VOI assessments often do not consider the complex behavioral and social factors that affect the perception, valuation,
Pierre D. Glynn +6 more
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