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Short-term association between ambient temperature and homicide in South Africa: a case-crossover study
BACKGROUND: Criminology research has traditionally investigated sociodemographic predictors of crime, such as sex, race, age, and socioeconomic status. However, evidence …
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Personal carbon monoxide exposure, respiratory symptoms, and the potentially modifying roles of sex and HIV infection in rural Uganda: a cohort study
BACKGROUND: Most of the global burden of pollution-related morbidity and mortality is believed to occur in resource-limited settings, where HIV …
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Biomass fuel as a risk factor for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The link between use of solid biomass fuel (wood, charcoal, coal, dung, and crop residues) for cooking and/or heating and …
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Exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides and risk of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive decline in an older population: a prospective analysis from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging
BACKGROUND: Little attention has been paid to neurotoxicants on the risk of dementia. Exposure to known neurotoxicants such as polychlorinated …
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Occupational health: a world of false promises
The response of the World Health Organization (WHO) to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2015 demonstrated that the …
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Prenatal exposure to persistent organic pollutants and child overweight/obesity at 5-year follow-up: a prospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: Prenatal exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs), may influence offspring weight gain. More prospective epidemiological studies are needed to …
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Ambulatory monitoring demonstrates an acute association between cookstove-related carbon monoxide and blood pressure in a Ghanaian cohort
BACKGROUND: Repeated exposure to household air pollution may intermittently raise blood pressure (BP) and affect cardiovascular outcomes. We investigated whether …
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Household cereal crop harvest and children’s nutritional status in rural Burkina Faso
BACKGROUND: Reduction of child undernutrition is one of the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. Achievement of this goal may be …
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Increase of urinary malondialdehyde level by bisphenol A exposure: a longitudinal panel study
BACKGROUND: To verify oxidative stress as a possible mechanism that establishes a relationship between exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) and …