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Prenatal nicotine exposure and effects on the health of the newborn
(2017-03-30)
Maternal smoking is one of the most important preventable risk factors in pregnancy. Whether it is nicotine or combustion products, or possibly both, that cause the adverse effects is not clear. The common substance in ...
Female genital mutilation : studies on primary and repeat female genital cutting
(2005-02-24)
Background: Worldwide at least 130 million now living women and girls
have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), also called female
genital cutting (FGC). Reinfibulation (RI) is a secondary form, mainly
performed ...
Mechanisms of thrombosis and restenosis after vascular injury
(2005-04-22)
Atherosclerosis is the underlying cause of about 50% of all deaths in the western world. Peripheral vascular disease commonly affects the arteries supplying the leg and is mostly caused by atherosclerosis. When medical ...