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Prevalence of antibacterial resistant bacterial contaminants from mobile phones of hospital inpatients [PDF]
Libyan Journal of Medicine, 2014 Mobile phones contaminated with bacteria may act as fomites. Antibiotic resistant bacterial contamination of mobile phones of inpatients was studied. One hundred and six samples were collected from mobile phones of patients admitted in various hospitals ...
B. Vinod Kumar +6 more
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Bacterial contamination associated with mobile phones used by students at Basrah Medical College, Basrah, Iraq [PDF]
The Medical Journal of Basrah University, 2020 Bacterial contamination associated with mobile phones used by students at Basrah Medical College, Basrah, Iraq ABSTRACT: Background: Cell phones are increasingly becoming an important vector for pathogens, especially when they are combined with ...
Nidham Jamalludeen
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Mobiles phones and health [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 2008 Mobile phones came on the market in the 1980s and people in the Nordic countries were among the first to use the technology. We are now among the most frequent mobile phone users in the world. Mobile phone technology has changed from analogue to digital signals, and signal frequencies have changed from 450 to 2200 MHz.
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Are we aware how contaminated our mobile phones with nosocomial pathogens?
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2009 Background The objective of this study was to determine the contamination rate of the healthcare workers' (HCWs') mobile phones and hands in operating room and ICU. Microorganisms from HCWs' hands could be transferred to the surfaces of the mobile phones
Ulger Fatma +5 more
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Attending the Classroom Again: Mobile Phones On or Off? [PDF]
Function and Disability Journal, 2023 From the end of 2019, when inexplicable signs of the spread of COVID-19 were reported, until mid-2021, university classes were held online. Electronic learning (e-learning) has greatly contributed to the growth and development of e-learning education ...
Marzieh Pashmdarfard +1 more
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Reducing environmental hazard caused by disposed mobile phones in developing countries [PDF]
Environmental Economics, 2017 The utilization of unused and retired mobile phones in South Africa and other African countries poses a significant environmental hazard. Disposing of retired mobile phones in a safe manner has become an issue of concern in South Africa because of health
Alfred Coleman
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BMC Public Health, 2019 Background Ultra-processed food consumption is a risk factor for obesity and has a negative environmental impact. Food companies spend billions of dollars on advertisements each year to increase the consumption of ultra-processed food. In Australia, USA,
Petter Fagerberg +5 more
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The Effect of Dependence on Cell Phones on the Mental Health of Prospective Teachers
Qalamuna, 2023 Mental health is a vital condition for a person because it can affect every aspect of their life. However, mental health does not escape the factors that affect it. One factor that can affect mental health is the use of mobile phones.
Muhammad Ali
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Study of the role of mobile phones in the transmission of Hospital acquired infections
Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2014 Nosocomial infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality. The inanimate objects like mobile phones in the immediate environment of the patients can act as a source of infection.
Kalpana M Angadi +4 more
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Mobile Film Festival Africa and Postcolonial Activism
Humanities, 2023 This paper enters into a debate of how new and potentially more accessible technologies might affect freedom of expression for heretofore disenfranchised peoples and postcolonial social and political development.
Rebecca Weaver-Hightower
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