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Life cycle assessment: Comparing strategic options for the mains infrastructure - Part I	1999	Dennison, F.J., Thames Water Utilities Ltd., Spencer House, Reading, Berkshire RG2 0JN, United Kingdom	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Water Science and Technology Periodical, Abbrev. Water Sci.Technol. Pub Date Free Form 1999/ Volume 39 Issue 11-Oct Start Page 315 Other Pages 319 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0273-1223 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract This paper presents the preliminary results of a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study which aims to compare two different potable water pipe materials: ductile iron (DI) and medium density polyethylene (MDPE). Stages where environmental impacts may be reduced in the life cycle of these pipes have been highlighted. A takeback scheme between water companies and pipe suppliers has been identified as an environmental improvement to the current disposal stage of the pipe life cycle. Potential exists for dual-use or reuse of abandoned mains. Descriptors drinking water, iron, polyethylene, conference paper, pipeline, water supply Links Book Title Database Embase Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Dennison,F. J., Azapagic,A., Clift,R., Colbourne,J. S. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Water saturnism; role of an electric wire connected with the water pipe	1953		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full La Presse mÃ©dicale Periodical, Abbrev. Presse Med. Pub Date Free Form 1953/10 Volume 61 Issue 62 Start Page 1247 Other Pages 1248 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0032-7867 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Descriptors water, electricity, human, lead poisoning Links Book Title Saturnisme hydrique--role d'un branchement de T.S.F Database MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Desoille,H., Albahary,C. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Irrigation, groundwater exploitation and cult of water in the rural settlements of Sabina, Central Italy, in Roman times	2007	Di Leo, A., Istituto Comprensivo Falcone e Borsellino, 00162 - Roma, Italy	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Generic Periodical, Full Water Science and Technology: Water Supply Periodical, Abbrev. Water Sci. Technol. Water Supply Pub Date Free Form 2007/ Volume 7 Issue 1 Start Page 191 Other Pages 199 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 1606-9749 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Archaeological surveys conducted in Sabina, about 50 km away from Rome, intended to reconstruct the ancient agricultural and pastoral landscape. They identified interesting remains of roman small family farms at Montenero Sabino and Mompeo (province of Rieti), villages located near Via Salaria (the "salt way") and the Farfa stream, a tributary of the Tiber River, which in ancient times, both were the main trade routes of central Italy, linking Rome to the Apennines and to the Adriatic coast. There a network of underground channels and tanks, fictile water pipes and pools, at times connected to one another, was found. Many of them are still used today, given the low population growth and the lack of modern industrial development of this area and to its isolation, in spite of its proximity to Rome. Moreover the study area holds a votive stone dedicated to the Sabine-Roman goddess of water Vacuna, a multiform Sabine and Central-Italic goddess with many characteristics and functions, known also as Minerva-Bellona-Victoria, Feronia, Caerere, or as Angerona-Angitia. It was related to an agricultural-pastoral shrine for the cult of water whose anthropological relevance still survives in yearly livestock fairs and in the local worship of the Holy Mary of parturients. Â© IWA Publishing 2007. Descriptors ground water, agricultural management, archeology, industrial area, irrigation (agriculture), livestock, review, rural area, tillage, water management, water supply Links Book Title Database Embase Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Di Leo,A., Tallini,M. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Trichloroacetic acid cycling in Sitka spruce saplings and effects on sapling health following long term exposure	2004	Heal, M.R., School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JJ, United Kingdom	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Environmental Pollution Periodical, Abbrev. Environ.Pollut. Pub Date Free Form / Volume 130 Issue 2 Start Page 165 Other Pages 176 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0269-7491 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Trichloroacetic acid (TCA, CCl3COOH) has been associated with forest damage but the source of TCA to trees is poorly characterised. To investigate the routes and effects of TCA uptake in conifers, 120 Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr) saplings were exposed to control, 10 or 100 Î¼g l-1 solutions of TCA applied twice weekly to foliage only or soil only over two consecutive 5-month growing seasons. At the end of each growing season similar elevated TCA concentrations (approximate range 200-300 ng g-1 dwt) were detected in both foliage and soil-dosed saplings exposed to 100 Î¼g l-1 TCA solutions showing that TCA uptake can occur from both exposure routes. Higher TCA concentrations in branchwood of foliage-dosed saplings suggest that atmospheric TCA in solution is taken up indirectly into conifer needles via branch and stemwood. TCA concentrations in needles declined slowly by only 25-30% over 6 months of winter without dosing. No effect of TCA exposure on sapling growth was measured during the experiment. However at the end of the first growing season needles of saplings exposed to 10 or 100 Î¼g l-1 foliage-applied TCA showed significantly more visible damage, higher activities of some detoxifying enzymes, lower protein contents and poorer water control than needles of saplings dosed with the same TCA concentrations to the soil. At the end of each growing season the combined TCA storage in needles, stemwood, branchwood and soil of each sapling was <6% of TCA applied. Even with an estimated half-life of tens of days for within-sapling elimination of TCA during the growing season, this indicates that TCA is eliminated rapidly before uptake or accumulates in another compartment. Although TCA stored in sapling needles accounted for only a small proportion of TCA stored in the sapling/soil system it appears to significantly affect some measures of sapling health. Â© 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Descriptors trichloroacetic acid, water, air pollution indicator, article, bioaccumulation, concentration process, concentration response, conifer, correlation analysis, detoxification, enzyme activity, foliage, half life time, long term exposure, phytochemistry, plant damage, plant growth, pollution, seasonal variation, sitka spruce, soil analysis, statistical significance, water analysis, winter Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Dickey,C. A., Heal,K. V., Stidson,R. T., Koren,R., SchrÃ¶der,P., Cape,J. N., Heal,M. R. