Chun Yuh Yang

..In summary, the activation of HGF/c-Met signaling is a major pathway involved in ufCB-induced type II cell proliferation...

..The aim of this study was designed to investigate the care-effectiveness of different healthcare models for schizophrenic patients and the impact of it on caregivers...

..Studies on the association between prostate cancer and cadmium exposure have yielded conflicting results. This study explored cadmium burden on the risk and phenotype of prostate cancer in men with no evident environmental exposure...

..03, 1.65) for delivery of preterm infants born to mothers who lived within 500 m of the freeway. Such data provide additional support for the hypothesis that air pollution can affect the outcome of pregnancy...

..The possibility that our results may be due to chance should be considered; however, gender-specific differences in arsenic metabolism may be a critical factor...

..9-1.18) and 1.1 (0.96-1.27), respectively. The results of the present study show that there was no statistically significant association between the levels of nitrate in drinking water and increased risk of death from pancreatic cancer...

..This study provides evidence that higher levels of ambient contaminants, particularly CO, increase the risk of increased hospital admissions for CVD...

..14 (95% CI=1.01-1.28) for delivery of preterm infants for mothers living near oil refinery plants. These data provide further support for the hypothesis that air pollution can affect the outcome of pregnancies...

..There may not have been enough power to detect associations resulting from the inadequate sample size of CHF admissions on ADS events days. However, it seems worthwhile to pay more attention to the ADS events and health in the future...

..Further studies of this type in cities with varying climates and cultures are needed...

..This study provides evidence that higher levels of ambient air pollutants increase the risk of hospital admissions for CHF...

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..Based on the reversibility criterion, the association between arsenic exposure and development of prostate cancer is likely to be causal...

..98 (0.84-1.14) and 0.98 (0.83-1.16), respectively. The results of the present study show that there was no statistically significant association between NO3-N in drinking water at levels in this study and risk of death from colon cancer...

..There may not have been enough power to detect associations resulting from the inadequate sample size of asthma admissions on ADS events days. However, it seems worthwhile to pay more attention to the ADS events and health in the future...

..Further studies of this type in cities with varying climates and cultures are needed...

..The study results provide no evidence of an increased risk of TLBW, SGA, and preterm delivery at the relatively low concentrations of TTHMs in Taiwan's drinking water...

..Based on the reversibility criterion, the association between arsenic exposure and PVD-attributed mortality is likely to be causal...

..The risk was increased by 8% for each additional year of mother's age at first birth. The relative risk was 0.63 for women who had borne two children and 0.62 for women with three or more births...

..However, it seems worthwhile to pay more attention to the ADS events and health in the future...

..I conducted this study to examine whether there is an association between parity and risk of death from suicide among women...

..The results of the present study show that there is a significant protective effect of calcium intake from drinking water on the risk of death from AMI...

..This study provides evidence that higher levels of ambient air pollutant concentrations increase the risk of hospital admissions for asthma...

..Study results showed that mortality from kidney cancer declined gradually during this time; therefore, the association of arsenic exposure with kidney cancer mortality was likely causal...

..This study provides evidence that higher levels of ambient air pollutants increases the risk of hospital admissions for COPD in Taiwan...

..There was a significant decreasing trend in the adjusted RR of ovarian cancer with increasing parity. This study provides evidence that parity may confer a protective effect on the risk of ovarian cancer...

..This study results suggest that the current exposure levels in photocopy centers may be sufficiently safe in well-controlled work environments, especially if the photocopier is handled carefully...

..This study provides evidence that higher levels of ambient air pollutants increase the risk of hospital admissions for pneumonia. The effects of air pollutants on hospital admissions for pneumonia were temperature dependent...

..The findings of this study warrant further investigation of the role of traffic air pollution in the etiology of childhood leukemia...

..On cool days, NO2 remained statistically significant in all the two-pollutant models. This study provides evidence that higher levels of ambient pollutants increase the risk of hospital admissions for COPD...

..07 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.95, 1.22) for term low birthweight and 1.03 (95% CI = 0.94, 1.13) for preterm delivery, respectively...

..To analyze trends in AHD-use by diabetic outpatients in Taiwan over a 7-year period (1997-2003) and to see whether the trends are consistent with clinical trial outcomes and published guidelines...

..The estimated reduction in birth weight was 29.05 g (95% CI=13.55-44.55). The findings from this investigation provide evidence for a potential role for arsenic exposure through drinking water in increasing the risk of low birthweight...

..Confounding variables, hepatitis B and C infection for example, are probably most likely in the genesis of liver cancer...

