Publications by authors named "Menne E"
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- Workers in industries like zinc processing are exposed to harmful aerosols, including zinc oxide (ZnO), which could impact health.
- This study examined how short-term exposure to nano-sized ZnO affects airway inflammatory markers in healthy individuals, focusing on exhaled breath condensate (EBC).
- Results indicated that exposure to ZnO at various concentrations did not significantly affect the levels of zinc or other inflammatory biomarkers in EBC, suggesting it may not be a reliable method for assessing inhaled ZnO exposure.
Objectives: Exposure to hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) has been primarily studied in chromate production. Here, we measured personal exposure to respirable Cr(VI) together with airborne and urinary Cr and Ni in welders to explore levels and associations between various measures of exposure.
Methods: Shift concentrations of Cr(VI), Cr, and Ni were measured in respirable welding fumes in 50 men who used either gas metal arc welding (GMAW) (n = 24) or tungsten inert gas welding (TIG) (n = 19) as their major technique.
Objectives: To describe Staphylococcus aureus infections in children with diabetes mellitus (DM).
Methods: Children with DM (cases) and S. aureus infections (2/02-6/10) were identified from a surveillance database.
The partial enzymatic hydrolysis of chicory inulin (GFn; 2 < or =n < or =60) yields an oligofructose preparation that is composed of both GFn-type and Fn-type oligosaccharides (2 < or =n < or =7; 2 < or =m < or =7), where G is glucose, F is fructose, and n is the number of beta(2-->1) bound fructose moieties. Human studies have shown that feeding GFn-type oligomers significantly modifies the composition of the fecal microflora especially by increasing the number of bifidobacteria. The experiments reported here were used to test the hypothesis that the Fn-type molecules have the same property.
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