WTS database

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Waterpipe a gateway to cigarette smoking initiation among adolescents in Irbid, Jordan: a longitudinal study	2015	Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA.; Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA.; Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA; Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, Florida, U	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Periodical, Abbrev. Int.J.Tuberc.Lung Dis. Pub Date Free Form Apr Volume 19 Issue 4 Start Page 481 Other Pages 487 Notes LR: 20151001; GR: R01 DA024876/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States; GR: R01 DA035160/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States; GR: R01 DA035160/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States; GR: R01DA024876/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States; JID: 9706389; NIHMS683991; OID: NLM: NIHMS683991; Place of Publication France ISSN/ISBN 1815-7920; 1027-3719 Accession Number PMID: 25860006 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; IM DOI 10.5588/ijtld.14.0869 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 25860006 Abstract SETTING: According to anecdotal evidence, waterpipe smoking may lead to the initiation of cigarette smoking among young people. This hypothesis is yet to be examined using an appropriate study design and a theoretical model for behavioral change. OBJECTIVE: To compare the risk of cigarette smoking initiation among waterpipe-only smokers and never smokers in a school-based sample of adolescents from Irbid, Jordan. METHODS: A total of 1454 cigarette-naive participants were drawn from a longitudinal study on smoking behavior conducted in Irbid among 1781 seventh graders who were enrolled at baseline (2008) and completed the study questionnaire on smoking behavior annually until 2011. Grouped time-survival analysis was used to compare the risk of subsequent initiation of cigarette smoking between waterpipe smokers (n = 298) and never smokers (n = 1156) using adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI). RESULTS: Risk of initiation of cigarette smoking among waterpipe smokers was significantly higher than among never smokers after adjusting for potential confounders (aHR 1.67, 95%CI 1.46-1.92). The association between waterpipe and cigarette smoking initiation was dose-dependent. The risk of initiating cigarette smoking increased with increase in the frequency of waterpipe smoking (P for linear trend Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Jaber,R., Madhivanan,P., Veledar,E., Khader,Y., Mzayek,F., Maziak,W. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID PMC4423386 Editors
Use & Misuse of Water-filtered Tobacco Smoking Pipes in the World. Consequences for Public Health, Research & Research Ethics	2015	DIU Tabacologie, Universite Paris XI, France.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full The open medicinal chemistry journal Periodical, Abbrev. Open Med.Chem.J. Pub Date Free Form 27-Feb Volume 9 Issue Start Page 1 Other Pages 12 Notes LR: 20150412; JID: 101507899; OID: NLM: PMC4384226; OTO: NOTNLM; 2015 [ecollection]; 2014/08/18 [received]; 2014/12/27 [revised]; 2015/01/22 [accepted]; 2015/02/27 [epublish]; epublish Place of Publication Netherlands ISSN/ISBN 1874-1045 Accession Number PMID: 25861403 Language eng SubFile Journal Article DOI 10.2174/1874104501509010001 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 25861403 Abstract BACKGROUND: The traditional definition of an "epidemic" has been revisited by antismoking researchers. After 400 years, Doctors would have realized that one aspect of an ancient cultural daily practice of Asian and African societies was in fact a "global "epidemic"". This needed further investigation particularly if one keeps in his mind the health aspects surrounding barbecues. METHOD: Here, up-to-date biomedical results are dialectically confronted with anthropological findings, hence in real life, in order to highlight the extent of the global confusion: from the new definition of an "epidemic" and "prevalence" to the myth of "nicotine "addiction"" and other themes in relation to water filtered tobacco smoking pipes (WFTSPs). RESULTS: We found that over the last decade, many publications, -particularly reviews, "meta-analyses" and "systematic reviews"- on (WFTSPs), have actually contributed to fuelling the greatest mix-up ever witnessed in biomedical research. One main reason for such a situation has been the absolute lack of critical analysis of the available literature and the uncritical use of citations (one seriously flawed review has been cited up to 200 times). Another main reason has been to take as granted a biased smoking robot designed at the US American of Beirut whose measured yields of toxic chemicals may differ dozens of times from others' based on the same "protocol". We also found that, for more than one decade, two other main methodological problems are: 1) the long-lived unwillingness to distinguish between use and misuse; 2) the consistent unethical rejection of biomedical negative results which, interestingly, are quantitatively and qualitatively much more instructive than the positive ones. CONCLUSION: the great majority of WFTSP toxicity studies have actually measured, voluntarily or not, their misuse aspects, not the use in itself. This is in contradiction with both the harm reduction and public health doctrines. The publication of negative results should be encouraged instead of being stifled. Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Chaouachi,K. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic 20150227 PMCID PMC4384226 Editors
Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons using lab on valve dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction coupled to high performance chromatography	2015	Department of Chemistry, University of the Balearic Islands, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.; Department of Chemistry, University of the Balearic Islands, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.; Department of Chemistry, University of the Balearic Islands, 07122	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Talanta Periodical, Abbrev. Talanta Pub Date Free Form 1-Jun Volume 138 Issue Start Page 190 Other Pages 195 Notes CI: Copyright (c) 2015; JID: 2984816R; 0 (Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, Aromatic); 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical); OTO: NOTNLM; 2014/10/27 [received]; 2015/01/28 [revised]; 2015/02/03 [accepted]; 2015/02/11 [aheadofprint]; ppublish Place of Publication Netherlands ISSN/ISBN 1873-3573; 0039-9140 Accession Number PMID: 25863390 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; IM DOI 10.1016/j.talanta.2015.02.007 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 25863390 Abstract In this work, dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME) method was applied for high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) determination of 15 PAHs in aqueous matrices.The extraction procedure was automated using a system of multisyringe flow injection analysis coupled to HPLC instrument with fluorescence detector. Factors affecting the extraction process, such as type and volume of extraction and dispersive solvent, extraction time and centrifugation step were investigated thoroughly and optimized utilizing factorial design. The best recovery was achieved using 100 microL of trichloroethylene as the extraction solvent and 900 microL of acetonitrile as the dispersive solvent.The results showed that extraction time has no effect on the recovery of PAHs. The enrichment factors of PAHs were in the range of 86-95 with limits of detection of 0.02-0.6 microg L(-1). The linearity was 0.2-600 microg L(-1) for different PAHs. The relative standard deviation (RSD) for intra- and inter-day of extraction of PAHs were in the range of 1.6-4.7 and 2.1-5.3, respectively, for five measurements.The developed method was used to assess the occurrence of 15 PAHs in tap water, rain waters and river surface waters samples. Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Elsevier B.V Data Source Authors Fernandez,M., Clavijo,S., Forteza,R., Cerda,V. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic 20150211 PMCID Editors
Critical insights for a sustainability framework to address integrated community water services: Technical metrics and approaches	2015	Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Engineering (ORISE), National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA. Electronic address: Xue.Xiaobo@epa.gov.; Soller Envir	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Water research Periodical, Abbrev. Water Res. Pub Date Free Form 15-Jun Volume 77 Issue Start Page 155 Other Pages 169 Notes CI: Published by Elsevier Ltd.; JID: 0105072; OTO: NOTNLM; 2014/12/07 [received]; 2015/02/21 [revised]; 2015/03/18 [accepted]; 2015/03/25 [aheadofprint]; ppublish Place of Publication England ISSN/ISBN 1879-2448; 0043-1354 Accession Number PMID: 25864006 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Review; IM DOI 10.1016/j.watres.2015.03.017 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 25864006 Abstract Planning for sustainable community water systems requires a comprehensive understanding and assessment of the integrated source-drinking-wastewater systems over their life-cycles. Although traditional life cycle assessment and similar tools (e.g. footprints and emergy) have been applied to elements of these water services (i.e. water resources, drinking water, stormwater or wastewater treatment alone), we argue for the importance of developing and combining the system-based tools and metrics in order to holistically evaluate the complete water service system based on the concept of integrated resource management. We analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of key system-based tools and metrics, and discuss future directions to identify more sustainable municipal water services. Such efforts may include the need for novel metrics that address system adaptability to future changes and infrastructure robustness. Caution is also necessary when coupling fundamentally different tools so to avoid misunderstanding and consequently misleading decision-making. Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Xue,X., Schoen,M.E., Ma,X.C., Hawkins,T.R., Ashbolt,N.J., Cashdollar,J., Garland,J. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic 20150325 PMCID Editors
Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs towards waterpipe tobacco smoking and electronic shisha (e-shisha) among young adults in London: a qualitative analysis	2016	1Department of Primary Care and Population Health,University College London,London,UK.; 2Department of Primary Care and Public Health,Imperial College London,Hammersmith,London,UK.; 1Department of Primary Care and Population Health,University College Lond	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Primary health care research & development Periodical, Abbrev. Prim.Health.Care.Res.Dev. Pub Date Free Form Mar Volume 17 Issue 2 Start Page 166 Other Pages 174 Notes JID: 100897390; OTO: NOTNLM; 2015/04/13 [aheadofprint]; ppublish Place of Publication England ISSN/ISBN 1477-1128; 1463-4236 Accession Number PMID: 25864374 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; IM DOI 10.1017/S1463423615000237 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 25864374 Abstract Introduction Waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS), known in the United Kingdom as shisha, is popular among adolescents worldwide. Some electronic cigarettes are marketed in the United Kingdom as 'electronic shisha' (e-shisha). This study aimed to understand how WTS users view e-shisha and whether it could be used as a harm-reduction or cessation aid. METHOD: In-depth face-to-face interviews were conducted with 16 young adults recruited by snowball sampling in London, UK. Recurrent themes were derived iteratively through thematic analysis. RESULTS: WTS is a socially acceptable activity, carried out at home or in a cafe. Peer influence and flavour play a key role in its use. Participants were aware of some health risks of WTS, although many accepted this risk and reported a need for more health-related WTS information. Although participants were familiar with e-shisha, there was no evidence of its use as a harm-reduction or cessation product. E-shisha tasted different to flavoured waterpipe tobacco and removed the positive social attributes typically ascribed to WTS. Waterpipe users felt e-shisha may encourage non-users to initiate cigarettes or WTS. CONCLUSION: Opinions of reduced risk in using WTS may be due to the lack of available information, misconceptions and its easy accessibility. E-shisha does not appear to play a role in WTS harm reduction or cessation. On-going research efforts should test educational interventions addressing the adverse health impacts of WTS in this population group. Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Kotecha,S., Jawad,M., Iliffe,S. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic 20150413 PMCID Editors
Case report	2015		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Deutsches Arzteblatt international Periodical, Abbrev. Dtsch.Arztebl Int. Pub Date Free Form 27-Mar Volume 112 Issue 13 Start Page 221 Other Pages Notes LR: 20151111; JID: 101475967; CON: Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2014 Oct 3;111(40):674-9. PMID: 25346357; CIN: Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2015 Mar 27;112(13):221. PMID: 25869343; OID: NLM: PMC4453465; ppublish Place of Publication Germany ISSN/ISBN 1866-0452; 1866-0452 Accession Number PMID: 25869342 Language eng SubFile Comment; Letter; IM DOI 10.3238/arztebl.2015.0221a [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 25869342 Abstract Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Stangl,R., Voigt,C. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID PMC4453465 Editors
In reply	2015		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Deutsches Arzteblatt international Periodical, Abbrev. Dtsch.Arztebl Int. Pub Date Free Form 27-Mar Volume 112 Issue 13 Start Page 221 Other Pages Notes LR: 20151111; JID: 101475967; CON: Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2014 Oct 3;111(40):674-9. PMID: 25346357; CON: Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2015 Mar 27;112(13):221. PMID: 25869342; OID: NLM: PMC4453467; ppublish Place of Publication Germany ISSN/ISBN 1866-0452; 1866-0452 Accession Number PMID: 25869343 Language eng SubFile Comment; Letter; IM DOI 10.3238/arztebl.2015.0221b [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 25869343 Abstract Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors von Rappard,J. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID PMC4453467 Editors
Occupational exposure of diesel station workers to BTEX compounds at a bus depot	2015	School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag X3 WITS, Gauteng 2050, South Africa. Raeesa.Moolla@wits.ac.za.; School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwater	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full International journal of environmental research and public health Periodical, Abbrev. Int.J.Environ.Res.Public.Health. Pub Date Free Form 13-Apr Volume 12 Issue 4 Start Page 4101 Other Pages 4115 Notes LR: 20150506; JID: 101238455; 0 (Air Pollutants, Occupational); 0 (Benzene Derivatives); 0 (Gasoline); 0 (Xylenes); 3FPU23BG52 (Toluene); J64922108F (Benzene); L5I45M5G0O (ethylbenzene); OID: NLM: PMC4410235; 2015/03/10 [received]; 2015/03/26 [revised]; 2 Place of Publication Switzerland ISSN/ISBN 1660-4601; 1660-4601 Accession Number PMID: 25872020 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; IM DOI 10.3390/ijerph120404101 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 25872020 Abstract Diesel fuel is known to emit pollutants that have a negative impact on environmental and human health. In developing countries like South Africa, attendants are employed to pump fuel for customers at service stations. Attendants refuel vehicles with various octane unleaded fuel, lead-replacement petrol and diesel