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163 Cases of Decompression Sickness Among Korean Divers	1994		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Korean Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Periodical, Abbrev. Pub Date Free Form Volume 6 Issue 2 Start Page 364 Other Pages 376 Notes ID: 289011 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language Ko SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract This study was performed to obtain an useful and basic information of the decompression sickness (DCS) among Korean divers. The medical records of 163 cases of Korean civilian diver, who were diagnosed as DES and received recompression therapy according to U.S. Navy Standard Recompression Treatment Table at Ocean & Underwater Medical Research & Training Center of ROK Navy, for 10 years from Jan. 1983 to Dec.1992. The total of 163 cases of DCS were catagorized into 2 groups as Type I DCS and Type II DGS group.The major results obtained were as follows:1. 70.5% of total cases were classified as type II DCS, and the ratio of type I to type II DCS was 1'2.5 and the ratio of male to female of DCS cases was about 4:1.2. About one third of cases occurred in May and June, and 38.7% of cases occurred at Chung-mu and Chin-hae in Kyung-nam province, the Southern Coast of Korean Peninsula.3. Among the type II DGS group, 85.2% occured in diving for harpshell, and 85.2% with hookah diving gear.4. There were no cases following the decompression procedure such as well known U.S. Navy's, and 86.7% of cases did not follow the any kinds of decompression procedure for preventing DCS and most of dives were conducted repetitively with 4.2 times on an average.5. The mean depth between type I(27.3m) and type 11 DCS group(33.3m) showed significant difference statistically (p0.05) .6. The rate of symptoms appeared on surfacing and within 10 min. after surfacing of type I and type II DCS were 40.0% and 70.5%, respectively. And 80.9% of type I and 92.2% of type II DCS group were aware of dysbaric symptoms within the first hour after surfacing.7. The most frequent symptoms and its percentages were "Both limb pain (37.6%) ",Joint pain(27.1%)., and "Scapular pain(22.9%)" in type I DCS group, and "Limb weakness or paralysis (68.7%)" , "Respiratory chokes(27.8%)" and "Bladder dysfunction(22.2%)"intypellDCSgroup.8. Among the type II DCS group, 54.8% attempted inwater recompression as a primary management, but 54.2% of type I DCS group did not take any kinds of therapeutic measure after onset of dysharic symptoms till commencing recompression treatment.9. Recompression treatment was delayed 126.9 hours in type I and 89.7 hours in type II DCS group on an average, and the cases of DCS, who delayed more than two days till visiting the recompression facility, were occupied 52.1% in type I and 29.6% in type II DCS group.10. Among the total cases, 32.6% were experienced one more of dysbaric symptoms in the past. Descriptors SYMPTOMS , HOUR, DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS, CASES, SECONDS Links http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/wpro-289011 Book Title Database GHL; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Hwang,K. Y., Kim,H. J. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Water pipe management system in Osaka	1990	Osaka Municipal Water Works Bureau, 6-28, Minamiogimachi, Kita-ku, Osaka 530	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Water Supply Periodical, Abbrev. Water Supply Pub Date Free Form 1990/ Volume 8 Issue 4-Mar Start Page 636 Other Pages 644 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0735-1917 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Recently, the first priority of the waterworks in Osaka City has been given to the security of the water system, i.e., facility monitoring to assure a safe and reliable water supply. The information management is essential for this purpose. It is indispensable to classify information and continue the study of information systems. In this report, how Osaka City Waterworks uses its information system to distribute its water supply is explained as follows. Descriptors classification, conference paper, information processing, pipeline, water management, water supply Links Book Title Database Embase Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Ideguchi,T. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Source of drinking water supply and transmission of guinea worm disease in Nigeria	1987	School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77225-0186	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Periodical, Abbrev. Ann.Trop.Med.Parasitol. Pub Date Free Form 1987/ Volume 81 Issue 6 Start Page 713 Other Pages 718 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0003-4983 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract During 1982, ecological factors associated with freshwater pollution were investigated in Ider, a rural Nigerian community with endemic guinea worm infection. Data were collected on the quality of all pond wate sources, and on rainfall patterns and potable piped water available in