Sources of mercury exposure for U.S. seafood consumers: implications for policy.

abstract：BACKGROUND:National disparities in asbestos use will likely lead to an unequal burden of asbestos diseases. OBJECTIVES:As economic status may be linked to asbestos use, we assessed, globally, the relationship between indicators of national economic development and asbestos use. METHODS:For the 135 countries that have...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Le GV,Takahashi K,Karjalainen A,Delgermaa V,Hoshuyama T,Miyamura Y,Furuya S,Higashi T,Pan G,Wagner G

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Humans have been exposed to fine and ultrafine particles throughout their history. Since the Industrial Revolution, sources, doses, and types of nanoparticles have changed dramatically. In the last decade, the rapidly developing field of nanotechnology has led to an increase of engineered nanoparticles with ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Wick P,Malek A,Manser P,Meili D,Maeder-Althaus X,Diener L,Diener PA,Zisch A,Krug HF,von Mandach U

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiologic studies have demonstrated that occupational noise exposure is associated with hypertension, but the related mechanism in vascular structural changes is unclear. OBJECTIVE:This panel study aimed to investigate effects of occupational noise exposure on ambulatory vascular structural properties i...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Chang TY,Su TC,Lin SY,Jain RM,Chan CC

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemoprotective phytochemicals exhibit multiple activities and interact with several cellular receptors, including the aryl hydrocarbon (Ah) receptor (AhR). In this study we investigated the AhR agonist/antagonist activities of the following flavonoids: chrysin, phloretin, kaempferol, galangin, naringenin, genistein, ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Zhang S,Qin C,Safe SH

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many substances are active in in vitro tests for estrogenic activity, but data from multigenerational and other toxicity studies are not available for many of those substances. Controversy has arisen, therefore, concerning the likelihood of adverse health effects. Based on a toxic equivalence factor risk assessment ap...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Rudel R

更新日期：1997-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Evidence on the association between colorectal cancer and exposure to disinfection by-products in drinking water is inconsistent. OBJECTIVES:We assessed long-term exposure to trihalomethanes (THMs), the most prevalent group of chlorination by-products, to evaluate the association with colorectal cancer. ME...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Villanueva CM,Gracia-Lavedan E,Bosetti C,Righi E,Molina AJ,Martín V,Boldo E,Aragonés N,Perez-Gomez B,Pollan M,Acebo IG,Altzibar JM,Zabala AJ,Ardanaz E,Peiró R,Tardón A,Chirlaque MD,Tavani A,Polesel J,Serraino D,Pi

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formamidines, a relatively new group of acaricide-insecticides, are novel both in their range of biological activities and in their mode of action, which is presently unknown. This paper is a review of the historical development, properties, structures, uses, and chemistry of this group of pesticides, with particu...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Hollingworth RM

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intercellular and extracellular metal concentrations were measured using carbon fiber ultramicrosensors plated with mercury or with polymeric porphyrinic p-type semiconductors. Concentrations of unbound nickel and lead ions were studied within individual BC3H-1 myocytes, and H4-11-C3 rat hepatoma cells. Unbound ions a...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Malinski T,Grunfeld S,Taha Z,Tomboulian P

更新日期：1994-09-01 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：:Cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes catalyze the generation of reactive species capable of binding with cellular macromolecules, leading to acute and delayed toxicity. Since individual CYP forms differ markedly in their substrate preferences and regulation, the expression profiles of CYP in various cell types are important ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Pelkonen O,Raunio H

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In estimating the cancer mortality risk for radiation workers it is conventional to use data obtained from the populations exposed to radiation as a result of the atomic bomb blast in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This A-bomb experience resulted in relatively high doses of radiation and short periods of exposure. The availa...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Stewart A

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic exposure of rodents to high dose levels of drugs, food additives and environmental chemicals frequently results in liver enlargement. Several of these compounds have been found to enhance the incidence of liver tumors in animals briefly exposed previously to hepatocarcinogens. Accordingly, it has been advanced...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Kunz HW,Tennekes HA,Port RE,Schwartz M,Lorke D,Schaude G

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The populations of the developed nations of the world exhibit an increase in blood pressure with age, while in primitive societies blood pressure remains relatively constant throughout adult life. Hypertension may be a complex of diseases all having the same clinical manifestations but not being caused necessarily by ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Tuthill RW,Calabrese EJ

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured volatile organic compound (VOC) exposures in multiple locations for a diverse population of children who attended two inner-city schools in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Fifteen common VOCs were measured at four locations: outdoors (O), indoors at school (S), indoors at home (H), and in personal samples (P). Con...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Adgate JL,Church TR,Ryan AD,Ramachandran G,Fredrickson AL,Stock TH,Morandi MT,Sexton K

