abstract：:Cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) is one of the infectious diseases likely to be affected by climate change. Although there are a few studies on the climate change-CSM nexus, none has considered perceptions of community members. However, understanding public perception in relation to a phenomenon is very significant for ...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Codjoe SN,Nabie VA

更新日期：2014-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The willingness to pay (WTP) for mortality risk reduction from four causes (lung cancer, other type of cancer, respiratory disease, traffic accident) are estimated using random parameter logit model with data from choice experiment for three regions in Turkey. The value of statistical life (VSL) estimated for Afsin-El...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Tekeşin C,Ara S

更新日期：2014-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effects of the proximity to city parks and the influence of residential greenness on children's emotional and behavioral problems. This cross-sectional study included 1,468 mothers of children (ages 4 to 6) who were residents of the city of Kaunas, Lithuania. The mothers and their children ...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Balseviciene B,Sinkariova L,Grazuleviciene R,Andrusaityte S,Uzdanaviciute I,Dedele A,Nieuwenhuijsen MJ

更新日期：2014-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis is a zoonosis of global distribution that affects tropical and temperate areas. Under suitable conditions, Leptospira can survive in water and soil and contribute to human and animal infections. The objective of this study was to describe the presence of pathogenic Leptospira in peri-domestic water sampl...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Muñoz-Zanzi C,Mason MR,Encina C,Astroza A,Romero A

更新日期：2014-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was conducted to determine whether installation of sit-stand desks (SSDs) could lead to decreased sitting time during the workday among sedentary office workers. METHODS:A randomized cross-over trial was conducted from January to April, 2012 at a business in Minneapolis. 28 (nine men, 26 full-time...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Dutta N,Koepp GA,Stovitz SD,Levine JA,Pereira MA

更新日期：2014-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospital disaster resilience can be defined as "the ability of hospitals to resist, absorb, and respond to the shock of disasters while maintaining and surging essential health services, and then to recover to its original state or adapt to a new one." This article aims to provide a framework which can be used to comp...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Zhong S,Clark M,Hou XY,Zang Y,FitzGerald G

更新日期：2014-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the differences in the risk judgments of residents of industrial communities potentially provides insights into how to develop appropriate risk communication strategies. This study aimed to explore citizens' fundamental understanding of risk-related judgments and to identify the factors contributing to p...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Janmaimool P,Watanabe T

更新日期：2014-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is a major mental health problem during adolescence. This study, using a sample of Chinese adolescents, examined the separate and combined effects of perceived school-related stress and of family socioeconomic status (SES) on the prevalence of depressive symptoms. A total of 1774 Chinese students from Grade...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Guo H,Yang W,Cao Y,Li J,Siegrist J

更新日期：2014-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The Taiwan government has been promoting Electronic Health Records (EHRs) to primary care physicians. How to extend EHRs adoption rate by measuring physicians' perspective of importance and performance of EHRs has become one of the critical issues for healthcare organizations. We conducted a comprehensive survey in 20...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Ho CH,Wene HC,Chu CM,Wu YS,Wang JL

更新日期：2014-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is a chronic disease that is particularly common in children. The association between polymorphisms of the gene encoding intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM1) and gene-environment interactions with childhood asthma has not been fully investigated. A cross-sectional study was undertaken to investigate these ...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Li YF,Lin CC,Tai CK

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major symptom of hand-arm vibration syndrome is a secondary Raynaud's phenomenon-vibration white finger (VWF)-which results from a vasospasm of the digital arteries caused by work with vibration devices leading to occupational disease. Pharmacotherapy of VWF is often ineffective or has adverse effects. The aim of th...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Perečinský S,Murínová L,Engler I,Donič V,Murín P,Varga M,Legáth L

更新日期：2014-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vaccine-preventable diseases cause more than one million deaths among children under 5 years of age every year. Public Health Workers (PHWs) are needed to provide immunization services, but the role of human resources for public health as a determinant of vaccination coverage at the population level has not ...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Hu Y,Shen L,Guo J,Xie S

更新日期：2014-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:White blood cell (WBC) count has been associated with diabetic risk, but whether the correlation is independent of other risk factors has hardly been studied. Moreover, very few such studies with large sample sizes have been conducted in Chinese. Therefore, we investigated the relationship between WBC count and glucos...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Jiang H,Yan WH,Li CJ,Wang AP,Dou JT,Mu YM

