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Open AccessEmploying the theory of planned behaviour to design an e-cigarette education resource for use in secondary schools
An extended version of the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) was used to inform the design of a framework for an educational resource around e-cigarette use in young people.
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Open AccessAn evaluation of methods for the isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria from patients with cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis and patients assessed for lung transplantation
RGM medium is an agar-based, selective culture medium designed for the isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) from the sputum of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). We evaluated RGM medium for the dete...
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Response of 33 UK patients with infantile-onset Pompe disease to enzyme replacement therapy
Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for infantile-onset Pompe disease has been commercially available for almost 10 years. We report the experience of its use in a cohort treated at three specialist lysosomal tre...
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Revisiting the phylogeography and demography of European badgers (Meles meles) based on broad sampling, multiple markers and simulations
Although the phylogeography of European mammals has been extensively investigated since the 1990s, many studies were limited in terms of sampling distribution, the number of molecular markers used and the anal...
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A Multidisciplinary Approach for Anticipating the Presence of Genetically Modified Fish in France
Transgenic aquaculture species with improved growth rates are at the premarket stage in the United States and may be produced in countries with less drastic regulations for environmental protection. The French...
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DNA contamination of mortuary instruments and work surfaces: a significant problem in forensic practice?
A study of 20 mortuaries was undertaken to assess whether contamination of instruments, tables and cutting areas due to residual material containing human DNA after routine cleaning is an actual or only a the...
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Effects of a health education campaign for the earlier diagnosis of melanoma
As part of a national campaign to combat the rising incidence of and mortality from cutaneous malignant melanoma, a programme of improved clinical services and professional and public education was set up in N...
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Cloning and Sequencing of pseudomonas Genes Involved in the Demethylation of the Lignin Degradation Derivative, Vanillate
Bacterial species are quite readily isolated which are capable of degrading aromatic hydrocarbons. With rare exceptions, they do not perform the opening of the benzene ring unless two hydroxyl groups have been...
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Sunburn, suntan and the risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma – The Western Canada Melanoma Study
A comparison of interview data on 595 patients with newly incident cutaneous melanoma, excluding lentigo maligna melanoma and acral lentiginous melanoma, with data from comparison subjects drawn from the gener...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Are Computers Used Appropriately in Preventive Child Health?
Standard computerised systems have been developed to facilitate the delivery of preventive child health care. Technical details of these systems have been described elsewhere 1.2, but there have been no evaluatio...
