Evidence of an oxidative mechanism for the hemolytic activity of silica particles.

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：:This paper reports the results of a comprehensive survey of the effects of the accidental release of radiation caused by the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in April 1986. The accident and the resulting release of radiation and radioactive products into the atmosphere produced the most serious environm...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Kulakov VI,Sokur TN,Volobuev AI,Tzibulskaya IS,Malisheva VA,Zikin BI,Ezova LC,Belyaeva LA,Bonartzev PD,Speranskaya NV

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on findings from a 2-year follow-up study of immigrants originating from exposed areas around the site of the 1986 Chernobyl accident matched with comparison subjects emigrating from other republics in the Confederation of Independent States. In the initial study of 708 immigrants, the samples were matched b...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Cwikel J,Abdelgani A,Goldsmith JR,Quastel M,Yevelson II

更新日期：1997-12-01 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：:Many naturally occurring and man-made chemicals present in the environment possess estrogenic activity. Examples include plant and fungal products, pesticides, plasticizers, and other agricultural and industrial chemicals. These environmental estrogens as well as endogenous ovarian estrogens are thought to initiate th...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Stancel GM,Boettger-Tong HL,Chiappetta C,Hyder SM,Kirkland JL,Murthy L,Loose-Mitchell DS

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Techniques are available to minimize the concentration of asbestos fibers in drinking water. Filtration research conducted at locations on Lake Superior and in the Cascade Mountains in Washington has shown that amphibole and chrysotile fibers can be removed by granular media filtration. Removal percentages can exceed ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Logsdon GS

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotine and cigarette smoke extract show acute physiological effects: increasing tracheal pressure (PTR), pulmonary artery pressure (PPA), systemic blood pressure (PSYST), and left atrium pressure (PLA); and decreasing cardiac output (QAORTA) and blood flow to the left lower lobe (QLLL). In addition, cigarette smokin...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Kitamura S

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pollen of Impatiens sultanii Hook F. germinates and forms tubes rapidly at 25 degrees C in a simple medium containing 111.0 ppm CaCl2, 13.6 ppm KH2PO4, and 1000 ppm boric acid. Calcium, potassium, and boron are essential for germination and tube growth, but sucrose is not required. Pollen tubes grow with equal rapidit...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Bilderback DE

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microarrays provide an unprecedented opportunity for comprehensive concurrent analysis of thousands of genes. The global analysis of the response of genes to a toxic insult (toxicogenomics), as opposed to the historical method of examining a few select genes, provides a more complete picture of toxicologically signifi...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Newton RK,Aardema M,Aubrecht J

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cadmium (Cd) is a ubiquitous environmental toxicant that can accumulate in the placenta during pregnancy, where it may impair placental function and affect fetal development. OBJECTIVES:We aimed to investigate Cd-associated variations in placental DNA methylation (DNAM) and associations with gene expression...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Everson TM,Punshon T,Jackson BP,Hao K,Lambertini L,Chen J,Karagas MR,Marsit CJ

更新日期：2018-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health risks differ by fine particle (aerodynamic diameter ≤ 2.5 μm) component, although with substantial variability. Traditional methods to assess component-specific risks are limited, suggesting the need for alternative methods. OBJECTIVES:We examined whether the odds of daily hospital admissions differ ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Suh HH,Zanobetti A,Schwartz J,Coull BA

更新日期：2011-10-01 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：:Outdoor ambient air pollutant exposures in communities are relevant to the acute exacerbation and possibly the onset of asthma. However, the complexity of pollutant mixtures and etiologic heterogeneity of asthma has made it difficult to identify causal components in those mixtures. Occupational exposures associated wi...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Delfino RJ

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A literature review of experimental and human exposure studies of skin permeation and cutaneous hypersensitivity reactions evoked by chromium was carried out to provide a basis for making a risk assessment of chromium as a soil contaminant. In vitro and in vivo studies demonstrated that 1 to 4% of the applied dose of ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Bagdon RE,Hazen RE

