Evaluation criteria for publishing in top-tier journals in environmental health sciences and toxicology.

abstract：:Epidemiologic studies demonstrate that infection, specifically pneumonia, contributes substantially to the increased morbidity and mortality among elderly individuals following exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM). This laboratory has previously demonstrated that a single inhalation exposure of Streptococcus pn...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Zelikoff JT,Schermerhorn KR,Fang K,Cohen MD,Schlesinger RB

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure of the U.S. population to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) is thought to be via exposure to dust and diet. However, little work has been done to empirically link body burdens of these compounds to either route of exposure. OBJECTIVES:The primary goal of this research was to evaluate the dieta...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Fraser AJ,Webster TF,McClean MD

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although accumulating evidence suggests that exposure to organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) may contribute to the development of prostate cancer, few investigations have used biological samples to classify exposure to specific organochlorines. To our knowledge, this is the first p...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Sawada N,Iwasaki M,Inoue M,Itoh H,Sasazuki S,Yamaji T,Shimazu T,Tsugane S,Japan Public Health Center Based Prospective (JPHC) Study Group.

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of high cadmium levels in the digestive gland (hepatopancreas) of the crab Cancer pagurus is reviewed and its possible significance to human health is discussed. Previous attempts to isolate this cadmium in its native form are briefly reviewed and the present method used in this laboratory to isolate cr...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Overnell J

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetics may partially explain observed heterogeneity in associations between traffic-related air pollution and incident asthma. OBJECTIVE:Our aim was to investigate the impact of gene variants associated with oxidative stress and inflammation on associations between air pollution and incident childhood ast...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： MacIntyre EA,Brauer M,Melén E,Bauer CP,Bauer M,Berdel D,Bergström A,Brunekreef B,Chan-Yeung M,Klümper C,Fuertes E,Gehring U,Gref A,Heinrich J,Herbarth O,Kerkhof M,Koppelman GH,Kozyrskyj AL,Pershagen G,Postma DS,Th

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the effects of dibutyl phthalate (DBP) on gonadal sex differentiation, genetically male tadpoles of Rana rugosa were exposed to dilute solutions of DBP at concentrations of 0.1, 1, or 10 microM during days 19-23 after fertilization, which is the critical period of gonadal sex differentiation in R. rugosa. T...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Ohtani H,Miura I,Ichikawa Y

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cofactors involved in respiratory tract carcinogenesis were studied in Syrian golden hamsters or in rats using benzo(a)pyrene as the carcinogenic agent. These factors included severe tissue damage induced by electro-coagulation, glass fibers administered by intratracheal instillation, acetaldehyde as irritant vapor, f...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Reuzel PG,Feron VJ,Spit BJ,Beems RB,Kroes R

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most studies on endocrine-disrupting chemicals and breast cancer have focused on single compounds and have produced inconclusive findings. OBJECTIVES:We assessed the combined estrogenic effects of mixtures of xenoestrogens in serum and their relationship to breast cancer risk. METHODS:A total of 186 incide...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Pastor-Barriuso R,Fernández MF,Castaño-Vinyals G,Whelan D,Pérez-Gómez B,Llorca J,Villanueva CM,Guevara M,Molina-Molina JM,Artacho-Cordón F,Barriuso-Lapresa L,Tusquets I,Dierssen-Sotos T,Aragonés N,Olea N,Kogevinas M,Pollá

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serious problems emerge when evaluating evidence on lead neurotoxicity in children. The extent of these problems and ways to control them were explored in a study of 1291 children from the first class in the schools of Aarhus municipality, Denmark. The lead retention in circumpulpal dentin in shed deciduous teeth was ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Grandjean P,Lyngbye T,Hansen ON

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we investigated the potential impact of climate change in Portugal on heat-related mortality, air pollution-related health effects, and selected vectorborne diseases. The assessment used climate scenarios from two regional climate models for a range of future time periods. The annual heat-related death r...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Casimiro E,Calheiros J,Santos FD,Kovats S

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hydraulically fractured wells produce 2-14 million liters of wastewater, which may contain toxic and radioactive compounds. The wastewater is predominantly disposed of using Class II injection wells. OBJECTIVE:Our objective was to evaluate the relationship between sociodemographic characteristics and inject...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Silva GS,Warren JL,Deziel NC

更新日期：2018-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We present evidence that the El Niño phenomenon intensifies the annual cycle of malaria cases for Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum in endemic areas of Colombia as a consequence of concomitant anomalies in the normal annual cycle of temperature and precipitation. We used simultaneous analyses of both variable...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Poveda G,Rojas W,Quiñones ML,Vélez ID,Mantilla RI,Ruiz D,Zuluaga JS,Rua GL

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory and room-scale experiments were conducted with natural and synthetic polymers: cotton, paper, wood, wool, acetate, acrylic, nylon, and urethane. Smoke and off-gases from single materials were generated in a dual-compartment 110-liter exposure chamber. Multicomponent, composite fuel loads were burned within ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Wright PL,Adams CH

