Mortality of a cohort of workers in the styrene-butadiene polymer manufacturing industry (1943-1982).

abstract：:Pavlovian conditioning processes may contribute to some symptoms of multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS). This review summarizes the potential relevance of the literature on conditional taste and olfactory aversions, conditional sensitization, and conditional immunomodulation to understanding MCS. A conditioning-based ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Siegel S,Kreutzer R

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mortality impacts of hot and cold temperatures have been thoroughly documented, with most locations reporting a U-shaped relationship with a minimum mortality temperature (MMT) at which mortality is lowest. How MMT may have evolved over previous decades as the global mean surface temperature has increase...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Åström DO,Tornevi A,Ebi KL,Rocklöv J,Forsberg B

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of DEHP on sperm morphology and on peripheral blood micronuclei were studied for 12 weeks following five subacute IP injections of DEHP at 1/6, 1/12, and 1/60 of the LD50 per day. Sperm morphology was examined in both adult mice and rats, while peripheral blood micronuclei were scored in mice up to 4 weeks...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Douglas GR,Hugenholtz AP,Blakey DH

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cap43 is a protein whose RNA is induced under conditions of severe hypoxia or prolonged elevations of intracellular calcium. Additionally, Ni and Co also induce Cap43 because they produce a state of hypoxia in cells. Cap43 protein is expressed at low levels in normal tissues; however, in a variety of cancers, includin...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Cangul H,Salnikow K,Yee H,Zagzag D,Commes T,Costa M

更新日期：2002-10-01 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：:Perchlorate (ClO4-) has been detected in groundwater sources in numerous communities in California and other parts of the United States, raising concerns about potential impacts on health. For California communities where ClO4- was tested in 1997 and 1998, we evaluated the prevalence of primary congenital hypothyroidi...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Buffler PA,Kelsh MA,Lau EC,Edinboro CH,Barnard JC,Rutherford GW,Daaboul JJ,Palmer L,Lorey FW

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous attempts to model disposition of 1,3-butadiene in mice and rats, parameter values for 1,2-epoxybut-3-ene metabolism were optimized to reproduce elimination of this gas from closed chambers. However, each of these models predicted much higher concentrations of circulating epoxybutene than were subsequently ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Kohn MC,Melnick RL

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population monitoring using methods of molecular epidemiology combined with reliable data on exposure is an extremely powerful approach to determine the effect of mutagens on human populations. Although human blood and urine have traditionally been used for biomonitoring, an increase in the use of placental and buccal...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Srám RJ

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined 100 symptomatic Gulf War veterans (patients) and 100 controls for immunologic assays. The veterans and controls were compared for the percentage of T cells (CD3); B cells (CD19); helper:suppressor (CD4:CD8) ratio; natural killer (NK) cell activity; mitogenic response to phytohemagglutin (PHA) and pokeweed ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Vojdani A,Thrasher JD

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(vinyl chloride) resins are produced by four basic processes: suspension, emulsion, bulk and solution polymerization. PVC suspensions resins are usually relatively dust-free and granular with varying degrees of particle porosity. PVC emulsion resins are small particle powders containing very little free monomer. B...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Wheeler RN Jr

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The methylation of specific cytosine residues in DNA has been implicated in regulating gene expression and facilitating functional specialization of cellular phenotypes. Generally, the demethylation of certain CpG sites correlates with transcriptional activation of genes. 5-Azacytidine is an inhibitor of DNA methylati...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Michalowsky LA,Jones PA

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The impact of prenatal lead exposure on neurodevelopment remains unclear in terms of consistency, the trimester of greatest vulnerability, and the best method for estimating fetal lead exposure. OBJECTIVE:We studied prenatal lead exposure's impact on neurodevelopment using repeated measures of fetal dose as...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Hu H,Téllez-Rojo MM,Bellinger D,Smith D,Ettinger AS,Lamadrid-Figueroa H,Schwartz J,Schnaas L,Mercado-García A,Hernández-Avila M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of chrysotile on DNA synthesis in the gastrointestinal tract of the rat were studied by measuring the uptake of tritium-labeled thymidine; whole stomach, small intestine, colon liver were removed, cleaned, and homogenized and the DNA was isolated and assayed for tritium label.A dose-response study indicate...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Amacher DE,Alarif A,Epstein SS

更新日期：1974-12-01 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:Perfluoroalkyl acids are persistent compounds used in various industrial -applications. Of these compounds, perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) is currently detected in humans worldwide. A recent study on low-dose developmental exposure to PFOA in mice reported increased weight and elevated biomarkers of adiposity in ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Halldorsson TI,Rytter D,Haug LS,Bech BH,Danielsen I,Becher G,Henriksen TB,Olsen SF

