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Determinants of alcohol consumption and marijuana use among young adults in the Republic of Palau
ConclusionsSex, age, ethnicity, and education were significant determinants of alcohol and marijuana use. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - January 22, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Prevalence of an incompetent lip seal during growth periods throughout Japan: a large-scale, survey-based, cross-sectional study
ConclusionThe rate of ILS seems to increase with age in children, throughout Japan. Therefore, this disorder may not self-correct during the growth periods in these children. Guidelines are required for pediatric dentists to recognize ILS among children aged 3 –12 years. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - January 21, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Examining geographical disparities in the incubation period of the COVID-19 infected cases in Shenzhen and Hefei, China
ConclusionCase studies of the COVID-19 outbreak in Shenzhen and Hefei indicated that the incubation period of COVID-19 had exhibited evident geographical disparities, although the pathological causality between meteorological conditions and incubation period deserves further investigation. Methodologies based on big data released by local public health authorities are applicable for identifying incubation period and relevant epidemiological research. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - January 18, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Cross-sectional study of individual and environmental factors associated with life-space mobility among community-dwelling independent older people
ConclusionsOur findings suggest that modifiable individual factors and environmental factors are related to life-space mobility among community-dwelling older people. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - January 18, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

The mechanism of enriched environment repairing the learning and memory impairment in offspring of prenatal stress by regulating the expression of activity-regulated cytoskeletal-associated and insulin-like growth factor-2 in hippocampus
ConclusionsThe learning and memory impairment in offspring of prenatal stress can be rectified by the enriched environment, the mechanism of which is related to the decreasing plasma corticosterone and increasing hippocampal IGF-2 and Arc of offspring rats following maternal chronic stress during pregnancy. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - January 15, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Effects of short-term exposure to ambient airborne pollutants on COPD-related mortality among the elderly residents of Chengdu city in Southwest China
ConclusionsIncreased concentrations of ambient airborne pollutants composed of PM2.5, SO2, NO2, O3, and CO were significantly and positively associated with COPD-related mortality in the central Sichuan Basin, which is located in the hinterland of southwestern China. The adverse effects of O3 were stable, a finding that should receive more attention. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - January 12, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Effect of professional certification on employees ’ return-to-work rate after occupational injuries in Korea: focusing on vulnerable groups
ConclusionIn conclusion, injured workers with a certification generally had a higher RTW rate. In particular, the RTW rate was higher among female workers and daily workers with a certification than among those without. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - January 12, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

National, regional, and global prevalence of cigarette smoking among women/females in the general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis
ConclusionsThe prevalence of cigarette smoking among women is very high, which is significant in all subgroups of adolescents, adults, and pregnant women. Therefore, it is necessary to design and implement appropriate educational programs for them, especially in schools, to reduce the side effects and prevalence of smoking among women. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - January 8, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Regional-level risk factors for severe hand-foot-and-mouth disease: an ecological study from mainland China
ConclusionExcept for the type of infected pathogen, the case-severity rate of HFMD was closely related to city development and meteorological factor. These findings suggest that social and environmental factors may also play an important role in the progress of severe HFMD. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - January 8, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Early childhood screen time as a predictor of emotional and behavioral problems in children at 4  years: a birth cohort study in China
ConclusionsHigher ST exposure at early childhood is associated with later emotional and behavioral problems. In particular, sustained high ST exposure is a risk factor for behavioral problems. These findings suggested the importance of controlling ST to prevent the occurrence of emotional and behavioral problems in the early years. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - January 7, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Biomass-fuelled improved cookstove intervention to prevent household air pollution in Northwest Ethiopia: a cluster randomized controlled trial
ConclusionsThe biomass-fuelled improved cookstove intervention significantly reduces the concentration of household air pollution compared to the traditional method. This suggests that the implementation of these cookstove technologies may be necessary to achieve household air pollution exposure reductions.Trial registrationThe trial project was retrospectively registered on August 2, 2018, at the clinicaltrials.gov registry database (https://clinicaltrials.gov/) with theNCT03612362 registration identifier number. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - January 4, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

The CEBPE rs2239633 genetic polymorphism on susceptibility to childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: an updated meta-analysis
ConclusionThis meta-analysis found no significant association between the CEBPE rs2239633 polymorphism and susceptibility to CALL. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - January 4, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Optimization and validation of a highly sensitive method for determining glyphosate in human urine by solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry: a methodological study
ConclusionsOur reliable determination method was successful in measuring urinary glyphosate concentration. Moreover, this is the first biomonitoring report of urinary glyphosate levels in the Japanese general population. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - December 12, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Association between high psychological distress and poor oral health-related quality of life (OHQoL) in Japanese community-dwelling people: the Nagasaki Islands Study
ConclusionsIt is likely that the individual with high psychological distress was strongly related to poor OHQoL even in the general population. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - December 10, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research

Households with unimproved water sources in Ethiopia: spatial variation and point-of-use treatment based on 2016 Demographic and Health Survey
ConclusionAn apparent clustering trend with high unimproved water coverage was observed between regions and among wealth quintiles hence indicates priority areas for future resource allocation and the need for regional and national policies to address the issue. Promoting households to treat water prior to drinking is essential to reduce health problems. (Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - December 7, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research