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Advantages, indications, and the manufacturing of melted PVC waterpipe splints	1994	Theuvenet, W.J., Plastic Reconstructive Hand Surgery, Lukas Hospital, 7300 DS Apeldoorn, Netherlands	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Leprosy review Periodical, Abbrev. Lepr.Rev. Pub Date Free Form 1994/ Volume 65 Issue 4 Start Page 385 Other Pages 395 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0305-7518 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract There are several indications when to use splints in the treatment of leprosy. PVC waterpipe is a cheap and easily available material in developing countries. Its advantages, indications, and the manufacturing of splints are described. Descriptors polyvinylchloride, talc, article, contracture, cost effectiveness analysis, developing country, dynamic splint, heating, immobilization, leprosy, splint, tube, ulcer healing Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Theuvenet,W. J., Ruchal,S. P., Soares,D. J., Roche,P. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Relationship of blood lead in women and children to domestic water lead	1979	MRC Epidemiol. Unit, Cardiff	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Nature Periodical, Abbrev. Nature Pub Date Free Form 1979/ Volume 282 Issue 5740 Start Page 712 Other Pages 713 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0028-0836 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Humans can be exposed to lead through food, drink, various occupations or hobbies and also some cosmetics. The contribution of these different exposures to the total body uptake varies between individuals and groups but it is generally accepted that food and drink are the major sources of body lead. On average, lead from water contributes markedly less to total intake than does lead from food. It has been suggested, however, that when average lead in water rises above 0.1 mg I-1 the intake from water begins to match or exceed that from food. We have previously reported that the mean blood lead levels in mothers and children on a housing estate with lead water pipes were over twice as high as those on an adjacent estate using copper pipes. Here we report that the blood lead levels, even when raised, remained very stable when lead exposures were unchanged. The removal of the lead water pipes produced a drop of approximately 50% in mean blood lead levels, reducing them to levels comparable to those on the copper piped estate. No other changes in lead exposure could be found to explain the variations in blood lead levels between the estates, and therefore the possibility of the large contribution of water lead to blood lead should be considered where the conditions described below are known to occur. Descriptors drinking water, lead, blood, blood and hemopoietic system, drug blood level, human cell, normal human, school child Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Thomas,H. F., Elwood,P. C., Welsby,E., St Leger,A. S. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Smoking cessation support in Iran: availability, sources & predictors	2011		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Indian J Med Res Periodical, Abbrev. Indian J.Med.Res. Pub Date Free Form Volume 133 Issue Start Page 627 Other Pages 32 Notes ID: 21727661 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Smoking cessation advice is known as an important factor in motivating smokers to quit smoking. We investigated the extent, sources and predictors of receiving unsolicited advice and seeking active advice for smoking cessation in Iran. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed as a part of Isfahan Healthy Heart Program (IHHP) on 9093 adult individuals (both men and women) in 2004-2005. Demographic characteristics, smoking status, sources and preferences for smoking cessation support were recorded. RESULTS: In the studied population, 66.8 and 14.4 per cent had received and asked for cessation support, respectively. Smokers had received advice from family (92.2%), friends (48.9%), physician (27.9%) and other health care providers (16.2%). Smokers had asked for cessation help more frequently from family (64.5%) and friends (42.0%). Women (OR: 0.59, 95% CI: 0.37-0.94) and singles (OR: 0.51, 95% CI: 0.36-0.71) received less advice. Hookah smokers received (OR: 0.23; 95% CI: 0.14-0.38) and asked (OR: 0.21; 95% CI: 0.06-0.68) for cessation help less than cigarette smokers. Receiving advice increased the odds of seeking support (OR: 7.98; 95% CI: 4.37-14.57). INTERPRETATION & CONCLUSIONS: Smokers` family and friends were more frequent sources for smoking cessation support. Tobacco control programmes can count on smokers` family and friends as available sources for smoking cessation support in countries where smoking cessation counselling services