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Secondhand smoke exposure, awareness, and prevention among African-born women	2010		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Am J Prev Med Periodical, Abbrev. Am.J.Prev.Med. Pub Date Free Form Volume 39 Issue 6 Start Page S37 Other Pages 43 Notes ID: 21074676 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract BACKGROUND: Little research exists on exposure to the health risks of secondhand smoke among women and children in African immigrant communities. PURPOSE: This exploratory study aims to understand the prevalence of secondhand smoke exposure; assess levels of awareness of the dangers of secondhand smoke; and identify strategies for building increased awareness of these issues in African immigrant communities in Minnesota. METHODS: Key informant interviews with ten African women community leaders, focus groups with 29 female African youth, and surveys of 223 African women were conducted between August 2008 and March 2009. The focus groups and key informant interviews were in English, and the surveys were in English, French, Oromo, and Somali. RESULTS: Over one quarter of African women reported daily exposure to cigarette smoke, and one in ten women reported daily exposure to smoke from shisha (fruit-flavored tobacco smoked in a hookah or waterpipe). Many respondents had general awareness of the health impacts of tobacco smoke, but some were unsure. The majority felt that increased awareness was badly needed in their communities. Awareness of the health impacts of shisha smoking was particularly low. Strategies for increasing awareness include: using media and visual images, attending large gatherings, and appealing to community members' priorities, including protecting their children. CONCLUSIONS: Exposure to secondhand smoke among women and children in African immigrant communities in Minnesota is substantial. Awareness about the health impacts of secondhand smoke exposure in these communities needs to be increased. Disseminating visual information at existing community gatherings or appealing to individual priorities may be the best approaches to increase awareness and motivate change. Descriptors Environmental Exposure/prevention & control, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Tobacco Smoke Pollution/prevention & control, Adolescent, Adult, Africa/ethnology, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Emigrants and Immigrants, Environmental Exposure/adverse effects, Environmental Exposure/statistics & numerical data, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Minnesota, Prevalence, Tobacco Smoke Pollution/adverse effects, Tobacco Smoke Pollution/statistics & numerical data, Young Adult Links http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2010.08.011 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Dillon,Kristin A., Chase,Richard A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Izuchenie sredinnykh struktur mozga i sistemy likvoroobrashcheniia v usloviiakh patologii tsentral'noi nervnoi sistemy	1996		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Arkh Patol Periodical, Abbrev. Arkh.Patol. Pub Date Free Form Volume 58 Issue 3 Start Page 30 Other Pages 3 Notes ID: 8967839 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language ru SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract The author offers an original method of the study of the midbrain structures and liquor circulation system (the third ventricle, brain water-pipe, the fourth ventricle) in the small cavity in the course of autopsy. The position of the middle structures is characterized by means of the angle measuring of their borders against bone structures of the base and vault of the skull. The method allows to assess morphometrically the degree of dislocation of the middle structures in pathological conditions accompanied by brain edema. Descriptors Central Nervous System Diseases/pathology, Mesencephalon/pathology, Brain Injuries/cerebrospinal fluid, Brain Injuries/pathology, Brain Mapping, Catheterization, Central Nervous System Diseases/cerebrospinal fluid, Cerebral Ventricles/pathology, Humans, Mesencephalon/anatomy & histology Links http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/mdl-8967839 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Dobrovol'skii,G.F. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Midbrain structures and the cerebrospinal fluid circulation system in central nervous system disease	1996	Dobrovol'skii, G.F.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Arkhiv Patologii Periodical, Abbrev. Arkh.Patol. Pub Date Free Form / Volume 58 Issue 3 Start Page 30 Other Pages 33 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0004-1955 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract The author offers an original method of the study of the midbrain structures and liquor circulation system (the third ventricle, brain water-pipe, the fourth ventricle) in the small cavity in the course of autopsy. The position of the middle structures is characterized by means of the angle measuring of their borders against bone structures of the base and vault of the skull. The method allows to assess morphometrically the degree of dislocation of the middle structures in pathological conditions accompanied by brain edema. Descriptors article, brain injury, brain mapping, brain ventricle, catheterization, central nervous system disease, cerebrospinal fluid, histology, human, mesencephalon, pathology Links Book Title Izuchenie sredinnykh struktur mozga i sistemy likvoroobrashcheniia v usloviiakh patologii tsentral'noi nervnoi sistemy. Database MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Dobrovol'skii,G. F. