Black carbon exposure, oxidative stress genes, and blood pressure in a repeated-measures study.

abstract：:This article reviews the epidemiologic studies of the association of ischemic heart disease risk and environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure from a spouse who smokes. Seventeen studies (nine cohort, eight case-control) comprising more than 485,000 lifelong nonsmokers and 7,345 coronary heart disease (CHD) events we...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Thun M,Henley J,Apicella L

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Food allergy affects between 5% and 7.5% of children and between 1% and 2% of adults. The greater prevalence of food allergy in children reflects both the increased predisposition of children to develop food allergies and the development of immunologic tolerance to certain foods over time. Immunoglobulin (Ig) E-mediat...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Kagan RS

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are toxic pollutants released by the World Trade Center (WTC) fires and various urban combustion sources. Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) is a representative member of the class of PAHs. PAH-DNA adducts, or BaP-DNA adducts as their proxy, provide a measure of chemical-specific genetic dama...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Perera FP,Tang D,Rauh V,Lester K,Tsai WY,Tu YH,Weiss L,Hoepner L,King J,Del Priore G,Lederman SA

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have witnessed a tremendous increase in our knowledge of the molecular and biochemical mechanisms which underly the activities of the nervous system. Such knowledge is essential in order to determine the basic mechanisms involved in neurotoxic events. An overview of how neurotoxins could conceivably interfere with ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Damstra T

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tremor is one of the most common neurological signs, yet its etiology is poorly understood. Case-control studies suggest an association between blood lead and essential tremor, and that this association is modified by polymorphisms in the δ-aminolevulinic acid dehydrogenase (ALAD) gene. OBJECTIVE:We aimed t...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Ji JS,Power MC,Sparrow D,Spiro A 3rd,Hu H,Louis ED,Weisskopf MG

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：:Background: Drinking water from natural sources in coastal Bangladesh has become contaminated by varying degrees of salinity due to saltwater intrusion from rising sea levels, cyclone and storm surges and upstream withdrawal of freshwater. Objective: Our objective was to estimate salt intake from drinking water source...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Khan AE,Ireson A,Kovats S,Mojumder SK,Khusru A,Rahman A,Vineis P

更新日期：2011-04-12 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: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：BACKGROUND:World Trade Center (WTC) rescue and recovery workers were exposed to a complex mix of pollutants and carcinogens. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate cancer incidence in responders during the first 7 years after 11 September 2001. METHODS:Cancers among 20,984 consented participants ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Solan S,Wallenstein S,Shapiro M,Teitelbaum SL,Stevenson L,Kochman A,Kaplan J,Dellenbaugh C,Kahn A,Biro FN,Crane M,Crowley L,Gabrilove J,Gonsalves L,Harrison D,Herbert R,Luft B,Markowitz SB,Moline J,Niu X,Sacks H,

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The available data on binary interactions are yet to be considered within the context of mixture risk assessment because of our inability to predict the effect of a third or a fourth chemical in the mixture on the interacting binary pairs. Physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models represent a potentially use...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Krishnan K,Haddad S,Béliveau M,Tardif R

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the possibility that increases in UV-B exposure on the earth's surface could lead to impaired resistance to several infectious diseases, we studied the effect of UV-B exposure on resistance against Trichinella spiralis. Wistar rats, orally infected with T. spiralis larvae, were exposed to suberythemal doses ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Goettsch W,Garssen J,Deijns A,de Gruijl FR,van Loveren H

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current research indicates a role for several oncogenes in radiation-induced carcinogenesis in vivo and cell transformation in vitro. Certain oncogenes are probably also involved in some cases of human cancer caused by exposure to nonionizing radiation and may play a mechanistic role in the phenomenon of radioresistan...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Garte SJ,Burns FJ

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:U.S. chemical plants currently have potentially catastrophic vulnerabilities as terrorist targets. The possible consequences of these vulnerabilities echo from the tragedies of the Bhopal incident in 1984 to the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 and, most recently, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Findings from a 200...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Lippin TM,McQuiston TH,Bradley-Bull K,Burns-Johnson T,Cook L,Gill ML,Howard D,Seymour TA,Stephens D,Williams BK