the community. Pond water provided 76% of the total water used in Idere. This source of drinking water provided the classical ecological environment for the transmission of dracunculus medinensis, other helminth parasites and bacterial enteric infections. The bacteriological analysis of drinking water from the ponds reflects the absence of sanitary arrangements for human waste disposal in the community, as the ponds are collectors of storm run-offs. Okina, the spring-fed pond which was nearest to the households, was the most reliable year-round source of water to the community; however, Okina also contained the highest density of infective Thermocyclops and the highest faecal coliform (FC) to faecal Streptococcus (FS) ratio (FC/FS), thus providing a central reservoir for guinea worm and bacterial infections. The transmission season of guinea worm infection corresponded with the period of greatest water scarcity in Idere. The amount of potable water available to Idere residents in 1981 was 3-6 litres per person per day. Frequent mechanical breakdowns, electric power failures, lack of fuel to run the water pumping engines and the direct link of the water pipeline supplying water to Idere with a water pipeline serving another major city in the same district were some of the reasons for potable water shortage in the community. Descriptors drinking water, arthropod, bacterial infection, disease transmission, Dracunculus medinensis, Entamoeba histolytica, epidemiology, ethnic or racial aspects, Giardia, Dracunculus, hookworm, human, nematode, parasitosis, protozoon, Streptococcus, Strongyloides, trematode, Trichomonas, water pollution, helminthiasis Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Ilegbodu,V. A., Christensen,B. L., Wise,R. A., Ilegbodu,A. E., Kale,O. O. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Water pipe (Sisha) smoking in cafes in Egypt.	2003	Israel, E., Egyptian Smoking Prevention Research Institute.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology Periodical, Abbrev. J.Egypt.Soc.Parasitol. Pub Date Free Form / Volume 33 Issue 3 Suppl Start Page 1073 Other Pages 1085 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0253-5890 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Shisha cafÃ© patrons in Cairo, Egypt were interviewed to assess their knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding smoking and health. The median age of initiation of Shisha smoking is 20 years. Shisha smokers know about the hazards of smoking and believe that Shisha smoking is less dangerous than cigarette smoking. Over half the Shisha smokers have tried to quit in the past year. The younger adults who smoke Shisha also tend to smoke more often with friends, smoke cigarettes in addition to Shisha and prefer fruit flavored tobacco as compared to tobacco mixed with molasses favored by Shisha smokers who are older. Heavy Shisha smoking was not related to age. Descriptors adolescent, adult, article, attitude to health, catering service, Egypt, female, human, interview, male, smoking, smoking cessation Links Book Title Database MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Israel,E., El-Setouhy,M., Gadalla,S., Aoun,S. A., Mikhail,N., Mohamed,M. K. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Nouveaux modes de consommation du tabac et de la nicotine	2009		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Rev Med Suisse Periodical, Abbrev. Pub Date Free Form Volume 5 Issue 210 Start Page 1457 Other Pages 61 Notes ID: 19634531 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language fr SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract New ways of consuming tobacco or nicotine have recently been developed attracting smokers not only because of their novelty but also because they hope that it will decrease their health risks or will help them in smoking banned places. The objective of this paper is to review the current state of knowledge concerning the waterpipe, oral tobacco, nasal snuff, the electronic cigarette and tobacco heating devices. Although some products seem less harmful than cigarettes, we cannot encourage people to use them because we still do not have sufficient scientific data regarding their safety. Moreover, most of these products are addictive and we still do not know if they will play a role in harm reduction. Descriptors Ganglionic Stimulants/administration & dosage, Nicotine/administration & dosage, Smoking, Tobacco, Humans Links http://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/ghl/resource/en/mdl-19634531 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Jacot Sadowski,Isabelle, Cornuz,J. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Concentration of heavy metals in drinking water of different localities in district east Karachi.	2001	Jaleel, M.A., Department of Bio-chemistry, Frontier Medical College, Abbottabad.