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Rolón E, Ondarza PM, Miglioranza KSB, Rosso JJ, Mabragaña E, Volpedo AV, Avigliano E. Multi-matrix approach reveals the distribution of pesticides in a multipurpose protected area from the Atlantic Rainforest: potential risk for aquatic biota and human health? Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2021; 28:34386-34399. [PMID: 33646546 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-12699-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The Atlantic Rainforest is among the main biodiversity hotspots in the world, the Yabotí Biosphere Reserve (YBR) being one of the most important remaining areas. Agriculture practices could lead to intensive usage of pesticides resulting in a risk to the environment and human health. Water, suspended particulate matter (SPM), sediment, and fish (Andromakhe paris and Andromakhe saguazu) samples were collected from four streams with different degrees of protection of the YBR in two periods in order to assess the distribution of 18 organochlorine pesticides. Legacy and current-use pesticides were found in the different environmental matrices of the stream headwaters in non-anthropized areas within the buffer zone that drains the intangible area. A similar occurrence pattern of pesticides was found in all matrices. Levels of DDTs (<3.63 ng/L) and endosulfans (<21.8 ng/L) in surface water were above international guidelines for the protection of aquatic life in several streams for both sampling periods. HCHs, DDTs, endosulfans, and chlorpyrifos were detected in SPM and sediments from three streams, while γ-HCH (<60.3 ng/g lipid weight), chlorpyrifos (<698 ng/g lw), p,p´-DDD (<367 ng/g lw), and α-endosulfans (<209 ng/g lw) were detected in fish muscle in several streams. Chlorpyrifos and endosulfans were associated with current use, while DDx/DDT ratios suggested an old use. The concentration of pesticides found would not represent a risk to human health; however, it highlights the need to establish better regulation and action guidelines to reduce the anthropogenic effect on natural reserves.
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- Eugenia Rolón
- Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Animal (INPA), CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Av. Chorroarín 280, (1427), Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Ecotoxicología y Contaminación Ambiental, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata-CONICET, Dean Funes 3350, (7600), Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Ecotoxicología y Contaminación Ambiental, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata-CONICET, Dean Funes 3350, (7600), Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Grupo de Biotaxonomía Morfológica y Molecular de Peces, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata-CONICET, Dean Funes 3350, (7600), Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Grupo de Biotaxonomía Morfológica y Molecular de Peces, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata-CONICET, Dean Funes 3350, (7600), Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Animal (INPA), CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Av. Chorroarín 280, (1427), Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Animal (INPA), CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Av. Chorroarín 280, (1427), Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Centro de Investigaciones Antonia Ramos (CIAR), Fundación Bosques Nativos Argentinos para la Biodiversidad, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Seidel AK, Pedersen A, Hanewinkel R, Morgenstern M. Cessation of cannabis use: A retrospective cohort study. Psychiatry Res 2019; 279:40-46. [PMID: 31295646 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Revised: 06/27/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Given recent findings of a worldwide increase in cannabis use, a better understanding of the factors associated with cannabis use is needed. Most previous studies have focused on factors that predict the initiation of cannabis use, but less is known about factors associated with cessation. The present study is a retrospective cohort study of 6467 current or former cannabis users aged 15 to 46 years (mean age 22.5, SD = 4.8). Data were collected via an online survey advertised in social media. All analyzed participants had used cannabis for at least three years. Approximately 16.3% (n = 1055) of the sample population had not used cannabis in the previous 12 months and were classified as quitters; all others (83.7%, n = 5412) reported at least monthly use. Cessation was predicted by older current age, being female, nonmigrant status, less sensation seeking, using psychological treatment, more peer cannabis use during youth and more negative first experience with cannabis. An additional predictor was a nonincrease in the frequency of cannabis use in the first three years of use, indicating that trajectories of cannabis use are set early on and might be used to identify risk groups for early preventive measures.
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- Ann-Kathrin Seidel
- Institute for Therapy and Health Research, Harmsstr. 2, D-24114 Kiel, Germany.
