In vitro release of arachidonic acid and in vivo responses to respirable fractions of cotton dust.

abstract：:In this study we examined the impact of weather variability and tides on the transmission of Barmah Forest virus (BFV) disease and developed a weather-based forecasting model for BFV disease in the Gladstone region, Australia. We used seasonal autoregressive integrated moving-average (SARIMA) models to determine the c...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Naish S,Hu W,Nicholls N,Mackenzie JS,McMichael AJ,Dale P,Tong S

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously we have demonstrated that several xenobiotics can induce multidrug (mdr) gene expression in cultures of primary isolated hepatocytes. One of the best of these xenobiotic inducers in rat hepatocytes is 2-acetylaminofluorene (2-AAF), which induces mdr expression by an enhancement of mdr gene transcription. In...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Gant TW,Schrenk D,Silverman JA,Thorgeirsson SS

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrethroids are important insecticides used in agriculture, forestry, horticulture, and in the home. In humans, they are rapidly metabolized and renally eliminated. In numerous studies, pyrethroid metabolites have been detected in urine after occupational exposure to insecticides. In this study, we used a new, reliabl...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Heudorf U,Angerer J

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between ambient air pollution and adverse health effects, such as emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and mortality from respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, has been studied extensively in many countries, including Canada. Recently, studies conducted in China, the Czech Republic, and the Unit...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Liu S,Krewski D,Shi Y,Chen Y,Burnett RT

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psychological sequelae are among the most pronounced effects in populations following exposure to oil spills. Women in particular represent a vulnerable yet influential population but have remained relatively understudied with respect to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (DHOS). OBJECTIVE:To describe the rela...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Rung AL,Gaston S,Oral E,Robinson WT,Fontham E,Harrington DJ,Trapido E,Peters ES

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiologic studies demonstrate that infection, specifically pneumonia, contributes substantially to the increased morbidity and mortality among elderly individuals following exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM). This laboratory has previously demonstrated that a single inhalation exposure of Streptococcus pn...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Zelikoff JT,Schermerhorn KR,Fang K,Cohen MD,Schlesinger RB

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The carcinogenic activities of sodium chlorite in B6C3F1 mice were examined. Sodium chlorite was given at concentrations of 0 (control), 0.025% (low dose), or 0.05% (high dose) in the drinking water of 150 female and 150 male mice for 80 weeks, after which time the animals were returned to distilled water without sodi...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Yokose Y,Uchida K,Nakae D,Shiraiwa K,Yamamoto K,Konishi Y

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thallium (Tl) is a highly toxic heavy metal widely present in the environment. Case reports have suggested that maternal exposure to high levels of Tl during pregnancy is associated with low birth weight (LBW), but epidemiological data are limited. OBJECTIVES:This study was designed to evaluate whether pren...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Xia W,Du X,Zheng T,Zhang B,Li Y,Bassig BA,Zhou A,Wang Y,Xiong C,Li Z,Yao Y,Hu J,Zhou Y,Liu J,Xue W,Ma Y,Pan X,Peng Y,Xu S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One of the most widely used classes of insecticides is the synthetic pyrethroids. Although pyrethroids are less acutely toxic to humans than to insects, in vitro studies have suggested that pyrethroids may be estrogenic. OBJECTIVES:We assessed pubertal effects by orally administering 0.5, 1.0, and 5.0 mg/kg...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Pine MD,Hiney JK,Lee B,Dees WL

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bisphenol A (BPA) is known to be biologically active in experimental models even at low levels of exposure. However, its impact on endometrial cancer remains unclear. OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to investigate whether lifelong exposure to different doses of BPA induced uterine abnormalities and molecular ch...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Leung YK,Biesiada J,Govindarajah V,Ying J,Kendler A,Medvedovic M,Ho SM

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：:Although most people are thought to receive their highest acute exposures to gasoline while refueling, relatively little is actually known about personal, nonoccupational exposures to gasoline during refueling activities. This study was designed to measure exposures associated with the use of an oxygenated fuel under ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Backer LC,Egeland GM,Ashley DL,Lawryk NJ,Weisel CP,White MC,Bundy T,Shortt E,Middaugh JP

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elemental boron was isolated in 1808. It typically occurs in nature as borates hydrated with varying amounts of water. Important compounds are boric acid and borax. Boron compounds are also used in the production of metals, enamels, and glasses. In trace amounts, boron is essential for the growth of many plants, and i...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Moseman RF

更新日期：1994-11-01 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：:A biodosimetric approach to determine alpha-particle dose to the respiratory tract epithelium from known exposures to radon has been developed in the rat. Cytotoxicity assays have been used to obtain dose-conversion factors for cumulative exposures typical of those encountered by underground uranium miners. However, t...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Johnson NF,Carpenter TR,Jaramillo RJ,Liberati TA

