[Trend of the asbestos related diseases mortality in workers of a company in the province Cremona which manufactured asbestos products].

The study analyzes the trend of asbestos-related diseases and mortality in workers of a company in the province of Cremona which manufactured asbestos products. It is confirmed that the exposure to a high concentration of asbestos fibers (estimated to more than 20 fibers/cc) strictly correlates with the onset of pathologies from asbestos. In the studied population were found 19 cases of neoplastic diseases (12 mesotheliomas and 7 bronchopulmonary carcinomas).

Cannabinoid-precipitated withdrawal: a time-course study of the behavioral aspect and its correlation with cannabinoid receptors and G protein expression.

To characterize the time course of the behavioral and biochemical aspects of the cannabinoid withdrawal syndrome, we injected the cannabinoid antagonist SR141716A (5 mg/kg i.p.) in rats made tolerant to CP-55,940 (0.

Regulation of immune functions in rat splenocytes after acute and chronic in vivo treatment with CP-55,940, a synthetic cannabinoid compound.

Changes in mitogen-induced splenocyte proliferation and NK activity were evaluated after acute (1 h) and chronic (6 d) in vivo treatment of rats with the synthetic cannabinoid compound CP-55,940. At a dose of 0.4 mg/kg i.

Changes in rat spleen cannabinoid receptors after chronic CP-55,940: an autoradiographic study.

We examined whether cannabinoid receptor density changes in the rat spleen after in vivo chronic exposure to cannabinoids. Rats received daily injections of 0.4 mg/kg IP of the synthetic cannabinoid receptor ligand CP-55,940 for 11 days.

[An instrument for measurement of the quality of nursing care given in a hospital].

The experience and the various steps of the adaptation of an instrument for assessing the quality of care delivered are described. The instrument adopted was the IGEQSI (Instrument Global d'Evaluation de la Qualité de Soins Infermiers), because it is easy to use, it allows to obtain a global evaluation thus analyzing several areas of nursing care and because resources, processes and outcomes of care are considered. Since it was developed in a foreign culture it required a substantial adaptation either in the contents or in the structure.