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2019-05-21 21:19
Novel cardiovascular risk factors: air pollution, air temperature, pain, and sleep duration
For the podcast associated with this article, please visit https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/pages/Podcasts. Traditionally, we have used age, gender, body mass index, blood pressure, lipids, smoking, and diabetes to assess cardiovascular (CV) risk. However, up until recently, the CV risk provided by environemental hazards such as pollution,1–3 noise,4–6 temperature,7 sleep duration8, and air quality,9,10 among others, have been -
2017-12-15 21:28
2017 Washington State Senate Bill 6032 Sec. 602 (19) MOV-UP Study
“$125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2018 and $125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2019 are provided solely for the University of Washington school of public health to study the air quality implications of air traffic at the international airport in the state that has the highest total annual -
2014-10-13 00:00PFAS Training Exercise, October 13, 2014
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2006-01-01 00:00The Health Of King County 2006
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1999-02-01 00:00Health Profile for the Sea-Tac Airport Community SKCDOH Epidemiology. Planning & Evaluation Unit February 1999
Health Profile for the SeaTac Airport Community Prepared by: Seattle'King County Department of Public Health Epidemiology, Planning & Evaluation Unit For questions about this report, please contact: David Solet, PhD Epidemiology, Planning & Evaluation Unit Seattle-King County Department of Public Health 999 Third Avenue, Suite 1200 Seattle, WA 981 04 Tel: (206) 296-6817 e Fax: (206) 205-5314E-mail: david.solet@metrokc.gov DATA SUMMARY Health Profile for the SeaTac Airport Community 8People of All Ages The percent of the population living in poverty and without a high school diploma is higher in the SeaTac Airport Community compared to King County as a whole. Although SeaTac is diverse, it is predominantly a blue.collar community: in 1990, seven of 10 SeaTac adults were in working-class occupations. Chronic diseases such as heart disease, stroke, cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are the leading causes of death in SeaTac and King County. Cancer of the lung and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, two diseases closely linked with cigarette smoking, were elevated in the SeaTac Airport Community compared to the County as a whole. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in SeaTac, King County and the U.S. There is no adult smoking data specifically for the SeaTac community. However, the percent of adults in South County as a whole who were smokers is somewhat higher compared to King County (24% and 19%, respectively). AIDS death rates are lower in SeaTac than in the County, and have turned downward in recent years. Firearm-related deaths (suicide and homicide)… -
1998-08-01 00:00Highlights from The Health Of King County August 1998
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1997-05-01 00:00Chronic Noise Exposure and Reading Deficits Cornell May 1997
ABSTRACT: First- and second-grade schoolchildren chronically exposed to aircraft noise have significant deficits in reading as indexed by a standardized reading test administered under quiet conditions. These findings indicate that the harmful effects of noise are related to chronic exposure rather than interference effects during the testing session itself. We also provide evidence that the