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Tobacco control litigation: broader impacts on health rights adjudication
(Wiley, 2013-03)
There is perhaps no area of law that so effectively protects human health and thereby advances the right to the highest attainable standard of health, as tobacco control. Globally, tobacco is responsible for 1 in 10 adult ...
Socio-economic inequalities in smoking prevalence and involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke in Argentina: Analysis of three cross-sectional nationally representative surveys in 2005, 2009 and 2013
(Public Library of Science, 2019-06)
Background: Understanding patterns of socio-economic inequalities in tobacco consumption is key to design targeted public health policies for tobacco control. This study examines socio-economic inequalities in smoking and ...
Youth working in tobacco farming: effects on smoking behavior and association with health status
(BioMed Central, 2020-01)
Background: Cultivation of tobacco raises concerns about detrimental health and social consequences for youth, but tobacco producing countries only highlight economic benefits. We compared sociodemographic and health-related ...
Green Photoluminescent Methodology for Aluminium Traces Quantification in 24-Hour Urine of Subjects with Different Exposition to Tobacco Smoke
(Scientific Research, 2018-10-25)
The aim of this work has been to evaluate the aluminium Al(III) traces contents in 24-hours urine samples from subjects with different tobacco smoke exposition using a new methodology using 1,4-dihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone ...
Prostate-specific antigen: Its relationship with alcohol intake and tobacco
(Humana Press, 2012-06)
To determine the influence of alcohol and tobacco consumption on serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels. 59 men participated in this study: 20 with prostate tumors (PT) and 39 without tumor diagnosis (prostate controls, ...
Determination of cadmium in commercial tobacco by EMFAAS
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018-11)
In this work we present the use of EMFAAS (Electrothermal Metallic Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy) for the determination of Cd in the tobacco cigarettes of five commercial brands. Optimization of the experimental ...
Tobacco and end stage renal disease: a multicenter, cross-sectional study in Argentinian Northern Patagonia
(International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2015-09)
Background: Smoking and chronic kidney disease are major public health problems with common features -high prevalence and mortality, high cardiovascular risk, gender differences and high prevalence in low income people-, ...
Sequential determination of nickel and cadmium in tobacco, molasses and refill solutions for e-cigarettes samples by molecular fluorescence
(Elsevier Science, 2017-11-03)
In this work, a new procedure was developed for separation and preconcentration of nickel(II) and cadmium(II) in several and varied tobacco samples. Tobacco samples were selected considering the main products consumed by ...
Image processing for monitoring of the cured tobacco process in a bulk-curing stove
(Elsevier, 2020-01)
A control system based on digital image processing was developed for the tobacco curing process in a bulkcuring barn. A laboratory prototype of the barn was built to test the automation of the process and the results with ...
Possible tobacco progenitors share long-tongued hawkmoths as pollen vectors
(Springer Wien, 2003-10)
The putative ancestors of the allopolyploid hybrid Nicotiana tabacum have distinct flower features, apparently suited either for hawkmoth or bat pollination. This suggests that progenitors were reproductively isolated by ...