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad : JAMC Periodical, Abbrev. J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad Pub Date Free Form / Volume 13 Issue 4 Start Page 12 Other Pages 15 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 1025-9589 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract BACKGROUND: Several heavy metals are present in drinking water that play important roles in the body provided their level remains within the specified range recommended by WHO. But now due to the industrialization and rapid urbanization, the problems of pollution have surfaced. This study was designed to ascertain the contents of some heavy metals and then their variations if any in drinking water in different localities of district East of Karachi, Pakistan. METHODS: Drinking water samples were collected from different sources and localities of district East of Karachi. The concentration of the heavy metals i.e. Lead, Arsenic, Copper, Iron, Mercury, Chromium, Manganese, Nickel, Cadmium and Zinc were determined by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry. PH was estimated by pH meter. Total dissolved solids (TDS) were calculated by formula. These concentrations of heavy metals, pH and TDS were compared with the standards set by WHO. RESULTS: Concentrations of lead and nickel were found to be significantly elevated as compared to WHO recommended levels in all the three sources of water (Piped water, Hand pump water and Tanker water supply). Chromium was found to be raised in hand pump water. Arsenic and Mercury were not detected in any source of water. Copper, iron, manganese, cadmium and zinc were found to be within the safe limits in all the three sources of water. pH was found to be within the range of WHO recommended level in all the three sources of water. TDS was found to be elevated in hand pump water and tanker water. CONCLUSION: Concentrations of lead and nickel were found to be significantly elevated as compared to WHO recommended levels in all the three sources of water in district East of Karachi. Descriptors arsenic, heavy metal, article, human, Pakistan, water supply Links Book Title Database MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Jaleel,M. A., Noreen,R., Baseer,A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
An epidemological study of smoking at Abbottabad.	2001	Jaleel, M.A., Department of Bio-Chemistry, Frontier Medical College, Abbottabad.	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad : JAMC Periodical, Abbrev. J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad Pub Date Free Form / Volume 13 Issue 1 Start Page 34 Other Pages 36 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 1025-9589 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract BACKGROUND: Smoking is a type of environmental pollution and is injurious to health. We conducted an epidemiological study of different forms of smoking like cigarette, Hookah (Hubble-Bubble) and cigar in Abbottabad. METHODS: 600 randomly selected subjects residing in different localities of Abbottabad were included. A specifically designed questionnaire was filled. RESULTS: Out of the study population 200 (33%) were found to be smoking. CONCLUSIONS: A significant proportion of Abbottabad population smokes. This city is supposed to be a relatively less polluted hill station where a lot of people come for vacations. Descriptors article, human, male, Pakistan, questionnaire, smoking Links Book Title Database MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Jaleel,M. A., Noreen,R., Hameed,A., Hussain,A., Rauf,S., Ali,L., Tanoli,T. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Sociodemographic risk indicators of hookah smoking among White Americans: a pilot study	2010		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Nicotine Tob Res Periodical, Abbrev. Nicotine Tob.Res. Pub Date Free Form Volume 12 Issue 5 Start Page 525 Other Pages 9 Notes ID: 20308223 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract BACKGROUND: Despite the sustained public health efforts to decrease cigarette smoking, there is an increasing trend in the use of alternative tobacco products that are perceived by some as less harmful. One example is hookah smoking. This study aimed to assess hookah trends among White Americans. METHODS: Two hundred and forty-five White American adults residing in southeast Michigan answered a self-administered standardized questionnaire that included basic demographics, socioeconomic status, and questions related to hookah smoking behavior. Logistic regression was used to determine risk indicators for hookah smoking. RESULTS: The combined prevalence of hookah smoking in the White American study population was 19%, with 10% of the sample smoking hookah only and 9% smoking both hookah and cigarettes. Approximately 19% of respondents believed that smoking hookah was less harmful than smoking cigarettes. Significant risk indicators for smoking hookah were being younger than 22 years and living with a family member who used tobacco. DISCUSSION: In addition to reporting the prevalence of use in this important group of potential users, we outline important sociodemographic risk factors for hookah use in a non-Arab American population. More research is needed with a larger population to better understand this new tobacco trend in order to curb a new potential health threat. Descriptors European Continental Ancestry Group/psychology, European Continental Ancestry Group/statistics & numerical data, Smoking/epidemiology, Smoking/psychology, Adolescent, Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Pilot Projects, Prevalence, Risk Factors, Smoking/ethnology, Social Class, Socioeconomic Factors, United States/epidemiology, Young Adult Links http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntq026 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Jamil,Hikmet, Elsouhag,Dalia, Hiller,Spencer, Arnetz,Judith E., Arnetz,Bengt B. