Hazardous drinking is a significant public health concern and an important target for prevention efforts within both military and civilian populations. For such efforts to be maximally effective, comprehensive information regarding factors that increase or decrease risk for hazardous drinking is necessary. This is the first study to investigate risk and promotive factors across individual, fami...

12 Forum Award Lecture: Comparing Risks-A Hazardous Undertaking: R. Wilson Israeli Ballistic Missile Capabilities: S . Fetter Symposium on the Health Effects of Nonionizing Radiation: I. Interaction of Extremely-Low-Frequency Fields with Humans: T. S. Tenforde II. 60 Hz Electromagnetic Fields: Problems in Risk Assessment and Policy Response: M. G. Morgan In. Electrophobia: Are Biological Effect...

Over the last two decades there has been growing concern about the acute health effects of pesticide use among small scale farmers. This is particularly the case in developing countries where controls are less stringently enforced and hazardous handling practices are more common. In order to bring these issues to light, the scope of the problem needs better documentation. But estimating the sco...

BACKGROUND Alcohol use can have a significant negative impact on young adults in mental health treatment. This cross-sectional study examined prevalence and factors associated with hazardous drinking among young adults seeking outpatient mental health services, rate of alcohol use disorders (AUDs), and the relationship between hazardous drinking and other types of substance use. METHODS Parti...

actions (e.g., exposure assessments, epidemiologic investigations, exposure registries, surveillance) that should be pursued in communities. Even with the efforts to measure exposure, the important question about latent, adverse health effects remains unanswered. As public health professionals in environmental health committed to protect the health of communities living near hazardous waste sit...

BACKGROUND Despite increasing numbers of women veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, few studies have examined hazardous drinking in this group. The present study examined the prevalence of and risk and protective factors for hazardous drinking in a community-based sample of men and women veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom/New Dawn (OEF/OIF/OND). METHODS Veteran...

Wandering is a difficult-to-manage behavior problem for individuals with cognitive impairments that can jeopardize safety if an individual enters a hazardous area or becomes lost. This study investigated the effects of a cloth barrier on entry into an unsafe area. The cloth barrier reduced entry into the restricted area and had high treatment acceptability.

The conference “Occupational Limit Values for Hazardous Substances – Healthy working conditions in a global economy” in Dortmund discussed the relationship of various exposure levels for chemicals at the workplace: the “OELs occupational exposure limits” from member states or European institutions, “AOELs acceptable operator exposure levels” for biocides or pesticides, and “DNELs derived no eff...

Since the early days of manned spaceflight, hazardous effects of the space environment on living organisms have been disputed. With the continuous manning of the International Space Station, the planned Chinese space station, and renewed interest in returning to the Moon and sending manned flights to Mars, identifying and addressing the potential outcomes of long-term space exposures is critica...