Biomarkers of genotoxicity of air pollution (the AULIS project): bulky DNA adducts in subjects with moderate to low exposures to airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their relationship to environmental tobacco smoke and other parameters [PDF]
, 2001 Panagiotis Georgiadis
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Chemicals, nutrition, and autism spectrum disorder: a mini-review
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2016 The rapid increase of the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) suggests that exposure to chemicals may impact the development of ASD. Therefore, we reviewed literature on the following chemicals, nutrient to investigate their association with ASD:
Takeo eFujiwara +5 more
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Histopathological study on goldfish (Carassius auratus) gonads exposed to tobacco smoke [PDF]
arXivOrnamental fish have various positive effects in human life. Due to the effect and importance of aesthetics and artificial reproduction of these fish, which may be enclosed in aquarium environments and come in contact with cigarette smoke, the effects of tobacco smoke on the gonad tissue of goldfish were investigated.
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Lung cancers attributable to environmental tobacco smoke and air pollution in non-smokers in different European countries: a prospective study [PDF]
, 2007 Paolo Vineis +32 more
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Effect of secondhand smoking, determined by urinary cotinine level on bone health
International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2018 Background: We evaluated the relationship between secondhand smoke (SHS) inhalation, as verified by urinary cotinine levels, and bone health. Methods: We analyzed the nationwide, population-based, cross-sectional health survey.
Ji Hyun Moon, Mi Hee Kong, Hyeon Ju Kim
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Regression to the Mean's Impact on the Synthetic Control Method: Bias and Sensitivity Analysis [PDF]
arXiv, 2019 To make informed policy recommendations from observational data, we must be able to discern true treatment effects from random noise and effects due to confounding. Difference-in-Difference techniques which match treated units to control units based on pre-treatment outcomes, such as the synthetic control approach have been presented as principled ...
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Predicting colorectal polyp recurrence using time-to-event analysis of medical records [PDF]
arXiv, 2019 Identifying patient characteristics that influence the rate of colorectal polyp recurrence can provide important insights into which patients are at higher risk for recurrence. We used natural language processing to extract polyp morphological characteristics from 953 polyp-presenting patients' electronic medical records. We used subsequent colonoscopy
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Secondhand smoke exposure in outdoor children’s playgrounds in 11 European countries
Environment International, 2021 Introduction: Tobacco presence in outdoor children’s playgrounds is concerning not only because it leads to secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure, but also cigarette butt pollution and tobacco normalization.
Elisabet Henderson +24 more
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Journal of the Pakistan Medical AssociationObjective: To determine the association between environmental tobacco smoke exposure and growth parameters of infants. Method: The observational, comparative study was done in rural areas of the Al-Karkh sector of Baghdad, Iraq, from December 2021 to
Nada Ziyad Salim, Ban Sahib Diab
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The Lancet Regional Health. Americas, 2023 Summary: Background: Second-hand smoke exposure is prevalent amongst adolescents, despite of being a preventable risk factor associated with unfavourable outcomes.
Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz +1 more
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