Outdoor formaldehyde and NO2 exposures and markers of genotoxicity in children living near chipboard industries.

abstract：:This cross-sectional study examined the association between environmental lead measurements surrounding a Los Angeles County battery recycling facility and the blood lead levels of the children living nearby. Environmental lead measurements and blood lead levels of young children living in a community adjacent to a st...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Wohl AR,Dominguez A,Flessel P

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a study on building-related respiratory disease and associated social impact in an office building with water incursions in the northeastern United States. An initial questionnaire had 67% participation (888/1,327). Compared with the U.S. adult population, prevalence ratios were 2.2-2.5 for wheezing, life...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Cox-Ganser JM,White SK,Jones R,Hilsbos K,Storey E,Enright PL,Rao CY,Kreiss K

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chlorpyrifos is one of the most widely used organophosphate insecticides in the United States. Although the toxicity of chlorpyrifos has been extensively studied in animals, the epidemiologic data are limited. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether agricultural chlorpyrifos exposure was associated with mortality, we...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Lee WJ,Alavanja MC,Hoppin JA,Rusiecki JA,Kamel F,Blair A,Sandler DP

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured volatile organic compound (VOC) exposures in multiple locations for a diverse population of children who attended two inner-city schools in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Fifteen common VOCs were measured at four locations: outdoors (O), indoors at school (S), indoors at home (H), and in personal samples (P). Con...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Adgate JL,Church TR,Ryan AD,Ramachandran G,Fredrickson AL,Stock TH,Morandi MT,Sexton K

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An association between human illness and exposure to Pfiesteria was first observed among laboratory personnel working with the microorganism. In 1997, in the setting of Pfiesteria activity on the Pocomoke River in Maryland, difficulties with learning and memory were epidemiologically associated with high-level exposur...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Morris JG Jr

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper addresses the subject of the use of selected toxicology information resources in assessing relationships between chemical structure and specific biological end points. To assist the researcher in how to access the primary literature of genetic toxicology, teratogenesis, and carcinogenesis, three specific sp...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Wassom JS

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lead, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic are common environmental pollutants in industrialized countries, but their combined impact on children's health is little known. We studied their effects on two main targets, the renal and dopaminergic systems, in > 800 children during a cross-sectional European survey. Control and ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： de Burbure C,Buchet JP,Leroyer A,Nisse C,Haguenoer JM,Mutti A,Smerhovsky Z,Cikrt M,Trzcinka-Ochocka M,Razniewska G,Jakubowski M,Bernard A

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On 15-16 September 1997, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sponsored the Conference on Preventable Causes of Cancer in Children. The conference was convened to examine rising trends in reported incidence of childhood cancer and the association of these trends with environmental exposures. This paper summarizes ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Carroquino MJ,Galson SK,Licht J,Amler RW,Perera FP,Claxton LD,Landrigan PJ

更新日期：1998-06-01 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：: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：:Ingestion is an important exposure route for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to enter the human body. Although the formation of hazardous PAH metabolites by human biotransformation enzymes is well documented, nothing is known about the PAH transformation potency of human intestinal microbiota. Using a gastroin...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Van de Wiele T,Vanhaecke L,Boeckaert C,Peru K,Headley J,Verstraete W,Siciliano S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Air pollution exposure increases cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and is a major global public health concern. OBJECTIVES:We investigated the benefits of reducing personal exposure to urban air pollution in patients with coronary heart disease. METHODS:In an open randomized crossover trial, 98 patien...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Langrish JP,Li X,Wang S,Lee MM,Barnes GD,Miller MR,Cassee FR,Boon NA,Donaldson K,Li J,Li L,Mills NL,Newby DE,Jiang L

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Methylmercury (MeHg) exposure has been linked to an increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Paraoxonase 1 (PON1), an enzyme located in the high-density-lipoprotein (HDL) fraction of blood lipids, may protect against CHD by metabolizing toxic oxidized lipids associated with low-density liproprotein an...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Ayotte P,Carrier A,Ouellet N,Boiteau V,Abdous B,Sidi EA,Château-Degat ML,Dewailly É

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Millions of individuals worldwide, particularly those living in rural and developing areas, are exposed to harmful levels of inorganic arsenic (iAs) in their drinking water. Inorganic As exposure during key developmental periods is associated with a variety of adverse health effects, including those that are...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Bailey KA,Smith AH,Tokar EJ,Graziano JH,Kim KW,Navasumrit P,Ruchirawat M,Thiantanawat A,Suk WA,Fry RC

