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Timing and Predictive Value of Clinical Conditions Preceding Multiple Sclerosis in the UK Biobank

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients often experience a higher incidence of clinical conditions before diagnosis, suggesting a prodromal phase. However, their predictive value and temporal trajectories remain underexplored. We investigated these aspects using the large UK Biobank's population‐based cohort, which provided clinical ...
Andrea Nova   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of e-cigarette in China: preliminary findings from two surveys

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background China is the world´s largest tobacco producer and consumer, in recent years has become the world´s largest producer of e-cigarette. According to media reports, China-made e-cigarette is mainly exported to foreign countries, and e-cigarette ...
Guoze Feng, Yi Nan, Yuan Jiang
doaj   +1 more source

Economics of Tobacco Control : The Maldives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This paper summarized briefly the general economic situation in the Maldives and describes its health care system, demographics and health outcomes. Policy recommendations are to ensure regular real price increases in all tobacco produts to deter use, accompanied by actions to detect and deter smuggling, better surveillance and monitoring of tobacco ...
Afaaland, Ahmed, Shareef, I. Riaz
openaire   +3 more sources

Perspectives on Tobacco Product Waste: A Survey of Framework Convention Alliance Members' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Cigarette butts (tobacco product waste (TPW)) are the single most collected item in environmental trash cleanups worldwide. This brief descriptive study used an online survey tool (Survey Monkey) to assess knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs among ...
Curtis, Clifton   +5 more
core   +4 more sources

Using a Supramolecular Approach to Engineer Modular Hydrogel Platforms for Culturing Protoplasts – from General Tissue Engineering to Cellular Agriculture

open access: yesAdvanced Biology, EarlyView.
Using supramolecular monomers, various hydrogel culture systems were formulated to culture protoplasts; including 2D, 2.5D, and 3D hydrogels. Depending on the culture platform, bioactive functionalization led to protoplast enlargement (2D and 2.5D) or plasmolysis (3D). This work shows the potential to modularly engineer synthetic platforms for cellular
Maritza M. Rovers   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Story from Indonesia: the media advocacy strategy on restraining ´The Tobacco Bill Draft´

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background and challenges to implementation Strong tobacco industry interference continued to influence the implementation of adequate tobacco control policy in Indonesia.
Nina Samidi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Establishment of Near-infrared Prediction Model for Seven Chemical Components of Wrapper Tobacco

open access: yesGuangdong nongye kexue, 2023
【Objective】It is complex, time-consuming and laborious for conventional chemical detection method to detect the content of total nitrogen, potassium, total sugars, reducing sugars, total alkali, chlorine and magnesium in wrapper tobacco, while near ...
Hongjian LIU   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Bioengineered Model of the Human Cornea for Preclinical Assessment of Human Ocular Exposure to Environmental Toxicants

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, Volume 14, Issue 7, March 14, 2025.
This paper presents a microphysiological system containing an array of individually addressable living corneal tissues constructed using primary human cells. The bioengineered eye model can simulate acute exposure of the human cornea to different types of environmental toxicants and provides a novel platform for visualization and quantitative ...
Se‐jeong Kim   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and patterns of use of smokeless tobacco in Mumbai schools

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Smokeless tobacco use among children is a serious problem in India. Smokeless tobacco products like gutkha, khaini, mawa and misheri and surrogate products like 'supari', 'pan masala' are commonly used by children in Mumbai. Maharashtra state
Rajashree Kadam   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The GATS Atlas: Global Adult Tobacco Survey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) Atlas highlights findings from 22 GATS countries in a user-friendly, visual format and incorporates data covering nearly 60 percent of the world's population.

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