Field concentrations and persistence of polybrominated biphenyls in soils and solubility of PBB in natural waters.

abstract：:The carcinogenic properties of selected metals and their compounds are reviewed to provide a useful reference for existing knowledge on relationships between physical and chemical forms, kinetics and carcinogenic potential and between epidemiology, bioassays, and short-term tests. Extensive consideration is given to a...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Magos L

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic exposure to arsenic (As), a human toxicant and carcinogen, remains a global public health problem. Health risks persist after As exposure has ended, suggesting epigenetic dysregulation as a mechanistic link between exposure and health outcomes. OBJECTIVES:We investigated the association between tota...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Bozack AK,Domingo-Relloso A,Haack K,Gamble MV,Tellez-Plaza M,Umans JG,Best LG,Yracheta J,Gribble MO,Cardenas A,Francesconi KA,Goessler W,Tang WY,Fallin MD,Cole SA,Navas-Acien A

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent investigations have demonstrated the ability of leukocytes to metabolize promutagens or procarcinogens into their genotoxic forms. As a possible explanation for the association between inflammation and cancer, we and others have hypothesized that local accumulations of leukocytes could take up nearby promutagen...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Isola VJ,Hartman TC,Trumble SJ,Ruzek MC,Gentile JM

更新日期：1993-10-01 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：:Naturally occurring radon is a relatively ubiquitous environmental carcinogen to which large numbers of people can be exposed over their lifetimes. The accumulation of radon in homes, therefore, has led to a large program to determine the effects of the densely ionizing alpha particles that are produced when radon dec...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Wolff S,Afzal V,Jostes RF,Wiencke JK

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) has been associated with alterations in ovarian function and hormones in animals, it has not been studied in humans. On 10 July 1976, an explosion exposed residents of Seveso, Italy, to the highest levels of TCDD in a population. Twenty years later, we init...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Warner M,Eskenazi B,Olive DL,Samuels S,Quick-Miles S,Vercellini P,Gerthoux PM,Needham L,Patterson DG,Mocarelli P

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Controversy remains regarding the relationship between ambient ozone and mortality worldwide. In mainland China, the largest developing country, there has been no prior study investigating the acute effect of O3 on death risk. Given the changes in types of air pollution from conventional coal combustion to t...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Zhang Y,Huang W,London SJ,Song G,Chen G,Jiang L,Zhao N,Chen B,Kan H

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Children's Post-Pesticide Application Exposure Study (CPPAES) was conducted to look at the distribution of chlorpyrifos within a home environment for 2 weeks after a routine professional crack-and-crevice application and to determine the amount of the chlorpyrifos that is absorbed by a child living within the home...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Hore P,Robson M,Freeman N,Zhang J,Wartenberg D,Ozkaynak H,Tulve N,Sheldon L,Needham L,Barr D,Lioy PJ

更新日期：2005-02-01 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：:Inspection of the available literature reveals that a detailed investigation of the aqueous organic chemistry of chlorine dioxide and systematic identification of products formed during water disinfection has not been considered. This must be done before an informed assessment can be made of the relative safety of usi...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Stevens AA

更新日期：1982-12-01 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：:The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Toxicology Program (NTP) have carried out a number of laboratory animal carcinogenicity studies and presented the results of these experiments in a series of Technical Reports. This paper tabulates the results of the 327 NCI/NTP studies carried out to date on 308 di...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Haseman JK,Huff JE,Zeiger E,McConnell EE

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocrine disruption from environmental contaminants has been linked to a broad spectrum of adverse outcomes. One concern about endocrine-disrupting xenobiotics is the potential for additive or synergistic (i.e., greater-than-additive) effects of mixtures. A short-term dosing model to examine the effects of environmen...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Crofton KM,Craft ES,Hedge JM,Gennings C,Simmons JE,Carchman RA,Carter WH Jr,DeVito MJ

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of lime in the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), i.e., O2-., H2O2, and OH., from betel-quid components (extracts of areca nut and catechu) was investigated in vitro using a chemiluminescence technique and an assay for oxidative DNA damage involving analysis of 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine. Of the var...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Nair UJ,Obe G,Friesen M,Goldberg MT,Bartsch H

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Prenatal exposure to some pesticides can adversely affect male reproductive health in animals. We investigated a possible human association between maternal exposure to 27 organochlorine compounds used as pesticides and cryptorchidism among male children. DESIGN:Within a prospective birth cohort, we perfo...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Damgaard IN,Skakkebaek NE,Toppari J,Virtanen HE,Shen H,Schramm KW,Petersen JH,Jensen TK,Main KM,Nordic Cryptorchidism Study Group.

