Phthalate excretion pattern and testicular function: a study of 881 healthy Danish men.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The biological mechanisms involved in inflammatory response to air pollution are not clearly understood. OBJECTIVE:In this study we assessed the association of short-term air pollutant exposure with inflammatory markers and lung function. METHODS:We studied a cohort of 158 asthmatic and 50 nonasthmatic sch...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Barraza-Villarreal A,Sunyer J,Hernandez-Cadena L,Escamilla-Nuñez MC,Sienra-Monge JJ,Ramírez-Aguilar M,Cortez-Lugo M,Holguin F,Diaz-Sánchez D,Olin AC,Romieu I

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vivo micronucleus assay can be analyzed by comparing the number of micronuclei (MN) of several dose groups with those of a control group. In several publications, difficulties arose in estimating a suitable distribution for MN, even in the untreated historical control groups. Mitchell et al. described the prese...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Hothorn L

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to ultrafine particles (UFPs) from vehicle exhaust has been related to risk of cardiovascular and pulmonary disease and cancer, even though exposure assessment is difficult. We studied personal exposure in terms of number concentrations of UFPs in the breathing zone, using portable instruments in six 18-hr pe...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Vinzents PS,Møller P,Sørensen M,Knudsen LE,Hertel O,Jensen FP,Schibye B,Loft S

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine whether perinatal exposure to two major environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals, bisphenol A (BPA; 0.1 mg/kg/day orally) and nonylphenol [NP; 0.1 mg/kg/day (low dose) and 10 mg/kg/day (high dose) orally] daily from gestational day 3 to postnatal day 20 (transplacental and ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Negishi T,Kawasaki K,Suzaki S,Maeda H,Ishii Y,Kyuwa S,Kuroda Y,Yoshikawa Y

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most of the general population is exposed to carbaryl and other contemporary-use insecticides at low levels. Studies of laboratory animals, in addition to limited human data, show an association between carbaryl exposure and decreased semen quality. In the present study we explored whether environmental exposures to 1...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Meeker JD,Ryan L,Barr DB,Herrick RF,Bennett DH,Bravo R,Hauser R

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The upward trend in industrial nations in the incidence of male genitourinary (GU) conditions may be attributed to increased exposure to endocrine disruptors. Polybrominated biphenyl (PBB), a brominated flame retardant, is one such suspected endocrine disruptor. OBJECTIVE:We investigated the relationship be...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Small CM,DeCaro JJ,Terrell ML,Dominguez C,Cameron LL,Wirth J,Marcus M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hexavalent oxidation state of chromium [Cr(VI)] is a well-established human carcinogen, although the mechanism of cancer induction is currently unknown. Intracellular reduction of Cr(VI) forms Cr(V), which is thought to play a fundamental role in the mechanism of DNA damage by this carcinogen. Two separate pathway...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Sugden KD,Martin BD

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic exposure to inorganic arsenic (iAs) has been associated with increased risk of various forms of cancer and of noncancerous diseases. Metabolic conversions of iAs that yield highly toxic and genotoxic methylarsonite (MAsIII) and dimethylarsinite (DMAsIII) may play a significant role in determining the extent an...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Valenzuela OL,Borja-Aburto VH,Garcia-Vargas GG,Cruz-Gonzalez MB,Garcia-Montalvo EA,Calderon-Aranda ES,Del Razo LM

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although adverse effects of high temperature on mortality have been studied extensively in urban areas, little is known of the heat-mortality associations outside of cities. OBJECTIVE:We investigated whether heat-mortality associations differed between urban and nonurban areas and how urbanicity affected th...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Chen K,Zhou L,Chen X,Ma Z,Liu Y,Huang L,Bi J,Kinney PL

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of mycotoxins in grains is well documented. Workers in grain handling occupations are commonly exposed to grain dust aerosols. Work in our laboratory has shown that T-2 toxin is highly toxic to rat alveolar macrophages in vitro, causing loss of viability, release of radiolabeled chromium, inhibition of ma...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Sorenson WG,Gerberick GF,Lewis DM,Castranova V

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate problems with microfungal infestation in indoor environments, a multidisciplinary collaborative pilot study, supported by a grant from the Danish Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, was performed on 72 mold-infected building materials from 23 buildings. Water leakage through roofs, rising damp, and def...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Gravesen S,Nielsen PA,Iversen R,Nielsen KF

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the United States, most of the treated sewage sludge (biosolids) is applied to farmland as a soil amendment. Critics suggest that rules regulating sewage sludge treatment and land application may be insufficient to protect public health and the environment. Neighbors of land application sites report illne...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Lowman A,McDonald MA,Wing S,Muhammad N

