abstract：:Pork occupies an important place in the diet of the population of Nagaland, one of the North East Indian states. We carried out a pilot study along the pork meat production chain, from live animal to end consumer. The goal was to obtain information about the presence of selected food borne hazards in pork in order to ...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Fahrion AS,Jamir L,Richa K,Begum S,Rutsa V,Ao S,Padmakumar VP,Deka RP,Grace D

更新日期：2013-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In Italy, a West Nile virus (WNV) surveillance plan was firstly implemented in 2008 and 2009 in two affected regions and, since 2010, according to a national plan, a WNV neuroinvasive disease (WNND) surveillance has to be carried out each year during the period 15 June-30 November, in those regions where WNV circulati...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Napoli C,Bella A,Declich S,Grazzini G,Lombardini L,Nanni Costa A,Nicoletti L,Pompa MG,Pupella S,Russo F,Rizzo C

更新日期：2013-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Household air pollution from cooking with biomass fuels negatively impacts maternal and child health and the environment, and contributes to the global burden of disease. In Uganda, nearly 20,000 young children die of household air pollution-related pneumonia every year. Qualitative research was used to identify behav...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Martin SL,Arney JK,Mueller LM,Kumakech E,Walugembe F,Mugisha E

更新日期：2013-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The general practitioner (GP)'s practice appears to be an ideal venue for recruiting community-dwelling older adults with limited mobility. This study (Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN17727272) aimed at evaluating the recruiting process used for a multi-centre exercise intervention (HOMEfit). Each of six steps resulte...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Brach M,Moschny A,Bücker B,Klaaßen-Mielke R,Trampisch M,Wilm S,Platen P,Hinrichs T

更新日期：2013-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence suggests that the workplace plays an important etiologic role in blood pressure (BP) alterations. Associations in female samples are controversial, and the domestic environment is hypothesized to be an important factor in this relationship. This study assessed the association between job strain and BP within ...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Portela LF,Rotenberg L,Almeida AL,Landsbergis P,Griep RH

更新日期：2013-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli remains one of the most frequent causes of several common bacterial infections in humans and animals. E. coli is the prominent cause of enteritis, urinary tract infection, septicaemia and other clinical infections, such as neonatal meningitis. E. coli is also prominently associated with diarrhoea in p...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Allocati N,Masulli M,Alexeyev MF,Di Ilio C

更新日期：2013-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies have indicated that computing technology can enable off-site cardiologists to read patients' electrocardiograph (ECG), echocardiography (ECHO), and relevant images via smart phones during pre-hospital, in-hospital, and post-hospital teleconsultation, which not only identifies emergency cases in need of im...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Hsieh JC,Li AH,Yang CC

更新日期：2013-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The interactions between genes and the environment are now regarded as the most probable explanation for autism. In this review, we summarize the results of a metallomics study in which scalp hair concentrations of 26 trace elements were examined for 1,967 autistic children (1,553 males and 414 females aged 0-15 years...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Yasuda H,Tsutsui T

更新日期：2013-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Caserta and Naples areas in Campania Region experience heavy environmental contamination due to illegal waste disposal and burns, thus representing a valuable setting to develop a general model of human contamination with dioxins (PCDDs-PCDFs) and dioxin-like-PCBs (dl-PCBs). METHODS:94 breastfeeding wom...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Rivezzi G,Piscitelli P,Scortichini G,Giovannini A,Diletti G,Migliorati G,Ceci R,Rivezzi G,Cirasino L,Carideo P,Black DM,Garzillo C,Giani U

更新日期：2013-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Any person with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), regardless of the severity of their disability, needs regular physical activity. Poorly performed exercises could aggravate muscle imbalances and worsen the patient's health. In this paper, we propose a human body verticality detection system using a time-of-flight camera as a ...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Eguíluz G,García MB

更新日期：2013-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhalation of asbestos resulting from living with and handling the clothing of workers directly exposed to asbestos has been established as a possible contributor to disease. This review evaluates epidemiologic studies of asbestos-related disease or conditions (mesothelioma, lung cancer, and pleural and interstitial a...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Goswami E,Craven V,Dahlstrom DL,Alexander D,Mowat F

更新日期：2013-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the challenges for rural communities and health services in Australia, climate change and increasing extreme heat are emerging as additional stressors. Effective public health responses to extreme heat require an understanding of the impact on health and well-being, and the risk or protective factors within comm...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Williams S,Bi P,Newbury J,Robinson G,Pisaniello D,Saniotis A,Hansen A

更新日期：2013-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Child abuse and neglect, considered criminal acts under the Criminal Code of Canada, play an important role in substance use, violence, and other criminal behaviour in adulthood. We adopted the life course perspective to identify modifiable contextual influences and co-occurring individual, social, and familial determ...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Minh A,Matheson FI,Daoud N,Hamilton-Wright S,Pedersen C,Borenstein H,O'Campo P

