An added benefit is that companies in the consumer discretionary and industrial sectors tend to have modest exposure to foreign economies.
Experts say his illness, diagnosed as pulmonary fibrosis, is a rare and little-understood disease, which, depending on a variety of factors — genetics, for instance — can conceivably be caused by modest exposure to certain toxic substances or pollutants.
Elsewhere in the U.S., agricultural areas like this one have proved resilient during the economic downturn, lifted by high commodity prices and insulated by modest exposure to the housing bust.
Even modest exposure to amphetamine and cocaine prevents the sprouting of new branches on rat neurons that normally occurs when the animals explore an exciting new environment.
"I wanted to show guns and the space they occupy in suburban America," Sutton, who grew up with modest exposure to guns in upstate New York, said.
Modest exposure effects (OR ≈ 1.1) were generally noted in intermediate exposure categories (45 -64 dB(A)), and with no obvious trend.
Modest exposure effects (OR ≈ 1.1) were generally noted for the four intermediate exposure categories 45-499, 55-59, 55-59, 60-64 dB(A)).
Modest exposure effects were generally noted in all age groups at average road noise levels below 60 dB(A).
At present, modest exposure to some microbial exposures under certain circumstances appears to protect against allergies and allergic asthma but not wheeze; however, as indicated previously, the overall evidence is inconsistent.
The human data are consistent with the tentative hypothesis that lead-exposed persons may have higher PRA than normal during the early periods of modest exposure but normal or depressed PRA following more chronic severe exposures.
