LEAD EXPOSURE IN NUNAVIK: FROM RESEARCH TO ACTION

Lead exposure in Nunavik: from research to action

Background.In 1999, the Government of copyright regulated the use of lead shot for hunting.Concurrently, the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services (NRBHSS) was informed of the results of an isotope study that pointed to lead ammunition as a likely source of lead exposure in Nunavik.Rapidly thereafter, a coalition for the banning of l

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Unicuspid aortic valve concomitant with aortic insufficiency presenting with infectious endocarditis: a case report

Abstract Background A unicuspid aortic valve is a rare congenital cardiac abnormality.Despite its uncommon finding on an initial presentation, aortic insufficiency is accompanied with unicuspid aortic majicontrast red valve and this might reflect the natural history of progression in the morphology of unicuspid aortic valve.Case presentation We des

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