Atlantic coastal bays of the US are essential habitat for young of year bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). Their residence in these estuaries during critical life stages, high lipid content, and piscivory make bluefish an ideal bioindicator species for evaluating estuarine health. Individual whole fish from four estuaries impacted by Hurricane Sandy were collected in August 2013, analyzed for a suite of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) including polychlorinated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers and organochlorine pesticides and evaluated using health metrics. Concentrations in whole bluefish differed by estuary; however, concentrations for many POPs decreased or were similar to those observed prior to the hurricane. Prevalence of the ectoparasitic gill isopod (Lironeca ovalis) varied by estuary and no relationships between contaminants and lesions were observed. Bluefish should be considered for monitoring programs and, if sampled frequently, could be an effective bioindicator of incremental and episodic changes in contaminants within aquatic food webs.
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Breast Cancer Res Treat
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Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, 8700 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA.
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Methods: We obtained characteristics and survival data from 206,156 YBC patients (≤ 40 years of age) diagnosed between 2005 and 2019 from the National Cancer Database (NCDB). Patients were subdivided into two comparison groups based on year of diagnosis (2005-2009, Old vs.
Am J Case Rep
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Department of Pediatric Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
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Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, College of Nursing, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 847 Union Ave, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
Purpose: This study examined parenting stress and child special healthcare needs to child neurocognitive development (NCD).
Design And Methods: This secondary analysis used data from the primary study, a longitudinal cohort study of mother-child dyads. Multivariable regression models examined the associations between parenting stress and child special healthcare needs with NCD.
Lancet Public Health
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Department of Oncology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research, Cancer Care Alberta, Alberta Health Services, Arthur Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada. Electronic address:
Background: Adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors are at an increased risk of premature mortality due to their cancer and its treatment. Herein, we aimed to quantify the excess risks of mortality among AYA cancer survivors and identify target populations for intervention.
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World J Pediatr
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Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.
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