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Time activity modelling of domestic exposures to radon.

Radon gas occurs naturally in the environment with a variable distribution. In some areas radon concentrates sufficiently within the built environment that it is considered as a public health risk. It is possible, successfully, to reduce radon levels in ...
D J Briggs, A R Denman, J Gulliver, R F Marley, C A Kennedy, P S Philips, K Field, R M Crockett (J Environ Manage, 200302)
time-activity-modelling-domestic-exposures-radon.asp

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Perceptions and reasons for choice of fat- and fibre-containing foods by Swedish schoolchildren.

This study investigated schoolchildrens breakfast choices focusing on their reported usual intake and perceptions of fat-reduced or fibre-enriched alternatives. A total of 184 eleven- to fifteen-year-old were asked to participate, and 181 completed the ...
Christina Berg, Inger Jonsson, Mark Conner, Lauren Lissner (Appetite, 200302)
perceptions-reasons-choice-fat-fibre-containing-foods-swedish.asp

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Greek students attitudes toward physical activity and health-related behavior.

A three-wave study over one year with 882 adolescents, aged 10 to 16 years at the initial testing, examined psychosocial variables regarding four health-related behaviors: exercise, eating fruit, smoking, and drug use. Analysis showed that during the ...
Yannis Theodorakis, Petros Natsis, Athanasios Papaioannou, Marios Goudas (Psychol Rep, 200302)
greek-students-attitudes-toward-physical-activity-health-related.asp

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Evaluation of a child abuse prevention curriculum for third-grade students: assessment of knowledge and efficacy expectations.

Researchers investigated the effects of a child abuse prevention program on third-grade students knowledge of child abuse and efficacy expectations regarding abusive situations. Three hundred forty-one students completed the 26-item pretest and posttest ...
Joseph A Dake, James H Price, Judy Murnan (J Sch Health, 200302)
evaluation-child-abuse-prevention-curriculum-third-grade-students.asp

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Cigarette use among Canadian undergraduates.

OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence of daily cigarette use among Canadian undergraduates. Estimates are also compared to earlier Ontario surveys. METHODS: Data are drawn from the Canadian Campus Survey, a national mail survey, conducted in the fall of ...
Edward M Adlaf, Louis Gliksman, Andrée Demers, Brenda Newton-Taylor (Can J Public Health, 200301-02)
cigarette-canadian-undergraduates.asp

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The recovery of bacteria from the handpiece of a high school telephone.

The purpose of the experiment reported in this paper was to study the bacteria on the public telephones at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, to determine if there is a risk of infection to students who use the phones. Five phone ...
Matthew Yalowitz, Itzhak Brook (J Environ Health, 200301-02)
recovery-bacteria-handpiece-high-school-telephone.asp

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The prevalence and clinical features of body dysmorphic disorder in college students: a study in a Turkish sample.

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) consists of a preoccupation with an imagined or slight defect in appearance, which causes significant distress or impairment in functioning. There has been little previous research about the prevalence and clinical features ...
Adnan Cansever, Ozcan Uzun, Erkan Dönmez, Aytekin Ozsahin (Compr Psychiatry, 200301-02)
prevalence-clinical-features-body-dysmorphic-disorder-college.asp

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Attitudes of African American premedical students toward genetic testing and screening.

PURPOSE: Genetic research is progressing at a rapid rate. While most view genetic advances favorably, concerns regarding eugenics and discrimination based on genetic test results have been raised. These concerns have been found among all groups studied; ...
Sara L Laskey, Joseph Williams, Jacqui Pierre-Louis, MaryAnn ORiordan, Anne Matthews, Nathaniel H Robin (Genet Med, 200301-02)
attitudes-african-american-premedical-students-toward-genetic-testing.asp

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Attitudes toward care of the terminally ill: an educational intervention.

This quasiexperimental study examined the effect of an educational program on attitudes toward caring for terminally ill persons and their families. Participants were 115 undergraduate students: intervention group, N = 49; control group, N = 66. Pre- and ...
Katherine H Murray Frommelt (Am J Hosp Palliat Care, 200301-02)
attitudes-toward-care-terminally-ill-educational-intervention.asp

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Spiritual care rights and quality of care: perspectives of physical therapy students.

Integrating patients spiritual values into healthcare is important to quality of care according to patients and to accrediting agencies. Little is known, however, about how or whether physical therapists, as members of the healthcare team, are ...
Martha E Highfield, Diana Osterhues (J Healthc Qual, 200301-02)
spiritual-care-rights-quality-care-perspectives-physical-therapy.asp