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Ambient air concentrations and risk assessment of selected organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) across five Middle Eastern countries

Gevao, Bondi; Kurt-Karakus, Perihan Binnur; Birgul, Askin; Martínez-Guijarro, Karell; Sukhn, Carol M.S.; Krishnan, Divya; Rajagopalan, Smitha; Hajeyah, Mariam; Bahloul, Majed; Alshemmari, Hassan; Orif, Mohammed Ibrahim (OAE Publishing Inc., 2022)

This paper presents data obtained from concurrently deployed polyurethane foam disk passive samplers in Kuwait, Turkey, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Oman between January and October 2018. The study’s main goal was to initiate ...
Associations of semen quality with non-essential heavy metals in blood and seminal fluid: data from the Environment and Male Infertility (EMI) study in Lebanon

Sukhn, Carol M.S.; Awwad, Johnny T.; Ghantous, Akram Y.; Zaatari, Ghazi S. (Springer New York LLC, 2018)

Background: Human exposure to environmental pollutants is widespread. It was suggested that exposure to non-essential heavy metals may adversely affect semen development in men. Purpose: To evaluate associations between ...
Calcium level in the first deciduous molar crown in relation to feeding mode during early childhood

Khoury Freiha, Marlène H.; Meyer, Jean Marc; Daou, Maha Hani; Mchayleh, Nada Farhat; Sukhn, Carol M.S.; Nehmé, Edgard (Lebanese Order of Physicians, 2017)

Teeth mineralization is an essential factor in preventing dental decay as calcium is the most important mineral in the hard structure of the teeth. In the first six months after birth, calcium is provided to infant mostly ...
Central vein sign: A putative diagnostic marker for multiple sclerosis

Chaaban, Lara; Safwan, Nancy; Moussa, Hussein; El-Sammak, Sally; Khoury, Samia J.; Hannoun, S. (John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2022)

The presence of a “central vein sign” (CVS) has been introduced as a biomarker for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) and shown to have the ability to accurately differentiate MS from other white matter diseases (MS ...
Evaluation of cleanup endpoint parameters for sandy beaches polluted with heavy fuel oil

Mansour, Georges; Sukhn, Carol M.S.; Al Ali, F.; Hatjian, Berj A.; Sabra, Nada Y. (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2017)

This research work aims at evaluating the accuracy of a clean-up endpoint set by Lebanese authorities for sandy beaches following an oil spill that hit Lebanon in 2006. This was done by evaluating two factors affecting ...
Expression analysis of the genes involved in the virulence of Beauveria bassiana

Al Khoury, Charbel; Nemer, Georges M.; Guillot, Jacques; Abdel Nour, Afif M.; Nemer, Nabil M. (Elsevier Inc, 2019)

The entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana is used as a natural pest killer in many agricultural systems due to its power of overcoming the host immune system. This is partially due to its genome content that expresses ...
Impact of breast vs. formula feeding mode on primary teeth lead level retrospective clinical study and literature review

Khoury Freiha, Marlène H.; Daou, Maha Hani; El Osta, Nada; Sukhn, Carol M.S.; Nehmé, Edgard (Lebanese Order of Physicians, 2014)

Lead exposure is a global environmental problem inducing lifelong adverse health effects. Children's exposure to lead, from birth to 6 months, is typically dominated by dietary sources. The first primary mandibular molar ...
Passaging impact of H9N2 avian influenza virus in hamsters on its pathogenicity and genetic variability

Shaib, Houssam A.; Cochet, Nelly; Ribeiro, Thierry; Abdel Nour, Afif M.; Nemer, Georges M.; Azhar, Esam Ibraheem; Iyer, Archana P.; Kumosani, Taha Abdullah; Harakeh, Steve Mustapha; Barbour, Elie K. (Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2014)

Introduction: Avian influenza viruses of the H9N2 subtype have been reported to cause human infections. This study demonstrates the impact of nasal viral passaging of avian H9N2 in hamsters on its cross species-pathogenic ...
Spatial variability in the ambient concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans across the Middle East

Gevao, Bondi; Martínez-Guijarro, Karell; Kurt-Karakus, Perihan Binnur; Sukhn, Carol M.S.; Weber, Roland; Krishnan, Divya; Rajagopalan, Smitha; Birgul, Askin; Alshemmari, Hassan; Hajeyah, Mariam; Bahloul, Majed; Orif, Mohammed Ibrahim (Elsevier B.V., 2022)

Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/F) were monitored at 12 sites across four countries (Kuwait, Turkey, Lebanon and, Oman) using validated passive air samplers between January 2018 and December 2018 ...
Spontaneous and transgenic rodent models of inflammatory bowel disease

Prattis, S. M.; Jurjus, Abdo R. (BioMed Central Ltd, 2015)

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a multifactorial disorder with many different putative influences mediating disease onset, severity, progression and diminution. Spontaneous natural IBD is classically expressed as Crohn’s ...
Therapeutic strategies for cytomegalovirus in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation

Nishihori, Taiga; Shaheen, Marwan Yassin; El-Asmar, Jessica; Aljurf, Mahmoud Deeb; Kharfan-Dabaja, M. A. (Future Medicine Ltd., 2015)

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Advances in surveillance of cytomegalovirus reactivation using sensitive techniques and a preemptive ...

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