Dealing with waterborne disease in Canada: challenges in the delivery of safe drinking water.

abstract：:Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are primary vectors of dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya and Zika viruses. Ae. aegypti is highly anthropophilic and relies nearly exclusively on human blood meals and habitats for reproduction. Socioeconomic factors may be associated with the spread of Ae. aegypti due to their close relationsh...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Holeva-Eklund WM,Behrens TK,Hepp CM

更新日期：2020-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Background This review intends to explore the household hazardous waste (HHW) generation rates, HHW management, and people's awareness regarding HHW in Asian countries based on the economic levels using the available published articles. Methods This is a systematic review of the scientific literature based on several ...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Manggali AA,Susanna D

更新日期：2019-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines one of the most staggering challenges facing the mankind, the challenge to conquer diseases associated with poor water and sanitation. Although rapid strides have been made in the last decade of the last century to provide improved water supply and sanitation, the world is still rampant with diseas...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Kulshrestha M,Mittal AK

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential health impacts of climate change are wide-ranging, from direct impacts at familiar local scales, through indirect effects occurring at the regional or ecosystem level, to long term effects on the sustainability of global systems. To assess these potential impacts, there is a need to broaden the scope of ...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Hales S,Weinstein P,Woodward A

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of human ecology in understanding of environmental health problems is discussed, and the importance of study on "regional" ecosystems is emphasized in consideration of recent arguments on theoretical frame work of human ecology. After brief conceptual discussion on "regional" ecosystems, the environmental hea...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Suzuki T

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytostatic anticancer drugs are known as carcinogenic, mutagenic, and teratogenic risk factors for health care workers who are occupationally exposed during the preparation and administration of such drugs. During the last 20 years, several researchers have developed and validated methods to monitor occupational expos...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Bos RP,Sessink PJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geographic patterns of poor health and mortality risk are found in most countries. Important health effects at the neighborhood level are mortality, general health, illness and disabilities, mental health, and healthcare utilization. Awareness of the influence of social class on health has been growing during the last...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： van Kamp I,van Loon J,Droomers M,de Hollander A

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AbstractThe National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Superfund Research Program (SRP) funds diverse transdisciplinary research to understand how hazardous substances contribute to disease. SRP research focuses on how to prevent these exposures by promoting problem-based, solution-oriented research. SRP's ma...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Suk WA,Heacock M,Carlin DJ,Henry HF,Trottier BA,Lopez AR,Amolegbe SM

更新日期：2020-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Mercury (Hg), also known as quick silver, is an essential constituent of dental amalgam. It is a toxic substance of global concern. Children are more at risk from mercury poisoning which affects their neurological development and brain. In the past, a number of studies at dental sites in many countries have been carri...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Khwaja MA,Abbasi MS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review the methodology used in the analysis of time-series studies of ambient air pollution. Our focus is on mortality studies, in which daily counts of death are correlated with changes in air pollution. We first illustrate the methods by showing data from the 1950s, during which the effects of air pollution were ...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Goldberg MS,Burnett RT,Stieb D

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Housing issues are of fundamental importance to the health and independence of older people in Britain, but this concept is not reflected in planning for health, housing, or community care. An analysis of community care plans and public health reports reflects how little attention the majority give either to the impor...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Harrison L,Heywood F

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of serious environmental health hazards created by under-regulated/unregulated industries have morphed into public health crises around the world. The Conference on Corporate Interference with Science and Health (the Conference) was held to examine this trend in three economically significant industries: frac...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Kopald DE

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pesticide-induced oxidative stress as a possible mechanism of toxicity has been a focus of toxicological research for the last decade. Yet for certain pesticides, mechanisms leading to oxidative stress are only partly understood. Pesticide-induced oxidative stress is the final manifestation of a multi-step pathway, re...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Banerjee BD,Seth V,Ahmed RS

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of 50 Hz electric and magnetic fields in the electric power industry has distinguished differences in exposure among the employees making it possible to compare health effects as a function of exposure. The workers that were most exposed to electric and magnetic fields were linemen and substation personnel wh...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Lindh T,Andersson LI

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review provides a snapshot of some key environmental health issues that will provide ongoing challenges for the Pacific Basin region in the coming decades. It is clear that climate change as well as the rapidly increasing production of environmental pollutants are significant emerging environmental health issues....

