Contribution of lead in dust to children's blood lead.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Green spaces have been associated with both health benefits and risks in children; however, available evidence simultaneously investigating these conflicting influences, especially in association with different types of greenness, is scarce. OBJECTIVES:We aimed to simultaneously evaluate health benefits and...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Dadvand P,Villanueva CM,Font-Ribera L,Martinez D,Basagaña X,Belmonte J,Vrijheid M,Gražulevičienė R,Kogevinas M,Nieuwenhuijsen MJ

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although patients with heart failure (HF) have been identified as particularly susceptible to the acute effects of air pollution, the effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on patients with this increasingly prevalent disease are largely unknown. OBJECTIVE:This study was designed to examine the mort...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Medina-Ramón M,Goldberg R,Melly S,Mittleman MA,Schwartz J

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phthalate acid esters (PAEs), and, in particular, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and its monoester, monoethylhexyl phthalate (MEHP), can adversely affect rodent testes but only at high doses. Rat gonadal zinc levels can be decreased by the injection of DEHP, but not MEHP. The rat prostate gland seems to be part...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Thomas JA,Curto KA,Thomas MJ

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether there has been a change in the human blood concentration of perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS), perfluorooctanoate (PFOA), and five other fluorochemicals since 1974. Blood samples were collected in 1974 (serum) and 1989 (plasma) from volunteer participants of a l...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Olsen GW,Huang HY,Helzlsouer KJ,Hansen KJ,Butenhoff JL,Mandel JH

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two remote maritime populations were evaluated for their biological exposure to organochlorines in 1989-1990. Because of their high intake of seafood, these two populations have high biological levels. One hundred nine breast milk samples from Inuit women from Arctic Québec were analyzed to determine levels of polychl...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Dewailly E,Ryan JJ,Laliberté C,Bruneau S,Weber JP,Gingras S,Carrier G

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have linked air pollution to tens of thousands of premature cardiovascular deaths per year. The mechanisms of such associations remain unclear. In this study we examine the association between blood markers of cardiovascular risk and air pollution in a national sample of the U.S. population. Air polluti...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Schwartz J

更新日期：2001-06-01 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：:Animal studies and small studies in humans have shown that uranium is nephrotoxic. However, more information about its renal effects in humans following chronic exposure through drinking water is required. We measured uranium concentrations in drinking water and urine in 325 persons who had used drilled wells for drin...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Kurttio P,Auvinen A,Salonen L,Saha H,Pekkanen J,Mäkeläinen I,Väisänen SB,Penttilä IM,Komulainen H

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a need to identify and evaluate an effective mitigation program for arsenic exposure from drinking water in Bangladesh. OBJECTIVE:We evaluated the effectiveness of a multifaceted mitigation program to reduce As exposure among 11,746 individuals in a prospective cohort study initiated in 2000 in Ara...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Chen Y,van Geen A,Graziano JH,Pfaff A,Madajewicz M,Parvez F,Hussain AZ,Slavkovich V,Islam T,Ahsan H

更新日期：2007-06-01 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

abstract：:Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) has been associated with cardiovascular mortality. Pathophysiologic pathways leading from ETS exposure to cardiopulmonary disease are still being explored. Reduced cardiac autonomic function, as measured by heart rate variability (HRV), has been associated with cardiac vulnerability a...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Pope CA 3rd,Eatough DJ,Gold DR,Pang Y,Nielsen KR,Nath P,Verrier RL,Kanner RE

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding the potential links between extreme weather events and human health in India is important in the context of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change. Research exploring such linkages in India is sparse. OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the association between extreme precipitation and gastrointes...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Bush KF,O'Neill MS,Li S,Mukherjee B,Hu H,Ghosh S,Balakrishnan K

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some of the statistical properties of a simple two-stage model of carcinogenesis are explored. The implications of additive treatment effects versus independent treatment effects on the shape of the dose-response curve are considered. Response that is low-dose linear results in the cases where the mutation rates are a...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Portier CJ

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are persistent, bioaccumulative, and endocrine-disrupting chemicals. OBJECTIVES:We used handwipes to estimate exposure to PBDEs in house dust among toddlers and examined sex, age, breast-feeding, race, and parents' education as predictors of serum PBDEs. METHODS:Eight...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Stapleton HM,Eagle S,Sjödin A,Webster TF

