2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin plasma levels in Seveso 20 years after the accident.

abstract：:Following our first report on elevated polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) concentrations in California women, we expanded our investigation to include diverse groups of local women. We analyzed additional adipose and serum samples collected in the late 1990s from San Francisco Bay Area women participating in a breas...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Petreas M,She J,Brown FR,Winkler J,Windham G,Rogers E,Zhao G,Bhatia R,Charles MJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was designed to determine whether prenatal mercury exposure, including potential releases from the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster, adversely affects fetal growth and child development. METHODS:We determined maternal and umbilical cord blood total mercury of nonsmoking women who delivered at ter...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Lederman SA,Jones RL,Caldwell KL,Rauh V,Sheets SE,Tang D,Viswanathan S,Becker M,Stein JL,Wang RY,Perera FP

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotine and cigarette smoke extract show acute physiological effects: increasing tracheal pressure (PTR), pulmonary artery pressure (PPA), systemic blood pressure (PSYST), and left atrium pressure (PLA); and decreasing cardiac output (QAORTA) and blood flow to the left lower lobe (QLLL). In addition, cigarette smokin...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Kitamura S

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A brief review of the literature indicates that nutritional deficiencies have been shown to increase the absorption and toxicity of orally ingested lead and cadmium. Results from recent studies indicates that low level oral ingestion of cadmium and lead perturbs the metabolism of zinc, copper, and iron and that these ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Petering HG

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of questionnaires to predict children's exposure to pesticides was examined as part of the Minnesota Children's Pesticide Exposure Study (MNCPES). The MNCPES focused on a probability sample of 102 children between the ages of 3 and 13 years living in either urban (Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN) or nonurban ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Sexton K,Adgate JL,Eberly LE,Clayton CA,Whitmore RW,Pellizzari ED,Lioy PJ,Quackenboss JJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhaled asbestos fibers may contribute to three-fourths of malignant mesotheliomas diagnosed in men and almost 40% of cases diagnosed in women. Bans on the manufacture and sale of amphibole asbestos fibers are expected to reduce the incidence of mesothelioma, but the long latency period from initial exposure to clinic...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Tse LA,Yu IT,Goggins W,Clements M,Wang XR,Au JS,Yu KS

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ubiquitous polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been shown to alter gene expression patterns and elevate micronuclei (MN) frequency, but the underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are key gene regulators that may be influenced by PAH exposures and mediate their effects on MN fr...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Deng Q,Huang S,Zhang X,Zhang W,Feng J,Wang T,Hu D,Guan L,Li J,Dai X,Deng H,Zhang X,Wu T

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methyl eugenol is a naturally occurring material found in a variety of food sources, including spices, oils, and nutritionally important foods such as bananas and oranges. Given its natural occurrence, a broad cross-section of the population is likely exposed. The availability of biomonitoring and toxicology data offe...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Robison SH,Barr DB

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Childhood lead exposure has been associated with growth delay. However, the association between blood lead levels (BLLs) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) has not been characterized in a large cohort with low-level lead exposure. METHODS:We recruited 394 boys 8-9 years of age from an industrial Russi...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Fleisch AF,Burns JS,Williams PL,Lee MM,Sergeyev O,Korrick SA,Hauser R

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The World Health Organization (WHO) released the fourth edition of Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality in July 2011. In this edition, the 400-µg/L drinking-water guideline for manganese (Mn) was discontinued with the assertion that because "this health-based value is well above concentrations of manganese ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Frisbie SH,Mitchell EJ,Dustin H,Maynard DM,Sarkar B

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen (Gal-GalNAc) represents a tumor-associated molecule, which is assumed to be one of the few chemically well-defined antigens with a proven association with malignancy. In order to analyze the role of the carbohydrate structure Gal-GalNAc for gastrointestinal tumors, we immunized Balb/c ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Dippold W,Steinborn A,Meyer zum Büschenfelde KH

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the effects of dibutyl phthalate (DBP) on gonadal sex differentiation, genetically male tadpoles of Rana rugosa were exposed to dilute solutions of DBP at concentrations of 0.1, 1, or 10 microM during days 19-23 after fertilization, which is the critical period of gonadal sex differentiation in R. rugosa. T...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Ohtani H,Miura I,Ichikawa Y

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences in genetic susceptibility to hazardous chemicals affect individuals of both human and nonhuman populations. In both cases, differences in response to chemicals or general ill health result as a function of these differences in genetic susceptibility. However, ecological systems are a compilation of hundred...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Burger J

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted experiments to determine whether diesel engine exhaust affects reproductive endocrine function in growing rats. The rats were assigned to three groups: a group exposed to total diesel engine exhaust containing 5.63 mg/m3 particulate matter, 4.10 ppm nitrogen dioxide, and 8.10 ppm nitrogen oxide; a group e...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Watanabe N,Oonuki Y

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anogenital distance (AGD) in animals is a sensitive biomarker of fetal endocrine disruption and the associated testicular dysgenesis syndrome (TDS). However, AGD in human infants with cryptorchidism and hypospadias, which are potential manifestations of TDS during childhood, is not clearly described. OBJECT...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Thankamony A,Lek N,Carroll D,Williams M,Dunger DB,Acerini CL,Ong KK,Hughes IA