are less available. However, the role of physicians and health care workers in the smoking cessation counselling needs to be strengthened. Descriptors Smoking Cessation/methods, Smoking Cessation/psychology, Social Support, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Counseling, Cross-Sectional Studies, Family, Female, Friends, Humans, Iran, Male, Middle Aged, Physicians, Smoking/adverse effects, Questionnaires, Young Adult Links http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3135990/?tool=pubmed Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Toghianifar,Nafiseh, Sarrafzadegan,Nizal, Roohafza,Hamidreza, Sadeghi,Masoumeh, Eshrati,Babak, Sadri,Gholamhossein Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Mechanism of deposition of manganese in water pipes	1984	KNIPIBKS, Ministry of Building and Architecture, 1606 Sofia	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Water Supply Periodical, Abbrev. Water Supply Pub Date Free Form 1984/ Volume 2 Issue 2 Start Page 43 Other Pages 51 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0735-1917 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors drinking water, manganese, genetic engineering, nonhuman, pipeline, theoretical study, water quality, water treatment Links Book Title MECANISME DE L'ENTARTRAGE DE MANGANESE DANS LES CONDUITES D'EAU Database Embase Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Totev Iv.,, Peytchev,T. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Prospective study of risk factors for esophageal and gastric cancers in the Linxian General Population Trial cohort in China	2005	Taylor, P.R., Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, NCI, Bethesda, MD 20892-8314, United States	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 2005/01 Volume 113 Issue 3 Start Page 456 Other Pages 463 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0020-7136 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Esophageal cancer incidence and mortality rates in Linxian, China are among the highest in the world. We examined risk factors for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), gastric cardia cancer (GCC), and gastric noncardia cancer (GNCC) in a population-based, prospective study of 29,584 adults who participated in the Linxian General Population Trial. All study participants completed a baseline questionnaire that included questions on demographic characteristics, personal and family history of disease, and lifestyle factors. After 15 years of follow-up, a total of 3,410 incident upper gastrointestinal cancers were identified, including 1,958 ESCC, 1,089 GCC and 363 GNCC. Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate risks. Increased age and a positive family history of esophageal cancer (including ESCC or GCC) were significantly associated with risk at all 3 cancer sites. Additional risk factors for ESCC included being born in Linxian, increased height, cigarette smoking and pipe smoking; for GCC, male gender, consumption of moldy breads and pipe smoking; and for GNCC, male gender and cigarette smoking. Protective factors for ESCC included formal education, water piped into the home, increased consumption of meat, eggs and fresh fruits and increased BMI; for GCC, formal education, water piped into the home, increased consumption of eggs and fresh fruits and alcohol consumption; and for GNCC, increased weight and BMI. General socioeconomic status (SES) is a common denominator in many of these factors and improving SES is a promising approach for reducing the tremendous burden of upper gastrointestinal cancers in Linxian. Descriptors adult, aged, alcohol consumption, article, body mass, bread, cancer localization, cancer mortality, cancer risk, China, smoking, education, egg, esophagus cancer, family history, female, follow up, food intake, fruit, gender, height, human, incidence, lifestyle, major clinical study, male, meat, population research, priority journal, prospective study, questionnaire, risk factor, socioeconomics, stomach cancer, vegetable, water supply Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Tran,G. D., Sun,X. -D, Abnet,C. C., Fan,J. -H, Dawsey,S. M., Dong,Z. -W, Mark,S. D., Qiao,Y. -L, Taylor,P. R. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
