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The association between neighborhood greenness and cardiovascular disease: An observational study

Previous studies have demonstrated links between cardiovascular disease and physical inactivity and poor air quality, which are both associated with...

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The developing respiratory tract and its specific needs in regard to ultrafine particulate matter exposure

Nanoparticles have unique physico-chemical properties compared to larger particles that have the potential to provide promising new possibilities for...

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Nanoparticles and Children's Lungs: Is there a need for caution?

Nanoparticle research is currently an area of considerable interest due to the potential applications both in industry and medicine.

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Attitudes and behaviour predict women's intention to drink alcohol during pregnancy:

To explore women's alcohol consumption in pregnancy, and potential predictors of alcohol consumption in pregnancy.

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Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae: prevalence and risk factors in HIV-positive children in Tanzania

Pneumococcal colonization of the nasopharynx is especially common in young children and is a pre-requisite for pneumococcal disease...

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In utero hypertensive diseases and cognition in offspring into old age

Hypertensive diseases of pregnancy including gestational hypertension and preeclampsia continue to pose a major obstetric risk,...

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Progression of early structural lung disease in young children with cystic fibrosis assessed using CT

Cross-sectional studies implicate neutrophilic inflammation and pulmonary infection as risk factors for early structural lung disease in infants and young...

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Efficacy of the human papillomavirus (HPV)-16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine in women aged 15-25 years

We present further data on vaccine efficacy (VE) against HPV-16/18 in the total vaccinated cohort including women who may have been exposed to HPV-16/18...

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Vitamin D and atopy and asthma phenotypes in children

The purpose of this Review was to give an overview of the recent research into whether a lack of vitamin D contributes to the development of atopy and asthma...

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Alcohol and pregnancy: Do abstinence policies have unintended consequences?

A recent study found that while few women reported alcohol as the reason for seeking an abortion, in almost all cases where alcohol was the reason, the women...