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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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The Impact of Timing of Pornography Exposure on Mental Health, Life Satisfaction, and Sexual Behavior

Young, Bonnie 01 May 2017 (has links)
As pornography has become more widespread, young people are being exposed to pornography at earlier ages. Research examining the relationship between timing of exposure to pornography and outcomes in adulthood of mental health, life satisfaction, sexual behavior and attitudes, and pornography viewing patterns is limited. This study focuses on the relationship between timing of exposure to pornography and individual outcomes in adulthood. Results indicate that earlier exposure to pornography may significantly influence mental health, life satisfaction, sexual behavior and attitudes, and pornography viewing patterns in adulthood. Implications of this study include greater awareness of the risks of early exposure to pornography and unrestrained access to sexually explicit material for young people.
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Dioxin exposure and breast cancer risk in the E3N cohort : multi-source exposures and timing of exposure / Exposition aux dioxines et risque de cancer du sein dans la cohorte E3N : expositions multi-sources et temps d'exposition

Danjou, Aurélie 12 December 2016 (has links)
Le cancer du sein est le cancer le plus fréquent chez la femme et son incidence a doublé ces 30 dernières années. Les facteurs environnementaux à effet perturbateur endocrinien, tels que les dioxines émises par les activités de combustion industrielle, sont suspectés d'augmenter le risque de cancer du sein. L'alimentation et l'inhalation sont les deux voies majeures d'exposition aux dioxines chez l'Homme. Les données épidémiologiques sur le sujet sont non concluantes, et il existe des limites méthodologiques. Ce travail doctoral avait pour objectif d'étudier l'impact de l'exposition aux dioxines sur le risque de cancer du sein dans la cohorte E3N, en répondant aux limites des études existantes.Nous avons évalué l'exposition alimentaire aux dioxines puis estimé le risque de cancer du sein associé parmi les femmes de la cohorte E3N. Nous avons ensuite développé un score d'exposition basé sur un système d'information géographique, associant la distance à la source, la durée d'exposition et la fréquence de vent dominant, afin d'évaluer l'exposition environnementale aux dioxines à chaque adresse des femmes entre 1990 et 2008. Le risque de cancer du sein associé au score d'exposition cumulé a été estimé dans une étude cas-témoins nichée dans la cohorte E3N, parmi les femmes ayant résidé en Rhône-Alpes. Aucune association n'a été observée, à l'exception d'une diminution du risque de cancer du sein hormono-indépendant, retrouvée de façon significative dans l'étude alimentaire. Cette dernière observation est cohérente avec des données expérimentales. Dû à un manque de puissance statistique pour l'exposition aérienne, nos résultats demandent confirmation au niveau national / Breast cancer (BC) is the first malignancy among women. Its incidence has doubled over the past 30 years. Environmental factors with endocrine disruptive properties, such as dioxins emitted from industrial combustion processes, are suspected to affect BC risk. Ingestion of contaminated food and inhalation are the major exposure routes in humans. Epidemiological evidence on the association between dioxin exposure and BC risk remains inconclusive due to methodological limitations. The aim of the thesis was to investigate the association between dioxin exposure and BC risk in the E3N prospective cohort, filling current methodological gaps.First, we assessed the association between estimated dietary dioxin exposure and BC risk among women from the E3N cohort. Second, we developed a geographic information system (GIS)-based metric to assess airborne dioxin exposure at the individual address level, including proximity to and technical characteristics of industrial sources, exposure duration and prevailing wind frequency. The metric was then applied to each E3N women’s addresses from 1990 to 2008, and airborne dioxin exposure was estimated for cases and matched controls from a cohort sub-population (the Rhône-Alpes region). Third, we estimated BC risk associated with cumulative airborne dioxin exposure. Overall, no statistically significant association was observed, except for a decrease in hormone-independent BC risk. The latter was significant for dietary dioxin exposure. For airborne exposure, we might have lacked statistical power and confirmation at the national level is required. The inverse association with ER-negative BC risk is consistent with experimental evidence

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