Long-term mortality in pediatric solid organ recipients-A nationwide study.

Background: The present study aimed at investigating long-term mortality of patients who underwent solid organ transplantation during childhood and at identifying their causes of death.

Methods: A cohort of 233 pediatric solid organ transplant recipients who had a kidney, liver, or heart transplantation between 1982 and 2015 in Finland were studied. Year of birth-, sex-, and hometown-matched controls (n = 1157) were identified using the Population Register Center registry.

Wood stove use and other determinants of personal and indoor exposures to particulate air pollution and ozone among elderly persons in a Northern Suburb.

A six-month winter-spring study was conducted in a suburb of the northern European city of Kuopio, Finland, to identify and quantify factors determining daily personal exposure and home indoor levels of fine particulate matter (PM , diameter <2.5 µm) and its light absorption coefficient (PM ), a proxy for combustion-derived black carbon. Moreover, determinants of home indoor ozone (O ) concentration were examined.

Cytoplasmic Keap1 Expression Is Associated With Poor Prognosis in Endometrial Cancer.

Background/aim: Oxidative stress is involved in several carcinogenic pathways. Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor (Nrf2), Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keap1) and Park7 (DJ-1) are the main regulators of antioxidant enzymes eliminating reactive oxidative species (ROS). The roles of these proteins were studied as potential prognostic factors in endometrial cancer.

Mortality due to Vegetation Fire-Originated PM2.5 Exposure in Europe-Assessment for the Years 2005 and 2008.

Background: Vegetation fires can release substantial quantities of fine particles (PM2.5), which are harmful to health. The fire smoke may be transported over long distances and can cause adverse health effects over wide areas.