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Toxicity, mechanism and health effects of some heavy metals

open access: yesInterdisciplinary Toxicology, 2014
Heavy metal toxicity has proven to be a major threat and there are several health risks associated with it. The toxic effects of these metals, even though they do not have any biological role, remain present in some or the other form harmful for the ...
Monisha Jaishankar   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Changes in Body Composition in Children and Young People Undergoing Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ongoing evidence indicates increased risk of sarcopenic obesity among children and young people (CYP) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), often beginning early in treatment, persisting into survivorship. This review evaluates current literature on body composition in CYP with ALL during and after treatment.
Lina A. Zahed   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health Management Students' Levels Of Critical Thinking, Submissive Behavior And Autonomy Levels

open access: yesSağlık ve Hemşirelik Yönetimi Dergisi, 2016
INTRODUCTION: The aim of this descriptive study is to identify health management students' level of critical thinking, submissive behavior and autonomy levels. METHODS: The California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory, Submissive Behavior Scale and
Hatice ULUSOY   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Levelling up: prioritisation of global health

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, 2022
Trauma has been described as "The forgotten pandemic" (Rossiter in Int Orthop 46:3-11, 2022  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-021055213-z ) or "The hidden pandemic" (Graham SM, Laubscher M, Lalloo DG, Harrison WJ, Maqungo S in The Surg, 20, 231-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2021.04.005 , 2022).
openaire   +2 more sources

A Smartphone App (AfyaData) for Innovative One Health Disease Surveillance from Community to National Levels in Africa: Intervention in Disease Surveillance

open access: yesJMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 2017
Background We describe the development and initial achievements of a participatory disease surveillance system that relies on mobile technology to promote Community Level One Health Security (CLOHS) in Africa.
E. Karimuribo   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health literacy: towards system level solutions [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 2015
A new World Health Organization toolkit aimed at low and middle income countries could help reduce health inequalities in the rest of the world ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Even Very Low Levels of Food Insecurity Found to Harm Children's Health [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This publication is the first in a series of Children's HealthWatch Policy Action Briefs, which will provide a summary of our research, as well as that of others, on issues affecting children's health and well-being.
Elizabeth L. March   +2 more
core  

Health cycles and health transitions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
We study the dynamics of poverty and health in a model of endogenous growth and rational health behavior. Population health depends on the prevalence of infectious diseases that can be avoided through costly prevention.
Chakraborty, Shankha   +2 more
core   +4 more sources

Radiotherapy Delivery in Deep Inspiration for Pediatric Patients—Final Results of the Phase II Feasibility Study TEDDI

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction The TEDDI trial tested the feasibility and reproducibility of deep‐inspiration breath‐hold (DIBH) in pediatric patients referred for radiotherapy. This report presents final results, including patient‐reported outcomes (PRO) and dosimetric comparison of DIBH and free‐breathing (FB).
Daniella Elisabet Østergaard   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

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