更新日期：2013-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of heavy metals, especially cadmium (Cd), in leafy vegetables was compared with other vegetables. Pak choi (Brassica campestris L. ssp. chinensis) is a leafy vegetable consumed in Taiwan and its safety for consumption after growing in contaminated soils is a public concern. A pot experiment (50 days) ...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Lai HY,Chen BC

更新日期：2013-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Pollutants deposited on road surfaces and distributed in the environment are a source of nonpoint pollution. Field data are traditionally hard to collect from roads because of constant traffic. In this study, in cooperation with the traffic administration, the dry deposition on and road runoff from urban roads was mea...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Wang YJ,Chen CF,Lin JY

更新日期：2013-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide range of arthropod-borne viruses threaten both human and animal health either through their presence in Europe or through risk of introduction. Prominent among these is West Nile virus (WNV), primarily an avian virus, which has caused multiple outbreaks associated with human and equine mortality. Endemic outbre...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Engler O,Savini G,Papa A,Figuerola J,Groschup MH,Kampen H,Medlock J,Vaux A,Wilson AJ,Werner D,Jöst H,Goffredo M,Capelli G,Federici V,Tonolla M,Patocchi N,Flacio E,Portmann J,Rossi-Pedruzzi A,Mourelatos S,Ruiz S,

更新日期：2013-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Food animal production systems have become more consolidated and integrated, producing large, concentrated animal populations and significant amounts of fecal waste. Increasing use of manure and litter as a more "natural" and affordable source of fertilizer may be contributing to contamination of fruits and vegetables...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Pedroso AA,Hurley-Bacon AL,Zedek AS,Kwan TW,Jordan AP,Avellaneda G,Hofacre CL,Oakley BB,Collett SR,Maurer JJ,Lee MD

更新日期：2013-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we conducted an empirical survey of the avoidance behaviors and risk perceptions of active and passive smoking pregnant smokers and recent quitters. We employed an online questionnaire survey by recruiting 166 voluntary participants from an online parenting community in Taiwan. The results of the empiri...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Lai MC,Chou FS,Yang YJ,Wang CC,Lee MC

更新日期：2013-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium avium (MA) is a potential food safety hazard in pigs. Blood samples of slaughtered pigs in the Netherlands and Germany were tested for the presence of MA antibodies to estimate the serological prevalence in the tested population. In the Dutch and German population 1.0% and 1.7% samples were positive, and...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Hiller A,Oorburg D,Wisselink HJ,van Solt-Smits CB,Urlings B,Klein G,Althoff GS,Heres L

更新日期：2013-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Acrylamide (ACR) is a water-soluble chemical used in different industrial and laboratory processes. ACR monomer is neurotoxic in humans and laboratory animals. Subchronic exposure to this chemical causes neuropathies, hands and feet numbness, gait abnormalities, muscle weakness, ataxia, skin and in some cases, cerebel...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Pennisi M,Malaguarnera G,Puglisi V,Vinciguerra L,Vacante M,Malaguarnera M

更新日期：2013-08-27 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：:Twenty-four Salmonella enterica isolates (13 serovar Enteritidis and 11 Typhimurium) isolated from 5,600 samples from intensive laying hen farms in Italy in 1998-2007 were characterized for antimicrobial resistance genes, pulsotype and phage type. Most of S. Typhimurium strains were pulsotype STYMXB.0147 (81.8%), phag...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Camarda A,Pugliese N,Pupillo A,Oliva M,Circella E,Dionisi AM,Ricci A,Legretto M,Caroli A,Pazzani C

更新日期：2013-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Vector surveillance for infectious diseases is labor intensive and constantly threatened by budget decisions. We report on outcomes of an undergraduate research experience designed to build surveillance capacity for West Nile Virus (WNV) in Montana (USA). Students maintained weekly trapping stations for mosquitoes and...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Hokit G,Alvey S,Geiger JM,Johnson GD,Rolston MG,Kinsey DT,Tall Bear N

更新日期：2013-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a semi-quantitative occupational chemical exposure risk prediction model, based on the calculation of exposure hazard indexes, was proposed, corrected, and applied to a national chemical exposure databank. The model comprises one factor used to describe toxicity (i.e., the toxicity index), and two facto...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Wang SM,Wu TN,Juang YJ,Dai YT,Tsai PJ,Chen CY

更新日期：2013-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne viral pathogen of global importance and is considered to be the most widespread flavivirus in the World. Horses, as dead-end hosts, can be infected by bridge mosquito vectors and undergo either subclinical infections or develop severe neurological diseases. The aim of this stu...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Ziegler U,Angenvoort J,Klaus C,Nagel-Kohl U,Sauerwald C,Thalheim S,Horner S,Braun B,Kenklies S,Tyczka J,Keller M,Groschup MH

更新日期：2013-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines the processes of technical mediation within familial care networks based on a study of home telecare targeted at older people. Supported by contributions from the actor-network theory as part of the social psychology of science and technology, these processes of technical mediation are analyzed u...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Correa G,Domènech M

更新日期：2013-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adolescence is the period in which smoking onset usually occurs and the course for future socioeconomic status (SES) is set. However, because of the transitional nature of adolescence, it is questionable whether health inequalities are best measured by indicators of parental SES or rather by indicators of th...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Kuntz B,Lampert T