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preterm birth (PTB), a leading cause of infant mortality and morbidity, has a complex etiology with a multitude of interacting causes and risk factors. The role of environmental contaminants, particularly bisphenol A (BPA), is understudied with regard to PTB. OBJECTIVES:In the present study we examined the ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Cantonwine DE,Ferguson KK,Mukherjee B,McElrath TF,Meeker JD

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental health and environmental quality issues along the U.S.-Mexico border have been of concern for several years. The enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the presence of the maquiladoras (foreign-owned industries using imported raw materials) have intensified those concerns recently. Effo...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Carter DE,Peña C,Varady R,Suk WA

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) has been associated with cardiovascular mortality. Pathophysiologic pathways leading from ETS exposure to cardiopulmonary disease are still being explored. Reduced cardiac autonomic function, as measured by heart rate variability (HRV), has been associated with cardiac vulnerability a...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Pope CA 3rd,Eatough DJ,Gold DR,Pang Y,Nielsen KR,Nath P,Verrier RL,Kanner RE

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major aspects that must be considered in studies of the health effects of environmental pollutants are: the direct damage due to the exposure, the role of pre-existing disease, and effects of the exposure on the response to secondary stresses. In experimental studies at concentrations of air pollutants found in ur...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Ehrlich R

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Decision analysis-a systematic approach to solving complex problems-offers tools and frameworks to support decision making that are increasingly being applied to environmental challenges. Alternatives analysis is a method used in regulation and product design to identify, compare, and evaluate the safety and...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Malloy TF,Zaunbrecher VM,Batteate CM,Blake A,Carroll WF Jr,Corbett CJ,Hansen SF,Lempert RJ,Linkov I,McFadden R,Moran KD,Olivetti E,Ostrom NK,Romero M,Schoenung JM,Seager TP,Sinsheimer P,Thayer KA

更新日期：2017-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:High-dose boric acid (BA) exposure produces testicular lesions in adult rats characterized by inhibited spermiation (IS) that may progress to atrophy. In vivo and in vitro studies addressed possible mechanisms. In vivo, boron tissue disposition was examined, since no detailed data existed, and relevant boron concentra...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Ku WW,Chapin RE

更新日期：1994-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:Organophosphates elicit developmental neurotoxicity through multiple mechanisms other than their shared property as cholinesterase inhibitors. Accordingly, these agents may differ in their effects on specific brain circuits. OBJECTIVES:We gave parathion to neonatal rats [postnatal days (PNDs) 1-4], at daily...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Slotkin TA,Bodwell BE,Ryde IT,Levin ED,Seidler FJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further the development and application of exposure markers in field investigations in reproductive epidemiology, we have synthesized recent examinations of the issues surrounding exposure measurements in reproductive epidemiology. The specific goals of this paper are to define exposure biomarkers and explore their...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Hogue CJ,Brewster MA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of plants and plant/microbial associations may offer a viable means of accomplishing the in situ remediation of contaminated soils. Two uses of plants for phytoremediation are reported here. In one set of studies, the ability of plants to foster degradative microorganisms was investigated. Results indic...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Shann JR

更新日期：1995-06-01 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：:The marriage of toxicology and genomics has created not only opportunities but also novel informatics challenges. As with the larger field of gene expression analysis, toxicogenomics faces the problems of probe annotation and data comparison across different array platforms. Toxicogenomics studies are generally built ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Mattes WB,Pettit SD,Sansone SA,Bushel PR,Waters MD

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A co-culture clonal survival assay was developed to measure the cytotoxicity of test chemical treatments to BALB/c-3T3 cells because the standard clonal survival assay using 200 wild type (WT) cells frequently overestimates chemical cytotoxicity when compared with identical treatment doses in high-density cultures. Th...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Matthews EJ

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Incorporating the influence of genetic variation in the risk assessment process is often considered, but no generalized approach exists. Many common human diseases such as asthma, cancer, and cardiovascular disease are complex in nature, as they are influenced variably by environmental, physiologic, and gene...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Demchuk E,Yucesoy B,Johnson VJ,Andrew M,Weston A,Germolec DR,De Rosa CT,Luster MI

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adverse cardiorespiratory health is associated with exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM). The highest PM concentrations in London occur in proximity to waste transfer stations (WTS), sites that experience high numbers of dust-laden, heavy-duty diesel vehicles transporting industrial and household wast...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Godri KJ,Duggan ST,Fuller GW,Baker T,Green D,Kelly FJ,Mudway IS

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00