Concentrating risk? The geographic concentration of health risk from industrial air toxics across America

2020 ◽  
pp. 277-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerry Ard ◽  
Clair Bullock
Keyword(s):  
Health Risk ◽  
Air Toxics ◽  
Geographic Concentration

scholarly journals Multi-Year Concentrations, Health Risk, and Source Identification, of Air Toxics in the Venice Lagoon

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa Morabito ◽  
Elena Gregoris ◽  
Franco Belosi ◽  
Daniele Contini ◽  
Daniela Cesari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Risk ◽  
Source Identification ◽  
Venice Lagoon ◽  
Air Toxics

scholarly journals Airborne Air Toxics Characteristics and Inhalation Health Risk Assessment of a Metropolitan Industrial Complex

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 2477-2489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiun-Horng Tsai ◽  
Wei-Ting Gu ◽  
I-I Chung ◽  
Hung-Lung Chiang
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Health Risk Assessment ◽  
Air Toxics ◽  
Industrial Complex

Severe Drooling and Treatment With Botulinum Toxin

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-21
Author(s):  
Merete Bakke ◽  
Allan Bardow ◽  
Eigild Møller
Keyword(s):  
Botulinum Toxin ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Clinical Evidence ◽  
Acetylcholine Release ◽  
Psychosocial Problems ◽  
Rate Reduction ◽  
Local Inhibition ◽  
Surgical Treatments

Severe drooling is associated with discomfort and psychosocial problems and may constitute a health risk. A variety of different surgical and non-surgical treatments have been used to diminish drooling, some of them with little or uncertain effect and others more effective but irreversible or with side effects. Based on clinical evidence, injection with botulinum toxin (BTX) into the parotid and submandibular glands is a useful treatment option, because it is local, reversible, and with few side effects, although it has to be repeated. The mechanism of BTX is a local inhibition of acetylcholine release, which diminishes receptor-coupled secretion and results in a flow rate reduction of 25–50% for 2–7 months.

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