Poly(vinyl chloride) processes and products.

abstract：:The Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (EPHTN) proposes to link environmental hazards and exposures to health outcomes. Statistical methods used in case-control and cohort studies to link health outcomes to individual exposure estimates are well developed. However, reliable exposure estimates for many contam...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Mather FJ,White LE,Langlois EC,Shorter CF,Swalm CM,Shaffer JG,Hartley WR

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Global climate change is anticipated to reduce future cereal yields and threaten food security, thus potentially increasing the risk of undernutrition. The causation of undernutrition is complex, and there is a need to develop models that better quantify the potential impacts of climate change on population ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Lloyd SJ,Kovats RS,Chalabi Z

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airway mucus is a complex airway secretion whose primary function as part of the mucociliary transport mechanism is to to serve as renewable and transportable barrier against inhaled particulates and toxic agents. The rheologic properties necessary for this function are imparted by glycoproteins, or mucins. Some respi...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Samet JM,Cheng PW

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed whether exposure of male rats to two estrogenic, environmental chemicals, 4-octylphenol (OP) and butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP) during gestation or during the first 21 days of postnatal life, affected testicular size or spermatogenesis in adulthood (90-95 days of age). Chemicals were administered via...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Sharpe RM,Fisher JS,Millar MM,Jobling S,Sumpter JP

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bacterial meningitis causes a high burden of disease in the African meningitis belt, with regular seasonal hyperendemicity and sporadic short, but intense, localized epidemics during the late dry season occurring at a small spatial scale [i.e., below the district level, in individual health centers (HCs)]. I...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Woringer M,Martiny N,Porgho S,Bicaba BW,Bar-Hen A,Mueller JE

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Environmental heat exposure is a public health concern. The impacts of environmental heat on mortality and morbidity at the population scale are well documented, but little is known about specific exposures that individuals experience. OBJECTIVES:The first objective of this work was to catalyze discussion o...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Kuras ER,Richardson MB,Calkins MM,Ebi KL,Hess JJ,Kintziger KW,Jagger MA,Middel A,Scott AA,Spector JT,Uejio CK,Vanos JK,Zaitchik BF,Gohlke JM,Hondula DM

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent policies attempting to reduce adverse effects of methylmercury exposure from fish consumption in the United States have targeted reductions in anthropogenic emissions from U.S. sources. OBJECTIVES:To analyze the prospects for future North American and international emissions controls, we assessed the...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Selin NE,Sunderland EM,Knightes CD,Mason RP

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Once a sign of modernization and growth, dams are often seen today as symbols of environmental and social devastation. Over 800,000 dams have been built worldwide to provide drinking water, flood control, hydropower, irrigation, navigation, and water storage. Dams do indeed provide these things,but at the cost of seve...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Joyce S

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phthalates may pose a risk for perinatal developmental effects. An important question relates to the choice of suitable biological matrices for assessing exposure during this period. OBJECTIVES:This study was designed to measure the concentrations of phthalate diesters or their metabolites in breast milk, b...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Högberg J,Hanberg A,Berglund M,Skerfving S,Remberger M,Calafat AM,Filipsson AF,Jansson B,Johansson N,Appelgren M,Håkansson H

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole blood oxygen equilibrium curves (O2 ECs), blood buffer lines, and several hematologic properties were determined for adult guinea pigs exposed to 700 ppm methyl isocyanate (MIC) for 15 min. MIC inhalation effected a significant reduction of blood O2 affinity; the half-saturation pressure (P50) at 38 degrees C in...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Maginniss LA,Szewczak JM,Troup CM

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phthalates, known endocrine disruptors, may play a role in breast carcinogenesis. Few studies have examined phthalates in relation to breast cancer (BC), and, to our knowledge, none have considered survival following BC. OBJECTIVES:We examined 11 urinary phthalate metabolites, individually and as molar sum ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Parada H Jr,Gammon MD,Chen J,Calafat AM,Neugut AI,Santella RM,Wolff MS,Teitelbaum SL

更新日期：2018-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess whether the joint effects of three androgen receptor antagonists (vinclozolin, flutamide, procymidone) on male sexual differentiation after in utero and postnatal exposures can be predicted based on dose-response data of the individual chemicals. METHODS:Test chemicals and...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Hass U,Scholze M,Christiansen S,Dalgaard M,Vinggaard AM,Axelstad M,Metzdorff SB,Kortenkamp A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Modern toxicology is shifting from an observational to a mechanistic science. As part of this shift, high-throughput toxicity assays are being developed using alternative, nonmammalian species to prioritize chemicals and develop prediction models of human toxicity. METHODS:The nematode Caenorhabditis elegan...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Boyd WA,Smith MV,Co CA,Pirone JR,Rice JR,Shockley KR,Freedman JH

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New technologies and methods for assessing human exposure to chemicals, dietary and lifestyle factors, infectious agents, and other stressors provide an opportunity to extend the range of human health investigations and advance our understanding of the relationship between environmental exposure and disease. An ad hoc...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Weis BK,Balshaw D,Barr JR,Brown D,Ellisman M,Lioy P,Omenn G,Potter JD,Smith MT,Sohn L,Suk WA,Sumner S,Swenberg J,Walt DR,Watkins S,Thompson C,Wilson SH

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Population-based studies have estimated health risks of short-term exposure to fine particles using mass of PM(2.5) (particulate matter

