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Surgical Team\' Knowledge About electrocautery smoke complications in the Educational hospitals in Birjand, 2011

ntroduction: Electrocautery device is one of the most widely used electronic devices in operating rooms despite its advantages in operations, production risks such as the halo of smoke above the operating position. The smoke with hazardous substances,cause to transmitting HIV, HPV and hepatitis and complications such as respiratory distress, nausea and vomiting, eye irritation, headache, and so...

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Indoor Smoke Exposure and Risk of Anthracosis

The association between indoor smoke exposure due to traditional baking (baking homemade bread) and anthracosis has rarely been investigated. The aim of the present study is to quantify such association among the Iranian population. A hospital based case-control study was carried out on 83 anthracotic cases and 155 controls (83 individuals with non-anthracotic pulmonary disorders from the pulmo...

برآورد خطر قابل انتساب آنتراکوزیس به علت مواجهه با دود هنگام پخت نان در تنورهای خانگی

Background & Objectives: Some case-report studies in Iran showed probable association between anthracosis and smoke exposure due to baking homemade bread, population. Therefore we estimated the population attributable fraction (PAF) for this probable association in Iranian population. Methods: A hospital-based case-control study, including 83 anthracotic subjects (cases) with 72 controls f...

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