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Lack Of Occupational Health Research In Nepal, Krishna Poudel, Masamine Jimba, Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar, Susumu Wakai
Lack Of Occupational Health Research In Nepal, Krishna Poudel, Masamine Jimba, Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar, Susumu Wakai
Krishna C. Poudel
In his article on occupational health research in developing countries, Nuwayhid emphasized that many developing countries need to translate scientific findings into effective actions with regard to occupational health.1 Nuwayhid suggested that to improve the situation, we should focus on social and political contexts first and then address the particularities of the workplace—that we should start with the “external-contextual domain” and move to the “internal domain” of occupational health. In Nepal, the second long-term health plan (1997–2017)2 has identified occupational health as one of the emerging priority health issues. However, the long-term health plan document has not dealt with this …
Lipid Adjustment In The Analysis Of Environmental Contaminants And Human Health Risks, Enrique Schisterman, Brian Whitcomb, Germaine Buck Louis, Thomas Louis
Lipid Adjustment In The Analysis Of Environmental Contaminants And Human Health Risks, Enrique Schisterman, Brian Whitcomb, Germaine Buck Louis, Thomas Louis
Brian W. Whitcomb
The literature on exposure to lipophilic agents such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) is conflicting, posing challenges for the interpretation of potential human health risks. Laboratory variation in quantifying PCBs may account for some of the conflicting study results. For example, for quantification purposes, blood is often used as a proxy for adipose tissue, which makes it necessary to model serum lipids when assessing health risks of PCBs. Using a simulation study, we evaluated four statistical models (unadjusted, standardized, adjusted, and two-stage) for the analysis of PCB exposure, serum lipids, and health outcome risk (breast cancer). We applied eight candidate true …