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Acceptability of covid-19 vaccination among greek health professionals
(2021)Health Care Workers are at the front line of the fight against Covid-19. The aim of this study was to evaluate the acceptability of vaccination against COVID-19 among health professionals (physi-cians, dentists, pharmacists) ... -
Actions for prevention and control of health threats related to maritime transport in European Union
(2013)Background: Actions at European Union level for International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005 implementation and maritime transport were focused on two European projects implemented between 2006 and 2011. Method: Situation ... -
Addressing barriers to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis B and C in the face of persisting fiscal constraints in Europe: Report from a high level conference
(2016)Summary In the WHO-EURO region, around 28 million people are currently living with chronic viral hepatitis, and 120 000 people die every year because of it. Lack of awareness and understanding combined with the social ... -
Air and maritime transport during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: challenges for the public health service [Flug- und Schiffsverkehr während der COVID-19-Pandemie in Deutschland: Herausforderungen für den Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienst]
(2021)COVID-19 has been challenging our society since January 2020. Due to global travel, the new coronavirus has rapidly spread worldwide. This article aims to provide an overview of the challenges in implementing measures in ... -
Analysis of seawater microbiological quality data in Greece from 1997 to 2006: association of risk factors with bacterial indicators
(2009)This study deals with the examination of quality of seawater bathing areas in Greece over a 10-year period and identifies risk factors for high bacteria indicator organism concentrations. Qualitative descriptive analysis ... -
Analytical studies assessing the association between extreme precipitation or temperature and drinking water-related waterborne infections: A review
(2015)Determining the role of weather in waterborne infections is a priority public health research issue as climate change is predicted to increase the frequency of extreme precipitation and temperature events. To document the ... -
Assessment of heavy metal(loid)s contamination risk and grain nutritional quality in organic waste-amended soil
(2020)Studies that evaluate the human health risk of heavy metal(loid)s pollution have not been widely performed for organic waste-amended soils on the Loess Plateau of China. With this respect, we conducted a 3-year field trial ... -
Bacterial Communities and Antibiotic Resistance of Potential Pathogens Involved in Food Safety and Public Health in Fish and Water of Lake Karla, Thessaly, Greece
(2022)Bacterial communities, microbial populations, and antibiotic resistance of potential pathogens in the water and fish (Cyprinus carpio, flesh and gut) from different areas (A1, A2 and A3—A1 was linked with river water, A2 ... -
Bioavailability and health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in Thriasio Plain, near Athens, Greece
(2017)Elevated concentrations of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) are usually found in areas of intense industrial activity. Thriasio Plain is a plain near Athens, Greece, where most of the heavy industry of the country has ... -
Brain diseases in changing climate
(2019)Climate change is one of the biggest and most urgent challenges for the 21st century. Rising average temperatures and ocean levels, altered precipitation patterns and increased occurrence of extreme weather events affect ... -
A bulletin from Greece: a health system under the pressure of the second COVID-19 wave
(2021)In this article, we analyze the cascade of events since the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Greece, with emphasis on the crisis' management so as to preserve the functionality of the national ... -
Cardiotoxicity of Chemical Substances: An Emerging Hazard Class
(2022)(1) Background: Human health risks and hazards from chemical substances are well regulated internationally. However, cardiotoxicity, is not defined as a stand-alone hazard and therefore there are no defined criteria for ... -
A case for systematic quality management in mosquito control programmes in Europe
(2021)The recent spread of invasive mosquito species, such as Aedes albopictus and the seasonal sporadic transmission of autochthonous cases of arboviral diseases (e.g., dengue, chikungunya, Zika) in temperate areas, such as ... -
Citizens' opinions about a digital health insurance record
(2020)An Electronic Health Insurance Record (EHIR) could give all the information needed to the insured citizens, informing them about the history of benefits and the health expenses. The aim of this work is to evaluate a Digital ... -
Clostridium perfringens foodborne outbreak during an athletic event in northern Greece, June 2019
(2019)Background: Food safety is a major public health consideration during athletic events. On 27 June 2019, the Hellenic National Public Health Organization was notified of a cluster of gastroenteritis cases among athletes of ... -
Common variants in Alzheimer’s disease and risk stratification by polygenic risk scores
(2021)Genetic discoveries of Alzheimer’s disease are the drivers of our understanding, and together with polygenetic risk stratification can contribute towards planning of feasible and efficient preventive and curative clinical ... -
Connected & autonomous vehicles – Environmental impacts – A review
(2020)Over the last decades the vehicle industry has shown interest in integrating new technologies on vehicles’ design. Such technologies are used in autonomous, connected and electrical vehicles with the primary hope of improving ... -
Controversies and lessons from the history of smallpox: The case of massive vaccination in british corfu (1852)
(2021)The study presents an anti-vaccination action in the 19th century involving both scientific and political motiva-tion. The research is based on an unpublished archive, namely the registries of the British Executive Police ... -
Covid-19 home confinement negatively impacts social participation and life satisfaction: A worldwide multicenter study
(2020)Public health recommendations and governmental measures during the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic have enforced numerous restrictions on daily living including social distancing, isolation, and home confinement. ... -
A critical prospective analysis of the potential toxicity of trace element regulation limits in soils worldwide: Are they protective concerning health risk assessment? - A review
(2019)Trace elements (TEs) may have toxic effects to plants and humans; thus, countries and organizations impose maximum allowable regulation limits of their concentrations in soils. Usually such limits are placed in different ...