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Exposure to and risk awareness of environmental tobacco smoke among undergraduates of the university of Ilorin, Nigeria

Sahel Medical Journal, 2010
Background: Many students in higher institutions tend to be exposed to environmental tobacco smoke. This work was designed to survey the exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and awareness of the dangers associated with it among undergraduates of ...
A E Fawibe, A O Shittu
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The effects of taxes and bans on passive smoking [PDF]

This paper evaluates the effect of excise taxes and bans on smoking in public places on the exposure to tobacco smoke of non-smokers. We use a novel way of quantifying passive smoking: we use data on cotinine concentration- a metabolite of nicotine ...
Jerome Adda, Francesca Cornaglia
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Industry Portfolio Volatility Connections and Industry Portfolio Returns

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper tracks dynamic connections that form among daily US industry portfolio return volatilities using a Bayesian time‐varying parameter VAR model. Market participants often focus on sectors to filter vast amounts of information, and this focus results in cross‐industry return predictability. We characterise connections that form over the
Michael Ellington, Michalis Stamatogiannis, Yawen Zheng   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tobacco Smoking [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1958
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Rare vasculitis types and obstetric and neonatal outcomes – A population‐based study

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Vasculitis is an infrequent pathology among reproductive‐aged women. While data exists regarding pregnancy outcomes in the more common vasculitis subtypes, data is limited regarding these outcomes in rare vasculitis subtypes. We aimed to compare pregnancy and perinatal outcomes between women who suffered from rare types of vasculitis
Uri Amikam, Ahmad Badeghiesh, Haitham Baghlaf, Richard Brown, Michael H. Dahan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk factors for intrapartum stillbirth and the survival probabilities of fetuses among pregnant women with complications: Secondary analysis of data from a multicenter prospective cohort study in India

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To identify the risk factors for intrapartum stillbirth and examine whether these are different from that of antepartum stillbirth, and investigate the survival probabilities of fetuses by gestational age in high‐risk pregnancies. Methods We conducted a secondary data analysis of a hospital‐based cohort study from India, including ...
Yebeen Ysabelle Boo, Saswati S. Choudhury, Farzana Zahir, Gitanjali Deka, Amrit K. Bora, Shakuntala Chhabra, Pramod Kumar, Pranabika Mahanta, Bina Minz, Anjali Rani, Sereesha Rao, Indrani Roy, Carolin Solomi V., Ashok Verma, Swapna Kakoty, Omesh Kumar Bharti, Rupanjali Deka, Charles Opondo, Tuck Seng Cheng, Jennifer J. Kurinczuk, Manisha Nair, on behalf of the MaatHRI collaborators   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

The new WHO infertility guideline: A universal right to equitable, evidence‐based fertility care

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract The WHO ‘Guideline for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infertility’ heralds a significant global shift towards recognizing infertility as a medical condition requiring prevention, diagnosis, treatment and policy support. This recognition is vital for the one in six people with infertility worldwide and for policymakers trying to ...
M. Louise Hull, Kurt T. Barnhart, Nikhil C. Purandare, Aparna Sridhar, E. Göknur Topçu, Scott M. Nelson, on behalf of the FIGO REI committee, M. Louise Hull, Nikhil Purandare, Elif G. Topcu, Jackline Akol, Akira Iwase, Ivonne Diaz Yamal, Haroon Latif, Pablo Diaz Spíndola, Sunita R. Tandulwadkar, Virginia Chaquiriand, Ying Cheong, Scott Nelson, Kurt Barnhart   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Genetic Polymorphisms on Genotoxicity (DNA Damage) Among Children Exposed to Environmental Mutagens: A Systematic Review

Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children, as a particularly vulnerable group, are more susceptible to these mutagens due to their developing immune systems, higher physiological vulnerability, and increased exposure through behaviors like outdoor play and hand‐to‐mouth activities. This review aims to investigate the relationship between these environmental exposures, genetic
Thiago Guedes Pinto, Daniel Vitor de Souza, Gabriel Carvalhal de Aguiar, Ana Claudia Muniz Renno, Patricia Ramos Cury, Jean Nunes dos Santos, Rogerio Aparecido Dedivitis, Daniel Araki Ribeiro   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Performance Measures, Discretionary Accruals, and CEO Cash Compensation

Journal of Corporate Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the relative weights assigned to three performance measures—stock returns, accounting earnings, and operating cash flows—in determining executive cash compensation. We find that returns receive the highest weight, followed by earnings, while cash flows carry the least weight.
Ya Dai, Harrison Liu, Jennifer Yin
wiley   +1 more source

The Health consequences of involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke; a report of the Surgeon General : executive summary [PDF]

This Surgeon General\u2019s report returns to the topic of the health effects of involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke. The last comprehensive review of this evidence by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) was in the 1986 Surgeon General ...

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