... aspects of active and passive smoking, so Conclusions Smoking by women is causally associated with an increased risk of developing and dying from myriad diseases, including many cancers, cardiovascular ... between smoking and depression is important for womenshealth and needs further study Risk of a number of other conditions is higher among women who smoke than among non-smokers These conditions include, ... populations increased over time among persons of both sexes In 1955, the proportion of all deaths resulting from smoking by persons 35 to 69 years of age in industrialized countries was 2% among women and...
... causes (injury and poisoning), 15.4 from diseases of the nervous system and sensory organs, 12.8 from diabetes, 8.2 from chronic liver disease, 4.8 from suicide and intentional selfharm, 1.0 from ... or non-sex-specific, including access to health care, health care expenditures and costs, specific eating disorders, pain and migraine, alcohol use, smoking habits, and abuse and misuse of legal ... AD inwomen more so than in men Depression Mood disorders, particularly depression, are quite common among the European Member States Depression is characterized by sadness, loss of interest...
... Statistics™ Prasad, Shally, 1996, “Instituting Measures to Address Violence Against Womenin India, ” paper presented at the Association ofWomenin Development International Conference, Washington, ... manifestations of son preference is sex- December 10, 1998 selective abortion The useof medical technology to determine the sex of a fetus is on the rise in India, and over 90 percent of fetuses that ... were many misconceptions about modes of transmission Indian women could benefit from a strengthened national HIV/AIDS education program and intervention programs targeting groups most susceptible...
... mutations [18] The upshift of UIC2 binding in the presence of substrates/modulators is applied as an indicator of the expression of functional Pgp molecules in clinical tissue samples [20] Changes in ... transport and ATP hydrolysis are generally interpreted in terms of ligandinduced ATPase activation and concomitant transitions between substrate-binding and substrate-releasing conformational states ... transport Thus, the Vi effect seems to be independent of the phosporylation state of the pump and is best interpreted assuming that Vi trapping of Pgp also occurs in live cells Coupling of Pgp-mediated...
... wastewater is applied and understanding of the behaviour of metals in the soil is essential for assessing environmental risks of applying wastewater in agro‐ecosystems. The main ... Nguyen Manh Khai et al. / VNU Journal of Science, Earth Sciences 24 (2008) 87‐95 4. Discussion Analyses of soil samples collected to assess the impacts of sewage irrigation on the irrigated agricultural soils of peri‐urban areas ... 151. [14] S. P. McGrath, Effectsof heavy metals from sewage sludge on soil microbes in agricultural ecosystems, in S. M. Ross, Toxic metals in Soil‐ Plants systems, John ...
... prevention of poisoning a high proportion is 68.3 % fromhealth workers, 58.7 % were from the pesticides sellers Effectsof pesticides to farmers' health - Rates of some functional symptoms: dizziness, ... examination, find out and treatment symptoms poisoning pesticides Propagator introduces trader of pesticides in model and guides the farmers to use, preservation and prevention of poisoning pesticides ... the users of pesticides (Farmer), traders of pesticides (Small business), and health workers (Medical staff) We call as "Farmers - Small business - Medical staff” In this topic, we choose breakthrough...
... drainage consists of categories: shedding, normal and receiving, which were determined by subjective assessment of the net moisture status of the site and its topography Topex score was used as an ... as age or planting year increases This effect is the same as that demonstrated in the multiple linear regression analysis The load values of PC[2] trend of decreasing rainfall with progression ... moisture Rainfall indices are not good measures of moisture supply for forest conditions because major losses occur to interception, particularly during the summer months (Jarvis and Mullins,...
... samples using Statistical Analysis System (SAS) The allele frequencies for cases and controls were used to calculate the odds ratio (OR) and the 95% confidence interval using SAS For the case-control ... (Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA) and Pak Sham (Hong Kong University, Hong Kong) This analysis was used to disentangle the correlation structure in the gene, to rule out the possibility ... important step to exclude false-positive associations In statistical terms, independent replication decreases the chances of reporting an association if no association actually exists (type I error) In...
... alcohol use reflect substance abuse in the past and at time of death Insight is an assessment of the individual 's awareness of his/her illness The assessment is based on the medical records or from ... This confirms that typical APs, not atypical APs, exert robust effectson gene expression in the liver Among those 151 transcripts, 26 transcripts are associated with response to stress based on ... and side effectsin individuals who are taking AP medications Most previous studies have focused on the effectsof typical APs and atypical APs on gene expression and on drug metabolism using...