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：:The susceptibility to arsenic-induced diseases differs greatly between individuals, possibly due to interindividual variations in As metabolism that affect retention and distribution of toxic metabolites. To elucidate the role of genetic factors in As metabolism, we studied how polymorphisms in six genes affected the ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Schläwicke Engström K,Broberg K,Concha G,Nermell B,Warholm M,Vahter M

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attention has been focussed, both in man and experimental animals, on the effects of inhalation of the gas monomer, vinyl chloride. Recently, note is being taken of the possible effects of the inhalation of the polymer in man. The particles in question are those produced commercially as paste polymer or dispersion pol...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Wagner JC,Johnson NF

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isoflavonoids and related compounds such as coumestrol have classically been categorized as phytoestrogens because these environmentally derived substances bind to the estrogen receptor (ER) and increase uterine wet weight in immature rats and mice. Assessment of the binding affinities of isoflavonoids for ER and subs...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Markaverich BM,Webb B,Densmore CL,Gregory RR

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combined effects of carbon monoxide and low temperature on daily variation in hospital admissions for congestive heart failure (CHF) were examined for a 4-year period in Chicago, Illinois. Medicare hospital admissions for CHF were analyzed as a function of the maximum hourly temperature, maximum hourly levels of c...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Morris RD,Naumova EN

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phthalates are a group of multifunctional chemicals used in consumer and personal care products, plastics, and medical devices. Laboratory studies show that some phthalates are reproductive and developmental toxicants. Recently, human studies have shown measurable levels of several phthalates in most of the U.S. gener...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Hauser R,Duty S,Godfrey-Bailey L,Calafat AM

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pregnancy is a sensitive condition during which adverse environmental exposures should be monitored thoroughly and minimized whenever possible. In particular, the hormone balance during gestation is delicate, and disturbance may cause acute or chronic long-term health effects. A potential endocrine disruptio...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Warth B,Preindl K,Manser P,Wick P,Marko D,Buerki-Thurnherr T

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metals have been mined and used since ancient times. The industrial era has seen a sharp increase in both the amounts and variety of metals that find applications in industry. The inadvertent release of metals, such as from fossil fuel consumption, also adds to the global burden. A number of catastrophic outbreaks hav...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Clarkson T

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is general concern that persistent organic pollutants (POPs) found in the environment, wildlife, food, water, house dust, human tissues, and fluids may alter normal human physiologic activities (e.g., fetal development, immune and endocrine systems). Although the levels of some POPs [polychlorinated bi...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Doucet J,Tague B,Arnold DL,Cooke GM,Hayward S,Goodyer CG

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously healthy woman developed hypersensitivity pneumonitis of such severity that she required chronic systemic corticosteroid therapy for symptom control. Detailed investigation of her workplace and home environments revealed fungi in her typical suburban home, to which she had specific serum precipitating anti...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Apostolakos MJ,Rossmoore H,Beckett WS

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The potential impact of microwave radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) emitted by wireless communication devices on neurocognitive functions of adolescents is controversial. In a previous analysis, we found changes in figural memory scores associated with a higher cumulative RF-EMF brain dose in ad...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Foerster M,Thielens A,Joseph W,Eeftens M,Röösli M

更新日期：2018-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemicals, including commonly used drugs (e.g., penicillin, meprobamate, pyridium, and mercaptomerin) penetrate and persist for some time in the ovarian follicular fluid at concentrations approximately similar to that of the serum. Information as to the penetration of chemicals into the granulosa cells and into the oo...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Fabro S

更新日期：1978-06-01 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：: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：:Adults eating a Western diet digest and absorb ingested food containing approximately 100 g fat, 350 g carbohydrate, and 75 g protein daily. Normal fat absorption requires adequate gastric, pancreatic, liver-biliary, mucosal, and lymphatic function. Carbohydrate and protein absorption is much less dependent on liver-b...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Heizer WD

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dose-response relationship of the benzene covalent interaction with biological macromolecules from rat organs was studied. The administered dose range was 3.6 x 10(7) starting from the highest dosage employed, 486 mg/kg, which is oncogenic for rodents, and included low and very low dosages. The present study was i...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Mazzullo M,Bartoli S,Bonora B,Colacci A,Grilli S,Lattanzi G,Niero A,Turina MP,Parodi S

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00