US and EU Free Trade Agreements and implementation of policies to control tobacco, alcohol, and unhealthy food and drinks: A quasi-experimental analysis.

BackgroundIdentifying and tackling the factors that undermine regulation of unhealthy commodities is an essential component of effective noncommunicable disease (NCD) prevention.Unhealthy commodity producers may use rules in US and EU Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) to challenge policies targeting their products.We aimed to test whether there junk ear

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Longitudinal evaluation of Ocimum and other plants effects on the feeding behavioral response of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the field in Tanzania

Abstract Background The use of repellent materials from plants against nuisance insects is common with great potential to compliment existing malaria control programmes and this requires evaluation in the field.Ocimum plant species, Ocimum suave (Willd) and O.kilimandscharicum (Guerke) materials and their essential oils extracted by steam distillat

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Extensive bullous lichen sclerosus et atrophicus

Abstract Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus is a chronic disease of unknown etiology characterized by atrophic and sclerotic plaques in both genital and extragenital regions.Extensive bullous lichen sclerosus et atrophicus (BLSA) is a severe variant of the disease with gorra we are not friends no widely accepted treatment.We present a 63-year-old woman

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