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Zosky GR

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes or "vaping") has seen an unprecedented increase worldwide. Vaping has been promoted as a beneficial smoking cessation tool and an alternative nicotine delivery device that contains no combustion by-products. However, nicotine is highly addictive, and the increased use of ...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Marcham CL,Springston JP

更新日期：2019-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The long-term exposure to pollutants in ambient air is associated with higher mortality and occurrence of respiratory and cardiopulmonary diseases. The longitudinal cross-section study focuses on the associations between long-term exposures to carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic pollutants and the prevalence a...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Jiřík V,Dalecká A,Vašendová V,Janoutová J,Janout V

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our theoretical model describes the potential influence of irradiation with pulse-modulated microwaves on the conformational oscillations of enzymes in living organisms. Certain values of pulse-repetition time, determined by the period of conformational oscillations of the corresponding type of enzyme, can produce the...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Neshev NN,Kirilova EI

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methyl parathion (MP), a toxic organophosphate insecticide approved for outdoor use only, is classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a Category Ia (extremely toxic) and by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) as a Toxicity Category I (most toxic) insecticide. In several U.S. states...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Jaga K,Dharmani C

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population explosion, to the tune of -7.2 billion, along with excessive use of natural resources and a variety of anthropogenic activities, has resulted in large-scale contamination of the environment, especially the soil and groundwater.Contamination in the environment is an ever-increasing phenomenon, and often, reg...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Prasad MN,Prasad R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many alternative shift schedules "compress" the working week into a smaller number of days by adding more work hours per day. The assessment of such work schedules needs to take into consideration the advantages and disadvantages of this style of work on workers' health and well-being. The aim of the present study was...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Hadjiolova I,Mincheva L,Deyanov C

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Globally, infectious diseases are responsible for a significant burden on human health. Drivers of disease transmission depend on interactions between humans, the environment, vectors, carriers, and pathogens; transmission dynamics are therefore potentially highly complex. Research in infectious disease eco-epidemiolo...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Lau CL,Smith CS

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nowadays the use of conventional wastewater treatment methods is becoming increasingly challenging mainly due to the presence of organic matter in wastewater. Therefore, an emerging technology is needed to deal with these highly concentrated and toxic non-biodegradable organic matters. In the last few decades, advance...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Zewde AA,Zhang L,Li Z,Odey EA

更新日期：2019-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrethroid insecticides are commonly used worldwide. The chronic effects of these compounds are of concern given that epidemiological studies have suggested an association with hematological cancer, particularly in children. However, the biological evidence at molecular and cellular levels is limited. A review on the ...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Navarrete-Meneses MDP,Pérez-Vera P

更新日期：2019-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiologic studies and case reports have shown that chronic exposure to selenium compounds is associated with several adverse health effects in humans. An early toxic effect of selenium is on endocrine function, particularly on the synthesis of thyroid hormones following dietary exposure of around 300 micrograms Se...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Vinceti M,Wei ET,Malagoli C,Bergomi M,Vivoli G

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The toxicity of water pollutants to aquatic animals is reviewed, with particular emphasis on methods for measuring lethal toxicity, factors influencing toxicity, the measurement of chronic and sublethal toxicity, and the role of toxicological data in formulating water quality standards. Methods for measuring lethal to...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Abel PD

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pesticides having a high adverse effect on the health and environment of inhabitants of the Mexican Republic were studied to establish the main parameters to bear in mind for their use and application. The investigation showed that Mexico is the agricultural zone with the highest health damage to its population from p...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Valdez Salas B,Garcia Duran EI,Wiener MS

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are a class of synthetic halogenated organic compounds used in commercial and household products, such as textiles, furniture, and electronics, to increase their flame ignition resistance and to meet fire safety standards. The demonstrated persistence, bioaccumulation, and toxic ...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Shaw SD,Kannan K

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The public health leadership and management of lead exposure in a lead mining and smelting community in Mount Isa is an ongoing issue. There exists deficiencies in public health and environmental legal frameworks that regulate lead exposure and management in Mount Isa, Queensland. Although some positive practical meas...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Forbes M,Taylor MP

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apart from SARS-Co-V-2 coronavirus, bats also host many highly virulent zoonotic pathogens. A matter of rising concern is the detrimental impact of pharmaceuticals in the environment, as they can have major impact at low concentrations. Insectivorous bats are among the wildlife animals likely to be exposed due to the ...

journal_title：Reviews on environmental health

authors： Orive G,Lertxundi U

更新日期：2020-08-24 00:00:00