A review of the characteristics of nanoparticles in the urban atmosphere 1 and the prospects for developing regulatory controls 2 Prashant Kumar , Alan Robins, Sotiris Vardoulakis and Rex Britter 3 Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK 4 Public & Environmental Health Research Unit, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 5 London WC1E 7H...

Background: Bio-aerosols in the air of hospital wards have an important role in the development of infections. It is important to make quantitative and qualitative estimations of microorganisms in the air of these wards as an index for environmental hygiene applicable to different hospital wards. The aim of the study was to investigate degrees of diversity and density of bio-aerosols in the edu...

INTRODUCTION Control of Acinetobacter baumannii is a challenge. METHODS A survey was conducted on the control measures introduced against A baumannii in 30 Spanish hospitals. RESULTS We found significant differences in the application of contact precautions, active surveillance, hygiene of colonised patients, environmental cleaning, and educational activities. Hospitals with a written contr...

Author Affiliations: Department of Nutrition & Food Hygiene and the Ministry of Education Key Lab of Hazard Assessment and Control in Special Operational Environment (Ji AL), Department of Occupational & Environmental Health (Cai TJ), School of Public Health, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China; School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA (Ji A...

Investigators: J. M. Ondov, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; T. J. Buckley, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns-Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; P. K. Hopke, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY; M. B. Parlange, Johns-Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; W. F. Rogge, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida International Un...

Rita GRABOWSKA*, Barbara BŁASZCZYK, Tomasz STANKIEWICZ, Tomasz BANAŚ, Sarah HALE, Jan UDAŁA Nuffield Division of Clinical Laboratory Science, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK Department of Gynecology and Oncology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland Department of Biotechnology of Animal Reproduction and Environmental Hygiene, West Pomeranian Technological University...

Millions of people, most of whom are children in developing countries, die of basic hygiene-related diseases every year. Interventions in hygiene, sanitation and water supply have been shown to control disease burden. Universal access to improved water sources and basic sanitation remains elusive but is an important long-term goal. Studies have shown that improving the microbiological quality o...

1Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Agnes Sjöbergin katu 2, Helsinki, FI-00014, Finland. 2College of Medicine, Institute of Life Science, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, United Kingdom. 3Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada. 4Department of Biolo...

As the developing world industrializes, it is likely to experience an epidemiologic transition not unlike what has occurred in the United States and other countries in the developed world, with increasing prevalence and incidence of chronic conditions such as asthma and neurodevelopmental disorders. Environmental prevention has been proven to reduce childhood morbidity, yet interventions to aba...

maternity child health is one of the important and essential aspects of health services that must be considered as a priority in administrative programs because mothers and their children more than other people in the community are affected by perilous environmental factors. they are very vulnerable that lead to disease, failure to thrive, inability and death. every year, poor hygiene leads to ...