AGREEMENT BETWEEN NICOTINE METABOLITES IN BLOOD AND SELF-REPORTED SMOKING STATUS: THE NETHERLANDS EPIDEMIOLOGY OF OBESITY STUDY

Agreement between nicotine metabolites in blood and self-reported smoking status: The Netherlands Epidemiology of Obesity study

Introduction: Self-report and nicotine detection are methods to measure smoking exposure and can both lead to misclassification.It is important to highlight discrepancies between these two methods in the context of epidemiological research.Objective: The aim of this cross-sectional study is to assess the agreements between self-reported smoking sta

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The effect of colony translocation on meliponaries of Melipona scutellaris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from northeastern Brazil by morphogeometric analysis

This study investigated the morphometric variation in Melipona scutellaris stingless bees rational hive boxes from five states, inserted into the natural range of the species occurrence in Boys Polo northeastern Brazil.The cluster analysis (UPGMA) showed three distinct groups by determining the cutoff point.The multivariate analysis were performed

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