Instrumentation for negative ion detection.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiological research on effects of transportation noise on incident hypertension is inconsistent. OBJECTIVES:We aimed to investigate whether residential road traffic noise increases the risk for hypertension. METHODS:In a population-based cohort of 57,053 individuals 50-64 years of age at enrollment, w...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Thacher JD,Poulsen AH,Roswall N,Hvidtfeldt U,Raaschou-Nielsen O,Jensen SS,Ketzel M,Brandt J,Overvad K,Tjønneland A,Münzel T,Sørensen M

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is the most common chronic illness of childhood and its prevalence is increasing, causing much concern for identification of risk factors such as air pollution. We previously conducted a study showing a relationship between asthma visits in all persons < 65 years of age to emergency departments (EDs) and air po...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Norris G,YoungPong SN,Koenig JQ,Larson TV,Sheppard L,Stout JW

更新日期：1999-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:Agricultural use of antimicrobials in subtherapeutic concentrations is increasing in response to the rising demand for food animal products worldwide. In India, the use of antimicrobials in food animal production is unregulated. Research suggests that many clinically important antimicrobials are used indiscr...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Brower CH,Mandal S,Hayer S,Sran M,Zehra A,Patel SJ,Kaur R,Chatterjee L,Mishra S,Das BR,Singh P,Singh R,Gill JPS,Laxminarayan R

更新日期：2017-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although accumulating evidence suggests that exposure to organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) may contribute to the development of prostate cancer, few investigations have used biological samples to classify exposure to specific organochlorines. To our knowledge, this is the first p...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Sawada N,Iwasaki M,Inoue M,Itoh H,Sasazuki S,Yamaji T,Shimazu T,Tsugane S,Japan Public Health Center Based Prospective (JPHC) Study Group.

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of a diamond polisher who developed occupational asthma as a result of prolonged exposure to various potent and well-recognized asthma-inducing agents, including cobalt dust. Although the patient was seen by various medical professionals during the initial course of his illness and given an early dia...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Wilk-Rivard E,Szeinuk J

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under a cooperative agreement between New York University and the Environmental Protection Agency, and in collaboration with the University of Sao Paulo (USP), a study is ongoing in Cubatao, Brazil, to try to establish exposure-response relationships on the impact of specific industrial effluents on respiratory functi...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Spektor DM,Hofmeister VA,Artaxo P,Brague JA,Echelar F,Nogueira DP,Hayes C,Thurston GD,Lippmann M

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to low levels of chemicals indoors is often to a mixture of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). It is of interest to determine if the symptomatic and sensory responses can be attributed to a single chemical or to a mixture of chemicals. To determine if sensory or symptomatic responses differ with exposure to s...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Prah JD

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human health and aquatic animal health are organically related at three distinct interfaces. Aquatic animals serve as important contributors to the nutritional protein, lipid, and vitamin requirements of humans; as carriers and transmitters of many infectious and parasitic diseases to which humans are susceptible; and...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Dawe CJ

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report updates the risk assessment by Crump and Allen for benzene-induced leukemia that was based on a cohort exposed to benzene in the manufacture of Pliofilm. The present study derives new risk estimates using data from follow-up through 1987 (whereas the earlier assessment only had follow-up available through ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Crump KS

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous fetal death has been observed among various mammalian species after exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Our exposure-based cohort study assessed the relationship between consumption of PCB-contaminated Lake Ontario sport fish and spontaneous fetal death using 1820 multigravid fertile women from t...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Mendola P,Buck GM,Vena JE,Zielezny M,Sever LE

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comprehensive environmental fate and effects testing program, sponsored by the Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA) Phthalate Esters Program Panel, has been completed. Based on the results, a preliminary safety assessment has shown that all of the 14 commercially important phthalates tested have sufficiently hig...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Group EF Jr

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The timing of some key embryological events is given for man, rat, chick, and certain other animals. Such times, however, are approximations, and variations occur among members of the same strain and even among members of the same litter. Some differences in developmental patterns are indicated. ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Monie IW

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible risk for human health arising from consumption of lead-polluted shellfish was suggested by experiments on the bioavailability for mice of a "biologically detoxified" form of the metal. In this work, young mice were fed with a mixed diet including mussels collected in a Pb-polluted area. Metal concentratio...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Regoli F,Orlando E

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phthalates are metabolized and eliminated in urine within hours after exposure. Several reports suggest that concentrations of phthalate metabolites in a spot urine sample can provide a reliable estimation of exposure to phthalates for up to several months. OBJECTIVES:We examined inter- and intraperson and ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Preau JL Jr,Wong LY,Silva MJ,Needham LL,Calafat AM

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most contemporary bioinsecticides are derived from scaled-up cultures of Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies israelensis (Bti) and kurstaki (Btk), whose particulate fractions contain mostly B. thuringiensis spores (> 10(12)/L) and proteinaceous aggregates, including crystal-like parasporal inclusion bodies (PIB). Based ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Tayabali AF,Seligy VL