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children may be more susceptible to exposures to environmental toxins than adults and may be more vulnerable to their effects. Because of this, the health care community and those responsible for children need to be alert to possible environmental factors in identifying and responding to the health problems of childre...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Goldman LR

更新日期：1995-09-01 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:Traffic noise has been associated with cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. Potential modes of action are through stress and sleep disturbance, which may lead to endocrine dysregulation and overweight. OBJECTIVES:We aimed to investigate the relationship between residential traffic and railway noise and a...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Christensen JS,Raaschou-Nielsen O,Tjønneland A,Overvad K,Nordsborg RB,Ketzel M,Sørensen TIa,Sørensen M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ambient levels of pesticides ("pesticide drift") are detectable at residences near agricultural field sites. OBJECTIVE:Our goal was to evaluate the hypothesis that maternal residence near agricultural pesticide applications during key periods of gestation could be associated with the development of autism s...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Roberts EM,English PB,Grether JK,Windham GC,Somberg L,Wolff C

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinogenic nickel compounds are usually found to be weak mutagens; therefore these compounds may not exert their carcinogenic activity through conventional genotoxic mechanisms. On the other hand, the activities of many nickel compounds have not been adequately investigated. We evaluated the genotoxic activities of ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Au WW,Heo MY,Chiewchanwit T

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Extreme heat events (EHEs) are increasing in frequency in large U.S. cities and are responsible for a greater annual number of climate-related fatalities, on average, than any other form of extreme weather. In addition, low-density, sprawling patterns of urban development have been associated with enhanced s...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Stone B,Hess JJ,Frumkin H

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For workers in the nuclear industry, the primary route for the entry of radioactive materials into the body is by inhalation, and the rate of clearance of particles from the pulmonary region of the lung is an important factor in determining radiation dose. It is the function of alveolar macrophages (AM) to maintain th...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Kellington JP,Gibson K,Buckle TM,Talbot RJ,Hornby SB

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship of fine particulate matter < 2.5 microm in diameter (PM(2.5)) air pollution with mortality and cardiovascular disease is well established, with more recent long-term studies reporting larger effect sizes than earlier long-term studies. Some studies have suggested the coarse fraction, particl...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Puett RC,Hart JE,Yanosky JD,Paciorek C,Schwartz J,Suh H,Speizer FE,Laden F

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short-term increases in ambient air pollution have been associated with an increased incidence of acute cardiac events. We assessed the effect of inhalation exposure to concentrated ambient particles (CAPs) on myocardial ischemia in a canine model of coronary artery occlusion. Six mongrel dogs underwent thoracotomy fo...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Wellenius GA,Coull BA,Godleski JJ,Koutrakis P,Okabe K,Savage ST,Lawrence JE,Murthy GG,Verrier RL

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper summarizes two roundtable discussions held at the conclusion of the International Conference on Biopersistence of Respirable Synthetic Fibres and Minerals. The first round table addressed the role of biopersistence in the pathogenicity of fiber-induced disease. The panel included T. W. Hesterberg (Chairman)...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： McClellan RO,Hesterberg TW

更新日期：1994-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Cadmium exposure may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. The only published longitudinal study on cadmium and incident cardiovascular disease was performed in American Indians with relatively high cadmium exposure. OBJECTIVES:Our aim was to examine the association between blood cadmium at baseline ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Barregard L,Sallsten G,Fagerberg B,Borné Y,Persson M,Hedblad B,Engström G

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Particulate matter ≤ 2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5) has been consistently associated with preterm birth (PTB) to varying degrees, but roles of PM2.5 species have been less studied. OBJECTIVE:We estimated risk differences (RD) of PTB (reported per 106 pregnancies) associated with change in ambient co...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Rappazzo KM,Daniels JL,Messer LC,Poole C,Lobdell DT

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to air pollution has been associated with higher C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, suggesting an inflammatory response. Not much is known about this association in pregnancy. OBJECTIVES:We investigated the associations of air pollution exposure during pregnancy with maternal and fetal CRP levels in ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： van den Hooven EH,de Kluizenaar Y,Pierik FH,Hofman A,van Ratingen SW,Zandveld PY,Lindemans J,Russcher H,Steegers EA,Miedema HM,Jaddoe VW

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavone and isoflavone phytoestrogens are plant chemicals and are known to be competitive inhibitors of cytochrome P450 aromatase with respect to the androgen substrate. Aromatase is the enzyme that converts androgen to estrogen; therefore, these plant chemicals are thought to be capable of modifying the estrogen leve...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Kao YC,Zhou C,Sherman M,Laughton CA,Chen S

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00