Yet, it is estimated to take over a decade to accurately diagnose BD and this delay is associated with devastating consequences including school drop-out, economic, occupational, and interpersonal problems, inappropriate treatment, substance abuse and chronicity (Ghaemi et al. 2002; Judd et al. 2005).
The occurrence of this poisoning in our patient was facilitated by an abnormal dietary behavior called geophagia or pica, characterized by a perverted appetite for substances inappropriate for consumption, such as clay and earth [7].
House Speaker John Boehner called Mr. Limbaugh's language (just the language, not the substance) "inappropriate" – a formulation that the columnist George Will later mocked as "comical".
Girls who perceive their tempo of puberty as unusual from their peers might experience high levels of stress which might lead to inappropriate decisions, like substance use [ 4].
The population exposed to potentially hazardous substances through inappropriate and unsafe management practices related to disposal and recycling of end-of-life electrical and electronic equipment, collectively known as e-waste, is increasing.
Can notifying doctors that they are especially high prescribers of controlled substances reduce inappropriate prescriptions in Medicare?
We retained half-life values that were calculated assuming steady-state conditions if they were < 25 years, because this assumption is inappropriate for more persistent substances with significantly higher historical levels.
Celiac disease is a classic case of autoimmunity, in which the immune system raises inappropriate alarm bells against harmless substances like gluten and eventually attacks the body's own cells.
Of those 103 doctors, 39 had been penalized for inappropriate prescribing practices, 21 for substance abuse, 12 for substandard care and 3 for mismanagement of drug studies.
Christie's issued a statement saying: "Because we have been cooperating with the Department of Justice, Christie's believes that it would be inappropriate to comment on the substance of the antitrust investigation".
