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Hypoxia-ischemia produces focal disruption of glutamate receptors in developing brain
(Elsevier, 1987-07)
We examined the impact of a perinatal hypoxic-ischemic insult on the distribution of glutamate receptors in developing brain. We used a well characterized rodent model for perinatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, unilateral ...
Domestic Violence and Women’s Employment: Fixed Effects Models of Three Waves of Women’s Employment Study Data
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., 2005-09)
Domestic violence can interfere with women’s ability to work, and may result in loss of welfare benefits and poorer economic outcomes. Previous studies showing no effect of domestic violence on employment could be a result ...
Salivary Cortisol and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in a Low-Income Community Sample of Women
(Biological Psychiatry, 2003-09-05)
An HIV/AIDS Prevention Project for Mexican Homosexual Men: An Empowerment Approach
(Sage Publications, 1997)
In this intervention, participants design and implement an HIV/AIDS prevention project for Mexican homosexual men. The intervention is consistent with, and contributes to, empowerment theory because it enhances collective ...
The Role of the Hippocampal Mineralocorticoid and Glucocorticoid Receptors in the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis of the Aged Fisher Rat
(Elsevier, 1994-10)
The aging process has been frequently associated with hippocampal neuredegeneration, loss of corticosteroid receptors, and, at the same time, dysfunction of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. We were interested ...
Prevalence of asthma and respiratory symptoms in south-central Durban, South Africa
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1999-09)
The prevalence of asthma and respiratory symptoms in south-central Durban, one of the most heavily polluted areas of South Africa, has been determined using a cross-sectional survey of 213 households in the communities of ...
Mechanistic steps in the photoreduction of mercury in natural waters
(Elsevier, 1994-09-01)
Elemental mercury accounts for 10-50% of the dissolved mercury in lakes but plays a vital role in the cycling of this element in lacustrine environments. The view is advanced that a large fraction of the Hg(0) is generated ...
Historical trends of airborne trace metals in Detroit from 1971 to 1992
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1996-03)
Ambient concentrations of particulate Fe, Zn, Ph, Ni, Cr, Cd and Hg were measured at nine sites located in the metropolitan area of Detroit from 1971 to 1992. The ambient concentrations of all the trace metals were found ...
Mercury pollution from the past mining of gold and silver in the Americas
(Elsevier, 1994-06-20)
The development of the patio amalgamation process into an industrial scale operation in 1554 stimulated the massive production of silver in the New World but left behind an unprecedented quantity of mercury pollution. The ...