Background: Cancer patients of the Department of Internal Medicine (Cancer Research) of
the Essen University Medical School (Tumor Clinics), Germany, were examined and …

Three mutations in BRCA1 (5382insC, C61G and 4153delA) are common in Poland and
account for the majority of mutations identified to date in Polish breast and breast–ovarian …

Mutant alleles of several genes in the DNA repair pathway have been found to predispose
women to breast cancer. From a public health perspective, the importance of a given allele …

The aim of the study was to assess the content, distribution, soil binding capacity, and
ecological risk of cadmium and lead in the soils of Malopolska (South Poland). The …

The aims of this study were to investigate zinc content in the studied soils; evaluate the
efficiency of geostatistics in presenting spatial variability of zinc in the soils; assess …

There is increasing evidence that hereditary factors play a greater role in ovarian cancer
than in any of the other common cancers of adulthood. This is attributable, to a large extent …

We examine how the EU can act as a great power in its own right even in the absence of
military capability and how its institutional structure conditions this ability. We first theorize …

Endothelial dysfunction and inflammation are key mechanisms of vascular disease. We
hypothesised that heterogeneity of monocyte subpopulations may be related to the …

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) is a major cause of cardiovascular mortality. Adverse
changes in vascular phenotype act in concert with chronic inflammation to promote AAA …

Methods 683 individuals aged= 40 years from the city and region of Hannover were
included in the study. On the basis of standardized questionnaires data were collected on …