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enhanced transport of trace metal in porous media can occur in the presence of a ligand or "carrier" that has a high affinity for binding the pollutant, is dispersed and mobile in the soil environment, is recalcitrant with respect to microbial degradation, and is acceptable to the public. These aspects of the facilita...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Chen JH,Czajka DR,Lion LW,Shuler ML,Ghiorse WC

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of mycotoxins in grains is well documented. Workers in grain handling occupations are commonly exposed to grain dust aerosols. Work in our laboratory has shown that T-2 toxin is highly toxic to rat alveolar macrophages in vitro, causing loss of viability, release of radiolabeled chromium, inhibition of ma...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Sorenson WG,Gerberick GF,Lewis DM,Castranova V

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In April 2004, one of the largest aflatoxicosis outbreaks occurred in rural Kenya, resulting in 317 cases and 125 deaths. Aflatoxin-contaminated homegrown maize was the source of the outbreak, but the extent of regional contamination and status of maize in commercial markets (market maize) were unknown. We conducted a...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Lewis L,Onsongo M,Njapau H,Schurz-Rogers H,Luber G,Kieszak S,Nyamongo J,Backer L,Dahiye AM,Misore A,DeCock K,Rubin C,Kenya Aflatoxicosis Investigation Group.

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lung epithelium resorbs alveolar fluid through combined action of sodium channels and the sodium pump, Na,K-ATPase. The lung often is exposed to hyperoxia in disease states and hyperoxia generates a mixture of reactive oxygen species. In vivo and in vitro exposure of rat lung and alveolar type II cells, respective...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Wendt CH,Sharma R,Bair R,Towle H,Ingbar DH

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tungsten carbide nanoparticles are being explored for their use in the manufacture of hard metals. To develop nanoparticles for broad applications, potential risks to human health and the environment should be evaluated and taken into consideration. OBJECTIVE:We aimed to assess the toxicity of well-characte...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Bastian S,Busch W,Kühnel D,Springer A,Meissner T,Holke R,Scholz S,Iwe M,Pompe W,Gelinsky M,Potthoff A,Richter V,Ikonomidou C,Schirmer K

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fine particulate matter (FPM) in ambient air causes premature mortality due to cardiac disease in susceptible populations. OBJECTIVE:Our objective in this study was to determine the most influential FPM components. METHODS:A mouse model of atherosclerosis (ApoE-/-) was exposed to either filtered air or con...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Lippmann M,Ito K,Hwang JS,Maciejczyk P,Chen LC

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is necessary but not sufficient to develop laboratory animal models in sensory behavioral toxicology for screening toxic substances and for the analysis of sensory impairment at threshold levels of stimulation. It is important to develop more thorough and quantitative tests of impairment which in their greater comp...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Stebbins WC

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a series of articles concerning epidemiologic research on potential health effects of electric and magnetic fields. Our goal was to identify methodological issues that have arisen through past studies of cancer, reproduction, and neurobehavioral outcomes in order to suggest strategies to extend knowledge....

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Savitz DA

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental chemicals that function as estrogens have been suggested to be associated with an increase in disease and dysfunctions in animals and humans. To characterize chemicals that may act as estrogens in humans, we have compared three in vitro assays which measure aspects of human estrogen receptor (hER)-mediat...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Klotz DM,Beckman BS,Hill SM,McLachlan JA,Walters MR,Arnold SF

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies in our laboratory demonstrated that high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis of ground corncob bedding extracts characterized two components (peak I and peak II) that disrupted endocrine function in male and female rats and stimulated breast and prostate cancer cell proliferation in vitr...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Markaverich BM,Crowley JR,Alejandro MA,Shoulars K,Casajuna N,Mani S,Reyna A,Sharp J

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effect of chronic exposure to dioxin and dioxin-like compounds on the pancreas in female Harlan Sprague-Dawley rats. This investigation represents part of an ongoing National Toxicology Program initiative to determine the relative potency of chronic toxicity and carcinogenicity of polychlorinated diox...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Nyska A,Jokinen MP,Brix AE,Sells DM,Wyde ME,Orzech D,Haseman JK,Flake G,Walker NJ

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restriction-fragment-length polymorphism analysis was performed on several different types of human cancers, including carcinoma of the uterine cervix, neuroblastoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, pheochromocytoma, stomach cancer, and small-cell lung carcinoma (SCLC), to determine the chromosomal loci of putative tumor-su...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Yokota J,Sugimura T,Terada M

更新日期：1991-06-01 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：OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the association between drinking-water disinfection by-products and preterm births using improved exposure assessment and more appropriate analysis methods than used in prior studies. METHODS:During 1999-2001, vital record data were obtained for a large, racially diverse population residing in ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Lewis C,Suffet IH,Hoggatt K,Ritz B

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00