chronic exposure


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chronic exposure

Repeated exposure to a toxic agent or radiation over an extended period of time.
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Acute exposures did not have much effect, but chronic exposure diminished the absorptive projections on the surface of intestinal cells called microvilli, showed the findings published in the journal NanoImpact.
Chewing gum may adversely affect digestive system
For chronic exposure, separate logistic regression models were used to determine the odds of stillbirth associated with relative cold or hot exposure in comparison with mild exposure during the preconception period, first trimester, second trimester, and the whole pregnancy for the entire cohort.
Ambient temperature and stillbirth: a multi-center retrospective cohort study
Garin said arsenic was a carcinogenic chemical and chronic exposure could eventually damage a person's internal organs and initially cause skin diseases.
DOH warns vs arsenic in water supply
Acute exposure to ethanol had more potent effect on plasma concentration of total cholesterol than chronic exposure to ethanol, it may be because of acute exposure to ethanol in addition to alchol dehydrogenase pathway microsomal pathway also become activated [11].
Effect of acute and chronic exposure to ethanol in embryonic stage on lipid profile of chick after hatching
Cardiovascular Adaptations to Chronic Exposure to Altitude
Physiological responses to altitude: a brief review
Chronic exposure to genistein, a soy isoflavone, reduced the number of pre-cancerous lesions in the colons of laboratory rats exposed to a carcinogen by 40 percent and reduced Wnt signaling to normal levels, she said.
How soy rich diet helps protect against colon cancer
Thus, our results suggest that chronic exposure of manganese chloride exerts cytotoxic effects on Schwann cells and as such may have pathophysiological implications in manganese toxicity in the peripheral nervous system.
Cytotoxic effects of manganese in Schwann cells
The individual may attribute the problem to the acute contaminant when, in fact, the problem was primarily due to the longer-term chronic exposure of another.
What we know can hurt us
Chronic exposure to hormone-like chemicals in food and drinking water may have a similar effect down the generations, evidence suggests.
Fatty diet linked to breast cancer in daughters
However chronic exposure of nicotine in adults did not have the same effects.
Nicotine exposure in adolescents
Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- A new study raised concern about chronic exposure of workers in industry to a food flavoring ingredient used to produce the distinctive buttery flavor and aroma of microwave popcorn, margarines, snack foods, candy, baked goods, pet foods and other products.
Artificial Butter Flavoring Ingredient Linked to Key Alzheimer's Disease Process
A longitudinal study in Bangladesh showed dose-dependent incidence of skin lesions from chronic exposure to arsenic in drinking water, even at low levels of exposure.
A flurry of arsenic finding

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