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Thomas E. Novotny
Researcher at San Diego State University
Publications - 161
Citations - 8499
Thomas E. Novotny is an academic researcher from San Diego State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Public health & Tobacco control. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 152 publications receiving 7589 citations. Previous affiliations of Thomas E. Novotny include University of California, San Francisco & University of California, San Diego.
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Smoking knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among rural-to-urban migrant women in Beijing, China.
TL;DR: Chinese migrant women appear to be smoking at higher rates than nonmigrant women, and education to be protective, whereas exposure to female-branded cigarettes was a risk for ever smoking.
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Smoking among young rural to urban migrant women in China: a cross-sectional survey.
Xia Wan,Sanghyuk S. Shin,Qian Wang,H. Fisher Raymond,Huilin Liu,Ding Ding,Gonghuan Yang,Gonghuan Yang,Thomas E. Novotny +8 more
TL;DR: Exposure to female cigarette brands may increase the susceptibility to smoking among rural-to-urban migrant women and Smoke-free policies and increased taxes may be effective in preventing rural- to-Urban migrant women from smoking initiation.
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Comparing health outcomes and point-of-use water quality in two rural indigenous communities of Baja California, Mexico before and after receiving new potable water infrastructure
Paula Stigler-Granados,Penelope J.E. Quintana,Richard M. Gersberg,María Luisa Zúñiga,Thomas E. Novotny +4 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined water quality, waterborne disease incidence and water system use over time in two small rural indigenous communities of Baja California, Mexico, before and after drinking-water infrastructure improvements.
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The public health practice of tobacco control: lessons learned and directions for the states in the 1990s.
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New ceramics-related industry implicated in elevated blood lead levels in children.
TL;DR: Blood lead, erythrocyte protoporphyrin, and hemoglobin levels were measured for family members of workers exposed to lead borosilicate dust in a capacitor and resistor plant in Colorado, and the mean blood lead level was significantly elevated.