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Do household smoking behaviors constitute a risk factor for hookah use?	2011		Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Nicotine Tob Res Periodical, Abbrev. Nicotine Tob.Res. Pub Date Free Form Volume 13 Issue 5 Start Page 384 Other Pages 8 Notes ID: 21330269 Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN Accession Number Language en SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract INTRODUCTION: Much research has focused on the role played by families in cigarette smoking behavior. However, there is a lack of such research for hookah (waterpipe) smoking. This study focuses on the role of family members' hookah smoking behaviors as a possible risk factor for hookah smoking. METHODS: Eight hundred and one adults in southeast Michigan responded to an anonymous self-administered survey regarding personal and family members' hookah smoking behavior and perceptions of health risks related to hookah smoking. Multinomial logistic regression modeling was used to examine risk factors for hookah use. RESULTS: The prevalence of current hookah smoking in the study population was 26%. The odds ratio for an individual to smoke hookah were 9.5 (95% CI = 2.37-38.47, p < .01), 8.6 (95% CI = 3.92-19.02, p < .001), and 1.2 (95% CI = 1.14-1.41, p < .05) if the father, mother, or sibling, respectively, smoked hookah at home. Male gender and younger age were also significantly associated with hookah smoking. Household hookah smoking behaviors were also significant risk factors among former hookah smokers compared with nonsmokers, but there were no significant risk factors when comparing former hookah smokers with current hookah smokers. CONCLUSIONS: Having a father, mother, or sibling smoking hookah at home, male gender and younger age are significant risk factors for current hookah smoking. Descriptors Family/psychology, Smoking/psychology, Adult, Family Characteristics, Female, Humans, Logistic Models, Male, Michigan, Risk Factors, Smoking/adverse effects, Socioeconomic Factors, Young Adult Links http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntq249 Book Title Database MEDLINE; http://www.globalhealthlibrary.net/ Publisher Data Source Authors Jamil,Hikmet, Janisse,James, Elsouhag,Dalia, Fakhouri,Monty, Arnetz,Judith E., Arnetz,Bengt B. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
A pilot study of three methods for the reduction of bacterial contamination of dental unit water systems in routine use	2002	Jatzwauk, L., Dept. for Hospital Infection Control, Universitatsklinik der TU Dresden, D-01307 Dresden, Germany	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full International journal of hygiene and environmental health Periodical, Abbrev. Int.J.Hyg.Environ.Health Pub Date Free Form 2002/ Volume 204 Issue 6-May Start Page 303 Other Pages 308 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 1438-4639 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Three different methods for minimizing the bacterial contamination of the water system in a SIRONA C2 type dental unit were investigated sequentially. Without any decontamination method, water from the hand piece, air-water-jet and mouthwash were continuously contaminated by 10³ to 10⁵ colony forming units (cfu) of aerobic mesophilic bacteria per milliliter. A reduction to below 100 cfu/ml was achieved by continuous adding of a chemical microbicide based on hydrogen peroxide and silver ions. However, this was only possible after rinsing the system thoroughly for at least two minutes after interruptions of the treatment. Long-lasting low counts of below 100/ml were obtained by means of an in-line bacteria filter, in connection with the provision of a thermo-chemical or thermal decontamination of the water pipes and hand pieces after the filter. The electrolyte release of chlorine from the dental unit tap water by anodic oxidation without addition of any chemical disinfectant also resulted in continuously low colony numbers of the water. In this case, regular decontamination of the end parts of the pipes and hand pieces was not necessary. Descriptors hydrogen peroxide, silver derivative, aerobic bacterium, article, bacterial count, bacterium colony, culture medium, environmental sanitation, hospital waste, intermethod comparison, oxidation, physical chemistry, pilot study, waste water management Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Jatzwauk,L., Reitemeier,B. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors

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