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The McCance Brain Care Score and Mortality: Evidence From a Large‐Scale Population‐Based Cohort

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study aimed to examine the relationship between the McCance Brain Care Score (BCS) and mortality in the general population. Methods We conducted a prospective, population‐based cohort study using data from the UK Biobank. Participants with complete data enabling calculation of BCS and full mortality information were included ...
Zhiqiang Xu, Xiaoxiao Wang, Nan Li
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Impact of Wildfire Smoke on Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Colorado, 2007–2015

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019
Colorado is regularly impacted by long-range transport of wildfire smoke from upwind regions. This smoke is a major source of ambient PM2.5. Maternal exposure to total PM2.5 during pregnancy has been linked to decreased birth weight and other adverse ...
Mona Abdo, Isabella Ward, K. O’Dell, B. Ford, J. Pierce, E. Fischer, J. Crooks   +6 more
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Characterization of smoke generated during the use of surgical knife in laparotomy surgeries

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, 2020
The staff in hospitals is the high-risk group affected by indoor air pollution for operational reasons. However, there is a lack of relevant information and research on surgical smoke in Taiwan. This study analyses the substance of the smoke and develops
Chun-I Li, Jar-Yuan Pai, Chih-Hsuan Chen
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The Politics of Smoke-Free Policies in Developing Countries: Lessons from Africa [PDF]

, 2010
The public health rewards of smoke-free policies are well documented. But in their enthusiasm to achieve such policies, public health advocates and policymakers frequently underestimate the political complexity of passing laws, and then implementing and ...
Drope, Jeffrey
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A High‐Sensitivity Circulating Nucleic Acid Sequencing Assay for Assessing Treatment Response to Alectinib in a Pediatric Patient With ALK‐Rearranged Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
Alberto D. Guerra, Nicholas F. Evageliou, Vandana Batra, Kristen L. Dalton, Stephanie Ortel, Usman Ashraf, Tricia R. Bhatti, Lisa J. States, Lea F. Surrey, Theodore W. Laetsch   +9 more
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Hospital Readmission After Traumatic Brain Injury Hospitalization in Community‐Dwelling Older Adults

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To examine the risk of hospital readmission after an index hospitalization for TBI in older adults. Methods Using data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, we used propensity score matching of individuals with an index TBI‐related hospitalization to individuals with (1) non‐TBI hospitalizations (primary analysis)
Rachel Thomas, Connor A. Law, Joan A. Casey, Thomas Mosley, Rebecca F. Gottesman, Ramon Diaz‐Arrastia, Holly Elser, Andrea L. C. Schneider   +7 more
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Comprehensive characterization of mainstream marijuana and tobacco smoke

Scientific Reports, 2020
Recent increases in marijuana use and legalization without adequate knowledge of the risks necessitate the characterization of the billions of nanoparticles contained in each puff of smoke.
Brian M. Graves, T. Johnson, R. Nishida, Ryan P. Dias, B. Savareear, J. Harynuk, M. Kazemimanesh, J. Olfert, A. Boies   +8 more
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Functional Connectivity Linked to Cognitive Recovery After Minor Stroke

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Patients with minor stroke exhibit slowed processing speed and generalized alterations in functional connectivity involving frontoparietal cortex (FPC). The pattern of connectivity evolves over time. In this study, we examine the relationship of functional connectivity patterns to cognitive performance, to determine ...
Vrishab Commuri, Isabella Dallasta, Ciaran Stone, Sophia Girgenti, Neda Gould, Rafael H. Llinas, Jonathan Z. Simon, Elisabeth Breese Marsh   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Among Nonsmokers — United States, 1988–2014

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2018
Exposure to secondhand smoke from burning tobacco products can cause sudden infant death syndrome, respiratory infections, ear infections, and asthma attacks in infants and children, and coronary heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer in adult nonsmokers
J. Tsai, D. Homa, Andrea S. Gentzke, M. Mahoney, Saida R Sharapova, C. Sosnoff, Kevin T Caron, Lanqing Wang, P. Melstrom, Katrina F. Trivers   +9 more
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Further insights on predictors of environmental tobacco smoke exposure during the pediatric age [PDF]

, 2019
Background: The smoking ban in public places has reduced Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) exposure for non-smokers, but despite this, domestic environments still remain places at high risk of exposure, and, today, about 40% of children worldwide are ...
Antonucci, A., Cammalleri, V., Martellucci, S., Mattei, V., Protano, C., Santilli, F., Ungureanu, A. S., Vitali, M.   +7 more
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