Methods for and approaches to evaluating susceptibility of ecological systems to hazardous chemicals.

abstract：:Pheromones are substances emitted by one individual of a species and eliciting a specific response in a second individual of the same species. In moths (Lepidoptera) generally females lure males for mating by emission of a sex attractant pheromone comprised of either one or more components. Since 1966 the identificati...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Cardé RT

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:comments on S. Patandin et al. : Dietary exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins from infancy until adulthood: a comparison between breast-feeding, toddler, and long-term exposure. Environ Health Perspect 107:45-51 (1999). ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： LaKind JS,Filser JG

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granular activated carbon (GAC), in the presence of dilute aqueous hypochlorite solutions typical of those used in water treatment, was converted to a reagent capable of carrying out free-radical coupling reactions and other oxidations of dilute aqueous solutions of phenols. The products included biphenyls with chlori...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Voudrias EA,Larson RA,Snoeyink VL,Chen AS,Stapleton PL

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Martineau et al. (2002) reported that St. Lawrence beluga (SLB) have high cancer rates. Unfortunately, errors in their interpretation of the data have led them to overstate the importance of cancer and its links to environmental sources. ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Hammill MO,Lesage V,Kingsley MC

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Lower North Shore region of the St. Lawrence River is home to a fish-eating population that displays an unusually high body burden of several organochlorines, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dioxin-like compounds (DLCs). We measured biomarkers indicative of liver enzyme induction and investigated th...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Ayotte P,Dewailly E,Lambert GH,Perkins SL,Poon R,Feeley M,Larochelle C,Pereg D

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case control study of drinking water treatment practices and female cancer mortality was conducted in Wisconsin. Cancer deaths for 1972-1977 from 28 Wisconsin counties and noncancer deaths matched to cancer deaths on age, year of death and county of residence, were compared for characteristics of drinking water supp...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Kanarek MS,Young TB

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lead exposure is associated with elevated blood pressure during pregnancy; however, the magnitude of this relationship at low exposure levels is unclear. OBJECTIVES:Our goal was to determine the association between low-level lead exposure and blood pressure during late pregnancy. METHODS:We collected admis...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Wells EM,Navas-Acien A,Herbstman JB,Apelberg BJ,Silbergeld EK,Caldwell KL,Jones RL,Halden RU,Witter FR,Goldman LR

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mineral fibers and particulates represent one of the best documented, economically important, and ubiquitously occurring categories of human carcinogens. Yet, while a wealth of information exists concerning the mechanism of action of physical, chemical, and viral carcinogens, virtually nothing is known relative to the...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Hart RW,Daniel FB,Kindig OR,Beach CA,Joseph LB,Wells RC

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo detection of free radicals on a quantitative basis is essential for an establishment of their role in membrane, protein, and cell and tissue damage. This article compares optical methods, including chemiluminescence, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and NMR methods for the study of free radicals and free ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Chance B,Gao G

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organochlorines are persistent lipophilic compounds that accumulate in Inuit people living in circumpolar countries. Organochlorines accumulate as a result of the Inuits' large consumption of sea mammal fat; however, available data are limited to blood lipids, milk fat, and adipose tissue. We report results of organoc...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Dewailly E,Mulvad G,Pedersen HS,Ayotte P,Demers A,Weber JP,Hansen JC

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess quantitatively the association between benzene and leukemia, we evaluated the rate of mortality experienced by a cohort occupationally exposed to benzene. Using data from historical air sampling surveys, we estimated the daily benzene exposure for each member of the cohort. The expected number of leukemia de...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Rinsky RA

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because of complex interactions of climate variables at the levels of the pathogen, vector, and host, the potential influence of climate change on vector-borne and zoonotic diseases (VBZDs) is poorly understood and difficult to predict. Climate effects on the nonvector-borne zoonotic diseases are especially ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Mills JN,Gage KL,Khan AS

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans are exposed to a large number of environmental genotoxic agents. These can increase the probability that somatic mutation will occur. The use of genotoxicity testing is essential for assessment of potential human toxicity so that hazards can be prevented. Cytogenetic monitoring of human populations exposed to c...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Anwar WA

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major goal of studying farmworkers is to better understand how their work environment, including exposure to pesticides, affects their health. Although a number of health conditions have been associated with pesticide exposure, clear linkages have yet to be made between exposure and health effects except in cases of...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： McCauley LA,Anger WK,Keifer M,Langley R,Robson MG,Rohlman D

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Air pollution data in Bangkok, Thailand, indicate that levels of particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter < or = 10 microm (PM(10)) are significantly higher than in most cities in North America and Western Europe, where the health effects of PM(10) are well documented. However, the pollution mix, seasona...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Vichit-Vadakan N,Vajanapoom N,Ostro B

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Findings from national surveys suggest that everyone in the United States is exposed to perchlorate. At high doses, perchlorate, thiocyanate, and nitrate inhibit iodide uptake into the thyroid and decrease thyroid hormone production. Small changes in thyroid hormones during pregnancy, including changes withi...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Steinmaus C,Pearl M,Kharrazi M,Blount BC,Miller MD,Pearce EN,Valentin-Blasini L,DeLorenze G,Hoofnagle AN,Liaw J