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:C60 fullerenes and single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) are projected to be used in medicine and consumer products with potential human exposure. The hazardous effects of these particles are expected to involve oxidative stress with generation of oxidatively damaged DNA that might be the initiating event i...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Folkmann JK,Risom L,Jacobsen NR,Wallin H,Loft S,Møller P

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major challenge in the emerging field of toxicogenomics is to define the relationships between chemically induced changes in gene expression and alterations in conventional toxicologic parameters such as clinical chemistry and histopathology. We have explored these relationships in detail using the rodent uterotroph...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Moggs JG,Tinwell H,Spurway T,Chang HS,Pate I,Lim FL,Moore DJ,Soames A,Stuckey R,Currie R,Zhu T,Kimber I,Ashby J,Orphanides G

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The many anatomical, physiological, and biochemical differences among various mammalian species make it difficult to extrapolate carcinogenic potency data from animals to humans. The process is further complicated by the multistep origin of most malignant tumors in animals and humans due to the interaction of target c...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Slaga TJ

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Methylmercury (MeHg), a worldwide contaminant found in fish and seafood, has been linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality. OBJECTIVE:We examined 42 Faroese whaling men (30-70 years of age) to assess possible adverse effects within a wide range of MeHg exposures from consumption of pilot whal...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Choi AL,Weihe P,Budtz-Jørgensen E,Jørgensen PJ,Salonen JT,Tuomainen TP,Murata K,Nielsen HP,Petersen MS,Askham J,Grandjean P

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short articles on the following topics: *NIEHS Strategic Plan: New Frontiers in Environmental Sciences and Human Health; Beyond the Bench: Environmental Health Nursing: Putting Knowledge into Practice; Headliners: Inhibition of RLIP76 Causes Complete Regression of Melanoma in Mice. ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Hood E,Tillett T,Phelps J

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pterygium is a fibrovascular growth of the bulbar conjunctiva and underlying subconjunctival tissue that may cause blindness. The mechanism of pterygium formation is not yet fully understood, but pterygium has some tumorlike features. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to evaluate the association be...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Lin W,Wang SL,Wu HJ,Chang KH,Yeh P,Chen CJ,Guo HR

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the association between biomarkers of fetal exposure to cigarette smoke at the end of pregnancy, cotinine in cord serum and in maternal and newborn urine samples, and quantitative measurement of smoking intake and exposure evaluated by maternal self-reported questionnaire. Study subjects were 4...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Pichini S,Basagaña XB,Pacifici R,Garcia O,Puig C,Vall O,Harris J,Zuccaro P,Segura J,Sunyer J

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cohort of 12,110 male workers employed 1 or more years in eight styrene-butadiene polymer (SBR) manufacturing plants in the United States and Canada has been followed for mortality over a 40-year period, 1943 to 1982. The all-cause mortality of these workers was low [standardized mortality ratio (SMR) = 0.81] compar...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Matanoski GM,Santos-Burgoa C,Schwartz L

更新日期：1990-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:Thyroid hormones are important regulators of brain development. During critical periods of development, even transient disorders in thyroid hormone availability may lead to profound neurologic impairment. Animal experiments have shown that certain environmental pollutants, including heavy metals and organoch...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Maervoet J,Vermeir G,Covaci A,Van Larebeke N,Koppen G,Schoeters G,Nelen V,Baeyens W,Schepens P,Viaene MK

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the effect of processing on polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) levels, milk from four dairy herds containing less than 0.3 ppm (fat basis) of physiologically incorporated PBBs was presented individually into cream, skim milk, butter, and stirred curd cheese. Pasteurized and freeze-dried whole milk, skim milk, and ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Zabik ME,Johnson TM,Smith S

更新日期：1978-04-01 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：:A review of the present understanding of asthma leads to the following conclusions: an elevated IgE is the principal risk factor in the development of childhood asthma; secondary exposure to a wide range of environmental agents (including indoor bioallergens) accounts for the variations in prevalence; prevalence (defi...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Bates DV

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preterm birth (PTB), a leading cause of infant mortality and morbidity, has a complex etiology with a multitude of interacting causes and risk factors. The role of environmental contaminants, particularly bisphenol A (BPA), is understudied with regard to PTB. OBJECTIVES:In the present study we examined the ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Cantonwine DE,Ferguson KK,Mukherjee B,McElrath TF,Meeker JD

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00