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INDEX SL.NO. | CONTENTS | PAGE NO: | 1. | INTRODUCTION | 1-2 | 2. | LEAD | 3 | 3. | PREPARATIONS OF LEAD | 4-6 | 4. | LEAD POISONING | 7 | 5. | SOURCES OF LEAD | 8-9 | 6. | WHY LEAD IS HARMFUL? | 10 | 7. | ABSORPTION‚DISTRIBUTION AND ELIMINATION | 11 | 8. | RISK FACTORS | 12 | 9 | SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS | 13-17 | 10. | FATAL DOSE AND FATAL PERIOD | 18 | 11. | COMPLICATIONS | 19 | 12. | TESTS AND DIAGONOSIS | 20 | 13. | TREATMENT AND DRUGS | 21-22 | 14. | POST MORTEM APPEARANCE
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CHAPTER 2: CELLS Learning about disease is often simplified by growing it in a dish – some cells like heart and nerve cells however do not grow easily outside the body. Cellular reprogramming takes cell back to a state similar to stem cells and then coaxes them to specialize in a different way. Example – LEOPARD syndrome MIM 151100. Acronym for symptoms: enlarged heart w/blocked valves to the lungs‚ freckles‚ abnormal genitals‚ deafness. Skin cells taken from patients were reprogrammed to give
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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY This essay aims to use the principles of epidemiology to describe the problem of adolescent pregnancy and demonstrate its significance and impact as a public health problem. In the same wise applying epidemiological principles the determinants of teenage pregnancy are identified and an attempt is made to conceptualise the interplay between the socioeconomic environments and the biological factors in giving rise to the problem and influencing the life course
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Alcohol – the Body & Health Effects A brief overview 3 Contents 5 5 6 21 Introduction What is alcohol? Body effects of alcohol Mental health conditions 22 Alcohol and drug interactions 23 Effects of alcohol on other people 9 Brain and nervous system 24 Women Breasts – women 24 Men 10 Eyes 25 Young people 10 Heart and blood pressure 25 Older people 11 Intestines 11 Kidneys and fluid balance 26 How much? 11 Liver
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FACTORS AFFECTING GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT FACTORS AFFECTING GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT In this assignment is an explanation of genetic‚ biological‚ environmental and socio-economic and lifestyle that effect the development of an individual. Also using the case study of Emily there is explanation on 2 predictable and 2 unpredictable life events that could be affecting her now and the in the future. I will then be discussing the 2 sides to the nature –nurture debate‚ and then I will be evaluating how
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Patient: Ms. Jane Doe DOB: 2/18/82 Address: Jones‚MS Civil Status: Married Nationality: Caucasian Religion: Baptist Admission: 9/7/12 Discharged: 9/10/12 Unit: Adult Type of Admission: Voluntary Ms. Doe is a 30 year old white female. She is married and lives at home with her husband‚ her four children (ages 11‚ 9‚ 6‚ and 4 yrs). Her youngest brother lives in the home with them‚ also. She is a graduate from Jones High School and is currently
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Cite this article as: BMJ‚ doi:10.1136/bmj.38470.670903.E0 (published 20 May 2005) Papers Early life risk factors for obesity in childhood: cohort study John J Reilly‚ Julie Armstrong‚ Ahmad R Dorosty‚ Pauline M Emmett‚ A Ness‚ I Rogers‚ Colin Steer‚ Andrea Sherriff for the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children Study Team Abstract Methods Objective To identify risk factors in early life (up to 3 years of age) for obesity in children in the United Kingdom. Design Prospective cohort
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The Bhopal disaster‚ also referred to as the Bhopal gas tragedy‚ was a gas leak incident in India‚ considered the world’s worst industrial disaster.[1] It occurred on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal‚ Madhya Pradesh. Over 500‚000 people were exposed tomethyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals. The toxic substance made its way in and around the shantytowns located near the plant.[2] Estimates vary on the death toll. The official immediate
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Potential Effects of Five Different Life Factors On The Development of an Individual By Jibon Ahmed P2- Write a report which describes the potential influences of the following five life factors on development through life stages The five main life factors are: * Genetic - Cystic fibrosis‚ Asthma‚ Huntington’s disease. * Biological - Foetal Alcohol Syndrome‚ Maternal infections‚ Effects of diet in pregnancy. * Environmental - Damp/overcrowding housing‚ Bullying‚ Family dysfunction
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