Figueiredo, Neusa Matos, Beatriz Diniz, Mário Branco, Vasco Martins, Marta
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International journal of environmental research and public health
Primary cell cultures from wild organisms have been gaining relevance in ecotoxicology as they are considered more sensitive than immortalized cell lines and retain the biochemical pathways found in vivo. In this study, the efficacy of two methods for primary hepatocyte cell isolation was compared using liver from two marine fish (Sparus aurata and...
Zahnd, Whitney E Murphy, Cathryn Knoll, Marie Benavidez, Gabriel A Day, Kelsey R Ranganathan, Radhika Luke, Parthenia Zgodic, Anja Shi, Kewei Merrell, Melinda A
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International journal of environmental research and public health
One in every twenty-five persons in America is a racial/ethnic minority who lives in a rural area. Our objective was to summarize how racism and, subsequently, the social determinants of health disproportionately affect rural racial/ethnic minority populations, provide a review of the cancer disparities experienced by rural racial/ethnic minority g...
Montero, Estefanía Solla Morales-Rodríguez, Francisco Manuel
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International journal of environmental research and public health
Anxiety disorders and suicide are commonly under-recognized issues that can be a public health problem. Adolescents are among the most affected population groups and studying them can prevent serious health problems. These two elements are related, but at the same time, they can only be understood from a multifactorial point of view, so other relat...
Cardoso, Ana Filipa Bobrowicz-Campos, Elzbieta Teixeira-Santos, Luísa Cardoso, Daniela Couto, Filipa Apóstolo, João
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Early detection of frailty may prevent or delay adverse health outcomes in community-dwelling older adults. In Portugal, there are currently no valid multidimensional frailty screening tools. SUNFRAIL is a user-friendly multidimensional tool for frailty screening that can be used in primary care. (i) to determine the validity and reliability of the...
Mfune, Ruth Lindizyani Mubanga, Melai Silwamba, Isaac Sagamiko, Frederick Mudenda, Steward Daka, Victor Godfroid, Jacques Hangombe, Bernard M Muma, John B
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Brucellosis is an infectious zoonosis that has huge economic and public health implications globally. The disease is prevalent in humans, livestock and wildlife in Sub-Saharan Africa. A cross-sectional study was conducted between 6 May 2017 and 31 July 2020 during which 1712 sera from 175 cattle herds in five districts from Southern, Western and Ea...
Crisol Moya, Emilio Caurcel Cara, María Jesús
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International journal of environmental research and public health
The teaching of physical education today still incorporates innovative methodologies in order to create quality physical education. This article sets out to describe which pedagogical model is used in the initial training of physical education teachers at the University of Granada, from the perspective of the students. The study adopted an explorat...
Xie, Wujie Li, Haijian Yin, Yufang
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With the implementation of European integration policies such as the single market, the Euro and the Schengen Visa, the EU member states are developing closer economic ties through tourism, and their level of tourism integration is constantly improving. Taking the 28 EU member states as research objects, this paper constructs a tourism economic con...
Hugelius, Karin Nandain, Charles Semrau, Maya Holmefur, Marie
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Needs assessment is essential in the humanitarian response, and perceived needs can be associated with the levels of health in populations affected by humanitarian emergencies. This study aimed to evaluate the reliability and feasibility of The Humanitarian Emergency Settings Perceived Needs Web (HESPER Web) in a humanitarian context and to compare...
Cave, Ben Pyper, Ryngan Fischer-Bonde, Birgitte Humboldt-Dachroeden, Sarah Martin-Olmedo, Piedad
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Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is applied to infrastructure and other large projects. The European Union EIA Directive (2011/92/EU as amended by 2014/52/EU) requires EIAs to consider the effects that a project might have on human health. The International Association for Impact Assessment and the European Public Health Association prepared a...
Tambor, Marzena Klich, Jacek Domagała, Alicja
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After the fall of communism, the healthcare systems of Central and Eastern European countries underwent enormous transformation, resulting in departure from publicly financed healthcare. This had significant adverse effects on equity in healthcare, which are still evident. In this paper, we analyzed the role of government and households in financin...