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) have been used as flame retardants and are becoming a ubiquitous environmental contaminant. Adverse effects in the developing brain are of great health concern. OBJECTIVE:We investigated the effect of PBDEs/hydroxylated PBDEs (OH-PBDEs) on thyroid hormone (TH) receptor...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Ibhazehiebo K,Iwasaki T,Kimura-Kuroda J,Miyazaki W,Shimokawa N,Koibuchi N

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The progression of the cell cycle is controlled by the action of both positive and negative growth regulators. The key players in this activity include a family of cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases, which are themselves regulated by other kinases and phosphatases. Maintenance of balanced cell cycle controls may be ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Afshari CA,Barrett JC

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide range of chemicals with diverse structures derived from plant and environmental origins are reported to have hormonal activity. The potential for appreciable exposure of humans to such substances prompts the need to develop sensitive screening methods to quantitate and evaluate the risk to the public. Yeast cel...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Coldham NG,Dave M,Sivapathasundaram S,McDonnell DP,Connor C,Sauer MJ

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 240 pesticides screened for carcinogenicity by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Pesticide Programs, at least 24 (10%) produce thyroid follicular cell tumors in rodents. Thirteen of the thyroid carcinogens also induce liver tumors, mainly in mice, and 9 chemicals produce tumors at other sites. Some...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Hurley PM

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Marcellus Shale is a vast natural gas field underlying parts of Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland. Rapid development of this field has been enabled by advances in hydrofracking techniques that include injection of chemical and physical agents deep underground. Response to publ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Goldstein BD,Kriesky J,Pavliakova B

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although from a societal point of view a modal shift from car to bicycle may have beneficial health effects due to decreased air pollution emissions, decreased greenhouse gas emissions, and increased levels of physical activity, shifts in individual adverse health effects such as higher exposure to air pollu...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Johan de Hartog J,Boogaard H,Nijland H,Hoek G

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we explored the efficacy of upper-room ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) in reducing the concentration of Serratia marcescens and Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) aerosols in enclosed places. We constructed a facility (4.5 m x 3 m x 2.9 m) in which both ceiling- and wall-mounted...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Ko G,First MW,Burge HA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed data from 798 lead workers to determine whether polymorphisms in the genes encoding delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD), endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), and the vitamin D receptor (VDR) were associated with or modified relations of lead exposure and dose measures with renal outcomes. Lea...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Weaver VM,Schwartz BS,Ahn KD,Stewart WF,Kelsey KT,Todd AC,Wen J,Simon DJ,Lustberg ME,Parsons PJ,Silbergeld EK,Lee BK

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies indicate that the design of streets and sidewalks can influence physical activity among residents. Park features also influence park use and park-based physical activity. Although individuals can walk on streets and sidewalks, walking loops in parks offer a setting to walk in nature and to a...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Cohen DA,Han B,Evenson KR,Nagel C,McKenzie TL,Marsh T,Williamson S,Harnik P

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we determined the biologic activity of dichloromethane-extracted particulate matter < 10 micro m in aerodynamic diameter (PM10) obtained from filters at three sites in the Paso del Norte airshed, which includes El Paso, Texas, USA; Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, and Sunland Park, New Mexico, USA. The extrac...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Arrieta DE,Ontiveros CC,Li WW,Garcia JH,Denison MS,McDonald JD,Burchiel SW,Washburn BS

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) represents a common neurodegenerative disorder. An estimated 2% of the U.S. population, age 65 and older, develops IPD. The number of IPD patients will certainly increase over the next several decades as the baby-boomers gradually step into this high-risk age group, concomitant wit...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Aschner M

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence in situ hybridization with chromosome-specific composite DNA probes (chromosome painting) is a reliable and efficient method for detecting structural chromosome aberrations. Painting is now being used to quantify chromosome damage in many human populations. In one such study we evaluated 91 unexposed peop...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Tucker JD,Moore DH 2nd

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that rats are resilient to the hepatotoxic and lethal combination of chlordecone (CD) and carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) during early postnatal development. The overall findings pointed to stimulated cell division and tissue repair mechanisms as the underlying cause of resistance. The objectiv...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Dalu A,Rao PS,Mehendale HM

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Prenatal exposure to some pesticides can adversely affect male reproductive health in animals. We investigated a possible human association between maternal exposure to 27 organochlorine compounds used as pesticides and cryptorchidism among male children. DESIGN:Within a prospective birth cohort, we perfo...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Damgaard IN,Skakkebaek NE,Toppari J,Virtanen HE,Shen H,Schramm KW,Petersen JH,Jensen TK,Main KM,Nordic Cryptorchidism Study Group.

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface IR (infrared) modes of crystalline and fumed (amorphous) silica particles, calcined at temperatures up to 1095 degrees C, have been studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The ability of these same particles to lyse cells has been measured by a hemolysis protocol. The untreated crystalline and amor...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Pandurangi RS,Seehra MS,Razzaboni BL,Bolsaitis P

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00