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Peng RD,Bell ML,Geyh AS,McDermott A,Zeger SL,Samet JM,Dominici F

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Animal studies suggest that early-life lead exposure influences gene expression and production of proteins associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). OBJECTIVES:We attempted to assess the relationship between early-life lead exposure and potential biomarkers for AD among young men and women. We also attempte...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Mazumdar M,Xia W,Hofmann O,Gregas M,Ho Sui S,Hide W,Yang T,Needleman HL,Bellinger DC

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute exposures to isobutane, propane, F-12, and F-11 in concentrations of 250, 500, or 1000 ppm for periods of 1 min to 8 hr did not produce any untoward physiological effects as determined by the methods employed which included serial EKG's and continuous monitoring of modified V5 by telemetry during exposure. Repet...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Stewart RD,Newton PE,Baretta ED,Herrmann AA,Forster HV,Soto RJ

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal treatment of female mice with diethystilbestrol (DES) is known to induce ovary-independent persistent proliferation and cornification of vaginal epithelium. This irreversibly changed vaginal epithelium persistently expressed higher levels of c-jun and c-fos mRNAs, which was not altered by postpubertal estroge...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Iguchi T,Fukazawa Y,Bern HA

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic exposure to arsenic (As), a human toxicant and carcinogen, remains a global public health problem. Health risks persist after As exposure has ended, suggesting epigenetic dysregulation as a mechanistic link between exposure and health outcomes. OBJECTIVES:We investigated the association between tota...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Bozack AK,Domingo-Relloso A,Haack K,Gamble MV,Tellez-Plaza M,Umans JG,Best LG,Yracheta J,Gribble MO,Cardenas A,Francesconi KA,Goessler W,Tang WY,Fallin MD,Cole SA,Navas-Acien A

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemoprotective phytochemicals exhibit multiple activities and interact with several cellular receptors, including the aryl hydrocarbon (Ah) receptor (AhR). In this study we investigated the AhR agonist/antagonist activities of the following flavonoids: chrysin, phloretin, kaempferol, galangin, naringenin, genistein, ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Zhang S,Qin C,Safe SH

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organophosphate (OP) pesticides are commonly used in the United States, and farmworkers are at risk for chronic exposure. Using a sample of 218 farmworkers in 24 communities and labor camps in eastern Washington State, we examined the association between agricultural crop and OP pesticide metabolite concentrations in ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Coronado GD,Vigoren EM,Thompson B,Griffith WC,Faustman EM

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-Substituted aromatic compounds can be metabolized in most species to N-acetylated derivatives that are themselves subject to further enzymatic transformations, including hydrolysis and N,O-acyltransfer. These proceses can either potentiate or ameliorate the biological responses to these N-substituted derivatives. De...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： King CM,Glowinski IB

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research conducted in recent years has increased public health concern about the toxicity of lead at low dose and has supported a reappraisal of the levels of lead exposure that may be safely tolerated in the workplace. In this article, which appears as part of a mini-monograph on adult lead exposure, we summarize a b...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Kosnett MJ,Wedeen RP,Rothenberg SJ,Hipkins KL,Materna BL,Schwartz BS,Hu H,Woolf A

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo bone lead measurement using K X-ray fluorescence (KXRF) has been used to estimate long-term lead exposure, especially in adults. Relatively few studies have been conducted on young subjects with this technique. To explore the measurement variability of KXRF bone lead measurements in young subjects, the tibiae ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Hoppin JA,Aro A,Hu H,Ryan PB

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atmospheric pollution from vehicular traffic is a matter of growing interest, often leading to temporary restrictions in urban areas. Although guidelines indicate limits for several parameters, the real toxicologic impacts remain largely unexplored in field conditions. In this study our aim was to validate an ecotoxic...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Regoli F,Gorbi S,Fattorini D,Tedesco S,Notti A,Machella N,Bocchetti R,Benedetti M,Piva F

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Food allergy affects between 5% and 7.5% of children and between 1% and 2% of adults. The greater prevalence of food allergy in children reflects both the increased predisposition of children to develop food allergies and the development of immunologic tolerance to certain foods over time. Immunoglobulin (Ig) E-mediat...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Kagan RS

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes quantitation of human hemoglobin and DNA adducts of the carcinogenic tobacco-specific nitrosamines 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) and N'-nitrosonornicotine (NNN). NNK and NNN are believed to be involved in cancers of the lung, esophagus, oral cavity, and pancreas in people wh...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Hecht SS,Carmella SG,Foiles PG,Murphy SE,Peterson LA

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Untreated wastewater from the Mexico City basin has been used for decades to irrigate cropland in the Mezquital Valley, State of Hidalgo, Mexico. Excess irrigation water recharges the near-surface aquifer that is used as a domestic water supply source. We assessed the groundwater quality of three key groundwater sourc...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Downs TJ,Cifuentes-García E,Suffet IM

更新日期：1999-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:Aberrant histone acetylation has been observed in carcinogenesis and cellular transformation associated with arsenic exposure; however, the molecular mechanisms and cellular outcomes of such changes are poorly understood. OBJECTIVE:We investigated the impact of tolerated and toxic arsenic trioxide (As2O3) e...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Rahman S,Housein Z,Dabrowska A,Mayán MD,Boobis AR,Hajji N

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00