The accumulation of nickel in human lungs.

abstract：:This working paper summarizes the known ultrastructural and biochemical effects of lead, mercury, cadmium, and arsenic on subcellular organelle systems following in vivo administration. Documented metal-induced alterations in nuclear, mitochondrial, microsomal, and lysosomal functions are discussed in relation to thei...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Fowler BA

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fanconi anemia (FA) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by diverse developmental abnormalities, progressive bone marrow failure, and a markedly increased incidence of malignancy. FA cells are hypersensitive to DNA cross-linking agents, suggesting a general defect in the repair of DNA cross-links. Some for...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Vilcheck SK,O'Brien TJ,Pritchard DE,Ha L,Ceryak S,Fornsaglio JL,Patierno SR

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rates of preterm birth have been rising over the past several decades. Factors contributing to this trend remain largely unclear, and exposure to environmental contaminants may play a role. OBJECTIVE:We investigated the relationship between phthalate exposure and preterm birth. METHODS:Within a large Mexic...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Meeker JD,Hu H,Cantonwine DE,Lamadrid-Figueroa H,Calafat AM,Ettinger AS,Hernandez-Avila M,Loch-Caruso R,Téllez-Rojo MM

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cirrhosis of the liver is thought to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, but few controlled studies on the etiology of cirrhosis have been conducted in this region. OBJECTIVES:We aimed to elucidate the association between environmental and infectious exposures and cirrhosis in...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Kuniholm MH,Lesi OA,Mendy M,Akano AO,Sam O,Hall AJ,Whittle H,Bah E,Goedert JJ,Hainaut P,Kirk GD

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：:1,3-Butadiene is a major monomer in the rubber and plastics industry and is one of the highest-production industrial chemicals in the United States. Although not highly acutely toxic to rodents, inhalation of concentrations as low as 6.25 ppm causes tumors in mice. Butadiene is oncogenic in rats, but much higher expos...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Birnbaum LS

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free-radical metabolites can be generated metabolically by a one-electron reductase-catalyzed reaction or a "peroxidase" catalyzed oxidation or by photoactivation of a wide variety of aromatic xenobiotics. Radicals may also be generated during lipid peroxidation. Some radicals can react with DNA or bind covalently or ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： O'Brien PJ

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assessing cumulative effects of the multiple environmental factors influencing mortality remains a challenging task. OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to examine the associations between cumulative environmental quality and all-cause and leading cause-specific (heart disease, cancer, and stroke) mortality rates. ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Jian Y,Messer LC,Jagai JS,Rappazzo KM,Gray CL,Grabich SC,Lobdell DT

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large quantities of food processing, crop, forestry, and animal solid wastes are generated in the United States each year. The major components of these wastes are biodegradable. However, they also contain components such as nitrogen, human and animal pathogens, medicinals, feed additives, salts, and certain metals, t...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Loehr RC

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review and summary is given of analytical, biochemical, and immunological studies made following an immunodiagnostic investigation which revealed significant decreases in the numbers, and changes in the functional integrity, of both T-and B-lymphocytes in a group of Michigan dairy farmers exposed to polybrominated b...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Roboz J,Greaves J,Bekesi JG

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzene has been known to be a bone marrow poison for almost a century. However, it was not until the last decade that benzene's carcinogenic potential was demonstrated by epidemiologic studies. The proposed regulation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to lower exposure levels of benzene in t...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Infante PF,White MC

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of the experimental studies relating boron to biological effects on appendicular and axial bones in animal models suggests that numerous influences, known and unknown, affect the responsiveness of bone to dietary boron. Degrees of skeletal response to boron are modified by other nutritional variables that inc...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： McCoy H,Kenney MA,Montgomery C,Irwin A,Williams L,Orrell R

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We estimated the disease burden from water, sanitation, and hygiene at the global level taking into account various disease outcomes, principally diarrheal diseases. The disability-adjusted life year (DALY) combines the burden from death and disability in a single index and permits the comparison of the burden from wa...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Prüss A,Kay D,Fewtrell L,Bartram J

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This subject concerns the complex interrelationship of a genetically determined protein deficiency, enzymes which are inhibited by that protein, environmental challenges such as cigarette smoke and industrial pollutants, and the occurrence of obstructive lung disease (Fig. 1). Unequivocal establishment of an etiologic...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Evans HE,Bognacki N

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A growing body of evidence indicates a relationship between household indoor air pollution from cooking fires and adverse neonatal outcomes, such as low birth weight (LBW), in resource-poor countries. OBJECTIVE:We examined the effect of reduced wood smoke exposure in pregnancy on LBW of Guatemalan infants i...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Thompson LM,Bruce N,Eskenazi B,Diaz A,Pope D,Smith KR

