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Contamination and health risk assessment of heavy metals in China's lead-zinc mine tailings: A meta-analysis.

Chemosphere, 2020
The lead-zinc areas of China have faced serious foulteousqulated heavy metal pollution. In this study, data on As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, and Zn concentrations in China's lead-zinc mine tailings were collected and screened from published literature ...
Xiaoqing Kan   +4 more
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Novel Prediction Equations for Absolute Risk Assessment of Total Cardiovascular Disease Incorporating Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Circulation, 2023
Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome is a novel construct recently defined by the American Heart Association in response to the high prevalence of metabolic and kidney disease.
Sadiya S. Khan   +14 more
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Risk and Risk Assessment in Health Emergency Management

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 2005
AbstractThis article considers the critical roles of risk and risk assessment in the management of health emergencies and disasters. The Task Force on Quality Control of Disaster Management (TFQCDM) has defined risk as the “objective (mathematical) or subjective (inductive) probability that something negative will occur (happen)”.
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Health Risk Assessment

2008
Abstract Epidemiological studies usually result in estimates of the quantitative associations between environmental factors and health in humans. These risk functions–the odds ratio (OR), relative risk (RR), or a regression coefficient–are not of direct public health relevance.
Nino KüNzli, Laura Perez
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Health risk assessment of heavy metals and pesticides: A case study in the main drinking water source in Dalian, China.

Chemosphere, 2020
Health risk associated with drinking water has attracted increasing attention worldwide. Here, we conducted a survey on the main drinking water sources of Dalian in China to clarify the local human health risk associated with heavy metal and pesticide ...
W. Dong, Ying Zhang, X. Quan
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Assessing Environmental Health Risk in the Home

Nurse Educator, 2005
The Environmental Health Risk Appraisal instrument simultaneously teaches students observational techniques of home visiting and environmental health risk assessment skills. Used in a community health nursing course, the authors describe how the instrument was integrated into clinical experiences and a comprehensive family analysis written assignment.
Nancy, Sweeney, Ann, de Peyster
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A Model for Risk Assessment in Health Care

2016
The purpose of our research is to reduce risks and hence prevent errors in the health care process. The aim is to design an organizational information model using error prevention methods for risk assessment in a clinical setting. The model is based on selected indicators of quality nursing care, resulting from the world-known theoretical and practical
Vesna Prijatelj   +2 more
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Health Risk Assessment

SPE International Conference on Health, Safety and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production, 2000
Abstract A Health Risk Assessment is a process used to determine if health hazards potentially affect workers or the public. This can be basic, initial assessment as part of routine work planning and execution, or they can be structured assessments that evaluate and prioritize potential health risks.
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Distribution and health risk assessment of arsenic and selected heavy metals in Groundwater of Chandigarh, India.

Environmental Pollution, 2019
Groundwater quality of Chandigarh was assessed by collecting 80 groundwater samples from different depths varying between 10 ft and 1200 ft. These samples were analyzed for possible contamination with metal pollutants such as Al, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mo ...
K. Ravindra, S. Mor
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Groundwater quality evaluation using water quality index (WQI) for drinking purposes and human health risk (HHR) assessment in an agricultural region of Nanganur, south India.

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2019
An effort has been made to understand the groundwater quality of Nanganur region for drinking purpose utilizing water quality index (WQI). Nitrate contamination in groundwater was assessed and the associated health risks to rural populations were ...
Narsimha Adimalla, H. Qian
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