Methylmercury exposure and adverse cardiovascular effects in Faroese whaling men.

abstract：:We examined 100 symptomatic Gulf War veterans (patients) and 100 controls for immunologic assays. The veterans and controls were compared for the percentage of T cells (CD3); B cells (CD19); helper:suppressor (CD4:CD8) ratio; natural killer (NK) cell activity; mitogenic response to phytohemagglutin (PHA) and pokeweed ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Vojdani A,Thrasher JD

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：:Alzheimer's disease is a progressive degenerative brain disease of unknown etiology, characterized by the development of large numbers of neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques in the brain. Aluminum salts may be used experimentally to produce lesions which are similar, but not identical, to the neurofibrillary ta...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Perl DP

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lung epithelium resorbs alveolar fluid through combined action of sodium channels and the sodium pump, Na,K-ATPase. The lung often is exposed to hyperoxia in disease states and hyperoxia generates a mixture of reactive oxygen species. In vivo and in vitro exposure of rat lung and alveolar type II cells, respective...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Wendt CH,Sharma R,Bair R,Towle H,Ingbar DH

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A set of 53 individuals from a population highly exposed to airborne hexachlorobenzene (HCB) were selected to study the elimination kinetics of this chemical in humans. The volunteers provided blood, 24-hr urine, and feces samples for analysis of HCB and metabolites. The serum HCB concentrations ranged from 2.4 to 1,4...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： To-Figueras J,Barrot C,Sala M,Otero R,Silva M,Ozalla MD,Herrero C,Corbella J,Grimalt J,Sunyer J

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mortality impacts of hot and cold temperatures have been thoroughly documented, with most locations reporting a U-shaped relationship with a minimum mortality temperature (MMT) at which mortality is lowest. How MMT may have evolved over previous decades as the global mean surface temperature has increase...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Åström DO,Tornevi A,Ebi KL,Rocklöv J,Forsberg B

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anatomy of the intestine is outlined. The kinetics of cell proliferation, differentiation, and migration in intestinal epithelium are described. The distribution of cell types between the proliferation and differentiation compartments of the epithelium is summarized. Seven preparations of intestine in current use ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Porteous JW

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular epidemiology has significant potential in preventing cancer and other diseases caused by environmental exposures (related to lifestyle, occupation, or ambient pollution). This approach attempts to prevent cancer by incorporating laboratory methods to document the molecular dose and preclinical effects of car...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Perera FP,Mooney LA,Dickey CP,Santella RM,Bell D,Blaner W,Tang D,Whyatt RM

更新日期：1996-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:This study was designed to determine whether prenatal mercury exposure, including potential releases from the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster, adversely affects fetal growth and child development. METHODS:We determined maternal and umbilical cord blood total mercury of nonsmoking women who delivered at ter...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Lederman SA,Jones RL,Caldwell KL,Rauh V,Sheets SE,Tang D,Viswanathan S,Becker M,Stein JL,Wang RY,Perera FP

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

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:Industrial air pollution is a public health hazard. Previous evidence documented increased respiratory symptoms and hospitalizations in children who live near the factories in the largest chipboard manufacturing district in Italy (Viadana). OBJECTIVES:We evaluated the association of outdoor exposure to form...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Marcon A,Fracasso ME,Marchetti P,Doria D,Girardi P,Guarda L,Pesce G,Pironi V,Ricci P,de Marco R

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a changing climate, increasing temperatures are anticipated to have profound health impacts. These impacts could be mitigated if individuals and communities adapt to changing exposures; however, little is known about the extent to which the population may be adapting. OBJECTIVE:We investigated the hypoth...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Bobb JF,Peng RD,Bell ML,Dominici F

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) represents a common neurodegenerative disorder. An estimated 2% of the U.S. population, age 65 and older, develops IPD. The number of IPD patients will certainly increase over the next several decades as the baby-boomers gradually step into this high-risk age group, concomitant wit...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Aschner M

更新日期：2000-06-01 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：: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：:The purpose of the investigation is to study whether an increased mortality from certain causes exists in an area around the Rönnskärsverken smelter works in northern Sweden. Founded in 1928, this metallurgical plant processing mainly nonferrous metals has since its initial operations been using ore with a high arseni...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Pershagen G,Elinder CG,Bolander AM