更新日期：2013-05-01 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：:Possible effects of Chernobyl fallout on outcome of pregnancy in Finland were evaluated in a nationwide follow-up study. The outcomes were the rate of live births and stillbirths, pregnancy loss, and induced abortions by municipality. Exposure was assessed based on nationwide surveys of radiation dose rate from the Ch...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Auvinen A,Vahteristo M,Arvela H,Suomela M,Rahola T,Hakama M,Rytömaa T

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last three decades, the use of modern organic synthetic pesticides has increased about 40-fold. Total U.S. production, for domestic and expert use, in 1976 was about 1.4 million pounds. Crops receiving the most intensive application of various pesticides were cotton for insecticides, corn for herbicides, an...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Ridgway RL,Tinney JC,MacGregor JT,Starler NJ

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A system suitable for the detection of meiotic aneuploidy is described in which various different origins of the aneuploidy can be distinguished. Aneuploid meiotic products are detected as black disomic spores held in asci containing all the products of a single meiosis. Aneuploidy may result from nondisjunction or fr...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Bond DJ,McMillan L

更新日期：1979-08-01 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：:Most air pollution in West Germany is caused by combustion products. Particulate organic matter released by incomplete combustion is suspected to contribute to the "urban factor" of lung cancer frequency in urban-industrial centers. The carcinogenic potential of single components, groups of compounds and total source ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Pott F,Stöber W

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and experimental studies on respiratory involvement and alterations in immune status were carried out. Respiratory distress occurring in these patients has improved gradually for 14 years but still remains. Copious expectoration at an early stage of the disease may be related to the fact that a number of disc...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Nakanishi Y,Shigematsu N,Kurita Y,Matsuba K,Kanegae H,Ishimaru S,Kawazoe Y

更新日期：1985-02-01 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:Mortality displacement (or "harvesting") has been identified as a key issue in the assessment of the temperature-mortality relationship. However, only a few studies have addressed the "harvesting" issue and findings have not been consistent. OBJECTIVES:We examined the potential impact of both short- and lon...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Qiao Z,Guo Y,Yu W,Tong S

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Consortium Linking Academic and Regulatory Insights on Bisphenol-A (CLARITY-BPA) is a rare collaboration of guideline-compliant (core) studies and academic hypothesis-based studies to assess the effects of bisphenol A (BPA). OBJECTIVES:We aimed to a) determine whether BPA showed effects on the developin...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Montévil M,Acevedo N,Schaeberle CM,Bharadwaj M,Fenton SE,Soto AM

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon monoxide is widely distributed in the environment, and acute or chronic toxic effects may be of considerable public health significance. A review of the basis for current ambient standards is given. Mortality and morbidity studies have been negative or equivocal in relating carbon monoxide levels to health effe...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Kuller LH,Radford EP

更新日期：1983-10-01 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：:Following our first report on elevated polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) concentrations in California women, we expanded our investigation to include diverse groups of local women. We analyzed additional adipose and serum samples collected in the late 1990s from San Francisco Bay Area women participating in a breas...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Petreas M,She J,Brown FR,Winkler J,Windham G,Rogers E,Zhao G,Bhatia R,Charles MJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent data from deep uranium mines in Czechoslovakia indicated that mines are exposed to other mutagenic factors in addition to radon daughter products. Mycotoxins were identified as a possible source of mutagens in these mines. Mycotoxins were examined in 38 samples from mines and in throat swabs taken from 116 mine...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Srám RJ,Dobiás L,Rössner P,Veselá D,Veselý D,Rakusová R,Rericha V

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New technologies are providing innovative ways to reduce sound levels in many areas. Aircraft engineers are finding ways to reduce the noise produced by jet engines, while road builders are using rubber-enhanced pavement to quiet highway noise. Indoor acoustics are benefiting from materials that transform sound waves ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Manuel J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A critical question regarding the association between short-term exposure to ozone and mortality is the extent to which this relationship is confounded by ambient exposure to particles. OBJECTIVES:We investigated whether particulate matter < 10 and < 2.5 microm in aerodynamic diameter (PM(10) and PM(2.5)) i...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Bell ML,Kim JY,Dominici F

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ambient monitoring of acid aerosols in four U.S. cities and in a rural region of southern Ontario clearly show distinct periods of strong acidity. Measurements made in Kingston, TN, and Steubenville, OH, resulted in 24-hr H+ ion concentrations exceeding 100 nmole/m3 more than 10 times during summer months. Periods of ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Spengler JD,Keeler GJ,Koutrakis P,Ryan PB,Raizenne M,Franklin CA

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We characterized an endocrine disruptor from ground corncob bedding material that interferes with male and female sexual behavior and ovarian cyclicity in rats and stimulates estrogen receptor (ER)-positive and ER-negative breast cancer cell proliferation. The agents were identified as an isomeric mixture of...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Markaverich BM,Crowley J,Rodriquez M,Shoulars K,Thompson T

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00