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Methylmercury (MeHg) may affect fetal growth; however, prior research often lacked assessment of mercury speciation, confounders, and interactions. OBJECTIVE:Our objective was to assess the relationship between MeHg and fetal growth as well as the potential for confounding or interaction of this relationshi...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Wells EM,Herbstman JB,Lin YH,Jarrett J,Verdon CP,Ward C,Caldwell KL,Hibbeln JR,Witter FR,Halden RU,Goldman LR

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Present available information regarding ovarian tumors in hens is incomplete in most aspects, and this lack of knowledge hampers use of hens as models for study of ovarian cancer. A study of 466 hens ranging from 2 to 7 years of age and covering a period of more than 3 years has provided much needed information relati...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Fredrickson TN

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetics may partially explain observed heterogeneity in associations between traffic-related air pollution and incident asthma. OBJECTIVE:Our aim was to investigate the impact of gene variants associated with oxidative stress and inflammation on associations between air pollution and incident childhood ast...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： MacIntyre EA,Brauer M,Melén E,Bauer CP,Bauer M,Berdel D,Bergström A,Brunekreef B,Chan-Yeung M,Klümper C,Fuertes E,Gehring U,Gref A,Heinrich J,Herbarth O,Kerkhof M,Koppelman GH,Kozyrskyj AL,Pershagen G,Postma DS,Th

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are persistent chemicals that have been widely used as flame retardants in furniture, carpet padding, car seats, and other consumer products during the past three decades. OBJECTIVE:We examined whether in utero exposure to PBDEs is associated with child cognitive funct...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Chen A,Yolton K,Rauch SA,Webster GM,Hornung R,Sjödin A,Dietrich KN,Lanphear BP

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenomenon of fiber-induced cytotoxicity to P388D1 macrophagelike cells has been demonstrated to parallel (thus far without exception) the probability that the fiber will induce a pleural sarcoma (mesothelioma) in rats. This startling parallel in both cases seems to be essentially independent of the chemical natur...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Lipkin LE

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an increasing interest in the development and validation of biomarkers for use in biochemical/molecular epidemiological studies. Though the area of neurotoxicology has received much attention in the past several years, it still lags behind with regard to the development of biomarkers, particularly those of he...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Costa LG

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organophosphates in increasing amounts and wider varieties of molecular structure are being used to replace the organochlorine pesticides. It has been assumed that the organophosphates as a class would have a minimal chronic toxicity due to rapid hydrolysis and an unfavorable partitioning as regards to lipids. The phy...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Freed VH,Haque R,Schmedding D,Kohnert R

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of blood lead (B-Pb) concentration to blood pressure was investigated in men aged 55 to 75 years living in the Rome area, who had no history of exposure to lead in the workplace and who participated between 1989 and 1990 in an epidemiologic survey for coronary heart disease (New Risk Factor Project). O...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Menditto A,Morisi G,Spagnolo A,Menotti A

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fumonisin B1(FB1) is a fungal metabolite of Fusarium verticillioides (= F. moniliforme), a fungus that grows on many crops worldwide. Previous studies demonstrated that male BD IX rats consuming diets containing 50 ppm fumonisin B1 developed hepatocellular carcinomas. In our recent studies, diets containing FB1 at 50 ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Howard PC,Warbritton A,Voss KA,Lorentzen RJ,Thurman JD,Kovach RM,Bucci TJ

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last three decades, the impact of chemical pollution has focused almost exclusively on the conventional "priority" pollutants, especially those acutely toxic/carcinogenic pesticides and industrial intermediates displaying persistence in the environment. This spectrum of chemicals, however, is only one piece...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Daughton CG,Ternes TA

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental pollution with the nephrotoxic metal cadmium is considered a potential health risk for the general population. In 1976 it was reported that the cadmium concentration in human kidney cortex in Sweden had increased in parallel with increasing levels in soil and grain during the twentieth century. Since the...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Friis L,Petersson L,Edling C

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We include in this review an assessment of the formation, environmental fate, and mammalian and ecotoxicity of CW agent degradation products relevant to environmental and occupational health. These parent CW agents include several vesicants: sulfur mustards [undistilled sulfur mustard (H), sulfur mustard (HD), and an ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Munro NB,Talmage SS,Griffin GD,Waters LC,Watson AP,King JF,Hauschild V

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biopersistence of fibers and minerals in the respiratory tract is an important parameter in the toxicity of those materials. The biopersistence of respirable synthetic fibers and minerals in man can be most closely evaluated in an animal model. While acellular and in vitro systems are important for initial evaluat...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Bernstein DM,Mast R,Anderson R,Hesterberg TW,Musselman R,Kamstrup O,Hadley J

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most neurotoxicological studies morphological assessment focuses on pathological effects, like degenerative changes in neuronal perikarya, axonopathy, demyelination, and glial and endothelial cell reactions. Similarly, the assessment of physiological and behavioral effects center on evident neurological symptoms, l...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Altman J

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00