The increasing worldwide contamination of freshwater systems with thousands of industrial
and natural chemical compounds is one of the key environmental problems facing humanity. …

An overview is presented on possible mechanisms that control the leaching behaviour of
the oxyanion forming elements As, Cr, Mo, Sb, Se, V and W in cementituous systems and …

This article reviews major risk factors for cigarette smoking, alcohol, and other drug abuse
and promising community-based approaches to primary prevention. In a longitudinal …

This report is the first complete assessment of the science of climate change since Working
Group I (WGI) of the IPCC produced its second report Climate Change 1995: The Science of …

Background Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is one of the leading causes of blindness
in the United States and worldwide. Three to 6 million people in the United States are at …

Introduction: Chronic kidney disease as a public health problem. Chronic kidney disease is
a worldwide public health problem. In the United States, there is a rising incidence and …

Cytosine residues in the sequence 5′CpG (cytosine–guanine) are often postsynthetically
methylated in animal genomes. CpG methylation is involved in long-term silencing of certain …

Background The Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study (OHTS) has shown that topical ocular
hypotensive medication is effective in delaying or preventing the onset of primary open-…

… Even before I read Professor Chalmers Johnson's lucid and important book I had formulated
my iron … Professor Johnson shows that the physiology and the pathology of politics are quite …

Objective. —To assess the outcomes of health behavior interventions, focusing on the
elementary school environment, classroom curricula, and home programs, for the primary …