Austria
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Brief communication: Familial resemblance in digit ratio (2D:4D).

29 Sep 2009 Familial resemblance in the second-to-fourth digit ratio (2D:4D), a proxy for prenatal androgen action, was studied in 1,260 individuals from 235 Austrian families. In agreement with findings from twin studies of 2D:4D, heritability estimates based ... Read more...

Immobilising of Cd, Pb, and Zn contaminated arable soils close to a former Pb/Zn smelter: a field study in Austria over 5 years.

29 Sep 2009 Numerous smelter sites are surrounded by rural land. The entrance of non-essential metals such as lead or cadmium into the food chain is very likely as well as phytotoxicity effects of zinc. Finding a realistic solution for these large-scale ... Read more...

Nutritionally relevant elements in staple foods: influence of arable site versus choice of variety.

29 Sep 2009 Eighteen representative sites for the Austrian grain-growing and eight for the potato-growing zones (soils and crops) were investigated. On each site, total element contents (B, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, P, Sr and Zn) were ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Austria'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Teaching the next generation of neurologists. Nov 2009
• [Ferenc Flór (1809-1871) was born two hundred years ago] 2 Oct 2009
• Brief communication: Familial resemblance in digit ratio (2D:4D). 29 Sep 2009
• Immobilising of Cd, Pb, and Zn contaminated arable soils close to a former Pb/Zn smelter: a field study in Austria over 5 years. 29 Sep 2009
• Nutritionally relevant elements in staple foods: influence of arable site versus choice of variety. 29 Sep 2009
• History of science. The case of the midwife toad: fraud or epigenetics? 2 Sep 2009
• Role of Chlamydophila pneumoniae in children hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia in Vienna, Austria. 30 Aug 2009
• ECJ 2009/04 Hartlauer Handelsgesellschaft mbH v. Wiener Landesregierung, Oberösterreichische Landesregierung, 10 March 2009 (C-169/07). 30 Aug 2009
• PSA testing in Austria: induced morbidity and saved mortality. 30 Aug 2009
• The death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: an epidemiologic perspective. 16 Aug 2009
• [Austrian Society for Dermatology and Venereology OGDV] 30 Jul 2009
• [János Balassa memorial lecture] 30 Jul 2009
• Does the mode of delivery influence sexual function after childbirth? 30 Jul 2009
• 2-year results of the AUTAX (Austrian Multivessel TAXUS-Stent) registry beyond the SYNTAX (synergy between percutaneous coronary intervention with TAXUS and cardiac surgery) study. 30 Jul 2009
• The distillation of "VISCI": towards a better identification of suicidal inmates. 30 Jul 2009
• [Burnout symptoms in Austrian student nurses in their third year of training] 30 Jul 2009
• The need not to believe: Freud's godlessness reconsidered. 30 Jul 2009
• Late effects surveillance system after childhood cancer in Germany, austria and parts of Switzerland--update 2009. 30 Jul 2009
• Soaring on the wings of the wind: Freud, Jews and Judaism. 30 Jul 2009
• Correlates of mental health disorders among children with hearing impairments. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Austria'

Descriptor UI: D001317

Alternative terms: Austria;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology; epidemiology;

Tree Number: Z01.542.088;