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Vandpiberygning--en gennemgang af et Cochrane-review	2009		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Ugeskr Laeger Periodical, Abbrev. Ugeskr.Laeger Pub Date Free Form Volume 171 Issue 38 Start Page 2721 Other Pages 3 Notes ID: 19758493 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language da SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract More than half the younger population in Denmark have tried water-pipe smoking, but very few smoke daily or weekly. Water-pipe smoke contains approximately the same harmful substances as cigarette smoke. Accordingly, it is expected that water-pipe smoking will have the same harmful effect on health and be as addictive as other forms of tobacco smoking. The limited epidemiologic evidence seems to indicate that water-pipe smoking is as damaging to health as other forms of tobacco smoking. A Cochrane-review did not find a single study of water-pipe smoking cessation. Descriptors Smoking, Adult, Denmark/epidemiology, Female, Humans, Male, Risk Factors, Smoking/adverse effects, Smoking/epidemiology, Smoking/prevention & control, Smoking Cessation, Tobacco Use Disorder/etiology, Tobacco Use Disorder/prevention & control, Water, Young Adult Links http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/mdl-19758493 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors DÃ¸ssing,Martin Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Heavy metal determination of house dust in Adapazari, Turkey, after earthquake	2002	Dundar, M.S., Sakarya University, Fen-Edeb. FakÃ¼ltesi, Kimya BÃ¶lÃ¼mÃ¼, TR-54100 Mithatpasa-Adapazari, Turkey	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Trace Elements and Electrolytes Periodical, Abbrev. Trace Elem.Electrolytes Pub Date Free Form 2002/ Volume 19 Issue 2 Start Page 55 Other Pages 58 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0946-2104 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract The present paper reports on heavy metal pollution in house dust samples collected after the 1999 Turkish earthquake. A total of 80 samples were collected in predetermined houses and control samples collected from non-effected areas throughout Adapazari, Turkey, after the earthquake (August 17, 1999) and analyzed for Pb, Cd, Cr, Cu, Zn and Ni using the flame atomic absorption spectrophotometric method after wet digestion. The sampling sites were divided into 8 categories, including the control site. Concentration of heavy metals in such house dusts are extremely variable. Dust levels were observed to increase a lot after earthquake because of the reconstruction of city roads, sewage and water pipes, demolishing of damaged buildings, etc. Thus, the results showed that the mean levels of Pb, Cd, Cr, Cu, Zn and Ni in houses on the streets with heavy traffic increased. Descriptors cadmium, chromium, copper, heavy metal, lead, nickel, zinc, air pollution, article, atomic absorption spectrometry, developing country, earthquake, house dust, priority journal, sampling, traffic, Turkey (republic) Links Book Title Database Embase Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Dundar,M. S., Altundag,H. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Experimental based experiences with the introduction of a water safety plan for a multi-located university clinic and its efficacy according to WHO recommendations	2007	Kramer, A., Institute for Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University, 17489 Greifswald, Germany	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full BMC Public Health Periodical, Abbrev. BMC Public Health Pub Date Free Form 2007/ Volume 7 Issue Start Page Other Pages Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 1471-2458 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Background. Due to the high number of immunosuppressed and other predisposed patients hospitals have to control and ensure the microbiological water quality. The origin for the occurrence of pathogenic microorganisms in water pipes is the formation of biofilm. Methods. For the permanent control of water safety a water safety plan (WSP) was realized as recommended by the WHO following the principle "search and destroy". The WSP is based on an established HACCP concept due to the special focus. The most important measures include the concept for sample taking depending on patient risk. 3 different categories) are distinguished: risk area1 (high infection risk), risk 2 (moderate infection risk), and risk area 3 (not increased infection risk). Additionally to the threshold value of the German law for the quality of drinking water (TrinkwV) three more limiting values were defined (warning, alert, and worst case) for immediate risk adapted reaction. Additional attention has to be focussed on lavatory sinks, which are an open bacterial reservoir. Therefore continuous disinfecting siphons were installed as part of the WSP in high risk areas. If extended technical equipment is not available, especially for immunocompromised patients the following measures are easy to realize: boiled (or sun exposed) water for nursing procedures as well alimentary use, no showering. Results. Comparing data over 3 years the microbial water quality was significantly improved resulting in no new case of nosocomial Legionella pneumoniae and decrease in neonatal sepsis. Conclusion. According to average situations with highly contaminated water system the management must be defined with implementation of water task force, immediate providing of special equipment, information of patients and staff and control of the water quality, an example for successful decontamination of the hospital within 24 hours is given. Â© 2007 Dyck et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Descriptors drinking water, water, article, bacterium, disinfection, hospital infection, immunocompromized patient, infection risk, Legionella, newborn sepsis, risk, safety, sun exposure, university hospital, water quality, water sampling, world health organization Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Dyck,A., Exner,M., Kramer,A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors

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