10 Health effects of environmental exposures while in automobiles Madeline A. Dillon and David B. Peden University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA 10.1 Environmental exposures in automobiles…
9 Secondhand smoke exposure and the health of hospitality workers Mark D. Eisner University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA 9.1 Introduction Hospitality workers comprise persons who work in bars,…
3 Emissions related to cooking and heating Debbie Jarvis Imperial College, London, UK 3.1 Introduction In most developed nations the majority of households cook and heat their homes with either…
6 Mites, pets, fungi and rare allergens Frederic de Blay, Magdalena Posa, Gabrielle Pauli and Ashok Purohit Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, France 6.1 Introduction Mites, pets, cockroaches and fungi are…
5 Building materials and furnishing Jouni J.K. Jaakkola1 and Reginald Quansah2 1University of Oulu, Finland and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 2University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 5.1 Introduction to building…
1 Cosmetics and personal care products in lung diseases Howard M. Kipen UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, USA 1.1 Introduction: historical context of cosmetics and respiratory illness Cosmetics…
■ Ideal conduit diameter is 3.5 mm or greater. ■ Vein should be easily compressible. Thick-walled or noncompressible vein indicates prior superficial venous thrombosis and vein is likely not suitable for bypass….
■ CLI with tissue loss often occurs in the setting of multilevel arterial occlusive disease. In the case of isolated diabetic tibial occlusive disease, femoral, and frequently popliteal, pulses remain palpable….
■ AAA size and/or expansion rate is an important predictor of rupture, and as such guides indication for repair in asymptomatic patients.1 ■ Other predictors for increased risk rupture include female gender,…
■ Open treatment of TAAAs consists of graft replacement with reattachment of the main aortic branches: The inclusion technique was introduced by S. E. Crawford in the 70s and refined by…