更新日期：2014-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:County-based spatial distribution characteristics and the related geological factors for iodine in drinking-water were studied in Shandong Province (China). Spatial autocorrelation analysis and spatial scan statistic were applied to analyze the spatial characteristics. Generalized linear models (GLMs) and geographical...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Gao J,Zhang Z,Hu Y,Bian J,Jiang W,Wang X,Sun L,Jiang Q

更新日期：2014-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to investigate the face validity of the self-reported single item work ability with objectively measured heart rate reserve (%HRR) among blue-collar workers. METHODS:We utilized data from 127 blue-collar workers (Female = 53; Male = 74) aged 18-65 years from the cross-sectional "N...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Gupta N,Jensen BS,Søgaard K,Carneiro IG,Christiansen CS,Hanisch C,Holtermann A

更新日期：2014-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:High quality data and effective data quality assessment are required for accurately evaluating the impact of public health interventions and measuring public health outcomes. Data, data use, and data collection process, as the three dimensions of data quality, all need to be assessed for overall data quality assessmen...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Chen H,Hailey D,Wang N,Yu P

更新日期：2014-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Tobacco use has reached epidemic levels around the World, resulting in a world-wide increase in tobacco-related deaths and disabilities. Hospitalization presents an opportunity for nurses to encourage inpatients to quit smoking. This qualitative descriptive study was aimed to explore nurse-counsellors' perspectives of...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Li IC,Lee SY,Chen CY,Jeng YQ,Chen YC

更新日期：2014-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explores the potential of promoting college students' positive psychological development using popular online social networks. Online social networks have dramatically changed the ways college students manage their social relationships. Social network activities, such as checking Facebook posts dominates st...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Chang SM,Lin YH,Lin CW,Chang HK,Chong PP

更新日期：2014-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Visually impaired people have difficulty accessing information about public transportation systems. Several systems have been developed for assisting visually impaired and blind people to use the city bus. Most systems provide only one-way communication and require high-cost and complex equipment. The purpose of this ...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Wang HL,Chen YP,Rau CL,Yu CH

更新日期：2014-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes results from a systematic review and a series of meta-analyses of nearly three decades worth of epidemiologic research on the relationship between non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and occupational exposure to agricultural pesticide active ingredients and chemical groups. Estimates of associations of NHL...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Schinasi L,Leon ME

更新日期：2014-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and carbonyls from three types of commercially available wallpapers (i.e., PVC-coated, paper-backed, natural material-coated) in Korea were evaluated using a 20 L small chamber. A total of 332 products were tested for emission factors, frequencies of occurrence and compos...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Lim J,Kim S,Kim A,Lee W,Han J,Cha JS

更新日期：2014-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a major public health concern as they are the leading cause of death in developed countries. Primary care is considered to be the ideal setting for CVD prevention. Therefore, more than 4,000 German primary care physicians (PCPs) were asked about their attitudes towards and their activ...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Schneider S,Diehl K,Bock C,Herr RM,Mayer M,Görig T

更新日期：2014-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Arsenic contamination in a large area of agricultural fields on the Guandu Plain of northern Taiwan was confirmed in a survey conducted in 2006, but research concerning the relationship between bioavailable As concentrations in contaminated soils and crop production in Taiwan is not available. Pot experiments were con...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Su SW,Tsui CC,Lai HY,Chen ZS

更新日期：2014-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:An increasing interest in organic agriculture for food production is seen throughout the world and one key reason for this interest is the assumption that organic food consumption is beneficial to public health. The present paper focuses on the background of organic agriculture, important public health related compoun...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Johansson E,Hussain A,Kuktaite R,Andersson SC,Olsson ME

更新日期：2014-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The main object of the present study was to explore the effect of perinatal bisphenol A (BPA) exposure on glucose metabolism in early and later life of male rat offspring, and to establish the potential mechanism of BPA-induced dysglycemia. Pregnant rats were treated with either vehicle or BPA by drinking water at con...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Song S,Zhang L,Zhang H,Wei W,Jia L

更新日期：2014-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was exploratory and sought to examine the effect on blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR) and mood state responses in primary school children of moderate intensity cycling whilst viewing a green environment compared to exercise alone. Following ethics approval and parental informed consent, 14 chi...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Duncan MJ,Clarke ND,Birch SL,Tallis J,Hankey J,Bryant E,Eyre EL

更新日期：2014-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we characterized the relationship between temperature and mortality in central Arizona desert cities that have an extremely hot climate. Relationships between daily maximum apparent temperature (ATmax) and mortality for eight condition-specific causes and all-cause deaths were modeled for all residents a...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Harlan SL,Chowell G,Yang S,Petitti DB,Morales Butler EJ,Ruddell BL,Ruddell DM

