Medicine: Recent submissions
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The health and socioeconomic impact of traffic-related air pollution in Scotland
(University of St Andrews, 2017-08-29) - ThesisTraffic-related air pollution harms health, so whilst it would be advantageous to improve air quality, the socioeconomic impact of air pollution mitigation in Scotland is not fully understood. Evidence from research ... -
Respectful care in labour
(2016-11) - Journal articleProvision of respectful care in labour requires awareness of the special circumstances of childbirth as a natural process. The need for woman centred humanistic care runs alongside the duty to provide access to clinical ... -
Epigenetic and oncogenic regulation of SLC16A7 (MCT2) results in protein over-expression, impacting on signalling and cellular phenotypes in prostate cancer
(2015-06-02) - Journal articleMonocarboxylate Transporter 2 (MCT2) is a major pyruvate transporter encoded by the SLC16A7 gene. Recent studies pointed to a consistent overexpression of MCT2 in prostate cancer (PCa) suggesting MCT2 as a putative biomarker ... -
A primary care Web-based Intervention Modeling Experiment replicated behavior changes seen in earlier paper-based experiment
(2016-12) - Journal articleObjectives: Intervention Modeling Experiments (IMEs) are a way of developing and testing behavior change interventions before a trial. We aimed to test this methodology in a Web-based IME that replicated the trial component ... -
Performing diabetes : balancing between 'patients' and 'carers', bodies and pumps, Scotland and beyond
(University of St Andrews, 2006) - ThesisThis study is about young people (age 11-16) with diabetes. Based on fieldwork in a paediatric diabetes centre in Scotland, it describes the ways diabetes is lived and done by young people, their health carers and insulin ...