... functions GMA-SS-Gas metal arc-stainless steel The functional analysis of GMA-SS welding fume exposure confirmed that genes involved in inflammatory disease, immunological disease, connective tissue ... groups In contrast to our week analysis, the subclusters intermixed in the GMA-MS or -SS exposed A/J, representing similar gene expression patterns within this strain to these welding fumes by ... exposure groups This indicates that a good consistency across samples was found on the individual arrays Using our statistical criteria, 36 annotated genes resulted in distinct subclusters among...
... HUMAN SERVICES OFFICE ONWOMENSHEALTH ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—There is estab- lished within the Office of the Secretary an Office on 10 WomensHealth (referred to in this section as the ... objectives for all issues ofwomenshealth within the jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administra- tion, including adequate inclusion ofwomen and analysis of data by sex in all Agency protocols and ... ‘‘(4) consult with health professionals, non- 25 governmental organizations, consumer organizations, 26 womenshealth professionals, and other individuals •HR 1784 IH 11 and groups, as appropriate,...
... bureaus of 11 the Administration; 12 ‘‘(4) consult with health professionals, non- 13 governmental organizations, consumer organizations, 14 womenshealth professionals, and other individuals 15 ... further studies and, if so, developing strate- gies to foster such studies; ‘‘(B) identifying issues in specific areas ofwomenshealth that fall within the mission of the Administration; ‘‘(C) ... Representa- tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION SHORT TITLE This Act may be cited as the ‘ WomensHealth Office Act of 2002’’ SEC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES OFFICE...
... development inwomenof the diseases 16 and conditions involved 17 ‘‘(3) STIPENDS FOR TRAINING OFHEALTH PRO- 18 FESSIONALS.—A 19 use funds under such subsection to provide stipends 20 for health ... ‘‘(A) conduct basic and clinical research; ‘‘(B) develop protocols for training physi- cians, scientists, nurses, and other health and allied health professionals; ‘‘(C) conduct training programs ... than six centers whose purpose is conducting multidisci16 plinary research on environmental factors that may be re17 lated to the development ofwomenshealth conditions (as 18 defined in section...
... economic backgrounds Violence has serious health consequences for women, from injuries to unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections, depression and chronic diseases WHO www.who.int/gender ... daily basis This indoor smoke is responsible for half a million of the 1.3 million annual deaths due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among women worldwide In comparison, only about ... campaigns aimed at women, tobacco use among younger females in developing countries is rising rapidly Women generally have less success in quitting the habit, have more relapses than men, and nicotine...
... discussed during interviewer-training sessions on the basis of a question-by-question description of the questionnaire Having interviewers from various cultural backgrounds aided in ascertaining ... languages The formative research was used to guide the forms of language and expressions used, with the focus being on using words and expressions that were widely understood in the study sites In settings ... Summary of findings, conclusions, and areas for further research Prevalence and patterns of violence Association of violence with specific health outcomes Womens responses and useof services Strengths...
... allows insurers to use pre-existing conditions waiting periods of up to six months, none of the major private health insurance carriers impose such exclusions.47,48 Massachusetts law also prohibits ... rates of chronic disease among female prisoners 27 LESSONS FOR NATIONAL HEALTH REFORM In the wake ofhealth reform, womenin Massachusetts have the highest rates ofhealth insurance coverage in ... understand the impact of Massachusetts health reform onwomen'shealth Until now, most research stratified just a handful of measures by sex Routine assessment ofwomens access, coverage and costs...
... to share responsibilities for womenshealth ~ questionnaire respondent, Conversation onWomensHealth Our Conversation onWomensHealth is in response to Premier Gordon Campbell s September ... focuses solely on recommendations under the jurisdiction of the Ministry ofHealth page 12 Conversation onWomensHealth statistics and womens wellbeing • 1.9 million women lived in a low-income ... at same time the number of seniors in BC increased page 15 Conversation onWomensHealth organizations hosting information tables In addition to participating at the May 28th Conversation onWomen s...
... was based on four indicators ofwomens economic status: womens earnings, the female/male income ratio, womens representation in managerial and professional jobs, and womens participation in ... edition, the WomensHealth Data Book: A Profile ofWomensHealthin the United States continues to offer readers current information gleaned from a host of sources on a variety ofwomenshealth ... states †† Based on 100% of births in sampled states and 50% of births in all other states ††† Includes all persons of Hispanic origin of any race Source: Ventura SJ, Martin JA, Curtin SC, Matthews...
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