Publications by authors named "Oscar Di Paolo"

Unlabelled: Occupational accidents due to biological materials cause significant harm to workers and institutions.

Objective: To estimate the risk of accidents in doctors and nurses at the Hospital Provincial del Centenario (HPC) and particularly in Emergency Medical Service (EMS) between 2009 and 2013.

Methods: retrospective cohort study from the survey information of injuries by accidents with biohazard in doctors and nurses workers from HPC.

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Dietary factors appear to be involved in the high incidence of prostate cancer in "Westernized" countries, implicating dietary carcinogens such as heterocyclic amines (HAs) in the initiation of prostate carcinogenesis. We examined 24 human prostate samples with respect to their potential for activation and detoxification of HAs and the presence of DNA adducts formed in vivo. Cytochromes P450 1B1, 3A4 and 3A5 were expressed at low levels (<0.

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