A5086302857- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Steroid Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism
- Estrogen and related hormone effects
- Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Media Influence and Health
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology
King's College London
2023-2024
American University of Beirut
2013-2021
Microbial transformation of steroids has been extensively used for the synthesis steroidal drugs, that often yield novel analogues, not easy to obtain by chemical synthesis. We report here fungal a synthetic drug, exemestane, treatment breast cancer and function through inhibition aromatase enzyme. anti-cancer steroid, exemestane (1), was investigated using two filamentous fungi. Incubation 1 with fungi Macrophomina phaseolina, Fusarium lini afforded three new,...
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Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a university tobacco-free policy by examining differences in students' attitudes, perceptions compliance and benefits, after one year policy's implementation. Methods: Cross-sectional studies were undertaken to collect data pre- 1 post-policy The two samples selected using stratified random sampling. Results: prevalence smoking decreased from 26% pre-policy implementation 21% (p = 0.035). proportion smokers who thought had contributed reduction...
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The prevalence of tobacco smoking in Lebanon is among the highest globally. This study aims to determine past attempts quit adults and identify factors associated with intentions quit. A nationally representative telephone survey was conducted between June August 2022. Eligibility criteria included people aged >=18 years residing Lebanon. questionnaire divided into three components: socio-demographic characteristics, cigarette waterpipe use behaviours. Binary logistic regression used examine...
Abstract Background A growing body of research have evaluated the effect university tobacco-free policies on faculty and staff, however, none these studies has been carried out in Eastern Mediterranean region. This study evaluates changes staff attitudes, perceptions smoking behavior, one year post-adoption a policy medium-sized Lebanon Methods Two cross-sectional surveys were conducted 2017 2018: pre- post-policy implementation. random sample 625 624 participants took part 2018...