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that rats are resilient to the hepatotoxic and lethal combination of chlordecone (CD) and carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) during early postnatal development. The overall findings pointed to stimulated cell division and tissue repair mechanisms as the underlying cause of resistance. The objectiv...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Dalu A,Rao PS,Mehendale HM

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) have been used as flame retardants and are becoming a ubiquitous environmental contaminant. Adverse effects in the developing brain are of great health concern. OBJECTIVE:We investigated the effect of PBDEs/hydroxylated PBDEs (OH-PBDEs) on thyroid hormone (TH) receptor...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Ibhazehiebo K,Iwasaki T,Kimura-Kuroda J,Miyazaki W,Shimokawa N,Koibuchi N

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antisera elicited in rabbits were used in radioimmunoassay (RIA) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to determine femtomole quantities of deoxyguanosin-(8-yl)-acetylaminofluorene (dg-8-AAF) and deoxyguanosin-(8-yl)-aminofluorene (dg-8-AF). These adducts have been monitored in liver and kidney DNA of male Wis...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Poirier MC,True B,Laishes BA

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The etiologies of the male urogenital anomalies hypospadias and cryptorchidism remain unclear. It has been suggested that maternal diet and environmental contaminants may affect the risk of these anomalies via placental or hormonal disturbances. OBJECTIVES:We examined associations between organic food consu...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Brantsæter AL,Torjusen H,Meltzer HM,Papadopoulou E,Hoppin JA,Alexander J,Lieblein G,Roos G,Holten JM,Swartz J,Haugen M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:According to the 2007 National Research Council report Toxicology for the Twenty-First Century, modern methods (e.g., "omics," in vitro assays, high-throughput testing, computational methods) will lead to the emergence of a new approach to toxicology. The Salmonella mammalian microsome mutagenicity assay has...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Claxton LD,Umbuzeiro Gde A,DeMarini DM

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A human lymphoblastoid cell line has been used to test for mutations caused by combustion-generated soot particles and their constituent components, which are substrate carbon-black and adsorbed condensate, principally in the form of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). It was found that the mutagenicity of the PAH...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Bolsaitis PP,Feitelberg AS,Dekermendjian V,Elliott JF,Sarofim AF,Thilly WG

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The National Institutes of Health's Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) initiative aims to understand the impact of environmental factors on childhood disease. Over 40,000 chemicals are approved for commercial use. The challenge is to prioritize chemicals for biomonitoring that may prese...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Pellizzari ED,Woodruff TJ,Boyles RR,Kannan K,Beamer PI,Buckley JP,Wang A,Zhu Y,Bennett DH,(Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes).

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although animal experiments have shown that cadmium exposure results in severe dental caries, limited epidemiologic data are available on this issue. OBJECTIVES:We aimed to examine the relationship between environmental cadmium exposure and dental caries in children 6-12 years of age. METHODS:We analyzed c...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Arora M,Weuve J,Schwartz J,Wright RO

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual variability in human arsenic metabolism has been reported frequently in the literature. This variability could be an underlying determinant of individual susceptibility to arsenic-induced disease in humans. Recent analysis revealing familial aggregation of arsenic metabolic profiles suggests that genetic fa...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Yu L,Kalla K,Guthrie E,Vidrine A,Klimecki WT

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The historical exposures to aromatic amines of various occupational groups are briefly reviewed. Modern studies indicate that other occupational groups might have risks worth investigating; these include machinists and workers in the chemical industry. Details of a recent investigation into the exposure of dye workers...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Cartwright RA

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we showed that diesel exhaust particles (DEPs) suppressed pulmonary clearance of Listeria monocytogenes (Listeria) and inhibited the phagocytosis of alveolar macrophages and their response to Listeria in the secretion of interleukin (IL)-1 beta, tumor necrosis factor alpha, and IL-12. In this report we exa...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Yin XJ,Schafer R,Ma JY,Antonini JM,Roberts JR,Weissman DN,Siegel PD,Ma JK

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Sertoli cell is the primary target for FSH action in the mammalian testis. These cells contain the majority of testicular plasma membrane receptors for this hormone. Receptor occupancy is directly correlated with a stimulation of adenylyl cyclase and a decrease in the activity of a cytoplasmic Ca++-sensitive cAMP ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Tindall DJ,Tash JS,Means AR

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three to 4 million children and adolescents in the United States live within 1 mile of a federally designated Superfund hazardous waste disposal site and are at risk of exposure to chemical toxicants released from these sites into air, groundwater, surface water, and surrounding communities. Because of their patterns ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Landrigan PJ,Suk WA,Amler RW

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a need to identify specific biological indicator(s) of cadmium exposure so that the renal damage can be prevented. Towards this end, we have examined the usefulness of urinary metallothionein as an indicator of cadmium body burden. It is found that, in both animals and humans, urinary metallothionein level is...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Shaikh ZA,Tohyama C

更新日期：1984-03-01 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