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Air Quality Impacts of Smoke from Hazard Reduction Burns and Domestic Wood Heating in Western Sydney

Atmosphere, 2019
Air quality was measured in Auburn, a western suburb of Sydney, Australia, for approximately eighteen months during 2016 and 2017. A long open-path infrared spectrometer sampled path-averaged concentrations of several gaseous species, while other ...
Maximilien Desservettaz, Frances Phillips, Travis Naylor, Owen Price, Stephanie Samson, John Kirkwood, Clare Paton-Walsh   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Awareness of surgical smoke hazards and enhancement of surgical smoke prevention among the gynecologists

Journal of Cancer, 2019
Surgical smoke is the gaseous by-product produced by heat generating devices in various surgical operations including laser conization and loop electrosurgical procedures that often are performed by gynecologists. Surgical smoke contains chemicals, blood
Yi Liu, Yizuo Song, Xiaoli Hu, Linzhi Yan, Xueqiong Zhu   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Barriers to implement a smoke free hospital : What action should be taken? [PDF]

, 2014
Objective: Tobacco is leading to increased morbidity and mortality. Hospitals have a key role to play in the effective control of tobacco. The aim of this survey was to identify the barriers in implementing a smoke free hospital.
Farrugia, Luisa, Gauci, Charmaine, Calleja, Neville, Buttigieg, Anne, Degiovanni, Sarah, Azzopardi, Joelle, Montefort, Stephen   +6 more
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Predictive Value of Composite Inflammatory Markers for Stroke Prognosis: A Prospective Cohort Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Novel composite inflammatory markers' role in stroke prognosis is understudied, and the best predictor is unclear, requiring further exploration. Objectives This study aimed to systematically evaluate the associations of 6 novel composite inflammatory markers on stroke prognosis.
Bing Wu, Jie‐Jie Li, Jing Jing, Jin‐Xi Lin, Xia Meng, Yong Jiang, Yong‐Jun Wang, Hong‐Qiu Gu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Relational Approach Towards Decolonizing Curriculum Development within the Colonial Postsecondary Institution

Engaged Scholar Journal
The Canadian academy is dominated by Western epistemologies that devalue Indigenous ways of knowing and marginalize Indigenous communities, cultures, and histories (Louie et al., 2017).
Andrea Daley, Hannah Neufeld, Kelly Skinner, Trish Van Katwyk, Mary Lou Smoke, Dan Smoke   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Early Massive Fibrosis of a Single Extraocular Muscle Causing Severe Unilateral Euthyroid Graves’ Ophthalmopathy in a Patient with Hypercholesterolemia Who Smokes

International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2023
Giuseppe Frazzetto, Maria Luisa Arpi, Concetto Regalbuto, Antonino Belfiore, Francesco Frasca, Rosario Le Moli University of Catania, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Endocrinology Unit, Garibaldi-Nesima Hospital, Catania, 95122 ...
Frazzetto G, Arpi ML, Regalbuto C, Belfiore A, Frasca F, Le Moli R   +5 more
doaj  

Wildfire Smoke Exposure and Human Health: Significant Gaps in Research for a Growing Public Health Issue

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2017
Understanding the effect of wildfire smoke exposure on human health represents a unique interdisciplinary challenge to the scientific community. Population health studies indicate that wildfire smoke is a risk to human health and increases the healthcare
C. Black, Y. Tesfaigzi, J. Bassein, L. Miller   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Modern Management of Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis: A Meta‐Analysis of CREST‐2, SPACE‐2, and ECST‐2

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Recent randomized trials (CREST‐2, SPACE‐2, and ECST‐2) have compared carotid revascularization (carotid endarterectomy [CEA] or carotid artery stenting [CAS]) plus contemporary medical therapy (CMT) versus CMT alone in asymptomatic carotid stenosis.
Aasim Ali, Waqar Ahmed Cheema, Fiza Nisar, Muhammad Shamoon, Sameen Sarfaraz, Ahmad Butt, Muhammad Abdullah Ali, Armaghana Abdullah, Muhammad Asad Shabbir, Muhammad Talha, Hammad Azam, Aimen Anwaar Pannun, Usama Saleem, Anousha Tanveer, Mukesh Sharma   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is Smoking Delayed Smoking Averted?

American Journal of Public Health, 2003
Antismoking efforts often target teenagers in the hope of producing a new generation of never smokers. Teenagers are more responsive to tobacco taxes than are adults. The author summarizes recent evidence suggesting that delaying smoking initiation among teenagers through higher taxes does not generate proportionate reductions in prevalence rates ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Vascular Disease, Non‐Steroidal Anti‐Inflammatory Drugs and Risk of Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives A history of vascular disease has been shown to be associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease, but this may be due to reverse causation. In addition, non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs are thought to reduce Parkinson's disease risk, but evidence is inconsistent and confounding by prior vascular disease is possible ...
Clare Wotton, Carol Hermon, Sarah Floud, Gillian Reeves, Isobel Barnes   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source