Special Issue: Alcohol Policy and Public Health-Contributing to the Global Debate on Accelerating Action on Alcohol.

abstract：:Most casinos owned by sovereign American Indian nations allow smoking, even in U.S. states such as California where state laws restrict workplace smoking. Collaborations between casinos and public health workers are needed to promote smoke-free policies that protect workers and patrons from secondhand tobacco smoke (S...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Klepeis NE,Dhaliwal N,Hayward G,Acevedo-Bolton V,Ott WR,Read N,Layton S,Jiang R,Cheng KC,Hildemann LM,Repace JL,Taylor S,Ong SL,Buchting FO,Lee JP,Moore RS

更新日期：2016-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to diseases shared by both sexes, there are a number of illnesses and injuries that are primarily associated with women [...]. ...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Costantino C,Casuccio A,Restivo V

更新日期：2020-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Ambient air pollution in terms of fine and coarse particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) has been shown to increase adult and infant mortalities. Most studies have estimated the risk of mortalities through attributable proportions and number of excess cases with no reference to the time lost due to premature mortalities....

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Al-Hemoud A,Gasana J,Al-Dabbous AN,Al-Shatti A,Al-Khayat A

更新日期：2018-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:This systematic review assesses the quality of the evidence across individual studies on the effect of environmental noise (road traffic, aircraft, and train and railway noise) on cognition. Quantitative non-experimental studies of the association between environmental noise exposure on child and adult cognitive perfo...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Clark C,Paunovic K

更新日期：2018-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioremediation technology is one of the most profitable and sustainable strategies for remediating soils contaminated with hydrocarbons. This study focuses on assessing the influence of biostimulation and bioaugmentation with Pseudomonas fluorescens to contribute to the removal of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs) o...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Gutiérrez EJ,Abraham MDR,Baltazar JC,Vázquez G,Delgadillo E,Tirado D

更新日期：2020-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The alanine to threonine amino acid substitution at codon 54 (Ala54Thr) of the intestinal fatty acid binding protein (FABP2) has been associated with elevated levels of insulin and blood glucose as well as with dyslipidemia. The aim of this study was to characterize the effect of this FABP2 polymorphism in Mexican-Ame...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Salto LM,Bu L,Beeson WL,Firek A,Cordero-MacIntyre Z,De Leon M

更新日期：2015-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Silica (SiO2) nanoparticles (NPs) have found extensive applications in industrial manufacturing, biomedical and biotechnological fields. Therefore, the increasing exposure to such ultrafine particles requires studies to characterize their potential cytotoxic effects in order to provide exhaustive information to assess...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Fede C,Millino C,Pacchioni B,Celegato B,Compagnin C,Martini P,Selvestrel F,Mancin F,Celotti L,Lanfranchi G,Mognato M,Cagnin S

更新日期：2014-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the horizontal and vertical distribution of chromium (Cr) in the soil of a chromate production site (CPS) and its nearby area (NA-CPS) in south central China, 61 profiles (depth: 14 m) in the CPS and 69 samples (topsoil) were excavated following a grid-sampling method. The geographic coordinates, elevation, a...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Zhou B,Huang D,Wu J,Zhu Q,Zhu H

更新日期：2018-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The Korean Radiation Worker Study investigated the health effects of protracted low-dose radiation among nuclear-related occupations in the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission in Korea. From 2016-2017, 20,608 workers were enrolled (86.5% men and 30.7% nuclear power plant workers). The mean cumulative dose ± standar...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Park S,Seo S,Lee D,Park S,Jin YW

更新日期：2020-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the association between seasonal influenza vaccination and the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection or complicated illness or poor outcome (e.g., severe disease, need for hospitalization or ventilatory support, or death) among COVID-19 patients. None of the studies that were reviewed (n = 12) found a significant i...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Del Riccio M,Lorini C,Bonaccorsi G,Paget J,Caini S

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: This study aims to explore how sufficient social support can act as a possible preventive factor against fighting and bullying in school-aged children in 9 European countries. Methods: Data for this study were collected during the 2013/2014 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey. The sample...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Šmigelskas K,Vaičiūnas T,Lukoševičiūtė J,Malinowska-Cieślik M,Melkumova M,Movsesyan E,Zaborskis A

更新日期：2018-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:: A rapid and continuous growth of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) via their precursor "silver nitrate" (AgNO3) has increased their environmental risk because of their unsafe discharge into the surrounding environment. Both have damaging effects on plants and induce oxidative stress. In the present study, differential re...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Khan I,Raza MA,Khalid MHB,Awan SA,Raja NI,Zhang X,Min S,Wu BC,Hassan MJ,Huang L

更新日期：2019-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:(1) Background: Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) exposure remains a public health problem worldwide. The aims are to establish urinary (u-) cotinine reference values for healthy Italian children, to evaluate the role of the sampling time and of other factors on children's u-cotinine excretion. (2) Methods: A cross-se...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Protano C,Andreoli R,Mutti A,Manigrasso M,Avino P,Vitali M

更新日期：2018-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity contributes to reduced kidney function; however, whether this is due to obesity itself or the metabolic abnormalities that accompany it is unclear. Besides, most previous studies enrolled participants with moderate or severe stage of chronic kidney disease. In the present study, we aim to investigate the possi...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Yu S,Yang H,Guo X,Zheng L,Sun Y

更新日期：2016-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:This study provides a comprehensive review of the care-seeking patterns and direct economic burden of injuries from the victims' perspective in rural Bangladesh using a 2013 household survey covering 1.17 million people. Descriptive statistics and bivariate analyses were used to derive rates and test the association b...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Alfonso NY,Alonge O,Hoque DME,Baset KU,Hyder AA,Bishai D

更新日期：2017-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:(1) Background: Burkholderia pseudomallei is an environmentally mediated saprophytic pathogen that can cause severe disease in humans. It is well known that B. pseudomallei survives in tropical moist soil environments worldwide, but melioidosis is gaining recognition as a public and veterinary health issue in Vietnam....

