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... to be effective against pest targets and the duration of time before harvest when it has to be applied(these are the rates specified on the pesticide label). Residuemeasurements are made on ... synthetic pesticide residues in the diet, large dis-crepancies in cancerrisk estimates are due to differences inexposure estimates rather than to differences in carcinogenicpotency values estimated ... chemicals. These small differ-ences in potency estimates are within the range of differencesin potency estimates from near-replicate tests where the samechemical is tested in the same sex,...
... temperature until ethanol and methanol were removed followed by drying in a freeze-dryer. Thedry extracts (extractable phytochemicals) represented 24.8% of the ricegerm and 16.3% of the rice bran, respectively. ... vitamin Eand γ-oryzanol was considered nearly complete because vitamin Eand γ-oryzanol were not detected in a fifth extractionwith 100% ethanol. In the water-dichloromethane partition,there were ... respectively. The extract waspartitioned between water (200 mL) and dichloromethane 3 times (200mL ì 3). The aqueous layer and combined dichloromethane extractwere rotary evaporated under reduced...
... confined to males, and that selenium supplements decreased cancerrisk in subjects with low serum selenium levels at baseline, whereas these supplements seemed to increase cancerrisk in subjects ... could reduce the incidence of non-melanoma skin cancer. The incidence of non-melanoma skin cancer remained the same in the intervention and in the placebo groups. However the group that received ... layer. ã Place of residence: in general, more UVB penetrates the atmosphere at low latitudes, i .e. the closer to the equator, the higher the amount of UVB that reaches earths surface. ã The earth...
... when they are heterogenous. In the absence of between-study het-erogeneity, the two methods provide identical results. The presence of heterogeneity can result from differ-ences in the selection ... Cochrane Q statistics test is used for the assess-ment of heterogeneity. The fixed effects model is used when the effects are assumed to be homogenous, while the random effects model is used when ... the summary OR and prevalence were essentially based on the random effects model. The meta-analyses were performed on crude ORs, since the adjusted ORs were not comparable because of the inclusion...
... the interview. As indicated in Material and methods, the articles reviewed herein represent all the Medline/Pubmed references that provided risk estimates by age or menopausal status. However, ... However, some studies may not have been taken into account, either because they were not referenced in Medline/Pubmed, or, because these risk factors, although studied, were not mentioned in the abstract ... development of breast cancer in women [2]. Indeed, breast cancerrisk increases with exposure to ovarian hormones : early menarche and late menopause were found to be risk factors whereas premenopausal...
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... themodern increase in breast cancer. Where the increased risk isapparent, even under age 40 in a study free of recall bias, there isan acknowledged need to extend the study to women older ... rates imply less breast cancer in the future.The negative or reverse social gradient whereby upper classwomen have more breast cancer is apparent in four countries whereit is measured: England ... abortionrate has declined markedly, but the Czech birth rate has declinedeven more remarkably in recent years. These are offsetting factorsRepublic of IrelandSwedenCzech Republic24for breast cancer. The...
... more a day. This increasing use is tempered, however, by the lower emissions, on average, from newer technology phones, and the increasing use of texting and hands-free operations that keep the ... the extension of the research to younger and older age groups was received directly from mobile phone operators in the UK under contracts which preserved the independence of the study. Results ... people exposed have x times the risk of non-exposed people. 10 The temporal lobe is the region of the brain located nearest the ear. PRESS RELEASE N° 200 17 MAY 2010 Interphone...
... indicatethe reference women who have never been exposed totobacco smoke are healthier, in general. They argue thatthe difference in risk is due to the better health of thesewomen used as references ... active and passive smoke exposures. Theseresults have been criticized by some researchers. Theseresearchers argue that this is an unlikely result as smokers havemuch greater exposure since they ... likelythat a smaller percentage of people have detectable levels.Why are there differences in the results of thehuman epidemiological studies examining breast cancer riskand passive exposure to tobaccosmoke?The...
... sea generally beinglower is that the easiest and least expensive measureshave already been taken ashore in most EU countries,but not yet at sea.Referring to Beicip-Franlab’s estimates, the ... onboard generation of electricitywere found to be between 15 and 75 times higher thanthose for shore-side electricity connection. (The shore-side electricity was assumed to be generated by moderncoal-fired ... onboard ves-sels. Systems for supplying shore-side electricity are inthemselves nothing new – they have been in use fordecades in a few ports and for certain types of vessel.Experience from the...
... beadjusted for age and dense area and not for other breast cancer risk factors. When we only adjusted for age and dense area like Stone di d, we obs erved a w eak er effect thanTable 4 Combined effect ... and thenon-dense areas, the analyses of the dense area were addi-tionally adjusted for the non-dense area. Despite thestrong correlation bet ween BMI and the non-dense area,we included the non-dense ... cancer risk: dense area, non-densearea, percent density or a combination thereof. Theyobserved that the dense area was a better predictor thanpercent density. Further addition of non-dense...
... time interwal between these two ages, and parity appeared to have a limited influence on breast cancer risk. However, the relationship between these factors and the risk of breast cancer varied ... a beneficial effect on the risk of a breast cancer only when the cancer was diagnosed after age 50. The change in the slope of the curve showing the age-specific incidence of breast cancer ... the time elapsed until the differentiation of breast cells due to a first pregnancy (30). The risk decreased with a decreasing time interval between menarche and the first pregnancy (Table...