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological monitoring of exposure to chemicals in the workplace is an important component of exposure assessment and prevention of adverse health effects. It should be employed in conjunction with ambient air monitoring to provide information on the absorbed dose of a chemical agent and the effect of all routes of exp...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Morgan MS

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pneumoconioses are associated with chronic inflammatory processes during which increased amounts of reactive oxygen species are formed in the lower respiratory tract. To characterize the effect(s) of these processes on the defense system against free radicals, we studied 91 individuals with long-term occupational ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Engelen JJ,Borm PJ,van Sprundel M,Leenaerts L

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct studies of the function of a given cell type often require that the cell type be obtained in pure culture. A number of different specific metabolic activities have been attributed to pulmonary endothelial cells, yet with few exceptions the conclusions were based on indirect evidence. Thus, to improve our abilit...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Ryan US,Ryan JW

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary vitamin E affects the susceptibility of mice and rats to ozone and nitrogen dioxide, suggesting a free radical mechanism of toxicity. Conventional peroxidation does not completely explain the effects of alterations of lung fatty acid composition on both nitrogen dioxide and ozone toxicity. A new scheme is prop...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Menzel DB

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment of mixture effects of estrogenic agents is regarded as an issue of high priority by many governmental agencies and expert decision-making bodies all over the world. However, the few mixture studies published so far have suffered from conceptual and experimental problems and are considered to be inconclu...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Payne J,Rajapakse N,Wilkins M,Kortenkamp A

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：:The toxicity of cadmium is determined by chelation reactions: in vivo, Cd2+ exists exclusively in coordination complexes with biological ligands, or with administered chelating agents. The Cd2+ ion has some soft character, but it is not a typical soft ion. It has a high degree of polarizability, and its complexes with...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Andersen O

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The metabolome is a collection of exogenous chemicals and metabolites from cellular processes that may reflect the body's response to environmental exposures. Studies of air pollution and metabolomics are limited. OBJECTIVES:To explore changes in the human metabolome before, during, and after the 2008 Beiji...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Mu L,Niu Z,Blair RH,Yu H,Browne RW,Bonner MR,Fanter T,Deng F,Swanson M

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecological risk assessment can be enhanced with predictive models for metal toxicity. Modelings of published data were done under the simplifying assumption that intermetal trends in toxicity reflect relative metal-ligand complex stabilities. This idea has been invoked successfully since 1904 but has yet to be applied...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Newman MC,McCloskey JT,Tatara CP

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhaled asbestos fibers may contribute to three-fourths of malignant mesotheliomas diagnosed in men and almost 40% of cases diagnosed in women. Bans on the manufacture and sale of amphibole asbestos fibers are expected to reduce the incidence of mesothelioma, but the long latency period from initial exposure to clinic...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Tse LA,Yu IT,Goggins W,Clements M,Wang XR,Au JS,Yu KS

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an increasing interest in the development and validation of biomarkers for use in biochemical/molecular epidemiological studies. Though the area of neurotoxicology has received much attention in the past several years, it still lags behind with regard to the development of biomarkers, particularly those of he...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Costa LG

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiologic evidence links tobacco smoke and increased risk for influenza in humans, but the specific host defense pathways involved are unclear. OBJECTIVE:We developed a model to examine influenza-induced innate immune responses in humans and test the hypothesis that exposure to cigarette smoke alters na...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Noah TL,Zhou H,Monaco J,Horvath K,Herbst M,Jaspers I

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In different weather conditions, constituents and concentrations of pollutants, personal exposure, and biologic responses to air pollution may vary. In this study we assessed the effects of four air pollutants on mortality in both cool and warm seasons in Hong Kong, a subtropical city. Daily counts of mortality, due t...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Wong CM,Ma S,Hedley AJ,Lam TH

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hormonally active environmental agents have been measured among U.S. children using exposure biomarkers in urine. However, little is known about their variation by race, age, sex, and geography, and no data exist for newly developed biomarkers. OBJECTIVE:Our goal was to characterize relevant, prevalent expo...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Wolff MS,Teitelbaum SL,Windham G,Pinney SM,Britton JA,Chelimo C,Godbold J,Biro F,Kushi LH,Pfeiffer CM,Calafat AM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Love Canal is a rectangular 16-acre, 10-ft deep chemical waste landfill situated in a residential neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York. This seriously contaminated site first came to public attention in 1978. No studies have examined mortality in the former residents of the Love Canal neighborhood (LC...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Gensburg LJ,Pantea C,Fitzgerald E,Stark A,Hwang SA,Kim N

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00