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There was, however, modest regional variation in incidence, with absolute rates being highest in the Yorkshire and the Humber region.

The effect of increasing PAH DNA adduct levels among children exposed prenatally to ETS was, however, modest (β = −8.07, p = 0.07).

The increase in 15-PGDH expression following IL-1β stimulation was, however, modest in comparison with the dominant upregulation of the synthesizing enzymes mPGES-1 and COX-2, explaining the net effect of increased PGE2 synthesis.

These efforts have been, however, modest in marine ecosystems.

It is, however, modest in its aspirations, partly in deference to the Constitution.

The size of the effect is, however, modest: a 1%% point increase in the share of male full-time workers aged 55 59 in 2003 reduces the total employment by at most 0.4%% in 2008.

The amplitude of this calibration line is however modest (26.746 mGal) and smaller than the line of 323.170-mGal amplitude between Chelmos (1740-m altitude) and Temeni (sea level) in the Gulf of Corinth (Greece) which was measured in December 2013 by our FG5 AG.

The reliability and validity of these tools, where reported, are however modest at best.

These variations were, however, modest because in the former group the increase was ⩽5 mm in 2/3 of cases (21 out of 32 patients), while in the latter group the decrease was ⩾5 mm in only four cases.

Their single-agent activity in most tumour types is, however, modest, with obvious exceptions in tumours such as renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) (Verweij et al, 2004; Motzer et al, 2007).

She was, however, characteristically modest to the end about the part she had played.