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Environmental health officers and climate change adaptation in British Columbia

, 2017
  Background: The average annual temperatures in British Columbia have been steadily increasing in recent history and are expected to continue to rise.
BCIT School of Health Sciences, Environmental Health, McKelvey, Laura, Heacock, Helen   +2 more
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Environmental Public Health Tracking Network vision [PDF]

Version 1.0, 10/20/2004This document provides a vision for the Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) Network. The document is designed to 1) describe, at a conceptual level, the function and purpose of the EPHT Network, 2) provide a profile of the ...

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Removal of Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) from Contaminated Water by Photocatalytic Process

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2009
Background: Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) has been commercially used as an octane enhancer to replace tetraethyl lead in gasoline since 1979. The high mobility, water solubility, and resistance to natural attenuation associated with MTBE may re­sult in ...
A Eslami , S Nasseri, B Yadollahi , A Mesdaghinia , F Vaezi , R Nabizadeh   +5 more
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Uptake of the hepatitis B vaccine among brothel-based female sex workers in Kampala, Uganda

BMC Public Health
Background Hepatitis B is a significant health problem worldwide, particularly among high-risk groups such as female sex workers (FSWs). In Uganda, it is highly recommended that FSWs receive the hepatitis B vaccine.
Joana Nakiggala, Mathias Lwenge, Doreen Nakalembe, Bridget Nagawa Tamale, Aisha Nalugya, Jovan Galiwango, Junior Mike Wejuli, Kenneth Tebandeke, John Bosco Isunju, Richard K. Mugambe, Tonny Ssekamatte   +10 more
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Environmental Public Health Performance Standards Assessment Toolkit

This EnvPHPS Assessment Toolkit provides tools that can help facilitate the process of preparing, conducting, and following up on your assessment.The Environmental Public Health Performance Standards (EnvPHPS) are a set of 27 standards modeled after the ...

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CDC Environmental Public Health Tracking strategic plan 2022-2026 [PDF]

Since 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health, Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice, Environmental Public Health Tracking Program (Tracking Program) has provided the United ...

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Flynn et al. Respond

, 2018
Comment on Work as an Inclusive Part of Population Health Inequities Research and Prevention. [Am J Public Health. 2018] New Horizons for Occupational Health Surveillance.
Cunningham, Thomas R., Fujishiro, Kaori, Flynn, Michael A., Ahonen, Emily Q.   +3 more
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Propionic acid/FBP1 is involved in polystyrene nanoplastic-induced cardiac injury via the gut-heart axis

Particle and Fibre Toxicology
Background Micro-/nanoplastics (MNPLs) are widely found in the environment and have toxic effects on various organs and systems. However, the role of the gut-cardiac axis in cardiotoxicity induced by MNPLs has not yet been elucidated through research ...
Huiwen Kang, Danyang Huang, Wei Zhang, JingYu Wang, Ziyan Liu, Ziyan Wang, Guangyu Jiang, Ai Gao   +7 more
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Tracking environmental health data for public health decision making [PDF]

Though it may not be the first thing that comes to mind when discussing our well-being, the environment plays an important role in our health and development.

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The report of the Outbreak Control Team of the investigation of an outbreak of listeriosis in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust during May to November 2008

, 2009
This is the report of the interagency Outbreak Control Team (OCT) of an investigation of an outbreak of listeriosis which occurred during May to November 2008 in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.
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