Background The evidence from individual studies to support the maturational pattern of GFR
in healthy, term-born neonates is inconclusive. We performed an individual participant data …

Background: Increasingly, risk of bias tools are used to evaluate epidemiologic studies as
part of evidence synthesis (evidence integration), often involving meta-analyses. Some of …

Background Cadmium is a heavy metal with carcinogenic properties, highly prevalent in
industrialized areas worldwide. Prior reviews evaluating whether cadmium influences breast …

Background: Exposure to acute noise can cause an increase in biological stress reactions,
which provides biological plausibility for a potential association between sustained noise …

Background A growing number of studies point to a high mental health burden among
children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly concerning anxiety …

Amounting epidemiological evidence has shown detrimental effects of heavy metals on a
wide range of diseases. However, the effect of heavy metal exposure on mortality in the …

Light affects human health and behaviour. Research has demonstrated that children are
more susceptible to the effects of light than adults, however this population remains …

We undertook a systematic review and appraised the evidence for an effect of circulating sex
steroid hormones and sex hormone–binding globulin (SHBG) on breast cancer risk in pre …

Purpose To assess the quality of the research about how employment conditions and
psychosocial workplace exposures impact the mental health of young workers, and to …

This study was conducted to explore physical education students' intrinsic motivation and
clarify the influence mechanism of cooperative learning methods on learning intrinsic …