..It would appear that the correlation between air pollutant exposure and MI occurrence is not affected by predisposing factors present in other cardiovascular diseases...

..These data provide further support for the hypothesis that air pollution can affect the outcome of pregnancy...

..65, 95% CI = 1.00-2.73). The findings of this study warrant further investigation of the role of petrochemical air pollution in the etiology of brain cancer...

..The findings of this study warrant further investigation of the role of air pollutants in the etiology of bladder cancer...

..The results of this study shed important light on the relationship between the Taiwan petrochemical industry and human health risks...

..The findings of this study warrant further investigation of the role of traffic air pollution exposure in the etiology of childhood leukemia...

..It is worthwhile to pay more attention to ADS events and health in the future based on the findings in this investigation...

..Only the specific reversibility of the symptoms through nutritional magnesium in drinking water supplementation might demonstrate the existence of a pathogenic link...

..The results of the present study show that there is a significant trend toward a decreased risk of esophageal cancer with increasing magnesium level in drinking water...

..The findings of this study warrant further investigation of the role of air pollutants in the etiology of lung cancer...

..5. The findings of this study warrant further investigation into the role of exposure to air pollutants in the etiology of ovarian cancer development...

..Increased knowledge of the interaction between Ca and TTHM in reducing colon cancer risk will aid in public policymaking and standard setting...

..There may not have been enough power to detect associations resulting from the inadequate sample size of COPD admissions on ADS events days. However, It seems worthwhile to pay more attention to the ADS events and health in the future...

..Increased knowledge of the interaction between Mg and TTHM in reducing rectal cancer risk will aid in public policymaking and standard setting...

..Increased knowledge of the interaction between Mg and TTHM in reducing pancreatic cancer risk will aid in public policy making and standard setting...

..The results of the present study demonstrate that there may be a significant protective effect of calcium intake from drinking water against the risk of death due to kidney cancer...

..On cool days, PM(10), CO, and O(3) remained statistically significant in all the two-pollutant models. This study provides evidence that higher levels of ambient air pollutants increase the risk of hospital admissions for pneumonia...

..The findings of this study warrant further investigation of the role of traffic air pollution exposure in the etiology of gastric cancer...

..04 (0.89-1.21) compared to the lowest group. The results of the present study show that there was no statistically significant association between TTHM in drinking water at levels in this study and risk of death from colon cancer...

..This study provides evidence that higher levels of ambient air pollutants increase the risk of hospital admissions for CHF and that the effects of air pollutants on hospital admissions for CHF were temperature dependent...

..42) and 1.96 (1.41-2.72) as compared to the lowest tertile. The results of the present study show that there was a significant positive relationship between the levels of nitrate in drinking water and risk of death from bladder cancer...

..End-stage renal disease is epidemic in Taiwan. Although early intervention in chronic kidney disease (CKD) has proven to be effective in modifying its clinical course, little is known about the quality and trend of CKD care in Taiwan...

..Our findings provide evidence that patients with comorbid URI may increase the risk of hospital admissions for pneumonia, in relation to air pollutant levels...

..This study provides evidence that higher levels of ambient air pollutants increase the risk of hospital admissions for MI...

..22 (0.98-1.52) and 1.36 (1.08-1.70), respectively. The findings of this study warrant further investigation of the role of nitrates in drinking water in the etiology of rectal cancer in Taiwan...

..This study showed that a freeway surrounding a child's school may not be associated with an increased risk of respiratory symptoms. This may be due to insufficiently large contrasts in traffic pollution levels between these areas...

..Further studies of this type in cities with varying climates and cultures are needed...

..65% increase). However, the association was not statistically significant. Nonetheless, it may be worthwhile to focus more on the potential adverse effects of ADS events in the future...

..This is the first study to report effect modification by Mg intake from drinking water on the association between NO3-N exposure and colon cancer risk...

..The incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in Taiwan is the highest in the world. However, epidemiological features of earlier chronic kidney disease (CKD) have not been investigated...

..Chronic respiratory symptoms (cough and dyspnea), however, were significantly more common among the exposed group...

..04 (0.85-1.27) for individuals who resided in municipalities served by drinking water with a NO?-N exposure ? 0.38 ppm. No marked effect modification was observed due to Ca and Mg intake via drinking water on brain cancer occurrence...

..Based on the reversibility criterion, the association between arsenic exposure an1rd CHD-related mortality is likely to be causal...

..However, the incidence of IHPS in Taiwan has not been well investigated...