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scaling of the quantified dispositional parameters of xenobiotics from animals to man is of interest from the standpoint of toxicology (e.g., poisoning and risk assessment). Scaling is also important from the standpoint of therapeutics because it represents a strategy for predicting first-use-in-human doses in clinica...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Bachmann K,Pardoe D,White D

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All cells contain elaborate systems for the spatial and temporal regulation of the calcium ion, [Ca2+]i, and diverse Ca2+ receptor and biochemical response systems that are regulated by these changes in [Ca2+]i. Toxicants that perturb the mobilization or homeostasis of [Ca2+]i will place the regulation of these proces...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Pounds JG

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few human studies have examined bisphenol A (BPA) exposure in relation to semen quality and reproductive hormones in men, and results are divergent. OBJECTIVES:We examined associations between urinary BPA concentration and reproductive hormones, as well as semen quality, in young men from the general popula...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Lassen TH,Frederiksen H,Jensen TK,Petersen JH,Joensen UN,Main KM,Skakkebaek NE,Juul A,Jørgensen N,Andersson AM

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During May-June 2010, a childhood lead poisoning outbreak related to gold ore processing was confirmed in two villages in Zamfara State, Nigeria. During June-September of that year, villages with suspected or confirmed childhood lead poisoning continued to be identified in Zamfara State. OBJECTIVES:We inves...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Lo YC,Dooyema CA,Neri A,Durant J,Jefferies T,Medina-Marino A,de Ravello L,Thoroughman D,Davis L,Dankoli RS,Samson MY,Ibrahim LM,Okechukwu O,Umar-Tsafe NT,Dama AH,Brown MJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germ-line mutations of the mouse have for years comprised one class of biological markers for mammalian reproductive and developmental toxicology. Understanding the molecular nature of mutations and the mechanisms by which mutations are translated into specific (and often complex) phenotypes, however, still looms as a...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Rinchik EM

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In an effort to decrease the rates of smoking conventional tobacco cigarettes, electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) have been proposed as an effective smoking cessation tool. However, little is known about their toxicological impacts. This is concerning given that e-cigarette use is perceived as less harmful...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Church JS,Chace-Donahue F,Blum JL,Ratner JR,Zelikoff JT,Schwartzer JJ

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used the case-crossover design to identify any increase in mortality in Seoul, Korea, when there were higher levels of ambient air pollution on case-days than would be expected solely as a result of chance. This empirical study showed that either unidirectional retrospective (selecting only control days prior to de...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Lee JT,Schwartz J

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-oxidation of carcinogenic arylamines to form N-hydroxy arylamines has long been regarded as a necessary metabolic step for conversion to proximate carcinogenic derivatives. In contrast, arylamine ring-oxidation has been generally considered to be an important detoxification mechanism. Both enzymatic reactions ar...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Kadlubar FF,Fu PP,Jung H,Shaikh AU,Beland FA

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Daily adult human exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) has been estimated at <1 µg/kg, with virtually complete first-pass conjugation in the liver in primates but not in mice. We measured unconjugated and conjugated BPA levels in serum from adult female rhesus monkeys and adult female mice after oral administration ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Taylor JA,Vom Saal FS,Welshons WV,Drury B,Rottinghaus G,Hunt PA,Toutain PL,Laffont CM,VandeVoort CA

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Humans living near industrial point emissions can experience high levels of exposures to air pollutants. Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Thailand is the location of the largest steel, oil refinery, and petrochemical factory complexes in Southeast Asia. Air pollution is an important source of oxidative stres...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Peluso M,Srivatanakul P,Munnia A,Jedpiyawongse A,Ceppi M,Sangrajrang S,Piro S,Boffetta P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

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：:Striking similarities have been observed in a number of extrapulmonary responses of rodents to seemingly disparate ambient pollutants. These responses are often characterized by primary decreases in important indices of cardiac and thermoregulatory function, along with secondary decreases in associated parameters. For...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Watkinson WP,Campen MJ,Nolan JP,Costa DL

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurogenic inflammation as a pathway distinct from antigen-driven, immune-mediated inflammation may play a pivotal role in understanding a broad class of environmental health problems resulting from chemical exposures. Recent progress in understanding the mediators, triggers, and regulation of neurogenic inflammation ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Meggs WJ

更新日期：1993-08-01 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：:Impairment of any of the major components of the immune system (T-cells, B-cells phagocytes, complement) may result in clinical immunodeficiency. Immune defects can arise from intrinsic or heritable defects of lymphoid elements, failure of normal cellular differentiation, viral infection or other acquired causes. Clin...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Heise ER

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00