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlordane is a polychlorinated hydrocarbon that causes liver enlargement and induces mixed-function oxidases similar to those induced by phenobarbitone in the mouse. We have assessed the hepatocarcinogenicity (after 2 years) and the time course (over 6 months) of liver and thyroid cell proliferation in C57Bl/10J mice ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Barrass N,Stewart M,Warburton S,Aitchison J,Jackson D,Wadsworth P,Marsden A,Orton T

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin-H synthase is unique among enzymes of the plant and animal kingdom in its ability to biosynthesize and metabolize hydroperoxides. Its cyclooxygenase activity oxygenates polyunsaturated fatty acids to hydroperoxy endoperoxides, and its peroxidase activity reduces the hydroperoxy group to hydroxy groups. H...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Marnett LJ

更新日期：1990-08-01 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：:Articles in the literature on alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency have been interpreted as indicating that AAT deficiency is a rare disease that affects mainly Caucasians (whites) from northern Europe. In a recent publication on the worldwide racial and ethnic distribution of AAT deficiency, new data were presented d...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： de Serres FJ

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The three modern "faces" of mercury are our perceptions of risk from the exposure of billions of people to methyl mercury in fish, mercury vapor from amalgam tooth fillings, and ethyl mercury in the form of thimerosal added as an antiseptic to widely used vaccines. In this article I review human exposure to and the to...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Clarkson TW

更新日期：2002-02-01 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：:To set occupational exposure limits (OELs) for aerosol particles, dusts, or chemicals, one has to evaluate whether mechanistic considerations permit identification of a no observed effect level (NOEL). In the case of carcinogenic effects, this can be assumed if no genotoxicity is involved, and exposure is considered s...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Greim HA,Ziegler-Skylakakis K

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to arsenic via drinking water is a global environmental health problem. In utero exposure to arsenic via drinking water increases the risk of lower respiratory tract infections during infancy and mortality from bronchiectasis in early adulthood. OBJECTIVES:We aimed to investigate how arsenic exposu...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Ramsey KA,Bosco A,McKenna KL,Carter KW,Elliot JG,Berry LJ,Sly PD,Larcombe AN,Zosky GR

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The X-ray crystallographic structural determinations of synthetic estrogens and antiestrogens provide reliable information on the global minimum energy conformation of these molecules or a local minimum energy conformation that is within 1 or 2 kcal/mole of the global minimum. In favorable cases, state-of-the-art mole...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Duax WL,Griffin JF,Weeks CM,Korach KS

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Methylmercury (MeHg) may affect fetal growth; however, prior research often lacked assessment of mercury speciation, confounders, and interactions. OBJECTIVE:Our objective was to assess the relationship between MeHg and fetal growth as well as the potential for confounding or interaction of this relationshi...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Wells EM,Herbstman JB,Lin YH,Jarrett J,Verdon CP,Ward C,Caldwell KL,Hibbeln JR,Witter FR,Halden RU,Goldman LR

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effect of chronic exposure to dioxin and dioxin-like compounds on the pancreas in female Harlan Sprague-Dawley rats. This investigation represents part of an ongoing National Toxicology Program initiative to determine the relative potency of chronic toxicity and carcinogenicity of polychlorinated diox...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Nyska A,Jokinen MP,Brix AE,Sells DM,Wyde ME,Orzech D,Haseman JK,Flake G,Walker NJ

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although it is well established that air pollutants can exacerbate asthma, the link with new asthma onset in children is less clear. OBJECTIVE:We assessed the association between the onset of childhood asthma with both time of birth and time-varying exposures to outdoor air pollutants. METHOD:An open cohor...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Tétreault LF,Doucet M,Gamache P,Fournier M,Brand A,Kosatsky T,Smargiassi A

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) methods are described which permit the rapid isolation of multiple target macromolecules from the tissues of animals exposed to chemical mutagens. DNA and selected chromosomal proteins are isolated in a simple two step separation scheme. Isolated nuclei are dissolved in 3 ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Balhorn R,Mazrimas JA,Corzett M

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beginning approximately 4 years after the Chernobyl nuclear accident a steady increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer was observed in children and adolescents of the Bryansk Oblast, which received the highest level of radionuclide contaminants in Russia. We examined the spatial relationship between the residence l...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Parshkov EM,Chebotareva IV,Sokolov VA,Dallas CE

更新日期：1997-12-01 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：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