..This study provides evidence that higher levels of ambient air pollutants increase the risk of higher frequency of hospital admissions for MI...

..Better knowledge of this modifying factor will help in public policymaking and setting health standards...

..The aim of this study was to analyze the epidemiological characteristics and the incidence of BA in Taiwan...

..None of the secondary diagnosis we examined (hypertension, diabetes, dysrhythmia, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)) showed much evidence of effect modification...

..To analyze recent trends in LLD use by outpatients with diabetes in Taiwan over a 7-year period and to see whether the trends are consistent with clinical trial outcomes and published guidelines...

..The findings of this study warrant further investigation of the role of vehicular air pollutant emissions in the etiology of bladder cancer development...

..01). This finding suggests that the average BLL was 7.6% increased at the menses among these teen girl students. In the future, the time to collect blood samples for measuring lead for women should be standardized...

..On cool days NO2 remained statistically significant in all the two-pollutant models. This study provides evidence that higher levels of ambient pollutants increase the risk of hospital admissions for asthma...

..Data provide further support for the hypothesis that air pollution can affect the outcome of pregnancy, although a semiecological study cannot confirm a direct causal relationship...

..71), respectively. The effects of CO, SO2, and O3 were mostly nonsignificant when either NO2 or PM10 was controlled for. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides an association between exposure to air pollution and hospital admissions for stroke...

..On cool days, PM10 remained statistically significant in all the two-pollutant models. This study provides evidence that higher levels of ambient pollutants increase the risk of hospital admissions for CVD...

..However, data show fluctuations in male liver cancer mortality rates. Based on the reversibility criterion, the association between arsenic exposure and liver cancer mortality is likely to be causal for females but not in males...

..This study found greater specificity for associations with respiratory deaths, and this increases the likelihood that the association between dust events and daily mortality represents a causal relationship...

..Based on the reversibility criterion, this finding strengthened the likelihood of the observed association between arsenic exposure and bladder cancer being causal...

..There may not have been enough power to detect associations resulting from the inadequate sample size of allergic rhinitis visits on ADS days. Further study is needed to clarify this association...

..Women's BLL was a significant predictor of the serum estradiol concentration also. These findings suggest an important role of very low BLL in the risk of infertility in women...

..18 (95% CI=1.04-1.34) for delivery of preterm infants in the petrochemically polluted region. The data provide further support for the hypothesis that air pollution can affect the outcome of pregnancy...

..28, 95% CI = 1.02-1.61). The findings of this study warrant further investigation of the role of air pollutants in the etiology of lung cancer...

..1 and 43.0 mg/L and 1.34 (1.12-1.60) for the group with calcium levels of 43.3 mg/L or more. There was a significant trend for increased risk of death from RF with higher calcium levels in drinking water...

..The most frequently affected body part was the low back, but the epicondyle was at higher risk (OR>2) than other sites for the cooks. Cooks are at higher risk of having MSDs complaints and MSDs related to the elbow show the highest risk...

..Data showed an increased risk of ER visits for arrhythmias in relation to increased O(3) levels among individuals with a secondary diagnosis of hypertension and congestive heart failure...

..This is an important finding for the Taiwan water industry and human health...

..Acute irritative symptoms (nose, throat, nausea, and headache), however, were significantly more common among the toll collectors than among the controls...

..The results of the present study show that there may be a significant protective effect of magnesium intake from drinking water on the risk of ovarian cancer death...

..CONCLUSIONS: Based on the reversibility criterion, the association between arsenic exposure and DM is likely to be casual for females but not in males...

..This was due mainly to PM(10). We conclude that more attention be given to ADS events and health in the future...

..Based on the reversibility criterion, the association between arsenic exposure and mortality attributed to renal disease is likely to be positively correlated...

..These data provide further support for the hypothesis that air pollution can affect the outcome of pregnancy, although a semiecological study cannot confirm a direct causal relationship...

..Avian influenza outbreaks in downwind areas of Asian dust storms (ADS) suggest that viruses might be transported by dust storms...

..The authors did not emphasize that offers of milk to workers could be instead of occupational hygiene efforts. Furthermore, lead workers with lactose intolerance might be more susceptible, and need more industrial hygiene interventions...

..52 g for 1 microg/m (3) increase in either SO(2) or PM(10) in the first trimester of pregnancy. Data provide further support for the hypothesis that air pollution can affect the outcome of pregnancy...

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..Chronic cough symptoms were significantly more common among the exposed group. Our results also indicate that working in a temple increases the risk for the development of acute irritative symptoms, including nose and throat irritation...