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Monday, November 23, 2009

[Air quality and climate change]

24 Oct 2009 Air quality, health and climate change are closely connected. Ozone depends on temperature and the greenhouse gas methane from cattle and biomass. Pollen presence depends on temperature and CO2. The effect of climate change on particulate air ... Read more...

Ensemble-trained PM2.5 source apportionment approach for health studies.

13 Sep 2009 An ensemble-trained chemical mass balance (CMB) approach is developed for particulate matter (PM) source apportionment (SA), particularly for use in health studies. The approach uses results from a short-term emission-based chemical transport model ... Read more...

Acculturation: a concept analysis for immigrant health.

30 Aug 2009 Acculturation is a concept that has utility in nursing practice and research. It is a dynamic, multifactorial construct that has been used as a variable in psychology, sociology, epidemiology, medicine, business, education, and nursing. Walker and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Health'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Air quality and climate change] 24 Oct 2009
• [The climate challenge is a health challenge] 24 Oct 2009
• [Climate and health] 24 Oct 2009
• Newsmaker interview. Francis Collins: looking beyond the funding deluge. Interview by Jocelyn Kaiser. 7 Oct 2009
• Think big, eat small. 30 Sep 2009
• Life sciences. A new biology to mend society's woes. 23 Sep 2009
• Ensemble-trained PM2.5 source apportionment approach for health studies. 13 Sep 2009
• Methyl iodide, a fumigant under fire. 13 Sep 2009
• Environment. Looming global-scale failures and missing institutions. 9 Sep 2009
• Acculturation: a concept analysis for immigrant health. 30 Aug 2009
• The American right to health. 30 Aug 2009
• Protein S-nitrosylation in health and disease: a current perspective. 29 Aug 2009
• Survey of the potential environmental and health impacts in the immediate aftermath of the coal ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee. 13 Aug 2009
• Lower serum testosterone is independently associated with insulin resistance in non-diabetic older men: the Health In Men Study. 4 Aug 2009
• Wealth and health. Will the global credit crunch cause a health crunch in the most affected countries? 30 Jul 2009
• Genetic disorders and periodontal health: a literature review. 30 Jul 2009
• Age related decline of microvascular regulation measured in healthy individuals by retinal dynamic vessel analysis. 30 Jul 2009
• Esophageal pressure method and impulse oscillometry to assess mechanical properties of the respiratory system in healthy men. 30 Jul 2009
• 'Living between two worlds': who is living in whose worlds? 30 Jul 2009
• A human rights based approach to social and emotional wellbeing. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Health'

Definition: The state of the organism when it functions optimally without evidence of disease.

Descriptor UI: D006262

Alternative terms: Health; Normality; Normalities; Normalcy;

Tree Number: N01.400;