Röösli, Martin Lagorio, Susanna Schoemaker, Minouk J. Schüz, Joachim Feychting, Maria
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Annual Review of Public Health
Mobile phones (MPs) are the most relevant source of radiofrequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) exposure to the brain and the salivary gland. Whether this exposure implies a cancer risk has been addressed in several case-control and few cohort studies. A meta-analysis of these studies does not show increased risks for meningioma, pituitary, and s...
Garcia-Gonzales, Diane A. Shonkoff, Seth B.C. Hays, Jake Jerrett, Michael
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Annual Review of Public Health
Increased energy demands and innovations in upstream oil and natural gas (ONG) extraction technologies have enabled the United States to become one of the world's leading producers of petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbons. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lists 187 hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) that are known or suspected to cause ca...
Chaloupka, Frank J. Powell, Lisa M. Warner, Kenneth E.
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Annual Review of Public Health
In countries around the world, tobacco use, excessive alcohol consumption, and consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are significant contributors to the global epidemic of noncommunicable diseases. As a consequence, they contribute, as well, to excess health care costs and productivity losses. A large and growing body of research document...
Huebschmann, Amy G. Leavitt, Ian M. Glasgow, Russell E.
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Annual Review of Public Health
Most of the clinical research conducted with the goal of improving health is not generalizable to nonresearch settings. In addition, scientists often fail to replicate each other's findings due, in part, to lack of attention to contextual factors accounting for their relative effectiveness or failure. To address these problems, we review the litera...
James, Bryan D. Bennett, David A.
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Annual Review of Public Health
The burden of dementia continues to increase as the population ages, with no disease-modifying treatments available. However, dementia risk appears to be decreasing, and progress has been made in understanding its multifactorial etiology. The 2018 National Institute on Aging–Alzheimer's Association (NIA-AA) research framework for Alzheimer's diseas...
Kolbe, Lloyd J.
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Annual Review of Public Health
Because schools materially influence both health and education, they substantially determine the future well-being and economic productivity of populations. Recent research suggests that healthier children learn better and that more educated adults are healthier. School health is a cross-disciplinary field of study and a fundamental strategy that c...
Kaufman, Jay S.
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Annual Review of Public Health
Social epidemiology seeks to describe and quantify the causal effects of social institutions, interactions, and structures on human health. To accomplish this task, we define exposures as treatments and posit populations exposed or unexposed to these well-defined regimens. This inferential structure allows us to unambiguously estimate and interpret...
van den Bosch, Matilda Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas
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Annual Review of Public Health
Mental health and well-being are consistently influenced—directly or indirectly—by multiple environmental exposures. In this review, we have attempted to address some of the most common exposures of the biophysical environment, with a goal of demonstrating how those factors interact with central structures and functions of the brain and thus influe...
Li, Min Ho, Kacie K.H.Y. Hayes, Micaela Ferruzzi, Mario G.
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Annual Review of Food Science and Technology
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) recommend the consumption of whole grains, fruits, and vegetables as part of a healthy diet. However, current consumption patterns suggest that most Americans are not meeting these recommendations. The challenge remains to align the DGA guidance with the food environment and consumers’ expectations for pro...
Reichert, Corina L. Salminen, Hanna Weiss, Jochen
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Annual Review of Food Science and Technology
Consumer concerns about synthetically derived food additives have increased current research efforts to find naturally occurring alternatives. This review focuses on a group of natural surfactants, the Quillaja saponins, that can be extracted from the Quillaja saponaria Molina tree. Quillaja saponins are triterpenoid saponins comprising a hydrophob...
