... Tabulate the rates for selected cancer types and age groups Questions and Comments Questions regarding these methods, and suggestions to improve the description of the methods, are welcome Please use ... given in the tables and graphs, the statistical trend analysis used the annual rates to improve the precision of the trend estimates and p-values The adjusted p-value includes adjustment terms for ... Questions regarding these methods, and suggestions to improve the description of the methods, are welcome Please use the “Contact Us” link at the bottom of any page in the America s Children and...
Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 23:20
... person s responsiveness to inhaled allergens Diesel Exhaust Exposure from School Buses Diesel exhaust is a complex mixture comprised of hazardous particles and vapors Diesel exhaust is classified ... Risk Project reports [ACERP 1995]; and •Websites and publications of other agencies, organizations, and individuals The results of our assessment to identify the environmental exposures that significantly ... hundreds of thousands of asthmatic children Exposure to secondhand smoke is also a risk factor for the development of asthma in thousands of children each year Children exposed to secondhand smoke...
Ngày tải lên: 29/06/2014, 02:20
Children’s Health and the Environment in North America ppt
... pet dander, molds, gases and aerosols from consumer products such as cleaners and furniture polishes, pesticides, and other gases and vapors associated with combustion sources in the home Outdoor ... select sources of indoor air pollutants and the associated respiratory illness and disease As illustrated in the MEME diagrams, some of the measures presented here address environmental sources of ... indicators can play in assessing the status of an issue, raising its profi le, and tracking the progress of the issue relative to set goals The Cooperative Agenda states that the objective of the indicators...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 09:20
Tài liệu CHILDREN’S HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN EUROPE: A BASELINE ASSESSMENT doc
... INDICATOR-BASED ASSESSMENT AND THE QUESTIONS IT ANSWERS Children s health and the environment in Europe: a baseline assessment is based on policy-relevant indicators and information available in the system ... on the scientific basis, framework and scope of the system, and presents plans for future action The use of the system is highlighted by presenting its main product: an indicator-based assessment ... issues which are new or re-emerging and are associated with changes in behaviour, social structures and the situation in countries For each RPG, the assessment addresses the following issues:...
Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20
Tài liệu Children''''s Health and the Environment Children''''s Health and the Environment doc
... Recognize signs, symptoms and diseases due to acute and chronic toxic exposures in children Know how to assess, prevent and treat children 's toxic exposures This presentation deals with ... dengue and other vector-borne diseases relies to a great extent on the use of pesticides, and this increases the risk of children 's exposure to these products used either at home or in the context ... aldehydes, ketones Sources: Solvents, fabric softeners, deodorizers and cleaning products Paints, glues, resins, waxes and polishing materials Spray propellants, dry cleaning fluids Pens and markers...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 15:20
Children''s Health and the Environment: WHO Training Package for the Health Sector World Health Organization potx
... exerting sufficient pressure on the earth s biophysical systems to cause changes in some environmental processes and conditions at the global level Several such environmental changes have now ... and incidence of tick-borne encephalitis In the USA, there has been increases in a number of vector-borne illnesses Lyme disease is one of these The case rate per thousand has increased almost ... atmospheric pollutants, including pesticides; sexually transmissible diseases; and 'lifestyle' diseases, including obesity and cardiovascular disease risk; are of great current and potential importance...
Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 10:20
CHILDREN AND CANCER-Children''''s Health and the Environment pdf
... CAUSES, RISK FACTORS AND HYPOTHESES BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES LEADING TO CANCER DEVELOPMENT EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT AND ITS CHALLENGES INVESTIGATING POTENTIAL CANCER CLUSTERS QUESTIONS FROM PARENTS
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 01:20
MYCOTOXINS - Children''s Health and the Environment potx
... airways symptoms, some studies demonstrate the presence of general symptoms that include fatigue and headache and symptoms from the central nervous system At excessive exposures, an increased risk ... fish are the most toxic Poisoning causes gastrointestinal, cardiovascular and neurological symptoms, such as a reversal of hot/cold sensations Other dinoflagellates produce shellfish poisonings ... greenhouse gases can lead to respiratory diseases, sunburn, melanoma, and immunosuppression Second, climate change may directly cause heat stroke,drowning, gastrointestinal diseases, and psychosocial...
Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 09:20
Global Plan of Action for Children’s Health and the Environment (2010 - 2015) doc
... as international fora and processes addressing environment issues (i.e mercury and hazardous wastes) and broader global challenges such as climate change and disaster risk reduction Domestic and ... estimate the cost of disease and disability from diseases linked to the environment and the benefits of expected actions and communicate the results to policy-makers Promote awareness, education, and ... government and scientists around certain children s health and environment issues Encourage government (s) to develop hotlines and websites to communicate to the public on children s health and the environment...
Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 11:20
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION - Children''''s Health and the Environment potx
... headaches, dizziness and weakness in healthy people Carbon monoxide also causes sleepiness, nausea, vomiting, confusion and disorientation At very high levels it causes loss of consciousness and ... cleaning products Paints, glues, resins, waxes and polishing materials Spray propellants, dry cleaning fluids Pens and markers Binders and plasticizers Cosmetics: hair sprays, perfumes www.epa.gov/oppfead1/cb/10_tips/ ... injuries Furthermore, exposure to tobacco smoke damages the respiratory epithelium and decreases the ability to combat the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the leading cause of hospital admissions...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 00:20
Children''''s Health and the Environment WHO Training Package for the Health Sector World Health Organization pdf
... airways symptoms, some studies demonstrate the presence of general symptoms that include fatigue and headache and symptoms from the central nervous system At excessive exposures, an increased risk ... fish are the most toxic Poisoning causes gastrointestinal, cardiovascular and neurological symptoms, such as a reversal of hot/cold sensations Other dinoflagellates produce shellfish poisonings ... greenhouse gases can lead to respiratory diseases, sunburn, melanoma, and immunosuppression Second, climate change may directly cause heat stroke,drowning, gastrointestinal diseases, and psychosocial...
Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 03:20
Children''''s Health and the Environment ppt
... chemistry, it is often easier to discuss each species separately The following series of slides recaps sources by species and briefly outlines the common routes of human exposure, toxicokinetics and ... on the top shows Feer s Disease (another term for acrodynia) Notice the scaling of the skin between the fingers The photograph on the bottom of the slides also shows Feer s Disease Notice the ... processes (releases during manufacturing, leaks, disposal or spent products incineration) •Re-mobilisation of historic anthropogenic releases previously deposited in soils, sediments, waters, landfills,...
Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 23:20
Children''''s Health and the Environment docx
... a rural issue Pesticides CHILDREN S ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE CHILDREN Pesticides in: homes and schools, playgrounds, parks fields, hospitals and other public places Children in: farms, agricultural ... environmental transport and fate of pesticides Routes and circumstances of exposure Exposure levels Toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics Target organs and systems Diagnosis and treatment of poisoning ... exposures Ref: •Health Council of the Netherlands Pesticides in food: assessing the risk to children The Hague: Health Council of the Netherlands, 2004 Pesticides ROUTES OF PERINATAL EXPOSURE...
Ngày tải lên: 29/06/2014, 02:20
Tài liệu Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards; Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs, Third Edition doc
... best available professional consensus If such a professional consensus has been published, that reference is cited The Rationale both justifies the standard and serves as an educational tool The ... programs The increased use of the standards both in practical onsite applications and in research documents the value of the standards and validates the importance of keeping the standards up-to-date ... chairs to bring consensus on standards that bridge several technical areas 3) A draft of these revised standards was sent to a national and state constituency of stakeholders for their comments and...
Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 11:20
Concern for Europe’s Tomorrow Health and the Environment in the WHO European Region pot
... important issue Limitations and Constraints The project has shown the many shortcomings in the existing databases and systems for collection, collation, analysis and dissemination On many topics, reliable ... groups of countries, and a decrease for industry and an increase for services in the third 1.2.3 The CCEE and NIS The domestic economies of the CCEE and the former USSR were characterized by a The ... processes have encompassed all aspects of the economies and societies concerned, although conditions, the pace of change, and its results and problems may differ considerably between countries The...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 19:20
The Fungal Community Its Organization and Role in the Ecosystem Third Edition docx
... discuss the adaptations of fungi in oligotrophic, desert, and other stressed environments Zak discusses the heterogeneous distribution of fungi in desert ecosystems in relation to α- and β-diversity ... spatial and temporal scales is essential both for describing the distribution of organisms and for understanding the roles of organisms in ecosystem function Issues of scale may be especially ... address some of the questions regarding the observations, characterizations, and functional attributes of fungal assemblages and their interactions with both the environment and other organisms...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 01:20
Hitting America’s Soft Underbelly -The Potential Threat of Deliberate Biological Attacks Against the U.S. Agricultural and Food Industry pot
... practices in the United States and the increased susceptibility of livestock to viral and bacterial infections (discussed earlier in this chapter) Disease transmission models developed by the USDA, ... agriculture and food industry to bioterrorism is difficult to address in a systematic manner due to the highly dispersed nature of the industry and because many of the risk evaluations used to assess vulnerability ... vulnerabilities that exist in the agricultural sector and assess the capabilities that are needed to exploit those weaknesses Next, I consider the likely outcomes of a successful agroterrorist attack and...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 16:20
IT and the environment A new item on the CIO’s agenda? potx
... reduce the environmental impact of the IT function The report assesses how these changes are affecting the purchasing, operation and disposal of technology assets within businesses today The report ... conducted the interviews and wrote the report The findings and views expressed in this report not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsor The research drew on two main initiatives: ● The Economist ... organisations globally, the CIO assumes this role And in Western Europe, this rises to one in five These figures may sound impressive but, on closer inspection, only one-half (49%) of the firms surveyed...
Ngày tải lên: 29/06/2014, 04:20
Urban Transportation, Land Use, and Urban Transportation, Land Use, and the Environment in Latin America: the Environment in Latin America: A Case Study Approach A Case Study Approach potx
... modifications Modal considerations – highways dominate concessions, though innovative rail has been seen; busways less successful to date 21 Infrastructure Concessions – Outstanding Questions External ... Concession – Project Characteristics Related to Success Rodriguez (1999) examines projects in Latin America – Buenos Aires Suburban Railway, BA Subway, BA Access Roads, Sao Paulo State Busway, Sao ... Outputs Provides, for each link, data including traffic volumes, speeds, vehicle mix Emissions Model (i.e., MOBILE) 26 Land Use-Transport Models Land Use Land Uses (Activities) Prices Spatial Distribution...
Ngày tải lên: 29/06/2014, 04:20