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Toward Energy Justice Principles for Sustainable Lithium‐Ion Battery Technologies

Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
Prefeasibility life cycle assessment is used to evaluate the environmental, social, and supply chain impacts of lithium‐ion battery technologies, and the concept of distributional energy justice is discussed. By comparing chemistries and use cases, it reveals inequities in material sourcing and technology access.
Isabella D. R. Stephens, Jordan J. Lindsay, Robert Pell, Peter Slater, Emma Kendrick   +4 more
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Diverse clinical manifestations and prognosis in a couple’s mercury poisoning caused by skin-lightening creams: two case reports and literature review

Frontiers in Medicine
Skin exposure to mercury-containing creams occurs most commonly in young and middle-aged women and, in a few cases, in men. This article presents the symptoms and prognosis of a couple who developed mercury poisoning after cosmetic use of similar ...
Huixia Ji, Ye Chen, Dandan Liu, Tongzhou Zhou, Yuhua Tang   +4 more
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Spirometric and hygienic criteria in recognition of occupational COPD in Poland – A retrospective analysis of medical records

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2018
Objectives Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may be work-related. It has been estimated that 15% of the population burden of COPD is attributable to occupational exposure. However, in Poland COPD is rarely recognized as an occupational disease.
Aneta Kleniewska, Jolanta Walusiak-Skorupa, Agnieszka Lipińska-Ojrzanowska, Kamila Szcześniak, Marta Wiszniewska   +4 more
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Prevalence of somatic pathology in coal mine workers with occupational respiratory diseases

Russian Journal of Occupational Health and Industrial Ecology, 2019
Introduction. Th e high level of professional and production-related pathology among workers of the coal industry, as well as the frequent development of their combined pathology with an unfavorable prognosis determine the relevance of studying the ...
S. N. Filimonov, N. I. Panev, O. Korotenko, N. Evseeva, I. P. Danilov, Oksana V. Zatsepina   +5 more
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Body Mass Index as a Potential Mediator of the Association Between Gout and Hypertension Among Chinese Older Adults: A Mediation Analysis in a Cross‐Sectional Study

AGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
This study employed mediation analysis and found that BMI played a significant mediating role in the relationship between gout and hypertension. The mediating effect accounted for 12.59% of the total effect (ACME = 0.0244). ACME, average causal mediation effect.
Jia Wang, Jian‐bo Zhan, Lei Yi, Can Mei, Lin‐wanyue Chen, Gui‐ping Wang, Zi‐jun Shi, Wei‐ji Zhou, Chang‐e Xiong, Jing Cheng   +9 more
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Fabrication of aluminum-coated glucose/graphene oxide hybrid materials for the dual adsorption of fluoride and methylene blue

Scientific Reports
Wastewater treatment requires materials with a high capacity for adsorbing diverse pollutants. A novel adsorbent was synthesized herein by wrapping glucose/graphene oxide hybrids with aluminum hydroxide in a cetyltrimethylammonium bromide microemulsion ...
Siwei Tan, Xiaoyin Ruan, Haipeng Ye, Ji Shao, Xiaoyue Shan, Yanpeng Shi, Yanna Le   +6 more
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Long‐Term Nutritional Benefits of Laparoscopic Pancreatoduodenectomy Over Open Surgery

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Minimally invasive laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy (LPD) significantly improves long‐term nutritional outcomes compared to open pancreaticoduodenectomy (OPD). LPD patients demonstrated better preservation of muscle mass index (PMI) and a lower incidence of postoperative fatty liver.
Koki Kurahashi, Takayuki Anazawa, Kei Yamane, Kazuyuki Nagai, Satoshi Ishida, Satoshi Ogiso, Yoichiro Uchida, Takashi Ito, Takamichi Ishii, Etsuro Hatano   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender-related aspects in occupational allergies – Secondary publication and update

World Allergy Organization Journal, 2017
For years occupational allergies have been among the most frequently recorded occupational diseases, and both the skin as well as the respiratory tract may be affected. An estimated 9 to 15% of adult asthma is (partially) caused by work-related exposure.
Monika Raulf, Thomas Brüning, Erika Jensen-Jarolim, Vera van Kampen   +3 more
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Current and new challenges in occupational lung diseases

European Respiratory Review, 2017
Occupational lung diseases are an important public health issue and are avoidable through preventive interventions in the workplace. Up-to-date knowledge about changes in exposure to occupational hazards as a result of technological and industrial ...
S. De Matteis, D. Heederik, A. Burdorf, C. Colosio, P. Cullinan, P. Henneberger, A. Olsson, A. Raynal, J. Rooijackers, T. Santonen, J. Sastre, V. Schlünssen, M. V. van Tongeren, T. Sigsgaard   +13 more
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Occupational skin diseases [PDF]

JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, 2012
Summary Occupational skin diseases are the most commonly reported notifiable occupational diseases. In Germany, 23 596 out of a total of 71 263 reported occupational diseases in 2010 were classified as occupational skin diseases (BK No. 5101: “severe or recurrent skin diseases which have forced the person to discontinue all occupational activities that
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