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The need to improve implementation and use of lifestyle surveillance systems for planning prevention activities: an analysis of the Italian Regions [PDF]

, 2016
Objectives: To describe the level of use of lifestyle surveillance systems in Italy and to identify predictors of their use by the Italian Regions for planning and monitoring purposes.
D'Andrea, Elvira, DE VITO, Corrado, Marzuillo, Carolina, Massimi, Azzurra, Rosso, Annalisa, Unim, BRIGID ANDOUNIMYE, Villari, Paolo   +6 more
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Determination of formol in samples of hair-straightening products

Semina: Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, 2014
The objective of the present work was to determine the contents of formol (formaldehyde) in hair-straightening products used in various beauty salons. Formol can cause damages to hair, it is also toxic and carcinogenic in the medium term.
Giselle Lopes Silva, Maiyara Carolyne Prete, Olivio Fernandes Galão   +2 more
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Policy windows, ambiguity and Commission entrepreneurship: explaining the relaunch of the European Union's economic reform agenda [PDF]

, 2014
This article explains the relaunch of the European Union's (EU) economic reform agenda in 2010. After repeated delays during 2009, the European Commission scaled back its initial plan for a revived social dimension and instead proposed a strengthened ...

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Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning, Washington, USA, 2011

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013
Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning is a gastrointestinal illness caused by consumption of bivalves contaminated with dinophysistoxins. We report an illness cluster in the United States in which toxins were confirmed in shellfish from a commercial harvest ...
Jennifer K. Lloyd, Jeffrey S. Duchin, Jerry Borchert, Harold Flores Quintana, Alison Robertson   +4 more
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The European Regulatory Framework and its implementation in influencing organic inspection and certification systems in the EU [PDF]

, 2010
The report presents a review of the most important European and international legislation that set the framework for organic certification, of reports prepared by international agencies working with organic standard setting and certification, and of ...
Belliere, Samanta Rosie, Compagnioni, Antonio, Huber, Beate, Jespersen, Lizzie Melby, Meinshausen, Florentine, Padel, Susanne, Puliga, Alessandro, Rüegg, Elisabeth, Stolze, Matthias, Vine, Jane   +9 more
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Exercise as Labour: Quantified Self and the Transformation of Exercise into Labour [PDF]

, 2014
The recent increase in the use of digital self-tracking devices has given rise to a range of relations to the self often discussed as quantified self (QS).
Andrejevic, Aytes, Brouillette, Cohen, Coté, Haraway, Henning, Herschbach, Horden, Laakso, Lupton, Machen, Moore, Ong, Oprescu, Rogers, Ross, Scholz, Seltzer, Shove, Terranova, Wark, Whitson   +22 more
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Cycling infrastructure as a determinant of cycling for recreation and transportation in Montréal, Canada: a natural experiment using the longitudinal national population health survey

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
Background Cycling is associated with numerous health benefits. Evidence suggests that new cycling infrastructure leads to increases in cycling, though studies of network-level changes are lacking.
Stephanie A. Prince, Tyler Thomas, Philippe Apparicio, Lancelot Rodrigue, Christopher Jobson, Kathryn L. Walker, Gregory P. Butler, Rania Wasfi   +7 more
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Space Surveillance with High-Frequency Radar

Sensors
High-Frequency (HF) radar is well suited to the surveillance of low-earth-orbit space. For large targets, a small deployable HF radar is able to match the detection performance of much larger space surveillance radar systems operating at higher ...
Brendan Hennessy, Heath Yardley, Rob Debnam, Tristan A. Camilleri, Nicholas K. Spencer, David A. Holdsworth, Goeff Warne, Brian Cheung, Sergey Kharabash   +8 more
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Prevalence and denial of current tobacco product use: Combustible and heated tobacco products, Japan, 2022

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2022
Monitoring tobacco use has become more complex with the proliferation of novel tobacco products, including heated tobacco products (HTPs). We assessed the latest prevalence and denial of tobacco product use in Japan, a major market for HTPs.
Satomi Odani, Takahiro Tabuchi
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HEALTH VALUE IN FOOD SAFETY SURVEILLANCE INITIATIVES [PDF]

Recognizing the increasing concern about the potential health effects of genetically modified foods, this research provides a framework for economic value of monitoring genetically modified food for their potential long-term human health effects. This is
Amanor-Boadu, Vincent, Boland, Michael A., Mowat, David   +2 more
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