fuel, on a daily basis. Attendants are at risk to adverse health effects associated with the inhalation of volatile organic compounds released from these fuels. The pollutants released include benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes (BTEX), which are significant due to their high level of toxicity. In this study, a risk assessment of BTEX was conducted at a diesel service station for public buses. Using Radiello passive samplers, it was found that benzene concentrations were above recommended international standards. Due to poor ventilation and high exposure duration, the average benzene concentration over the sampling campaign exceeded the US Environmental Protection Agency's chronic inhalation exposure reference concentration. Lifetime cancer risk estimation showed that on average there is a 3.78 x 10-4 cancer risk, corresponding to an average chronic daily intake of 1.38 x 10-3 mg/kg/day of benzene exposure. Additionally, there were incidences where individuals were at potential hazard risk of benzene and toluene that may pose non-carcinogenic effects to employees. Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Moolla,R., Curtis,C.J., Knight,J. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic 20150413 PMCID PMC4410235 Editors
Crystal structure of 3-benzoyl-2-[(5-bromo-2-hydroxy-3-meth-oxy-benzyl-idene)amino]-4,5,6,7-tetra-hydr o-benzo[b]thio-phene	2015	Department of Studies in Chemistry, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006, India.; Department of Chemistry, Keene State College, 229 Main Street, Keene, NH 03435-2001, USA.; Department of Studies in Chemistry, University of Mysore, Manasaga	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Acta crystallographica.Section E, Crystallographic communications Periodical, Abbrev. Acta Crystallogr.E.Crystallogr.Commun. Pub Date Free Form 17-Jan Volume 71 Issue Pt 2 Start Page 176 Other Pages 179 Notes LR: 20150418; JID: 101648987; OID: NLM: PMC4384575; OTO: NOTNLM; 2015/02/01 [ecollection]; 2014/12/31 [received]; 2015/01/06 [accepted]; 2015/01/17 [epublish]; epublish Place of Publication England ISSN/ISBN 2056-9890 Accession Number PMID: 25878812 Language eng SubFile Journal Article DOI 10.1107/S2056989015000195 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 25878812 Abstract In the cyclo-hexene ring of the title compound, C23H20BrNO3S, the -(CH2)4- atoms are positionally disordered [occupancy ratio = 0.753 (6):0.247 (6)]. The ring has a half-chair conformation for both the major and minor components. The dihedral angles between the mean plane of the thio-phene ring and those of the benzene and phenyl rings are 35.2 (4) and 57.7 (3) degrees , respectively. The planes of the two aryl rings are twisted with respect to each other by 86.4 (6) degrees . In the mol-ecule, there is an O-Hcdots, three dots, centeredN hydrogen bond forming an S(6) ring motif. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked via C-Hcdots, three dots, centeredO hydrogen bonds, forming chains parallel to [100]. Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Kaur,M., Jasinski,J.P., Yathirajan,H.S., Glidewell,C., Byrappa,K. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic 20150117 PMCID PMC4384575 Editors
Crystal structure of 4-{(E)-[2-(pyridin-4-ylcarbon-yl)hydrazin-1-yl-idene]meth-yl}phenyl acetate monohydrate	2015	Department of Chemistry, Christ University, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560 029, India.; Department of Chemistry, Christ University, Hosur Road, Bangalore 560 029, India.; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Eastern University, Sri Lanka, Chenkalady, S	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Acta crystallographica.Section E, Crystallographic communications Periodical, Abbrev. Acta Crystallogr.E.Crystallogr.Commun. Pub Date Free Form 3-Jan Volume 71 Issue Pt 2 Start Page o79 Other Pages 80 Notes LR: 20150418; JID: 101648987; OID: NLM: PMC4384571; OTO: NOTNLM; 2015/02/01 [ecollection]; 2014/12/15 [received]; 2014/12/20 [accepted]; 2015/01/03 [epublish]; epublish Place of Publication England ISSN/ISBN 2056-9890 Accession Number PMID: 25878881 Language eng SubFile Journal Article DOI 10.1107/S2056989014027819 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 25878881 Abstract The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C15H13N3O3.H2O, comprises a 4-{(E)-[2-(pyridin-4-ylcarbon-yl)hydrazinyl-idene]meth-yl}phenyl acetate mol-ecule and a solvent water mol-ecule linked by O-Hcdots, three dots, centeredO and O-Hcdots, three dots, centeredN hydrogen bonds from the water mol-ecule and a C-Hcdots, three dots, centeredO contact from the organic mol-ecule. The compound adopts an E conformation with respect to the azomethine bond and the dihedral angle between the pyridine and benzene rings is 21.90 (7) degrees . The azomethine bond [1.275 (2) A] distance is very close to the formal C=N bond length, which confirms the azomethine bond formation. An extensive set of O-Hcdots, three dots, centeredO, O-Hcdots, three dots, centeredN, N-Hcdots, three dots, centeredO and C-Hcdots, three dots, centeredO hydrogen bonds builds a two-dimensional network progressing along the c axis. Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Datta,R., Ramya,V., Sithambaresan,M., Kurup,M.R. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic 20150103 PMCID PMC4384571 Editors

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