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Norris MH,Tran HTT,Walker MA,Bluhm AP,Zincke D,Trung TT,Thi NV,Thi NP,Schweizer HP,Unger F,Blackburn JK,Hang NTT

更新日期：2020-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Retrograde peri-implantitis (RPI) is a pathological entity with an unclear etiology (e.g., overheating during implant insertion, residual infection of the tooth replaced by the implant or the endodontic lesion of neighboring teeth) and an extremely low prevalence and has been scarcely investigated. Therefore...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Di Murro B,Pranno N,Raco A,Pistilli R,Pompa G,Papi P

更新日期：2020-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the point prevalence of mental disorders in school students, multistage cluster stratified random sampling and two-phase survey methods were used to identify 40 primary and middle schools. The students were screened using the Chinese version of the Child Behavior Checklist and diagnosed using the Mini I...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Qu Y,Jiang H,Zhang N,Wang D,Guo L

更新日期：2015-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is characterized by hyperandrogenism, anovulation, infertility, obesity, and insulin resistance, which results in increased concentrations of testosterone (T), which disturbs follicular growth and ovulation. This study aimed to assess PCOS women's clinical, endocrinological, ...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Ozegowska K,Korman M,Szmyt A,Pawelczyk L

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The type of noise annoyance scale and aspects of its presentation such as response format or location within a questionnaire and other contextual factors may affect self-reported noise annoyance. By means of a balanced experimental design, the effect of type of annoyance question and corresponding scale (5-point verba...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Brink M,Schreckenberg D,Vienneau D,Cajochen C,Wunderli JM,Probst-Hensch N,Röösli M

更新日期：2016-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Headaches have not only medical but also great socioeconomic significance, therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the overall impact of headaches on a patient's life, including their work and work efficiency. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of individual headache types on work and work ef...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Simić S,Rabi-Žikić T,Villar JR,Calvo-Rolle JL,Simić D,Simić SD

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The debate over trafficking of human beings for the purpose of organ removal (THBOR) remains largely absent from policy debates, as its crime is hardly detected, reported and sparsely researched. However, criminal networks continue to exploit vulnerable populations, particularly migrants. To help bridge this gap in kn...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Gonzalez J,Garijo I,Sanchez A

更新日期：2020-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Sedentary behaviors are an important issue worldwide, as prolonged sitting time has been associated with health problems. Recently, active workstations have been developed as a strategy to counteract sedentary behaviors. The present study examined the rationale and perceptions of university students’ and staff f...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Bastien Tardif C,Cantin M,Sénécal S,Léger PM,Labonté-Lemoyne É,Begon M,Mathieu ME

更新日期：2018-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to determine the concentration of inorganic arsenic (As) in the potable water available to the population to be able to estimate the non-carcinogenic risks for underweight children and the carcinogenic risk for adults exposed to As intake who live in the Mezquital municipality, ...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Molina-Frechero N,Nevarez-Rascón M,Tremillo-Maldonado O,Vergara-Onofre M,Gutiérrez-Tolentino R,Gaona E,Castañeda E,Jarquin-Yañez L,Bologna-Molina R

更新日期：2020-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:o-Chlorobenzylidene malononitrile (CS) is one of the most extensively used riot control agents. Our aim was to conduct a systematic review of the potential health effects related to CS exposure. We searched for papers in English between 1991 and 2014. Thirty five (35) studies (25 case reports, seven descriptive studie...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Dimitroglou Y,Rachiotis G,Hadjichristodoulou C

更新日期：2015-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The challenges of mental health and substance abuse services (MHS) require shifting of the balance of resources from institutional care to community care. In order to track progress, an instrument that can describe these attributes of MHS is needed. We created a coding variable in the European Service Mapping Schedule...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Ala-Nikkola T,Pirkola S,Kaila M,Joffe G,Kontio R,Oranta O,Sadeniemi M,Wahlbeck K,Saarni SI

更新日期：2018-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:How staff and students travel to university can impact their physical activity level. An online survey of physical activity and travel behaviour was conducted in early November 2012 to inform planning of physical activity and active travel promotion programs at the University of Sydney, Australia as part of the "Sit L...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Rissel C,Mulley C,Ding D

更新日期：2013-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated associations between contextual political determinants and individual adolescent suicide risk (SR). Using repeated cross-sectional individual-level data of 829,861 students in the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey and national contextual-level data during 2005⁻2016, cross-classified rando...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Eun SJ

更新日期：2019-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim here was to study the possible environmental and dietary determinants of asthma among school-aged children in Southwestern Saudi Arabia. In a cross-sectional study on a representative sample in Najran in Southwestern Saudi Arabia using an Arabic version of the modified ISAAC Phase III, parent-administered ques...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Alqahtani JM,Asaad AM,Awadalla NJ,Mahfouz AA

更新日期：2016-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: A machine learning (ML) system is able to construct algorithms to continue improving predictions and generate automated knowledge through data-driven predictors or decisions. Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare six ML methods (random forest (RF), logistics regression, linear support vector ...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Lee SK,Ahn J,Shin JH,Lee JY

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00