Research recommendations for selected IARC-classified agents.

abstract：:In recent years there have been a significant number of publications on the benefits and challenges of community-based participatory research (CBPR). In this introduction we give an overview of three projects presented in this mini-monograph and highlight their commonalities and differences in developing community-uni...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Srinivasan S,Collman GW

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple factors, known and unknown, contribute to human breast cancer. Hereditary, hormonal, and reproductive factors are associated with risk of breast cancer. Environmental agents, including chemical carcinogens, are modifiable risk factors to which over 70% of breast cancers have been attributed. Polymorphisms of ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： DeBruin LS,Josephy PD

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorination has been the major strategy for disinfection of drinking water in the United States. Concern about the potential health effects of the reaction by-products of chlorine has prompted use of alternative strategies. One such method is chloramination, a treatment process that does not appear to have carcinogen...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Zierler S,Danley RA,Feingold L

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organophosphates in increasing amounts and wider varieties of molecular structure are being used to replace the organochlorine pesticides. It has been assumed that the organophosphates as a class would have a minimal chronic toxicity due to rapid hydrolysis and an unfavorable partitioning as regards to lipids. The phy...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Freed VH,Haque R,Schmedding D,Kohnert R

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A potential connection exists between exposure to organochlorine chemicals and the increasing prevalence of endometriosis. Evidence shows that dioxin (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin) can increase the incidence and severity of the disease in monkeys and can promote the growth or survival of endometrial tissue impl...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Birnbaum LS,Cummings AM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper addresses the subject of the use of selected toxicology information resources in assessing relationships between chemical structure and specific biological end points. To assist the researcher in how to access the primary literature of genetic toxicology, teratogenesis, and carcinogenesis, three specific sp...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Wassom JS

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Developmental exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) or methylmercury (MeHg) can result in a variety of neurotoxic effects, including long-term auditory deficits. However, little is known about the effects of combined exposure to PCBs and MeHg on auditory function. OBJECTIVE:We developmentally exposed...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Powers BE,Poon E,Sable HJ,Schantz SL

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Miners inhaling respirable coal dust (CD) frequently develop coal workers' pneumoconiosis, a dust-associated pneumoconiosis characterized by lung inflammation and variable fibrosis. Many coal miners are also exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) components of diesel engine exhaust and cigarette sm...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Ghanem MM,Battelli LA,Mercer RR,Scabilloni JF,Kashon ML,Ma JY,Nath J,Hubbs AF

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pheromones are substances emitted by one individual of a species and eliciting a specific response in a second individual of the same species. In moths (Lepidoptera) generally females lure males for mating by emission of a sex attractant pheromone comprised of either one or more components. Since 1966 the identificati...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Cardé RT

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The potential impact of microwave radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) emitted by wireless communication devices on neurocognitive functions of adolescents is controversial. In a previous analysis, we found changes in figural memory scores associated with a higher cumulative RF-EMF brain dose in ad...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Foerster M,Thielens A,Joseph W,Eeftens M,Röösli M

更新日期：2018-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Children may be more susceptible to exposures to environmental toxins than adults and may be more vulnerable to their effects. Because of this, the health care community and those responsible for children need to be alert to possible environmental factors in identifying and responding to the health problems of childre...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Goldman LR

更新日期：1995-09-01 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：:The carcinogenic activities of sodium chlorite in B6C3F1 mice were examined. Sodium chlorite was given at concentrations of 0 (control), 0.025% (low dose), or 0.05% (high dose) in the drinking water of 150 female and 150 male mice for 80 weeks, after which time the animals were returned to distilled water without sodi...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Yokose Y,Uchida K,Nakae D,Shiraiwa K,Yamamoto K,Konishi Y

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review and summary is given of analytical, biochemical, and immunological studies made following an immunodiagnostic investigation which revealed significant decreases in the numbers, and changes in the functional integrity, of both T-and B-lymphocytes in a group of Michigan dairy farmers exposed to polybrominated b...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Roboz J,Greaves J,Bekesi JG

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible risk for human health arising from consumption of lead-polluted shellfish was suggested by experiments on the bioavailability for mice of a "biologically detoxified" form of the metal. In this work, young mice were fed with a mixed diet including mussels collected in a Pb-polluted area. Metal concentratio...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Regoli F,Orlando E