An analytical consideration of undersoil heating	1973	Trezek, George J., Dept. Mech. Engin., Univ. California, Berkeley, Calif. 94720	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Journal of environmental quality Periodical, Abbrev. J.Environ.Qual. Pub Date Free Form 1973/10 Volume 2 Issue 4 Start Page 458 Other Pages 462 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0047-2425 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract The feasibility of using reject heat from electrical power plants for undersoil heating has been analytically considered. Since soil is a poor thermal conductor, a suitable arrangement of undersoil pipes is required in order to achieve a somewhat uniformly elevated soil temperature. Two dimensional steady temperature profiles in soil resulting from a warm water pipe having a wall temperature of 37.8C were computed for several pipe configurations and surface heat transfer coefficients of 1.36 and 136 cal.sec-1.m-2C-1. Values of heat transfer on the order of 5 cal.sec-1.sec-1.m-1 can be obtained. Calculations indicate that in order to apply this technique for the utilization of significant portions of reject heat, the system must be viewed in terms of an agricultural power plant complex encompassing large quantities of land. Descriptors environmental health Links Book Title Database Embase Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Trezek,G. J., Obeng,D. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Effect of heavy metals and benzene on porphyrin synthesis of human epithelial larynx carcinoma cells (HEp-2)	2001	Herbarth, O., UFZ - Umweltforsch. Ztrm. L.-H. GmbH, Sekt. Expositionsforsch./Epidemiol., Medizinische Fak. der Univ. Leipzig, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Umweltmedizin in Forschung und Praxis Periodical, Abbrev. Umweltmed.Forsch.Prax. Pub Date Free Form 2001/ Volume 6 Issue 4 Start Page 221 Other Pages 230 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 1430-8681 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Aim of the investigation was to prepare an environmental epidemiological test to detect the effects of pollutants by a pattern of porphyrin excretion in the urine. The task was to test whether lead, mercury, copper, zinc and benzene in environmentally relevant concentrations influence porphyrin synthesis of cells. The model used was the permanent epithelial larynx carcinoma cell line HEp-2, which was stimulated to synthesize porphyrins by adding Î´-amino-levulinic acid (Î´-ALA) in excess. 8- to 4-carboxyporphyrins and protoporphyrin IX were measured both in the cells and in the culture medium by means of high performance liquid cromatography (HPLC). The following pollutant effects were found: lead: extracellular increase of hexacarboxyporphyrin and intracellular decrease of heptacarboxy- and copro-porphyrin; mercury: extracellular decrease of heptacarboxyporphyrin and intracellular increase of coproporphyrin; copper: extracellular decrease of uro-, coproporphyrin and protoporphyrin IX, extracellular increase of heptacarboxyporphyrin and intracellular decrease of uro-, heptacarboxy- and coproporphyrin; zinc: extracellular increase of coproporphyrin; benzene: a tendency to extracellular increase of hexacarboxyporphyrin. The main result is the decrease in the concentrations of porphyrins caused by copper. This result is possibly linked to gastro-intestinal diseases among children due to drinking water from copper water pipes. Descriptors aminolevulinic acid, benzene, copper, heavy metal, lead, mercury, porphyrin, protoporphyrin, zinc, article, carcinoma cell, cell culture, culture medium, drinking, gastrointestinal disease, heme synthesis, high performance liquid chromatography, human, larynx carcinoma, pollutant, urinary excretion, water contamination Links Book Title Wirkung von schwermetallen und benzol auf die porphyrinsynthese von humanen epithelialen larynxkarzinomzellen (HEp-2) Database Embase Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Tumat,C., Kath,H. -G, Perlewitz,J., Herbarth,O., Manuwald,O. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Status and diet in precontact highland Ecuador	1995	Ubelaker, D.H., Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, United States	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full American Journal of Physical Anthropology Periodical, Abbrev. Am.J.Phys.Anthropol. Pub Date Free Form 1995/ Volume 97 Issue 4 Start Page 403 Other Pages 411 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0002-9483 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Excavation at the Ecuadorian highland site of La Florida in suburban Quito revealed six deep shaft tombs yielding high-status individuals (n = 9) as well as apparent sacrifices and other low-status individuals (n = 23). Determination of sex and age at death of the recovered skeletal remains resulted in a sample of 32 individuals aged from approximately 7 to 50 years of age. The sample of 18 individuals over the age of 18 years included 14 females and 4 males. Temporally, the remains are assigned to the Chaupicruz Phase (circa 100 to 450 AD) of the Regional Developmental Period. In this study, we analyze stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen from human bone in order to compare the diets of the high- and low-status individuals. Stable carbon isotope analyses were carried out on preserved protein and biological apatite (bioapatite), and stable nitrogen isotope