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Public Awareness of the Duties of Environmental Health Officers in Canada

, 2013
The purpose of the study was to examine the level of public awareness regarding Environmental Health Officers' (EHOs) roles and responsibilities in the public domain.
Ip, Vanessa, BCIT School of Health Science, Environmental Health   +1 more
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Cotton dust exposure and self-reported respiratory symptoms among textile factory workers in Northwest Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2018
Background Cotton dust induced respiratory disorders are dramatically increased over the globe, especially the problem is serious in developing countries.
Sintayehu Daba Wami, Daniel Haile Chercos, Awrajaw Dessie, Zemichael Gizaw, Atalay Getachew, Tesfaye Hambisa, Tadese Guadu, Dawit Getachew, Bikes Destaw   +8 more
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Environmental public health at CDC [PDF]

CDC's environmental public health work cuts across several centers. The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) focuses on the following program areas: Safeguarding the health of people from environmental threats; Providing leadership in the use ...

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are associated with sleep-related disorders in adults: the potential mediating role of inflammation

BMC Public Health
Background The evidence on the effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on sleep disorders is limited. This study aimed to explore the association between PAH exposure and sleep-related disorders, and the potential mediating roles of ...
Bin Yang, Mengqing Yan, Zhiguang Gu, Zeming Niu, Jing Sun, Jingwen Guo, Qi Wang, Yongli Yang, Wei Wang   +8 more
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Exposure to PM2.5 affects blood lipid levels in asthmatic rats through notch signaling pathway

Lipids in Health and Disease, 2019
Background Epidemiological studies have confirmed atmospheric PM2.5 could affect asthma, and dyslipidemia may be related to pathogenesis of asthma. Recent studies show Notch ligands had lipid combination domains which are responsible for regulating lipid
Tianrong Zhang, Yan Zheng, Yizhen Gao, Tianyang Zhao, Shuangyu Guo, Liwei Yang, Yanbin Shi, Liting Zhou, Lin Ye   +8 more
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Association of air pollution with outpatient visits for respiratory diseases of children in an ex-heavily polluted Northwestern city, China

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background A great number of studies have confirmed that children are a particularly vulnerable population to air pollution. Methods In the present study, 332,337 outpatient visits of 15 hospitals for respiratory diseases among children (0–13 years), as ...
Yueling Ma, Li Yue, Jiangtao Liu, Xiaotao He, Lanyu Li, Jingping Niu, Bin Luo   +6 more
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Building Environmental Health and Genomics Literacy among Healthcare Providers Serving Vulnerable Communities: An Innovative Educational Framework

, 2022
This study addresses healthcare providers’ knowledge deficits in environmental health and genetics, and primarily focuses on student nurses and nurses serving marginalized, low-income communities frequently exposed to environmental toxicants.
Vandiver, Kathleen Mead, Marcia O’Leary, Ricciardi, Catherine, Esther Erdei, Mayer, Amanda G., Amanda G. Mayer, Erdei, Esther, Judith T. Zelikoff, Kathleen Mead Vandiver, Catherine Ricciardi, O’Leary, Marcia, Burke, Kathleen, Zelikoff, Judith T., Kathleen Burke   +13 more
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Achieving Environmental Health Equity : The Need and Opportunities for Public Health Action [PDF]

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES are the result of current and historic systemic exclusion, disenfranchisement and disinvestment of specific communities and individuals in the U.S.

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Impacts of subway air particles on healthy adults: a randomized controlled trial in a Chinese city

Particle and Fibre Toxicology
Background Subway systems reduce traffic congestion, air pollution, and carbon dioxide emissions in cities but the impacts of subway air pollution on the health of subway users remain obscure.
Yuan Sun, Yuting Xiang, Yuwei Chen, Dan Xu, Tianyun Wang, Fanmei Zeng, Yu Bao, Luwei Zhao, Yifei Li, Qing Xia, Ye Deng, Jiamei Chen, Yuting Wang, Wen Peng, Guanhua Pang, Miao He   +15 more
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Achieving Environmental Health Equity : Opportunities for Public Health Action [PDF]

This project is supported by cooperative agreement U38OT000294 between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Public Health Association.

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