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microcystin-producing Microcystis bloom is a severe water problem in the world. Some reports indicate that chronic exposure to microcystin may result in liver damage in adults, but information on effects in children is limited. OBJECTIVE:We investigated the relationship between microcystin exposure and live...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Li Y,Chen JA,Zhao Q,Pu C,Qiu Z,Zhang R,Shu W

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure mixtures frequently occur in data across many domains, particularly in the fields of environmental and nutritional epidemiology. Various strategies have arisen to answer questions about exposure mixtures, including methods such as weighted quantile sum (WQS) regression that estimate a joint effect o...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Keil AP,Buckley JP,O'Brien KM,Ferguson KK,Zhao S,White AJ

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

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：OBJECTIVE:Pentachlorophenol, a fungicide widely used as a wood preservative, was classified in 1999 by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as a possible human carcinogen. We reviewed currently available data to determine the extent to which recent studies assist in distinguishing the effect of pentachloroph...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Cooper GS,Jones S

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phthalates are metabolized and eliminated in urine within hours after exposure. Several reports suggest that concentrations of phthalate metabolites in a spot urine sample can provide a reliable estimation of exposure to phthalates for up to several months. OBJECTIVES:We examined inter- and intraperson and ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Preau JL Jr,Wong LY,Silva MJ,Needham LL,Calafat AM

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fish and other seafood may contain organic mercury but also beneficial nutrients such as n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. We endeavored to study whether maternal fish consumption during pregnancy harms or benefits fetal brain development. We examined associations of maternal fish intake during pregnancy and maternal h...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Oken E,Wright RO,Kleinman KP,Bellinger D,Amarasiriwardena CJ,Hu H,Rich-Edwards JW,Gillman MW

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurogenic inflammation as a pathway distinct from antigen-driven, immune-mediated inflammation may play a pivotal role in understanding a broad class of environmental health problems resulting from chemical exposures. Recent progress in understanding the mediators, triggers, and regulation of neurogenic inflammation ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Meggs WJ

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The remarkable frequency of uterine leiomyoma in the human population calls into question the potential for the participation of environmental factors in tumor etiology. Having been implicated in the dramatic rise in hormone-related cancers in recent years, endocrine disruptors are salient suspects in this pathogenesi...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Hunter DS,Hodges LC,Eagon PK,Vonier PM,Fuchs-Young R,Bergerson JS,Walker CL

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemicals, including commonly used drugs (e.g., penicillin, meprobamate, pyridium, and mercaptomerin) penetrate and persist for some time in the ovarian follicular fluid at concentrations approximately similar to that of the serum. Information as to the penetration of chemicals into the granulosa cells and into the oo...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Fabro S

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The knowledge of specific problems of occupational cancer in Spain is scarce. The environment of the workplace has improved over the last few years after a long period distinguished by bad working conditions, incomplete legislation, and insufficient safety measures and control. It has been estimated that 3,083,479 wor...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： González CA,Agudo A

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traffic-related air pollution is emerging as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and impaired brain development. Individual differences in vulnerability to air pollution may involve the ε4 allele of Apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene, the primary genetic risk factor for AD. OBJECTIVE:We analyzed whether th...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Alemany S,Vilor-Tejedor N,García-Esteban R,Bustamante M,Dadvand P,Esnaola M,Mortamais M,Forns J,van Drooge BL,Álvarez-Pedrerol M,Grimalt JO,Rivas I,Querol X,Pujol J,Sunyer J

更新日期：2018-08-02 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：:The objective of this study was to provide a basis for effectively protecting nonsmokers from acute sensory impacts and for preventing deterioration of indoor air quality caused by environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) emissions. With an olfactory experiment we determined odor detection thresholds (OT) of sidestream ETS (...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Junker MH,Danuser B,Monn C,Koller T

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disruption of the reproductive system of male and female animals in the wild has been attributed to environmental chemicals (xenobiotics). The effects seen mirror alterations one might anticipate if the steroid hormone-dependent processes that regulate these systems were impaired. To determine whether xenobiotics ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Danzo BJ

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are synthetic compounds that are widely used in industry and are often detectable in humans. In pregnant rats and their pups, PFASs can interfere with thyroid hormone homeostasis. In humans, maternal thyroid hormones supply the fetus throughout pregnancy, and thyroid hormone...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Wang Y,Rogan WJ,Chen PC,Lien GW,Chen HY,Tseng YC,Longnecker MP,Wang SL

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00