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The Health Effects of Motorization

open access: yesPLoS Medicine, 2013
Kavi Bhalla provides a perspective on new research by Christopher Millett and colleagues that reports rural dwellers who migrate to cities have worse cardiovascular outcomes, partly due to a shift to private motor vehicles and reduced physical activity.
openaire   +4 more sources

Exercise Capacity, Physical Activity, Fatigue, and Neurocognitive Function in Adult Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are at risk of reduced exercise capacity, decreased physical activity levels, persistent fatigue, and neurocognitive deficits. The aim was to investigate exercise capacity and physical activity levels of adult survivors of childhood ALL and their associations with ...
Laura Jess   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Matching target dose to target organ [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

open access: yesF1000Research, 2016
In vitro assays have become a mainstay of modern approaches to toxicology with the promise of replacing or reducing the number of in vivo tests required to establish benchmark doses, as well as increasing mechanistic understanding.
Desmond I. Bannon, Marc A. Williams
doaj   +1 more source

“We Cannot Talk as a Family”: Complexities of Survivorship Communication Among Hispanic/Latino Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer, Parents, and Clinicians

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Young adult childhood cancer survivors (YA‐CCS) have an increased risk of treatment‐related health complications throughout their lives. Lifelong survivorship care is recommended, yet many YA‐CCS experience disruptions in care during pediatric‐to‐adult transitions and do not receive recommended survivorship care.
Kevin Shanchen Pu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preparing for the health effects of drought : a resource guide for public health professionals [PDF]

open access: yes
cdc:5758North America has experienced drought cycles for the last 10,000 years, a trend that is expected to continue.[1] From 2000 to 2015, at least 20% of the United States was in drought, and in some of those years that increasedto as much as 70 ...

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Association of short-term exposure to ambient air pollutants with liver function and mediation by fasting insulin: evidence from a rural cohort in China

open access: yesBMC Medicine
Background Air pollution and the rising prevalence of liver diseases have become public health concerns. Nevertheless, the relationship and underlying mechanisms between ambient air pollution and liver function remain inadequately investigated. Methods A
Mengxin Wang   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying Patterns of Hospitalizations Among Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Population‐Based Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) experience more hospitalizations than the general population. We aimed to identify distinct hospitalization patterns among Queensland CCSs and the associated characteristics. Methods Cases (aged ≤14 years) diagnosed between 1995 and 2019 while residents of Queensland were identified through the ...
Hai Pham   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neighborhood effects on an individual's health using neighborhood measurements developed by factor analysis and cluster analysis

open access: yes, 2009
[[abstract]]This study suggests a multivariate-structural approach combining factor analysis and cluster analysis that could be used to examine neighborhood effects on an individual's health.
Li, YS;Chuang, YC
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Hazard assessment of nanomaterials: how to meet the requirements for (next generation) risk assessment

open access: yesParticle and Fibre Toxicology
Background Hazard and risk assessment of nanomaterials (NMs) face challenges due to, among others, the numerous existing nanoforms, discordant data and conflicting results found in the literature, and specific challenges in the application of strategies ...
Eleonora Marta Longhin   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Matching target dose to target organ [version 2; referees: 2 approved]

open access: yesF1000Research, 2017
In vitro assays have become a mainstay of modern approaches to toxicology with the promise of replacing or reducing the number of in vivo tests required to establish benchmark doses, as well as increasing mechanistic understanding.
Desmond I. Bannon, Marc A. Williams
doaj   +1 more source

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