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Open AccessErnährungsberatung in ärztlichen Praxen verschiedener Fachrichtungen – eine Querschnittsstudie
Ziel dieser Querschnittsstudie war es, den Stand der Ernährungsberatung (EB) und Versorgung in ärztlichen Praxen zu erheben. Das entsprechende Fachwissen der Ärzt:innen sowie Hürden und Verbesserungsmöglichkei...
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Open AccessThe effects of gender discrimination on medical students‘ choice of specialty for their (junior) residency – a survey among medical students in Germany
Gender discrimination is known to affect societies in many different settings. Medical education is no exception. This study focusses on the consequences, gender discrimination can have on medical students and...
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Open AccessBridging the knowledge gap! Health outcomes in informal e-waste workers
Although several studies analyzed the impact of e-waste recycling on human health, most publications did not differ between e-waste workers and bystanders, such as residents. This could lead to an underestimat...
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Open AccessThe impact of the 2021 flood on the outpatient care in the North Rhine region, Germany: a cross-sectional study
In the summer of 2021, heavy precipitation led to extreme flooding across Western Europe. In Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate were particularly affected. More than 180 people lost their...
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Open AccessOral health, stress and barriers accessing dental health care among war-affected Ukrainian refugees in Germany
After Russian invasion many Ukrainians fled to European countries including Germany. In this context, the German health care system faced challenges delivering dental care to a displaced population. Recently s...
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Open AccessTen years after: findings from the medical surveillance program on Health Effects in High-Level Exposure to PCB (HELPcB)
After the detection of high environmental and occupational exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in a German recycling company for transformers and capacitors in 2010, the multidisciplinary medical surv...
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Open AccessThe role of the DC component in human perception of AC–DC hybrid electric fields and a comparison with the AC component
As part of the energy transition in Germany, high-voltage overhead power lines will be operated using hybrid systems that combine alternating and direct current (AC and DC). The degree to which humans perceive...
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Open AccessHealthcare for individuals without health insurance in Germany – a mixed methods approach to assess the situation and current challenges
Health insurance is mandatory in Germany; nevertheless, many individuals there have no health insurance and depend on a parallel healthcare structure. Voluntary associations, such as MediNetz and healthcare vo...
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Open AccessThe role of the AC component in human perception of AC–DC hybrid electric fields
Electric energy is essential to today’s society. To cope with global higher demand while minimizing land use, efficient high voltage direct current (HVDC) power lines are planned to be mounted on existing alte...
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Open AccessThe pupillary light reflex (PLR) as a marker for the ability to work or drive – a feasibility study
The PLR (pupillary light reflex) can be a marker for pathological medical conditions, such as neurodegenerative or mental health disorders and diseases as well as marker for physiological alterations, such as ...
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Open AccessHuman detection thresholds of DC, AC, and hybrid electric fields: a double-blind study
In the course of the ongoing transition of electric energy systems, transmission corridors are often upgraded to higher voltages and other technologies leading to another quality of human exposure. The study a...
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Open AccessAssociation of plasma PCB levels and HbA1c concentration in Iran
The rapid increase in prevalence of diabetes mellitus over the last decades warrants more attention to the effects of environmental and occupational exposures on glucose metabolism. Our study aimed to assess t...
