Ethical treatment of participants in public health research

Subheadings for informed consent template. The information to be included under each heading is given in the text.

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Particulate matter components and health: a literature review on exposure assessment

Exposure assessment methods for associations between long-term PM components and adverse health effects in cohort studies

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Theoretical model of clearance in the tracheobronchial airways of healthy subjects and smokers

Sketch illustrating the development of the bronchial airway wall after long-term exposure to cigarette smoke: (A) normal situation occurring in the healthy lung; (B) reduced functionality of the ciliated cells and increased secretion of mucus, declined velocity of the mucus flow towards the trachea; (C) final situation with completely paralyzed cilia and maximal mucus secretion, particle clearance takes place by airway macrophages and transcytosis. AM, airway macrophage; BV, blood vessel; EP, epithelium; LV, lymphatic vessel; SEG, subepithelial gland; SM, smooth muscle.

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Annual Report of JPHE (2017)

We are pleased to present you the annual report of Journal of Public Health and Emergency (JPHE) 2017. In the past year, JPHE was growing smoothly, with 90 articles published and 31 experts sitting on the editorial board, and 3 more focused issue in process. On behalf of the editorial team, we would love to express our sincere gratitude to all the experts who have ever showed support and made contributions to JPHE. We hope to have more chances to collaborate with you in the year of 2018. For more information, please find the detailed annual report as below.

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Focused Issue: Publication and Public Health

Guest Editor: Tom Lang, Tom Lang Communications and Training International, Seattle Washington, USA.

The main purpose for this focused issue: 1. To discuss how to write a better research article; 2. To discuss how to properly document their research and statistical analyses; 3. To discuss how to prepare tables, graphs, and images for publication; 4. To discuss what ethical issues need to be addressed; 5. To discuss how to choose a journal; 6. To discuss how to communicate with the journal throughout the publishing process.

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Epidemic characteristics, high-risk cities and space-time clusters of human brucellosis in Jiangsu Province of China, 2006–2016—human brucellosis in Jiangsu Province of China

The lowest measured cumulative incidence (CUI) of human brucellosis in Jiangsu Province from the year 2006 to the year 2016 amounted to be 0.04/1,000,000 in the year 2007 having 3 cases of the illness. Other than a little downfall in the quantity of the cases and CUI in the year 2015...

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Pilot test results of a video-based HIV intervention for Chinese college students in the United States

The United States (U.S.) hosts more of the world’s 4.5 million international students than any other country in the world (1). In 2015–2016, there were 1,043,839 international students studying in the U.S. (2). It is worth noting that students from China make up the largest group (34%) of international students in America's universities.

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A combined outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease and Pontiac fever related to an ultrasonic humidifier contaminated with Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1, Nanjing City, China, 2012

Diagram of the closed workshop and positions of 15 case-patients from a combined outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease and Pontiac Fever in factory L, June 2012, Nanjing City, China. (n/N)*, n represents the number of case-patients; N represents the total number of workers in this position. LD denoted for Legionnaires’ disease.

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