Changes and correlates of screen time in adults and children during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis

M Trott, R Driscoll, E Iraldo, S Pardhan - EClinicalMedicine, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Screen time has increased as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and several
correlates have been associated with these increases. These changes, however, have not …

Risk factors of severe COVID-19: a review of host, viral and environmental factors

L Zsichla, V Müller - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
The clinical course and outcome of COVID-19 are highly variable, ranging from
asymptomatic infections to severe disease and death. Understanding the risk factors of …

[HTML][HTML] Safety of COVID-19 vaccines administered in the EU: Should we be concerned?

AF Hernández, D Calina, K Poulas, AO Docea… - Toxicology reports, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented and devastating impact on public
health, society and economics around the world. As a result, the development of vaccines to …

Alcohol and the Risk of Injury

T Chikritzhs, M Livingston - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Globally, almost four and a half million people died from injury in 2019. Alcohol's
contribution to injury-related premature loss of life, disability and ill-health is pervasive …

Stress research during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

LS Pfeifer, K Heyers, S Ocklenburg, OT Wolf - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic confronts stress researchers in psychology and neuroscience with
unique challenges. Widely used experimental paradigms such as the Trier Social Stress …

Suicidality and COVID‑19: Suicidal ideation, suicidal behaviors and completed suicides amidst the COVID‑19 pandemic

V Efstathiou, MI Stefanou… - Experimental and …, 2022 - spandidos-publications.com
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID‑19) pandemic, there has been
widespread concern that social isolation, financial stress, depression, limited or variable …

Tobacco Smoking and Liver Cancer Risk: Potential Avenues for Carcinogenesis

D Jain, P Chaudhary, N Varshney… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Smoking a cigarette generates over 4000 chemicals that have a deleterious impact on each
part of the human body. It produces three main severe effects on the liver organ: oncogenic …

SARS-CoV-2 infection incidence during the first and second COVID-19 waves in Italy

M Vinceti, T Filippini, KJ Rothman, S Di Federico… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
We assessed the relation between COVID-19 waves in Italy, which was severely affected
during the pandemic. We evaluated the hypothesis that a larger impact from the first wave …

COVID‐19 pandemic and stay‐at‐home mandates promote weight gain in US adults

A Seal, A Schaffner, S Phelan, H Brunner‐Gaydos… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The purpose of this study was to prospectively examine the effect of state stay‐at‐
home mandates on weight of US adults by BMI over 3 months during COVID‐19. Methods …

Alcohol consumption and smoking during COVID-19 pandemic: association with sociodemographic, behavioral, and mental health characteristics

AA Schäfer, LP Santos, MR Quadra, SC Dumith… - Journal of Community …, 2022 - Springer
The Covid-19 pandemic is related to increased alcohol consumption and smoking. These
behaviors may be related to several sociodemographic, behavioral and mental health …