The influence of sunlight exposure and sun protecting behaviours on allergic outcomes in early childhood

K Rueter, AP Jones, A Siafarikas, P Chivers… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The dramatic rise in allergic disease has occurred in tandem with recent environmental
changes and increasing indoor lifestyle culture. While multifactorial, one consistent allergy …

Are there differences in immune responses following delivery of vaccines through acutely or chronically sun‐exposed compared with sun‐unexposed skin?

PH Hart, M Norval - Immunology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The majority of human vaccines are administered above the deltoid muscle of the arm, a site
that is chronically sun‐exposed in many people. It is known that exposure of the skin to the …

Preliminary studies on the formulation of immune stimulating complexes using saponin from Carica papaya leaves

CM Ojiako, EI Okoye, AN Oli, CJ Ike, CO Esimone… - Heliyon, 2019 - cell.com
There have been several modifications in the use of immune stimulating complexes as
adjuvants, such as the replacement of phospholipids with saponin content. Not much …

The geospatial relationship of pterygium and senile cataract with ambient solar ultraviolet in tropical Ecuador

DR Garzon-Chavez, E Quentin, SL Harrison… - Photochemical & …, 2018 - Springer
Tropical Ecuador presents a unique climate in which we study the relationship between the
ambient levels of solar ultraviolet radiation and eye disease in the absence of a latitudinal …

Using the NASA Giovanni system to assess and evaluate remotely-sensed and model data variables relevant to public health issues

JG Acker - Geospatial Technology for Human Well-being and …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The NASA Geospatial Interactive Online Visualization ANd aNalysis Infrastructure
(Giovanni) has provided remotely-sensed data variables from NASA Earth science missions …

Knowledge and Practice of Skin Cancer Prevention in Sailors in Southern Iran in 2019

A Sotoudeh, SS Mazloomy Mahmoodabad… - Journal of Marine …, 2021 - jmarmed.ir
Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed in 2019 on 330 sailors in Deir port in
southern Iran who were selected by simple random sampling. The researcher-made …

'My child did not like using sun protection': practices and perceptions of child sun protection among rural black African mothers

Z Kunene, PN Albers, RM Lucas, C Banwell… - BMC Public Health, 2017 - Springer
Background Photodamage is partially mitigated by darker skin pigmentation, but immune
suppression, photoaging and cataracts occur among individuals with all skin types. Methods …

Association between season of vaccination and antibody levels against infectious diseases

TC Abreu, H Boshuizen, L Mollema… - Epidemiology & …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Vaccination has reduced the disease burden of vaccine-preventable diseases. However, the
extent to which seasonal cycles of immunity could influence vaccine-induced immunity is not …

Clinical trial data management in environmental health tailored for an African setting

PN Albers, CY Wright - … Journal of Environmental Research and Public …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Clinical trial data management tools are widely available—some free to access and others
relatively expensive, particularly for low-and middle-income countries. Such tools also do …

Vitamina D no combate às infeções

ÂR Cardoso - 2021 - repositorio.ul.pt
Na última década, tem-se vindo a dar especial destaque às propriedades
imunomoduladoras e anti-inflamatórias da vitamina D e ao seu envolvimento no controlo de …