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Predictors of narghile (water-pipe) smoking in a sample of American Arab Yemeni adolescents	2008		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full J Transcult Nurs Periodical, Abbrev. J.Transcult.Nurs. Pub Date Free Form Volume 19 Issue 1 Start Page 24 Other Pages 32 Notes ID: 18165423 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract To explore the predictors of water-pipe smoking among American Arab Yemeni adolescents, a descriptive correlational design was used, and regression models representing the proposed relationships in the study were tested from a convenience sample of 297 adolescents who attended a teen health clinic and two high schools. The participants completed five measures. Fourteen hypotheses were tested. Experimentation with tobacco was found to be significant in predicting narghile smoking. Tobacco use prevention and cessation interventions for this population can be focused on targeting the family and peer units, from which their identity is likely derived. Descriptors Adolescent Behavior/ethnology, Arabs/ethnology, Attitude to Health/ethnology, Smoking/ethnology, Adolescent, Arabs/education, Educational Status, Female, Health Services Needs and Demand, Humans, Income/statistics & numerical data, Male, Michigan/epidemiology, Nursing Methodology Research, Parents/psychology, Peer Group, Psychology, Adolescent, Regression Analysis, Risk Factors, Risk-Taking, Self Concept, Smoking/prevention & control, Questionnaires, Water, Yemen/ethnology Links http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1043659607309141 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Baker,Omar G., Rice,Virginia Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Root and shoot growth, assimilate partitioning and cell proliferation in roots of sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) grown in filtered and unfiltered chambers	1996	Bambridge, L., Biochemistry Physiology Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Environmental Pollution Periodical, Abbrev. Environ.Pollut. Pub Date Free Form 1996/ Volume 92 Issue 3 Start Page 343 Other Pages 347 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0269-7491 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Rooted cuttings of clonal Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) were grown from April to October in 1 m long tubes sunk into the ground inside open top chambers. The same experiment was repeated in each of two consecutive years using a different clone of Sitka spruce each year. Air was either passed directly into the chambers (ambient ail) or passed over charcoal filters which removed the majority of gaseous pollutants before entering the chambers (filtered air). Ambient pollution did not appear to influence the growth of Sitka spruce at least over the experimental period used. No significant differences were found between plants exposed to ambient or filtered air in terms of shoot and root dry mass, needle dry mass, root length, carbohydrate content of roots and needles, and in the percentage of meristematic cells close to the apex in each phase or interphase or undergoing mitosis. Descriptors carbohydrate, charcoal, air pollutant, article, carbohydrate analysis, cell count, cell proliferation, clone, experiment, forestry, mass, mitosis, plant growth, plant root, pollution control, tree Links Book Title Database Embase Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Bambridge,L., Harmer,R., Macleod,R. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Epidemiology of bladder cancer in Alexandria, Egypt: Tobacco smoking	1997	La Vecchia, C., Ricerche Farmacol. Inst. 'M. Negri', 20157 Milan, Italy	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full International Journal of Cancer Periodical, Abbrev. Int.J.Cancer Pub Date Free Form 1997/ Volume 73 Issue 1 Start Page 64 Other Pages 67 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0020-7136 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract The relationship between smoking and bladder cancer risk was investigated using data from a case-control study conducted between January 1994 and July 1996 in Alexandria, Egypt. Cases were 151 males with incident, histologically confirmed invasive cancer of the bladder, and controls were 157 males admitted to hospital for acute, non-neoplastic, non-urinary tract, non-smoking-related conditions. With reference to never smokers, ex-smokers had a multivariate odds ratio (OR) of 4.4 [95% confidence interval (Cl) 1.7- [1.7] and current smokers of 6.6 (95% Cl 3.1-13.9). The ORs were 5.4 for 40 years), and inversely related to age at starting (OR of 8.8 for starting <20 years), and inversely related to time since quitting smoking. Compared with never smokers who did not report a clinical history of schistosomiasis, the OR was 9.4 for smokers with a history of schistosomiasis, and 10.7 for smokers ever employed in high-risk occupations compared with non-smokers not reporting such a history. Thus, our results, while not giving indications of an increased bladder cancer risk with habits other than cigarette smoking, found a remarkably strong association with various measures of cigarette smoking that could explain 75% of bladder cancer cases among males from Alexandria. The prevalence of smoking was very low among women, and consequently tobacco was not a relevant risk factor for female bladder cancer. Descriptors article, bladder cancer, cancer epidemiology, cancer risk, controlled study, Egypt, human, major clinical study, male, priority journal, risk factor, smoking Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Bedwani,R., El-Khwsky,F., Renganathan,E., Braga,C., Abu Seif,H. H., Azm,T. A., Zaki,A., Franceschi,S., Boffetta,P., La Vecchia,C. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Knowledge of and attitudes towards tobacco control among smoking and non-smoking physicians in 2 Gulf Arab states	2004		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Saudi Med J Periodical, Abbrev. Saudi Med.J. Pub Date Free Form Volume 25 Issue 5 Start Page 585 Other Pages 91 Notes ID: 15138525 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract OBJECTIVE: The global health professional survey is a project organized by the World Health Organization, to determine the smoking habits, knowledge and attitude towards tobacco control of health professionals in several countries around the world. This paper presents data from Kuwait and Bahrain. METHODS: The survey period was between May 2000 and March 2001. A questionnaire was distributed to all physicians in Bahrain and to a random sample from Kuwait. The responses to knowledge and attitude questions were on a scale of 1-5, (1 strongly agree, 2 agree, 3 unsure, 4 disagree and 5 strongly disagree). RESULTS: Four hundred and seventy physicians from Bahrain and 1095 from Kuwait completed the questionnaire. The prevalence of cigarette smoking in Kuwait was: current smokers 18.4%, previous smokers 15.8%, Bahrain 14.6% and 14.3%. The prevalence of shisha smoking was 12% and 6.4% for Kuwait and Bahrain, (p=0.004). The mean scores of agreement with the association between passive smoking and lung diseases, lower respiratory tract infections in children were 1.6, 1.7 and 1.8, 1.9 for non smoking physicians and smoking physicians (P<0.01). The mean scores of agreement with the following policies: large health warning on cigarette packages, complete ban on tobacco advertisement and an increase in the price of cigarette were 1.3, 1.4, 1.7 and 1.7, 1.7, 2.5 for smoking and non-smoking physicians (p<0.01). CONCLUSION: Smoking physicians have less knowledge and less favorable attitude towards tobacco control compared to non-smokers. There was no difference in the prevalence of cigarette smoking between Kuwait and Bahrain, but the prevalence of shisha smoking was higher in Kuwait. Descriptors Attitude of Health Personnel, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Physicians/statistics & numerical data, Smoking Cessation, Smoking/epidemiology, Adult, Bahrain/epidemiology, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Kuwait/epidemiology, Male, Middle Aged, Physicians/psychology, Sampling Studies, Smoking/adverse effects, Smoking/prevention & control, Smoking Cessation/psychology Links http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/mdl-15138525 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Behbehani,Nasser N., Hamadeh,Randah R., Macklai,Nejma S. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Concerning the article by G.A. Stepanenko, V.M. Kucheriava "Current status of water fluoridation in household water pipes of the Ukrainian S.S.R. and ways of its further improvement"	1990	Beliaev, N.N.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Gigiena i sanitariia Periodical, Abbrev. Gig.Sanit. Pub Date Free Form / Volume Issue 4 Start Page 90 Other Pages Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0016-9900 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors article, fluoridation, standard, Ukraine, water supply Links Book Title Po povodu stat'i G. A. Stepanenko, V. M. Kucheriavoi "Sovremennoe sostoianie ftorirovaniia vody na khoziaistvenno-pit'evykh vodoprovodakh USSR i puti ego dal'neishego sovershenstovaniia". Database MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Beliaev,N. N. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Le narguilÃ© et ses effets sur la santÃ©. Partie I : le narguilÃ©, description gÃ©nÃ©rale et propriÃ©tÃ©s	2009		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Rev Pneumol Clin Periodical, Abbrev. Rev.Pneumol.Clin. Pub Date Free Form Volume 65 Issue 6 Start Page 369 Other Pages 75 Notes ID: 19995660 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language fr SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract A narghile is a water-pipe used to smoke a tobacco preparation. As the smoker inhales, the tobacco smoke is sucked down from the bowl and then bubbles up through the water into the air of the smoke chamber and then through the hose to the smoker. Its origins are mysterious and controversial. Nevertheless it remains, under different names, an object used regularly by more than one hundred million people in the world. Since the eighties and especially nineties, its consumption has grown significantly and is now considered to be a worldwide epidemic. However, the knowledge about the effects of narghile smoke on health is partial and sometimes contradictory. Indeed, we are witnessing increasing confusion in biomedical studies and scientific debate about its health impact is unresolved. Given this situation, revealing a serious and profound lack of information about the real nature and toxicity of hookah smoke, the authors conducted this two-part study. The first part presents epidemiological data, describes the narghile and the different types of narghile tobacco and exposes the composition of narghile smoke. The second part highlights the lack of reliable data about the detrimental effects of the narghile pipe on health and especially on the cardiopulmonary function. Descriptors Cross-Cultural Comparison, Smoking/adverse effects, Tobacco Use Disorder/epidemiology, Adolescent, Adult, Cross-Sectional Studies, Equipment Design, Female, Humans, Incidence, Male, Risk Factors, Smoking/epidemiology, Tobacco Smoke Pollution/adverse effects, Young Adult Links http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pneumo.2009.08.010 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Ben Saad,H. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Aptitude aÃ©robie sous-maximale et qualitÃ© de vie des fumeurs exclusifs de narguilÃ©	2010		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Rev Mal Respir Periodical, Abbrev. Rev.Mal.Respir. Pub Date Free Form Volume 27 Issue 5 Start Page 489 Other Pages 95 Notes ID: 20569882 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language fr SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract BACKGROUND: It is well known that oxidative stress is increased significantly by regular water-pipe smoking (WPS). This could lead to muscle dysfunction and thus to impairments of exercise and quality of life (QOL). Considering the impressive number of WP smokers, we intend to investigate the potential effect of WPS on submaximal exercise capacity and QOL. AIMS: (1). To evaluate the submaximal exercise capacity by the 6-minutes walking test (6-MWT). (2). To compare the deficiency, incapacity and QOL data of exclusive WPS with those of two control groups (never smokers and exclusive cigarette smokers). (3). To determine the factors influencing the 6-minutes walk distance (6-MWD) of WPS subjects. METHODS: A multicentre study including 180 exclusive WPS > or =5 WP-year] men aged > or =40 years. Cigar or cigarette smoking, contraindications to the 6-MWT or cortico-steroid therapy will be exclusion criteria. QOL evaluation, spirometry, electrocardiogram and two 6-MWT will be performed. Signs of exercise impairment will be: 6-MWD or =5/10, haemoglobin saturation fall > or =5 points. Data from WPS subjects will be compared with those from 90 never smoking subjects and 90 exclusives cigarettes smokers. EXPECTED RESULTS: (1). WPS will affect significantly the submaximal exercise capacity. (2). Resting spirometric, 6-MWT and QOL data of exclusive WPS subjects will be significantly reduced compared to never smoking subjects. (3). The 6-MWD's of exclusive WPS subjects will be significantly influenced by cumulative WP consumption, by resting spirometric data, by obesity and by physical activity score. Descriptors Exercise Tolerance, Quality of Life, Smoking/physiopathology, Adult, Cross-Sectional Studies, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Multicenter Studies as Topic, Water Links http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmr.2010.03.009 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Ben Saad,H., Babba,M., Boukamcha,R., Latiri,I., Knani,J., Slama,R., Bougmiza,I., Zbidi,A., Tabka,Z. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Comparison of cigarette and waterpipe smoking among pupils in the urban area of Sousse, Tunisia. Tunis Med. 2010 Jul; 88(7):470-3.(Letter to editor). Pro	2011		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Tunis Med Periodical, Abbrev. Tunis.Med. Pub Date Free Form Volume 89 Issue 5 Start Page 505 Other Pages 6 Notes ID: 21557194 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors Smoking/epidemiology, Students/statistics & numerical data, Urban Population/statistics & numerical data, Bias (Epidemiology), Humans, Tobacco/chemistry, Tobacco Use Disorder/epidemiology, Tunisia/epidemiology, World Health Organization Links http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/mdl-21557194 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Ben Saad,Helmi, Chaouachi,Kamal Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Osteochondritis (CalvÃ©'s disease) of a vertebral body: a rare form of vertebra plana (T. Shisha et al.)	2006		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Eur Spine J Periodical, Abbrev. Eur.Spine J. Pub Date Free Form Volume 15 Issue 3 Start Page 384 Other Pages 5 Notes ID: 16254714 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors Osteochondritis/complications, Spinal Diseases/etiology, Spine/pathology, Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Eosinophilic Granuloma/complications, Eosinophilic Granuloma/pathology, Humans, Necrosis/etiology, Necrosis/pathology, Osteochondritis/pathology, Spinal Diseases/pathology Links http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3489293/?tool=pubmed Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Benoist,Michel Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Legionellosis: clinical and epidemiological data	1997	Berbecar, S., Institutul de Medicina Aeronautica.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Bacteriologia, Virusologia, Parazitologia, Epidemiologia (Bucharest, Romania : 1990) Periodical, Abbrev. Bacteriol.Virusol.Parazitol.Epidemiol. Pub Date Free Form / Volume 42 Issue 2-Jan Start Page 103 Other Pages 106 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 1220-3696 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Legionellosis is a contagious disease occurring either sporadically or more frequently in outbreaks, the infections being caused by members of the family Legionellaceae. The disease may show two clinical forms, i.e.: 1) the pneumonic form characterized by fever, pulmonary, neurologic and often hepatic and renal affections, severe evolution and high mortality rate; and 2) non-pneumonic form similar to influenza infection. Occurrence of the disease was mentioned almost all over the world its incidence in Europe reaching 1-3%. The infection sources are: warm water supply systems of hospitals, hotels etc.; water cooling towers, humidifier of air-conditioning systems, disperses for therapeutically applied aerosols, water sprinkling equipment, etc. Incubation period of the disease is 2-10 days. The factors favoring infection have to be looked for with all the conditions generating a decrease in activity of immunization system. Disease control steps through eliminating infection sources: water hyperchlorination, increase of water temperature in water supply systems at 60 degrees C for short periods, detachment of non-functional water pipes from the main trunk line. Occurrence of legionellosis is monitored by both active and passive means applied within the country and on an international level through the Reference Centres for Legionellosis. Descriptors article, health, human, incidence, legionnaire disease, prevalence Links Book Title Legioneloza: date clinice ÅŸi epidemiologice. Database MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Berbecar,S. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors

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