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The types of reactive intermediates generated upon reduction of chromium(VI) by glutathione or hydrogen peroxide and the resulting DNA damage have been determined. In vitro, reaction of chromium(VI) with glutathione led to formation of two chromium(V) complexes and the glutathione thiyl radical. When chromium(VI) was ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Aiyar J,Berkovits HJ,Floyd RA,Wetterhahn KE

更新日期：1991-05-01 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：:Nitroaromatic compounds, ArNO2 have widespread actual or potential use in medicine and cancer therapy. There is direct proof that free-radical metabolites are involved in many applications, and an appreciation of the conceptual basis for their therapeutic differential; however, an understanding of the detailed mechani...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Wardman P

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of blue-green algae (BGA) toxins in surface waters used for drinking water sources and recreation is receiving increasing attention around the world as a public health concern. However, potential risks from exposure to these toxins in contaminated health food products that contain BGA have been largely ig...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Gilroy DJ,Kauffman KW,Hall RA,Huang X,Chu FS

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or liver cancer, is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, with prevalence 16-32 times higher in developing countries than in developed countries. Aflatoxin, a contaminant produced by the fungi Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus in maize and nuts, is a...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Liu Y,Wu F

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) are developmental neurotoxicants but also produce lasting effects on metabolism. OBJECTIVES/METHODS:We administered diazinon (DZN) or parathion (PRT) to rats on postnatal days 14 at doses straddling the threshold for systemic signs of exposure and assessed the effects on he...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Adigun AA,Wrench N,Seidler FJ,Slotkin TA

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prenatal and early-life periods may be critical windows for harmful effects of air pollution on infant health. OBJECTIVES:We studied the association of air pollution exposure during pregnancy and the first year of life with respiratory illnesses, ear infections, and eczema during the first 12-18 months of a...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Aguilera I,Pedersen M,Garcia-Esteban R,Ballester F,Basterrechea M,Esplugues A,Fernández-Somoano A,Lertxundi A,Tardón A,Sunyer J

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cadmium exposure may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. The only published longitudinal study on cadmium and incident cardiovascular disease was performed in American Indians with relatively high cadmium exposure. OBJECTIVES:Our aim was to examine the association between blood cadmium at baseline ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Barregard L,Sallsten G,Fagerberg B,Borné Y,Persson M,Hedblad B,Engström G

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hamsters were exposed to an aerosol of fused aluminosilicate particles (FAP) labeled with 57Co. Three groups of animals were given bronchopulmonary lavage, beginning at either 1 week, 1 month, or 6 months after exposure. Each treated group was lavaged eight times over a period of 25 days. Each lavage involved 10 salin...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Ellender M,Hodgson A,Wood KL,Moody JC

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Groundwater pollution has become a worrisome phenomenon, mainly for aquifers underlying industrialized areas. In order to evaluate the risk of pollution, a model of the aquifer is needed. Herewith, we describe a quasi-tridimensional model, which we applied to a multilayered aquifer where a phreatic aquifer was coupled...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Ponzini G,Crosta G,Giudici M

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The biological mechanisms involved in inflammatory response to air pollution are not clearly understood. OBJECTIVE:In this study we assessed the association of short-term air pollutant exposure with inflammatory markers and lung function. METHODS:We studied a cohort of 158 asthmatic and 50 nonasthmatic sch...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Barraza-Villarreal A,Sunyer J,Hernandez-Cadena L,Escamilla-Nuñez MC,Sienra-Monge JJ,Ramírez-Aguilar M,Cortez-Lugo M,Holguin F,Diaz-Sánchez D,Olin AC,Romieu I

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The toxic effects of cadmium and other heavy metals have been well established, and many of these and other environmental pollutants are known to be embryotoxic or teratogenic. However, it has proven difficult to identify individual cells that respond to toxicants among the wide range of cell populations in an intact ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Blechinger SR,Warren JT Jr,Kuwada JY,Krone PH

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The decline of many amphibian species could be caused by their susceptibility to environmental pollutants that cause cellular stress and cell death. A variety of intracellular signal transduction pathways are activated by environmental stress factors, which result in cell death. Mitogen-activated protein kinases are i...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Carter LA,Tabor MB,Bonner JC,Bonner LA

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00