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International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2019 Disasters exact a heavy toll globally. However, the degree to which we can accurately quantify their impact, in particular mortality, remains challenging.
Helen K. Green +6 more
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Annals of Ibadan Postgraduate Medicine, 2011 Obesity is becoming of interest as a non-communicable disease. There is however a dearth of information on obesity in this environment, as literature in developing countries is limited. Review of health risks of obesity is useful in order to increase the pool of available information in Nigeria and to draw attention to obesity and its attendant health ...
Ogunbode, AM +2 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2022 Background Little is known about the incidence of clinical events and treatment patterns among older adults with dementia-related psychosis. Given that dementia-related psychosis comprises various dementia types, this study describes the incidence of ...
Joan Forns +7 more
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Plastics and Health Risks [PDF]
Annual Review of Public Health, 2010 By 2010, the worldwide annual production of plastics will surpass 300 million tons. Plastics are indispensable materials in modern society, and many products manufactured from plastics are a boon to public health (e.g., disposable syringes, intravenous bags). However, plastics also pose health risks.
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Globalization and risks to health [PDF]
EMBO reports, 2004 As borders disappear, people and goods are increasingly free to move, creating new challenges to global health. These cannot be met by national governments alone but must be dealt with instead by international organizations and ...
Pang, Tikki, Guindon, G. Emmanuel
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2023 Water flea Ceriodaphnia dubia has been widely used for risk assessments of chemicals and environmental contamination. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of this species NIES strain was determined using short-read high ...
Kyoshiro Hiki +5 more
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Decision analysis support for evaluating transmission risk of COVID-19 in places where people gather
Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2021 Background: The coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has presented an unprecedented public health challenge. Prior to vaccination, non-pharmaceutical interventions, including closures, were necessary to help control the epidemic.
Valerie Hongoh +7 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017 Background The bla NDM-1 gene in Salmonella species is mostly reported in clinical cases, but is rarely isolated from red and white meat in China. Methods A Salmonella Indiana (S.
Wei Wang +6 more
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021 A non-biting midge Chironomus yoshimatsui has been widely used in ecotoxicology and chemical risk assessments. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) sequence of C.
Kyoshiro Hiki +5 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2018 Background Zika virus (ZIKV) spread rapidly in the Americas in 2015. Targeting effective public health interventions for inhabitants of, and travellers to and from, affected countries depends on understanding the risk of ZIKV emergence (and re-emergence)
Erin E. Rees +4 more
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