analyses were carried out on preserved protein. There is a statistically significant difference in Î´13C between the two groups for both protein and mineral sources of carbon with evidence for the greater consumption of maize in the high-status group. There is no significant difference in Î´15N between the two groups, nor is there a significant difference in the spacing between protein and mineral Î´13C values between the two groups. Ethnohistorical evidence for the 16th century AD provides the expectation that the only dietary difference was the higher consumption of animal protein by the elite. There is no evidence for this based on the bone chemistry data from La Florida. Instead, the isotope data, along with the archaeological evidence, indicate that the major dietary difference during the Chaupicruz Phase was the greater intake of maize by the elite, probably in the form of beer (chicha). Descriptors carbon, collagen, nitrogen, adult, age determination, article, beer, child, diet, Ecuador, female, food intake, human, isotope labeling, maize, male, morphology, protein intake, sex determination, skeleton, social status Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Ubelaker,D. H., Katzenberg,M. A., Doyon,L. G. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Competitive adsorption of chloroform and iron ion onto activated carbon fiber	1999	Tanada, S., Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kinki University, Kowake, Osaka 577-8502, Japan	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Journal of colloid and interface science Periodical, Abbrev. J.Colloid Interface Sci. Pub Date Free Form 1999/12 Volume 220 Issue 2 Start Page 406 Other Pages 409 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0021-9797 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Chloroform in tap water has been a significant problem because it may be a carcinogenic substituent. Iron ion exists in tap water because of dissolution from iron water pipes. Iron ions in tap water cause discoloration and a bad odor. The isotherms of chloroform and iron ion adsorption onto activated carbon fibers in a single solution (chloroform or iron ion) and in a binary mixture solution (chloroform and iron ion) were investigated to estimate the competitiveness between chloroform and iron ions. The amount of adsorbed iron ions increased with increasing pore volume of the activated carbon fibers, while that of chloroform decreased. The amount of chloroform adsorbed onto the activated carbon fibers in the binary mixture solution was greater than that in the single solution. These results indicate that the adsorption of chloroform and iron ion onto activated carbon fibers could be competitive. Descriptors activated carbon, chloroform, iron, tap water, adsorption, article, chemical reaction kinetics, controlled study, fiber, priority journal, surface property Links Book Title Database Embase Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Uchida,M., Ito,S., Kawasaki,N., Nakamura,T., Tanada,S. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Effets du tabac sur la maladie parodontale	2009		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 26 Issue 10 Start Page 1057 Other Pages 73 Notes ID: 20032842 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language fr SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract INTRODUCTION: Smoking is an independent risk factor for periodontal disease and tooth loss. STATE OF THE ART: Smoking impairs inflammatory and immune responses to periodontal pathogens, and exerts both systemic and local effects. Periodontal disease is increased both in prevalence and severity in smokers. Smoking is a predisposing factor to acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis and is associated with an increased rate of periodontal disease in terms of pocket formation and attachment loss, as well as alveolar bone loss. Cigar, pipe, water-pipe and cannabis smoking have similar adverse effects on periodontal health as cigarette smoking. Passive smoking is also an independent periodontal disease risk factor. Smokeless tobacco is associated with localized periodontal disease. Smokers respond less favourably to both non-surgical and surgical treatments and have higher failure rates and complications following dental implantation. Smoking cessation may halt the disease progression and improve the outcome of periodontal treatment. CONCLUSION: Smoking cessation counselling should be an integral part of periodontal therapy and prevention. Descriptors Periodontal Diseases/etiology, Smoking/adverse effects, Humans Links http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/mdl-20032842 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Underner,M., Maes,I., Urban,T., Meurice,J-C Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors

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