PURPOSE No occupational exposure limit exists for antineoplastic drugs. The main objective of this study was to describe environmental contamination with cyclophosphamide, ifosfamide and methotrexate in pharmacy and patient care areas of Canadian hospitals in 2012. The secondary objective was to compare the 2012 environmental monitoring results with the 2008-2010 results. METHODS Six standard...

We present an XMM-Newton observation of the radio-quiet quasar Q0056-363 (z=0.162). This is the first time that this quasar is observed in the hard X-ray range (above 2 keV). We find that Q0056-363 is a powerful X-ray quasar, with a 0.3–12 keV unabsorbed luminosity of about 1.2 × 10 45 erg s −1 with the largest part (∼ 67%) emitted below 2 keV. The spectrum reveals a large featureless soft X-ra...

hysteroscopy is a new and precise method for evaluating of uterus, so it is valuable in evaluating infertile women. in 18 months, 363 hysteroscopies were done on patients who were visited in ivf center of shariati hospital for treatment of infertility. incidence of abnormal hysteroscopy was 18%. 32% of these abnormal hysteroscopies was endometrial hyperplasia. in evaluating of laparoscopy and o...

Previous studies with mice lacking epidermal macroautophagy suggest that under pro-aging stress there is a profound change in lipid metabolism and an increased susceptibility to DNA damage cellular senescence. Thus we followed up these now cohorts of young (< 8 mo) geriatric (>16 which did or not lack Atg7 (Atg7 f/f: K14 cre+), studied the consequences chronological aging on level lipidome. Add...

Virus-free Blood L. R. I. Baker, M.D., and others ..... ....... 360 Relative Hazards in Smoking Sir Selywn Selwyn-Clarke, F.R.C.P......... 360 Toxic Effects of Intermittent Rifampicin G. W. Poole, M.R.C.P., and others ..... ..... 361 Streptokinase and Myocardial Infarction R. Heikinheimo, M.D ..................... 361 Epilepsy and Folate Deficiency R. D. Eastham, M.D., F.R.C.PATH., and J. Janca...