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Per‐ and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Exposure Profiles and Their Predictors in a Study of US Volunteer Firefighters

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Firefighters may experience occupational exposure to per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Volunteer firefighters make up 65% of the US fire service, but their serum PFAS profiles have not been well characterized. This study aims to (1) describe PFAS serum profiles among US volunteer firefighters from 9 states enrolled in ...
Katherine A. Lubina   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Menstrual attitudes in adult women: A cross-sectional study on the association with menstruation factors, contraceptive use, genital self-image, and sexual openness

open access: yesWomen's Health
Background: Menstruation is a central part of the everyday life of most women, and menstrual attitudes may impact health and well-being. Objectives: This article aimed to map menstrual attitudes among adult women and examine factors associated with these
Ingela Lundin Kvalem   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Descriptive Epidemiology From the Myhre Syndrome Foundation Registry: The Value of Self‐Reported Data

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Myhre syndrome is an ultrarare genetic disease characterized by short stature, distinct craniofacial features, cardiovascular and respiratory fibrosis and stenosis, neurodevelopmental delays, autism, intellectual disability, and hearing loss. The natural history of Myhre syndrome is still not fully understood due to a small patient population ...
Mary K. Young   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Menstruation and masculinity: Exploring the relationship between boys and menstruation

open access: yesJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Background Menstruation is considered a “women’s” topic in India because the majority of studies on the subject solely include girls and women. Adolescent boys are excluded from this discussion, which obscures the fact that menstruation is a social ...
Anusree Jayamohan, Shashi P. Tomar
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of pre-menarcheal knowledge of menstruation and sociocultural implications in college going girls: A community-based cross-sectional study from Latur, Maharashtra

open access: yesJournal of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, 2016
Introduction: Adolescence marks the onset of female puberty. The first menstruation is often horrifying and traumatic to an adolescent girl because it usually occurs without her knowing about it. Implications of a girl′s response to menarche have a socio-
Namrata Arvind Thakur   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

A novel mouse model of endometriosis: Simulating the recurrent hemorrhagic microenvironment of clinical lesions

open access: yesAnimal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
To address the limitations of existing models, this study innovatively established a mouse model of endometriosis (EMs) capable of mimicking cyclic bleeding. Our results confirmed that this model recapitulates the complete pathological progression from ectopic lesion establishment to systemic responses, exhibiting superior clinical relevance compared ...
Yu Zhuang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Delineating gender/sex‐related studies through bibliometric analysis

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract The multidisciplinary and socially grounded nature of Women's/Gender/Feminist Studies poses unique challenges for bibliometric analysis, as it extends beyond conventional disciplinary boundaries. This paper makes three key contributions: (1) We propose a novel retrieval method for constructing a corpus of scholarly documents in research areas ...
Natsumi S. Shokida   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Breaking the silence around menstruation’: experiences of adolescent girls in an urban setting in India

open access: yes, 2017
The onset of menstruation is one of the important changes that occur in the lives of adolescent girls. It brings many challenges with it. Menstruation is often dealt with in secrecy in many cultures and communities.
Shobhita Rajagopal   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Sleep‐trackers in the wild: A faceted taxonomy for information and interaction design

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Consumer‐grade sleep‐tracking technologies (CSTs) have brought sleep into everyday data practices, reframing it from a clinical concern into a site of personal optimization and reflection. Yet existing taxonomies of sleep‐tracking often medicalize users and overlook the complexity of sleep‐tracking technologies. This paper presents SleepTax, a
Sanonda Datta Gupta   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

THEORY OF MENSTRUATION. [PDF]

open access: yesThe Lancet
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Grant, RobertE, Girdwood, G. F.
openaire   +2 more sources

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