Sentences with phrase «number of human exposures»

«While cats make up a small percentage of rabies vectors, they are responsible for a disproportionate number of human exposures,» said Holmer.

ABC, CDC, and TWS «While cats make up a small percentage of rabies vectors,» argues Holmer, «they are responsible for a disproportionate number of human exposures.»

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Risks for the baby include exposure to infectious diseases, including HIV, to chemical contaminants, such as some illegal drugs, and to a limited number of prescription drugs that might be in the human milk, if the donor has not been adequately screened.

Breastfeeding is contraindicated in infants with classic galactosemia (galactose 1 - phosphate uridyltransferase deficiency) 103; mothers who have active untreated tuberculosis disease or are human T - cell lymphotropic virus type I — or II — positive104, 105; mothers who are receiving diagnostic or therapeutic radioactive isotopes or have had exposure to radioactive materials (for as long as there is radioactivity in the milk) 106 — 108; mothers who are receiving antimetabolites or chemotherapeutic agents or a small number of other medications until they clear the milk109, 110; mothers who are using drugs of abuse («street drugs»); and mothers who have herpes simplex lesions on a breast (infant may feed from other breast if clear of lesions).

It was noted that EPA's measure of 400 ppt was and remains in effect for only short - term exposure to PFOA, which has been linked to a number of human illnesses including forms of cancer.

This shift, coupled with limited ozone monitoring in most developing nations, has left a number of fundamental outstanding questions: Which regions of the world have the greatest human and plant exposure to ozone pollution?

«The number - one cause of nearly every sign of premature aging on the human face is ultraviolet exposure,» Dr. Taylor says.

«The chronic exposure to high levels of ROS is associated with the development and / or progression of pathophysiological processes, and implicated in an increasing number of human diseases, such as cardiovascular, metabolic, inflammatory and neurogenerative diseases, cancer as well as muscle atrophy and the ageing process.»

According to scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cats are consistently the number - one carrier of rabies among domestic animals and pose a «disproportionate risk for potential human exposure.»

Radical changes in ecology can lead to unexpected viral proliferation and infection via a number of routes — greater human exposure, changes in wildlife populations, changes in environmental factors that encourage viral proliferation.

Here, we assessed human vulnerability to changes in the number of suitable plant growing days by using a common method that distinguishes populations depending on their (i) «exposure» to environmental change, (ii) «dependency» on potentially impacted goods and services, and (iii) social «adaptability» [41 — 44].

[1] Climate change creates new risks for human exposure to vector - borne diseases such as Zika, particularly in the United States where rising heat and humidity are increasing the number of days annually in which disease vectors thrive.

Parental separation may also expose children to loss of social, economic and human capital.4, 14 Other explanatory factors may derive from characteristics typical of separating parents such as lower relationship satisfaction and higher conflict levels also before the separation.4 The rising numbers of children with JPC have concerned child clinicians as well as researchers on the subject.20, 21 Child experts have worried about children's potential feelings of alienation from living in two separate worlds, 20 — 22 increased exposure to parental conflict12, 22 and other stressors that JPC may impose on a child.22 Such daily stressors may be long distances to school, friends and leisure activities, lack of stability in parenting and home environment and a need to adjust to the demands of two different family lives.12, 22 The logistics of travelling between their homes and keeping in contact with friends has been stated as a drawback of JPC in interview studies with children.23 — 25 Older adolescents, in particular, indicated that they preferred to be in one place.23