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- Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, University of Kiel, Germany
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- Institute for Therapy and Health Research, Harmsstr. 2, D-24114 Kiel, Germany
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- Institute for Therapy and Health Research, Harmsstr. 2, D-24114 Kiel, Germany
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Perry CL, Pérez A, Bluestein M, Garza N, Obinwa U, Jackson C, Clendennen SL, Loukas A, Harrell MB. Youth or Young Adults: Which Group Is at Highest Risk for Tobacco Use Onset? J Adolesc Health 2018; 63:413-420. [PMID: 30001826 PMCID: PMC6362999 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2018] [Revised: 04/17/2018] [Accepted: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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PURPOSE Historically, adolescence has been regarded as the time when most tobacco use initiation occurs. This study examines the initiation of tobacco product use, including cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigar products, and hookah, among contemporary youth and young adults, to determine whether the developmental timing (youth vs. young adulthood) of initiation has changed. METHODS Three cohort studies were used to examine the onset of ever use and current (past 30 days) use of each tobacco product among never-using youth (11 to <17 years) and young adults (18-24 years) at baseline (2013-2015) to one-year follow-up (2015-2016). These studies include the national Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study, and two Texas cohort studies, the Texas Adolescent Tobacco and Marketing Surveillance System (TATAMS), and the Marketing and Promotions Across Colleges in Texas (M-PACT) project. Estimations of onset were computed using generalized linear mixed models for TATAMS and M-PACT. The rates of initiation in Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study were compared to standardized incidence rates from TATAMS to M-PACT. RESULTS Young adults had significantly higher incidence rates than youth to initiate ever and current use of each/all tobacco products for all comparisons. CONCLUSIONS These findings extend prior research on the timing of the onset of tobacco use by using longitudinal analyses from three contemporary cohort studies to include not just cigarettes, but also e-cigarettes, cigar products, and hookah. Among those who were never-users of tobacco products, young adults began to ever and currently use all tobacco products more than youth in these samples, a marked departure from prior decades of research.
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- Cheryl L Perry
- Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), School of Public Health, Austin, Texas.
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- Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), School of Public Health, Austin, Texas.
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- Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), School of Public Health, Austin, Texas.
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- Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), School of Public Health, Austin, Texas.
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- Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), School of Public Health, Austin, Texas.
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- Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), School of Public Health, Austin, Texas.
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- Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science on Youth and Young Adults, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), School of Public Health, Austin, Texas.
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- Health Behavior and Health Education in the Department of Kinesiology & Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), School of Public Health in Austin, Austin, Texas.
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Castelpietra G, Gobbato M, Valent F, De Vido C, Balestrieri M, Isacsson G. Antidepressant use in suicides: a case-control study from the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, Italy, 2005-2014. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 2017; 73:883-90. [PMID: 28342066 DOI: 10.1007/s00228-017-2236-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2016] [Accepted: 03/08/2017] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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PURPOSE To compare the use of antidepressant (AD) classes and compounds in individuals who committed suicide and in controls from the general population and to assess to what extent adherence and current use of different AD classes can affect the risk of committing suicide. METHODS Individual data on suicide, diagnoses and AD use in Friuli Venezia Giulia from 2005 to 2014 were obtained from the Regional Social and Health Information System. All suicides that had at least one prescription of AD in the 730 days before death (N = 876) were included as cases. Each case was matched with regard to age and sex with five controls from the general population. The association between suicide and AD use was assessed using conditional logistic regression analysis. RESULTS Almost 70% of all suicides occurring in the10-year period had been prescribed AD. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) accounted for more than the 90% of the prescriptions, with paroxetine the most prescribed AD. All AD compounds and classes were not associated with a higher suicide risk, with the exception of SSRI (OR = 1.6). A decreasing trend in suicide risk was observed when adherent subjects or current AD users were compared to the others. CONCLUSIONS AD treatment is an important factor for preventing suicide, since the use of AD at adequate dosage and for a proper duration was associated with a lower suicide risk. The proper use of AD should be ascertained by physicians, particularly in a primary care context.
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