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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"long-term health effects"”.
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Maternal smoking during pregnancy - Long-term health effects in the offspring
… smoking increases the risk of adverse short-term health effects in the offspring, such as preterm birth, low birthweight and spontaneous abortion. Less is known about whether any adverse health effects persist until adulthood. In Sweden, there are nationwide population-based health registers …
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Radiation therapy of pediatric brain tumors : comparison of long-term health effects and costs between proton therapy and IMRT
… radiation-induced damage can lead to adverse long-term health effects. Proton therapy has the ability to reduce the dose delivered to healthy tissue when compared to photon radiation therapy, but this dose benefit comes at a significantly higher initial cost, as proton therapy is 2 to 3 times …
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Long-term health effects of aldrin and dieldrin: a study of exposure, health effects and mortality of workers engaged in the manufacture and formulation of the insecticides aldrin and dieldrin
Contains fulltext : mmubn000001_118419951.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access)
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Petrogenic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Levels and Health of Gulf Coast Communities Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
… Gulf of Mexico. Few studies have described the effects that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has had on human health. Utilizing an ongoing longitudinal cohort study we set out to investigate the relationship between health status and exposure to petrogenic PAHs following the oil spill. Our …
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Knowledge, Perceptions and Attitudes of Young Adults Towards Electronic-cigarettes
… present in tobacco cigarettes. However, their long-term health effects are unknown. Despite concerns surrounding this, there has been a rapid market penetration of e-cigarettes worldwide. South Africa has no legislation which specifically controls the marketing, sale and use of e-cigarettes and …
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Bioastronautics: Biological Modeling of the Neural Response to Space Radiation and its interaction with Alzheimer's Disease Risk Genes
… contend with this ever present threat to human health. On Earth, as medical advances continue to extend human life and radiation becomes an increasingly potent tool for medical diagnostics and treatment, we are increasingly confronted by our lack of knowledge on long term health effects and …
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Sleep Disordered Breathing and Pregnancy: Prevalence and Outcomes at Delivery
… presenting for delivery at a MTF to determine the general prevalence of SDB. Logistic regression on parturient data who screened positive, FFV (score ≥75) and STOP-Bang (score ≥ 3) was used to examine if higher rates of adverse pregnancy outcomes (gestational hypertension, …
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The Impact of Antenatal Exercise in Overweight and Obese Women on Maternal and Offspring Health
… obesity in pregnancy is associated with adverse health outcomes in both the mother and the offspring. It is not well established whether antenatal exercise can improve these outcomes. Hypothesis We hypothesized that antenatal exercise in overweight and obese women could improve offspring and …
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Measuring the Effects of Air Pollution among Persons with Severe Emphysema: The National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT)
… participants receiving LVRS. We evaluated the effects of air pollution on the health of NETT participants. Methods: Data from the NETT study (1998-2003) included 1218 subjects, men and women ages 39-84. We also obtained data from the US Environmental Protection Agency Air Quality Systems …
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Essays in Economics of Social Security Disability Insurance and Health
… and to apply for SSDI? (2) What are the welfare effects of access to Medicare via SSDI? (3) How will SSDI policy reforms that change access to Medicare affect labor supply, welfare, and the financial stability of SSDI? To answer these questions, I specify a life-cycle model of labor supply, …
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Indoor air pollution and environmental tobacco smoke exposure in a South African birth cohort study
… countries (LMIC) and a major reason for health care visits and hospitalisation. Environmental exposures to indoor air pollution (IAP) or tobacco smoke are important risk factors for childhood respiratory disease. Despite increased electrification, many communities in LMIC rely on …
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Improving Nutritional Counseling in Hyderabad, India: A Pilot Study
… undernutrition can lead to irreversible long term health effects, including death. Mild to moderate pediatric undernutrition specifically contributes to 83% of malnutrition-related deaths in children. India has one of the world's largest prevalence rates for mild to moderate pediatric …