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we report results of the second phase of a larger study designed to evaluate the effects on the immune system of living near a Superfund site containing organochlorine pesticides, volatile organic compounds, and metals. Phase II was conducted to determine whether living near the site, consisting of six ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Vine MF,Stein L,Weigle K,Schroeder J,Degnan D,Tse CK,Hanchette C,Backer L

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most air pollution in West Germany is caused by combustion products. Particulate organic matter released by incomplete combustion is suspected to contribute to the "urban factor" of lung cancer frequency in urban-industrial centers. The carcinogenic potential of single components, groups of compounds and total source ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Pott F,Stöber W

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the fall of 1976 Congress enacted the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, commonly referred to as RCRA. The objective of the statute is to create an orderly system for the generation, handling and disposal of hazardous waste by means of a comprehensive tracking and record keeping mechanism. RCRA does not regula...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Friedman M

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major concern of the chlorination of aquatic humic materials is the ubiquitous production of trihalomethanes. A large number of other chlorinated organic compounds, however, have been shown to be formed by chlorine's reaction with humic substances. In this study, humic material was concentrated from a coastal North ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Johnson JD,Christman RF,Norwood DL,Millington DS

更新日期：1982-12-01 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：:It has been estimated that 4 of 1,000 live births and 35% of spontaneous abortions are aneuploid and that an important proportion of embryo and newborn aneuploidy is of paternal origin. Exposure to organophosphorous pesticides (OP) has been associated with sperm hyperploidy/polyploidy. Therefore, we aimed to assess th...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Recio R,Robbins WA,Borja-Aburto V,Morán-Martínez J,Froines JR,Hernández RM,Cebrián ME

更新日期：2001-12-01 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：: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：: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：:We present a model to plan a rational strategy for cancer prevention that has two main functions--assessment and intervention. The assessment function includes three main components: to identify populations at high cancer risk, which may be due to their ethnic group, occupational and environmental exposures, family hi...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Anton-Culver H

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic exposure to oxidants is associated with an increased incidence of malignancy; however, the mechanism(s) by which oxidants contribute to carcinogenesis is unknown. Since oncogene activation plays an important role in carcinogenesis, we hypothesized that hydroxyl radical-induced DNA damage might contribute to ca...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Jackson JH

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The World Health Organization (WHO) released the fourth edition of Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality in July 2011. In this edition, the 400-µg/L drinking-water guideline for manganese (Mn) was discontinued with the assertion that because "this health-based value is well above concentrations of manganese ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Frisbie SH,Mitchell EJ,Dustin H,Maynard DM,Sarkar B

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP), the most abundant compound of the aminoimidazoazaarens (AIA) group of mutagens/carcinogens isolated from the crust of fried and broiled meat, was examined in freshly isolated hepatocytes from untreated rat, mouse, hamster, and guinea pig. Activa...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Alexander J,Fossum BH,Holme JA

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenylphosphonothioate insecticides EPN and leptophos, and several analogs, were evaluated with respect to their delayed neurotoxic effects in hens and their environmental behavior in a terrestrial-aquatic model ecosystem. Acute toxicity to insects was highly correlated with sigma sigma of the substituted phenyl g...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Francis BM,Hansen LG,Fukuto TR,Lu PY,Metcalf RL

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary vitamin E affects the susceptibility of mice and rats to ozone and nitrogen dioxide, suggesting a free radical mechanism of toxicity. Conventional peroxidation does not completely explain the effects of alterations of lung fatty acid composition on both nitrogen dioxide and ozone toxicity. A new scheme is prop...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Menzel DB

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Nearly all China's rural residents and a shrinking fraction of urban residents use solid fuels (biomass and coal) for household cooking and/or heating. Consequently, global meta-analyses of epidemiologic studies indicate that indoor air pollution from solid fuel use in China is responsible for approximately 4...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Zhang JJ,Smith KR

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00