更新日期：2013-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the possible protective role of sodium selenite on aflatoxin B1-induced oxidative stress and apoptosis in spleen of broilers. Two hundred one-day-old male broilers, divided into five groups, were fed with basal diet (control group), 0.3 mg/kg AFB1 (AFB1 group), 0.3 mg/kg AFB1 +...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Wang F,Shu G,Peng X,Fang J,Chen K,Cui H,Chen Z,Zuo Z,Deng J,Geng Y,Lai W

更新日期：2013-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although millions of people are using electronic cigarettes (ECs) and research on this topic has intensified in recent years, the pattern of EC use has not been systematically studied. Additionally, no comparative measure of exposure and nicotine delivery between EC and tobacco cigarette or nicotine replacem...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Farsalinos KE,Romagna G,Tsiapras D,Kyrzopoulos S,Voudris V

更新日期：2013-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:This 18-month longitudinal study examined the influence of adolescents' sense of coherence (SOC) and exposure to household smoking on their commitment to a smoke-free lifestyle. This study investigated a representative sample of 8th graders from 21 randomly selected high schools in the rural Limpopo Province of South ...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Ayo-Yusuf OA,Rantao MM

更新日期：2013-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Selecting indicators based on the characteristics and development trends of a given study area is essential for building a framework for assessing urban ecological security. However, few studies have focused on how to select the representative indicators systematically, and quantitative research is lacking. We develop...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Shao C,Tian X,Guan Y,Ju M,Xie Q

更新日期：2013-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Developed countries are experiencing high levels of mental and physical illness associated with long term health conditions, unhealthy lifestyles and an ageing population. Given the limited capacity of the formal health care sector to address these public health issues, attention is turning to the role of agencies act...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Jones M,Kimberlee R,Deave T,Evans S

更新日期：2013-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Japanese encephalitis (JE) is one of the most important mosquito-borne viral diseases in Asia. Pigs are a natural host and the amplifier of JE virus. The sero-conversion rate to JE virus in sentinel pigs reflects the activity of JE virus in the region. We analyzed whether precipitation has any effect on the sero-conve...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Kurane I,Shibasaki K,Kotaki A,Hijioka Y,Takasaki T

更新日期：2013-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1992, 1998, and 2006, questionnaires were sent to stratified samples of residents aged 18-75 years living near petrochemical industries (n = 600-800 people on each occasion) and in a control area (n = 200-1,000). The aims were to estimate the long-term prevalence and change over time of annoyance caused by industri...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Axelsson G,Stockfelt L,Andersson E,Gidlof-Gunnarsson A,Sallsten G,Barregard L

更新日期：2013-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimating the benefits of preventing child maltreatment (CM) is essential for policy makers to determine whether there are significant returns on investment from interventions to prevent CM. The aim of this study was to estimate the benefits of preventing CM deaths in an Ecuadorian population, and to compare the resu...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Corso PS,Ingels JB,Roldos MI

更新日期：2013-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:People typically choose to live in quiet areas in order to safeguard their health and wellbeing. However, the benefits of living in quiet areas are relatively understudied compared to the burdens associated with living in noisy areas. Additionally, research is increasingly focusing on the relationship between the huma...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Shepherd D,Welch D,Dirks KN,McBride D

更新日期：2013-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Critical environmental and human health concerns are associated with the rapidly growing fields of nanotechnology and manufactured nanomaterials (MNMs). The main risk arises from occupational exposure via chronic inhalation of nanoparticles. This research presents a chance-constrained nonlinear programming (CCNLP) opt...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Chen Z,Yuan Y,Zhang SS,Chen Y,Yang FL

更新日期：2013-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Klebsiella pneumoniae is a frequent cause of infectious outbreaks in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs). The aim of this paper is to describe an outbreak occurred in a 13-bed NICU and the control measures adopted in order to interrupt the chain of transmission. We described the microbiological investigations, the N...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Fabbri G,Panico M,Dallolio L,Suzzi R,Ciccia M,Sandri F,Farruggia P

更新日期：2013-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing worldwide use of paediatric computed tomography (CT) has led to increasing concerns regarding the subsequent effects of exposure to radiation. In response to this concern, the international EPI-CT project was developed to study the risk of cancer in a large multi-country cohort. In radiation epidemiolog...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Thierry-Chef I,Dabin J,Friberg EG,Hermen J,Istad TS,Jahnen A,Krille L,Lee C,Maccia C,Nordenskjöld A,Olerud HM,Rani K,Rehel JL,Simon SL,Struelens L,Kesminiene A

更新日期：2013-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In their recent article [1], Chari et al. call attention to the important subject of setting National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to provide requisite protection for public health, including the health of sensitive groups, as specified under the Clean Air Act (73 FR 66965) [2]. The authors focus on considera...

journal_title：International journal of environmental research and public health

authors： Murphy DL,Patel M,Kirrane E,Vinikoor-Imler L

更新日期：2013-02-08 00:00:00