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Smoking and quitting smoking among prisoners 2012 [PDF]

, 2013
This bulletin presents results from the 2012 National Prisoner Health Data Collection (NPHDC), focusing on smoking and smoking cessation behaviours of prisoners in Australia.

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A Brief Survey of Beliefs about the Effects of Tobacco Smoke Pollution on Intellectual Performance in College Classrooms

, 1978
A subset of four questions was selected from a longer questionnaire to survey beliefs about the effects of tobacco smoke pollution on intellectual performance in college classrooms.
Daniel C. Williams, Ronald E. Shor
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The Role of Oxidative Stress in Periodontitis

Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
Oxidative stress is involved in multiple chemical reactions that take place in different intracellular organelles: mitochondria, rough endoplasmic reticulum, peroxisomes, autophagy, and aging, and can be influenced by exogenous factors: nutrition, physical activity, psychological status, environmental conditions, microbiome, and drugs.
Pedro Bullon, Francesca Giampieri, Beatriz Bullon, Maurizio Battino   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of environmental tobacco smoke by industry in central America: findings from the II central American survey of working conditions and health

Scientific Reports
Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure remains a preventable cause of illness and death worldwide. Tobacco smoke bans reduce exposure, but enforcement in Central America has been slow. Workplaces can reduce ETS impact through policies.
Tracey E. Barnett, Aro N. Choi, David Gimeno Ruiz de Porras   +2 more
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Impact of tobacco control policies in hospitals: Evaluation of a national smoke-free campus ban in Spain

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2014
Introduction: On January 2, 2011, the Spanish government passed a new smoking law that banned smoking in hospital campuses. The objective of this study was to evaluate the implementation of smoke-free campuses in the hospitals of Catalonia based on both ...
Xisca Sureda, Montse Ballbè, Cristina Martínez, Marcela Fu, Esther Carabasa, Esteve Saltó, Jose M. Martínez-Sánchez, Esteve Fernández   +7 more
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Periodontal Medicine Rewired: Mechanisms Linking Periodontitis to Systemic Diseases

Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
This review reorganizes decades of research in periodontal medicine into a multi‐dimensional framework, illustrating how periodontitis influences systemic health through at least seven interconnected mechanisms. ABSTRACT Periodontitis is now recognized not merely as a localized oral condition but as a systemic disease linked to over 70 communicable and
Mario Romandini, George Hajishengallis, Mike Curtis, Giacomo Baima   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The public health benefits of smoking ban policies: epidemiologic analyses of mortality effects and differentials by socioeconomic status [PDF]

, 2013
This thesis was submited for the degree of Doctor of Public Health and awarded by Brunel UniversityBackground: The implementation of comprehensive smoking ban policies results in reduced population exposure to secondhand smoke, yielding health benefits ...
Smith, Sericea Stallings
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Impact of Environmental Exposure on Infant Sleep : The Exposome Approach

Journal of Sleep Research, EarlyView.
This review explores how exposure to environmental pollutants during the first 1000 days of life may affect infant sleep. Evidence suggests potential links between chemical exposures and sleep disturbances, underscoring the need for more research on early‐life vulnerability and the impact of pollutants in air, diet, and breast milk.
Zeina Halbouty, Debora Tuka, Erwan Stephan‐Blanchard, Veronique Bach, Pierre Tourneux, Elodie Haraux, Karen Chardon   +6 more
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Extracting vitalities: Cuts in Indigenous women's bodies‐territories (Brazil)

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I explore the connections between the medicalization of childbirth and environmental devastation through Guarani‐Mbyá understandings of life and the living. I argue that the cuts made to Guarani‐Mbyá women's vaginas (episiotomies) in Brazilian hospitals are experienced and situated on the same cosmopolitical level as the cuts ...
Maria Paula Prates
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Health consequences of involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke [PDF]

These excerpts from the 2006 Surgeon General\u2019s report, The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke, highlight the harmful effects of secondhand smoke exposure on children.

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