更新日期：1976-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Methylmercury (MeHg) is a known neuro-toxicant. Emerging evidence indicates it may have adverse effects on the neuro-logic and other body systems at common low levels of exposure. Impacts of MeHg exposure could vary by individual susceptibility or be confounded by beneficial nutrients in fish containing MeHg...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Karagas MR,Choi AL,Oken E,Horvat M,Schoeny R,Kamai E,Cowell W,Grandjean P,Korrick S

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short articles on the following topics: *NIEHS Strategic Plan: New Frontiers in Environmental Sciences and Human Health; Beyond the Bench: Environmental Health Nursing: Putting Knowledge into Practice; Headliners: Inhibition of RLIP76 Causes Complete Regression of Melanoma in Mice. ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Hood E,Tillett T,Phelps J

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perinatal exposure to carcinogens may contribute to the determination of susceptibility to cancer in two situations: a) exposure in utero of embryonal or fetal somatic cells to carcinogens, and b) prezygotic exposure of the germ cells of one or both parents to carcinogens. Epidemiological as well as experimental studi...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Yamasaki H,Loktionov A,Tomatis L

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reported associations between gestational tobacco exposure and autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have been inconsistent. OBJECTIVE:We estimated the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and ASDs among children 8 years of age. METHODS:This population-based case-cohort study included 633,989 c...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Kalkbrenner AE,Braun JM,Durkin MS,Maenner MJ,Cunniff C,Lee LC,Pettygrove S,Nicholas JS,Daniels JL

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-dose extrapolation model selection for evaluating the health effects of environmental pollutants is a key component of the risk assessment process. At a workshop held in Baltimore, Maryland, on 23-24 April 2007, sponsored by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Johns Hopkins Risk Sciences and Public Policy Ins...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： White RH,Cote I,Zeise L,Fox M,Dominici F,Burke TA,White PD,Hattis DB,Samet JM

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallothionein (MT) promoter was methylated in rat hepatoma and in mouse lymphosarcoma cells by methylation of cytosine within the CpG dinucleotide region. After demethylation of MT-I promoter in mouse lymphosarcoma cells or in the transplanted rat hepatoma with 5-azacytidine, a potent inhibitor of DNA methyltransfer...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Jacob ST,Majumder S,Ghoshal K

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike laboratory animals, people are rarely exposed to a single hazardous chemical. However, most of the information documenting adverse human health effects from environmental and occupational contaminants has come from studies focused on exposure to single chemicals, and there is little information available on how...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Carpenter DO,Arcaro KF,Bush B,Niemi WD,Pang S,Vakharia DD

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The destruction of the World Trade Center (WTC) on 11 September 2001 in New York City resulted in the massive release of pulverized dust and combustion products. The dust and smoke settled in the surrounding area, which encompassed a large residential community. We hypothesized that previously normal residents in the ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Reibman J,Lin S,Hwang SA,Gulati M,Bowers JA,Rogers L,Berger KI,Hoerning A,Gomez M,Fitzgerald EF

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of genetic damage in the forms of activated proto-oncogenes and inactivated tumor-suppressor genes is the driving force in the evolution of a normal cell to a malignant cell. For example, both the activation of ras oncogenes and the inactivation of several suppressor genes, including p53, have been ob...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Anderson MW,Reynolds SH,You M,Maronpot RM

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) was studied in vitro by using rat liver microsomes in the presence of NADPH and atmospheric O2. Quantitative recoveries of all PBBs were obtained after incubations with control or 3-methylcholanthrene (MC) induced microsomes. Of the twelve major components, losses of o...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Dannan GA,Moore RW,Aust SD

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Warm sea surface temperatures (SSTs) are positively related to incidence of ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP). Increased severe storm frequency may create more habitat for ciguatoxic organisms. Although climate change could expand the endemic range of CFP, the relationship between CFP incidence and specific env...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Gingold DB,Strickland MJ,Hess JJ

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relative advantages and disadvantages and important design criteria for various exposure methods are presented. Five types of exposures are discussed: whole-body chambers, head-only exposures, nose or mouth-only methods, lung-only exposures, and partial-lung exposures. Design considerations covered include: air cleani...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Phalen RF

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinogenic nickel compounds are usually found to be weak mutagens; therefore these compounds may not exert their carcinogenic activity through conventional genotoxic mechanisms. On the other hand, the activities of many nickel compounds have not been adequately investigated. We evaluated the genotoxic activities of ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Au WW,Heo MY,Chiewchanwit T

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian respiratory tract is densely innervated by autonomic and sensory nerves around airways and blood vessels. Subsets of these nerves contain a number of putative neurotransmitter peptides, such as substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in sensory nerves and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Springall DR,Edginton JA,Price PN,Swanston DW,Noel C,Bloom SR,Polak JM

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans are exposed to a large number of environmental genotoxic agents. These can increase the probability that somatic mutation will occur. The use of genotoxicity testing is essential for assessment of potential human toxicity so that hazards can be prevented. Cytogenetic monitoring of human populations exposed to c...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Anwar WA

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lymphocyte micronucleus assay was used to measure the average frequency of micronuclei in a population and thus assess genotoxic effects. Data from 174 persons give an average value of 16.4 +/- 7.3, and a slight age-dependence was observed. To detect combined environmental mutagen injuries the micronucleus assay w...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Bérces J,Otos M,Szirmai S,Crane-Uruena C,Köteles GJ

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00