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Air pollution exposure and lung function in children: the ESCAPE project by Gehring, Ulrike, Gruzieva, Olena, Agius, Raymond M, Beelen, Rob, Custovic, Adnan, Cyrys, Josef, Eeftens, Marloes, Flexeder, Claudia, Fuertes, Elaine, Heinrich, Joachim, Hoffmann, Barbara, de Jongste, Johan C, Kerkhof, Marjan, Klümper, Claudia, Korek, Michal, Mölter, Anna, Schultz, Erica S, Simpson, Angela, Sugiri, Dorothea, Svartengren, Magnus, von Berg, Andrea, Wijga, Alet H, Pershagen, Göran, Brunekreef, Bert

“…There is evidence for adverse effects of outdoor air pollution on lung function of children. Quantitative summaries of the effects of air pollution on lung…”
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Shear‐Velocity Structure and Dynamics Beneath the Sicily Channel and Surrounding Regions of the Central Mediterranean Inferred From Seismic Surface Waves by Agius, M. R., Magrini, F., Diaferia, G., Kästle, E. D., Cammarano, F., Faccenna, C., Funiciello, F., Meijde, M.

“…The evolution of the Sicily Channel Rift Zone (SCRZ) is thought to accommodate the regional tectonic stresses of the Calabrian subduction system. Much of the…”
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Trends in involuntary admissions for observation in malta by Zammit, M.A., Agius, M., Cutajar, J., Trigona, B. Micallef

“…Introduction Schedule II of the 2013 Mental Health Act is part of the legal framework for involuntary admission to a licensed mental healthcare facility in…”
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Long-term trajectories of cognitive deficits in schizophrenia: A critical overview by Shmukler, A.B, Gurovich, I.Y, Agius, M, Zaytseva, Y

“…Abstract Background Cognitive disturbances are widely pronounced in schizophrenia and schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Whilst cognitive deficits are well…”
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The midfacial segment pain: little known disorder in need of scientific evaluation by Straburzyński, Marcin, M Agius, Adrian, Boczarska-Jedynak, Magdalena, Brożek-Mądry, Eliza, Dżaman, Karolina, Gradek-Kwinta, Elżbieta, Gryglas-Dworak, Anna, Nowaczewska, Magdalena, Sama, Anshul, Smardz, Joanna, Tsang, Hoo Kee, Więckiewicz, Mieszko, Waliszewska-Prosół, Marta

“…Despite its inclusion in the International Classification of Orofacial Pain, tension-type orofacial pain has little support in the scientific literature…”
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AS18-01 - How does stress impact on depression by Agius, M

“…It is well known that stress impacts on depression.The talk will discuss the mechanisms by which this impact occurs. We will consider the Hypothalamopituitary…”
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AS35-01 - Primary care medicine and cl-psychiatry - lessons from the UK by Agius, M

“…We discuss the possibility of shared care between primary care and secondary care, first of all from the literature, then from the experience of having set up…”
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Sediment Characterization at the Equatorial Mid‐Atlantic Ridge From P‐to‐S Teleseismic Phase Conversions Recorded on the PI‐LAB Experiment by Agius, M. R., Harmon, N., Rychert, C. A., Tharimena, S., Kendall, J.‐M.

“…Accurate marine sediment characteristics, for example, thickness and seismic velocity, are important for constraining sedimentation rates with implications for…”
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A Comparison of Short-term and Long-term Air Pollution Exposure Associations with Mortality in Two Cohorts in Scotland by Beverland, Iain J., Cohen, Geoffrey R., Heal, Mathew R., Carder, Melanie, Yap, Christina, Robertson, Chris, Hart, Carole L., Agius, Raymond M.

“…Background: Air pollution-mortality risk estimates are generally larger at longer-term, compared with short-term, exposure time scales. Objective: We compared…”
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The lagged effect of cold temperature and wind chill on cardiorespiratory mortality in Scotland by Carder, M, McNamee, R, Beverland, I, Elton, R, Cohen, G R, Boyd, J, Agius, R M

“…Aims: To investigate the lagged effects of cold temperature on cardiorespiratory mortality and to determine whether “wind chill” is a better predictor of these…”
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Undergraduate students' evaluation and reflections on a gerodontology programme by Attard, N., Schembri, A., Caruana, C., Agius, A‐M., Gainza‐Cirauqui, M. L.

“…Introduction Many societies have observed a steady increase of many older adults living longer due to advancements in health and standard of living. The dental…”
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Effectiveness of the European chromium(vi) directive for cement implementation on occupational allergic contact dermatitis occurrence: assessment in France and the U.K by Bensefa‐Colas, L., Stocks, S.J., McNamee, R., Faye, S., Pontin, F., Agius, R.M., Lasfargues, G., Telle‐Lamberton, M., Momas, I.

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P02-198 - Teaching medical students psychiatry ; one teacher's perspective by Agius, M

“…Background Concern has been expressed about the number of medical students who are not choosing psychiatry as a career. Aims/Objectives We describe the methods…”
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Has European Union legislation to reduce exposure to chromate in cement been effective in reducing the incidence of allergic contact dermatitis attributed to chromate in the UK? by Stocks, S J, McNamee, R, Turner, S, Carder, M, Agius, R M

“…ObjectiveHexavalent chromate (chromate) in cement is a well-recognised cause of allergic contact dermatitis (ACD). Consequently in January 2005, following…”
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Work-related asthma in France: recent trends for the period 2001–2009 by Paris, Christophe, Ngatchou-Wandji, Joseph, Luc, Amandine, McNamee, Roseanne, Bensefa-Colas, Lynda, Larabi, Lynda, Telle-Lamberton, Maylis, Herin, Fabrice, Bergeret, Alain, Bonneterre, Vincent, Brochard, Patrick, Choudat, Dominique, Dupas, Dominique, Garnier, Robert, Pairon, Jean-Claude, Agius, Raymond M, Ameille, Jacques

“…ObjectiveKnowledge on the time-course (trends) of work-related asthma (WRA) remains sparse. The aim of this study was to describe WRA trends in terms of…”
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Development of Mechanism-Based Structural Alerts for Respiratory Sensitization Hazard Identification by Enoch, S. J, Seed, M. J, Roberts, D. W, Cronin, M. T. D, Stocks, S. J, Agius, R. M

“…This study outlines how mechanistic organic chemistry related to covalent bond formation can be used to rationalize the ability of low molecular weight…”
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Do bipolar II and bipolar I disorder have different genotypes and why do we observe unipolar depression converting to bipolar II and then bipolar I? by Agius, M, Fawcett, M, Zaman, R

“…We review the recent literature in order to establish the importance of a spectrum for bipolar affective disorder, and that unipolar depression, bipolar II and…”
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EPA-1639 – Film, cultural psychiatry and the holy land by Hankir, A, Agius, M

“…Introduction Film wields an extraordinary power and can both influence and be influenced by society. Given that 1/4 people suffer from a mental illness at some…”
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EPA-1217 – A systematic review of MRI differences between psychotic & non-psychotic depression by O’Connor, S, Agius, M

“…Introduction Psychotic depression is widely accepted as a specific subtype of unipolar major depression. Magnetic resonance imaging studies have begun to…”
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EPA-0603 – Is it justified to prescribe combinations of antipsychotics in lower doses in order to reduce the side effects of the individual medications? by Agius, M, Pakpoor, J.I.N.A

“…Background Much discussion has occurred about the idea that different antipsychotics can be combined in order to reduce the dose and the side effect profile of…”
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