更新日期：2014-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Phthalates, widely used in flexible plastics and consumer products, have become ubiquitous contaminants worldwide. This study evaluated the acute toxicity and estrogenic endocrine disrupting activity of butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP), di(n-butyl) phthalate (DBP), bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), diisodecyl phthalate ...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Chen X,Xu S,Tan T,Lee ST,Cheng SH,Lee FW,Xu SJ,Ho KC

更新日期：2014-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Management decisions related with water quality in lakes and reservoirs require a combined land-water processes study approach. This study reports on an integrated watershed-reservoir modeling methodology: the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model to estimate the nutrient input loads from the watershed, used aft...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Mateus M,Almeida C,Brito D,Neves R

更新日期：2014-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Suites of Best Management Practices (BMPs) are usually selected to be economically and environmentally efficient in reducing nonpoint source (NPS) pollutants from agricultural areas in a watershed. The objective of this research was to compare the selection and placement of BMPs in a pasture-dominated watershed using ...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Chiang LC,Chaubey I,Maringanti C,Huang T

更新日期：2014-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to quantify the effect of duration time of a nuclear accident on the radiation dose of a densely populated area and the resulting acute health effects. In the case of nuclear accidents, the total emissions of radioactive materials can be classified into several categories. Therefore, the release infor...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Jeong H,Park M,Jeong H,Hwang W,Kim E,Han M

更新日期：2014-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study of autoimmunity among a population of Gullah African Americans in South Carolina, the links between environmental exposures and autoimmunity (presence of antinuclear antibodies (ANA)) have been assessed. The study population included patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (n = 10), their first degree...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Carroll R,Lawson AB,Voronca D,Rotejanaprasert C,Vena JE,Aelion CM,Kamen DL

更新日期：2014-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The upper layer of forest soils (0-20 cm depth) were collected from urban, suburban, and rural areas in the Pearl River Delta of Southern China to estimate the distribution and the possible sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Total concentrations of PAHs in the forest soils decreased significantly alon...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Xiao Y,Tong F,Kuang Y,Chen B

更新日期：2014-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentrations of the environmentally sensitive elements (ESEs) As, Co, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, V and Zn in smaller than 100 μm street dust particles from Xining were measured using X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and their contamination levels were assessed based on enrichment factor (EF), geoaccumulation index (Igeo) and po...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Zhao N,Lu X,Chao S

更新日期：2014-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of cold air on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases were investigated in an experimental study examining blood pressure and biochemical indicators. Zhangye, a city in Gansu Province, China, was selected as the experimental site. Health screening and blood tests were conducted, and finally, 30 cardio...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Zhang X,Zhang S,Wang C,Wang B,Guo P

更新日期：2014-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The pupillary responses to light in patients with depression and normal controls were evaluated among Chinese females. Four parameters related to the pupil were assessed using a video-based pupillometer. The results showed that there were significant differences in the pupil area in the darkness and the pupil area at ...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Wang J,Fan Y,Zhao X,Chen N

更新日期：2014-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, phenotypic and genotypic methods were used to detect metallo-β-lactamases, cephalosporinases and oxacillinases and to assess genetic diversity among 64 multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains recovered from blood cultures in five different hospitals in Brazil from December 2008 to June 2009. High...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Martins HS,Bomfim MR,França RO,Farias LM,Carvalho MA,Serufo JC,Santos SG

更新日期：2014-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Improved cook stoves (ICS) have been widely touted for their potential to deliver the triple benefits of improved household health and time savings, reduced deforestation and local environmental degradation, and reduced emissions of black carbon, a significant short-term contributor to global climate change. Yet diffu...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Bhojvaid V,Jeuland M,Kar A,Lewis JJ,Pattanayak SK,Ramanathan N,Ramanathan V,Rehman IH

更新日期：2014-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusarium graminearum is the main causal pathogen affecting small-grain cereals, and it produces deoxynivalenol, a kind of mycotoxin, which displays a wide range of toxic effects in human and animals. Bacterial strains isolated from peanut shells were investigated for their activities against F. graminearum by dual-cul...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Shi C,Yan P,Li J,Wu H,Li Q,Guan S

更新日期：2014-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Phthalates used as plasticizers in the manufacture of household containers can potentially be transferred to foods that are stored or heated in these plastic containers. Phthalates are endocrine disruptor compounds (EDC) and are found in very low concentrations in foods, thus, highly sensitive analytical techniques ar...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Moreira MA,André LC,Cardeal ZL

更新日期：2013-12-30 00:00:00