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Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2008 Almost all countries that have national health insurance schemes face financial challenges. A better understanding of the financial burden that cancer places on Taiwan's National Health Insurance (NHI) is important for helping policy makers to plan under
Po-Ching Chu +3 more
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Acute Effects of Pulmonary Exposure to Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles on the Brain in vivo
Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2020 Although the applications for zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONP) are continually increasing, the neurotoxicity of this material remains unclear. This study investigated the acute effects of pulmonary exposure to ZnONP on the brain in terms of behavioral ...
Hsiao-Chi Chuang +8 more
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An investigation on benefits and future expectation of Industrialised Building System (IBS) implementation in construction practices [PDF]
, 2018 Industrialised Building System (IBS) is well known in many developing countries due to the benefits that can be derived from its applications in construction projects. However, the low percentage of IBS usage may be due to lack of awareness and knowledge
Akasah, Zainal Abidin +3 more
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Evaluation of the frequency of musculoskeletal disorders and work posture analysis by RULA method in workers of an auto- part manufacturing company [PDF]
طب کار, 2012 Intruduction: Musculoskeletal disorders are among the most common disorders due to ergonomic risk factors. This study was designed to evaluate the frequency of musculoskeletal disorders in an auto-part manufacturing company in 2010.
M Mostaghaci +4 more
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Particle Size Distribution in Aluminum Manufacturing Facilities. [PDF]
, 2014 As part of exposure assessment for an ongoing epidemiologic study of heart disease and fine particle exposures in aluminum industry, area particle samples were collected in production facilities to assess instrument reliability and particle size ...
Cullen, Mark R +5 more
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Sensors, 2018 Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death around the world, and lung cancer screening remains challenging. This study aimed to develop a breath test for the detection of lung cancer using a chemical sensor array and a machine learning technique ...
Chi-Hsiang Huang +6 more
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Mechanomorphosis: Science, Management, and “Human Machinery” in Industrial Canada, 1900–45 [PDF]
, 1998 By the early 20th century, the changes taking place in western industrial capitalist nations prompted an adaptive shift in the socioeconomic delineation of human bodies, and in scientific theories about how they worked and how they could be put to work ...
Comacchio, Cynthia
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Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2017 Objective. Talc is widely used in industrial applications. Previous meta-analyses of carcinogenic effects associated with inhaled talc included publications before 2004, with a lack of data in China, the largest talc-producing country.
Che-Jui Chang +3 more
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The hospital ‘superbug’: social representations of MRSA [PDF]
, 2006 The so-called ‘hospital superbug’ methcillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) became a topic of media and political concern from the middle of the 1990’s.
Joffe, H., Washer, P.
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The Meanings of ‘Life’:Biology and Biography in the Work of J.S. Haldane (1860-1936) [PDF]
, 2011 In the course of his somewhat unorthodox career in science, the physiologist John Scott Haldane occasionally turned to biography to portray the aims and values that he associated with such a career.
Sturdy, Steven
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