The effect of heat waves on mental health in a temperate Australian city.

abstract：:The nasal cavity is susceptible to chemically induced injury as a result of exposure to inhaled irritants. Some responses of the nasal mucosa to inhaled toxicants are species specific. These species-related differences in response may be due to variations in structural, physiologic, and biochemical factors, such as gr...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Harkema JR

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After several decades of commercial use, the flame-retardant chemicals polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and their metabolites are pervasive environmental contaminants and are detected in the human body. Decabrominated diphenyl ether (decaBDE) is currently the only PBDE in production in the United State...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Rice DC,Thompson WD,Reeve EA,Onos KD,Assadollahzadeh M,Markowski VP

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite evidence of atrazine toxicity in developing organisms from experimental studies, few studies--and fewer epidemiologic investigations--have examined the potential effects of prenatal exposure. OBJECTIVES:We assessed the association between adverse birth outcomes and urinary biomarkers of prenatal atr...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Chevrier C,Limon G,Monfort C,Rouget F,Garlantézec R,Petit C,Durand G,Cordier S

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：:In this study, we aimed to estimate the contribution of environmental pollutants to the incidence, prevalence, mortality, and costs of pediatric disease in American children. We examined four categories of illness: lead poisoning, asthma, cancer, and neurobehavioral disorders. To estimate the proportion of each attrib...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Landrigan PJ,Schechter CB,Lipton JM,Fahs MC,Schwartz J

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies on the health effects of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) call for an understanding of past and present human exposure. Time-resolved mechanistic models may supplement information on concentrations in individuals obtained from measurements and/or statistical approaches if they can be shown to reprodu...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Nøst TH,Breivik K,Wania F,Rylander C,Odland JØ,Sandanger TM

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro liver preparations are increasingly used for the study of hepatotoxicity of chemicals. In recent years their actual advantages and limitations have been better defined. The cell models, slices, and mainly primary hepatocyte cultures, appear to be the most powerful in vitro systems, as liver-specific functions...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Guillouzo A

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thyroid hormones are important regulators of brain development. During critical periods of development, even transient disorders in thyroid hormone availability may lead to profound neurologic impairment. Animal experiments have shown that certain environmental pollutants, including heavy metals and organoch...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Maervoet J,Vermeir G,Covaci A,Van Larebeke N,Koppen G,Schoeters G,Nelen V,Baeyens W,Schepens P,Viaene MK

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Millions of people worldwide are living in areas where ozone (O3) concentrations exceed health standards (an hourly average of 235 micrograms/m3/0.12 ppm, not to be exceeded more than once per year). Ozone induces acute nasal inflammatory responses and significant epithelial lesions in experimental animals and humans....

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Calderon-Garcidueñas L,Rodriguez-Alcaraz A,Garcia R,Sanchez G,Barragan G,Camacho R,Ramirez L

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years there has been an increasing focus in environmental risk assessment on children as a potentially susceptible population. There also has been growing recognition of the need for a systematic approach for organizing, evaluating, and incorporating the available data on children's susceptibilities in risk ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Daston G,Faustman E,Ginsberg G,Fenner-Crisp P,Olin S,Sonawane B,Bruckner J,Breslin W,McLaughlin TJ

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Man-made endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) present a threat to biodiversity, even in remote areas. To date, numerous wildlife species have been affected by EDCs in the environment, but it is likely that many more species are suffering effects that have not yet been reported. Impaired reproduction, damaged brain fu...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Lyons G

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A biodosimetric approach to determine alpha-particle dose to the respiratory tract epithelium from known exposures to radon has been developed in the rat. Cytotoxicity assays have been used to obtain dose-conversion factors for cumulative exposures typical of those encountered by underground uranium miners. However, t...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Johnson NF,Carpenter TR,Jaramillo RJ,Liberati TA

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Residents of Anniston, Alabama, live near a Monsanto plant that manufactured polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from 1929 to 1971 and are relatively heavily exposed. OBJECTIVES:The goal of this study was to determine the relationship, if any, between blood pressure and levels of total serum PCBs, several PCB ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Goncharov A,Pavuk M,Foushee HR,Carpenter DO,Anniston Environmental Health Reseach Consortium.

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiologic studies of the link between particulate matter (PM) concentrations and mortality rates have yielded a range of estimates, leading to disagreement about the magnitude of the relationship and the strength of the causal connection. Previous meta-analyses of this literature have provided pooled effect estima...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Levy JI,Hammitt JK,Spengler JD

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phthalates comprise a large class of chemicals used in a variety of consumer products. Several have anti-androgenic properties, and in rodents prenatal exposure has been associated with reduced anogenital distance (AGD)-the distance from the anus to the genitals in male offspring. Few human studies have been...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Jensen TK,Frederiksen H,Kyhl HB,Lassen TH,Swan SH,Bornehag CG,Skakkebaek NE,Main KM,Lind DV,Husby S,Andersson AM

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The available data on the influence of selenium on the toxicity of methylmercury and of methylmercury on selenium as a nutrient and toxic agent are reviewed. Selenium as selenite has a relative protective effect on acute and subacute toxicity of methylmercury in the rat and the quail. The protective mechanism is far f...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Skerfving S

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiologic studies have shown that airborne particulate matter (PM) with a mass median aerodynamic diameter < 10 microm (PM10) is associated with an increase in respiratory-related disease. However, there is a growing consensus that particles < 2.5 microm (PM2.5), including many in the ultrafine (< 0.1 microm) size...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Smith KR,Kim S,Recendez JJ,Teague SV,Ménache MG,Grubbs DE,Sioutas C,Pinkerton KE

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of global change on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning encompass multiple complex dynamic processes. Climate change and exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are currently regarded as two of the most serious anthropogenic threats to biodiversity and ecosystems. We should, therefore, be espe...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Jenssen BM

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is generally agreed that estrogens, and possibly androgens, are important in the etiology of breast cancer, but no consensus exists as to the precise estrogenic or androgenic environment that characterizes risk, or the exogenous factors that influence the hormonal milieu. Nearly all the epidemiological studies cond...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Toniolo PG

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Particulate matter (PM) in outdoor air pollution was recently designated a Group I carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). This determination was based on the evidence regarding the relationship of PM2.5 and PM10 to lung cancer risk; however, the IARC evaluation did not include ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Hamra GB,Guha N,Cohen A,Laden F,Raaschou-Nielsen O,Samet JM,Vineis P,Forastiere F,Saldiva P,Yorifuji T,Loomis D

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports on the prevalence of lead poisoning in children between 1 and 5 years of age living in a marginal area to the north of Mexico City and also includes an evaluation of sources of exposure to this metal in the same area. The results show that 67.5% of the children studied have blood lead (PbB) levels >...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： López-Carrillo L,Torres-Sánchez L,Garrido F,Papaqui-Hernández J,Palazuelos-Rendón E,López-Cervantes M

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have examined the association between home use of solvents and paint and the risk of childhood leukemia. OBJECTIVES:In this case-control study, we examined whether the use of paint and petroleum solvents at home before birth and in early childhood influenced the risk of leukemia in children. ME...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Scélo G,Metayer C,Zhang L,Wiemels JL,Aldrich MC,Selvin S,Month S,Smith MT,Buffler PA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP507.]. ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Fann N,Kim SY,Olives C,Sheppard L

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic enzymes involved in benzene activation or detoxification, including NAD(P)H, quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1), cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1), myeloperoxidase (MPO), glutathione-S-transferase mu-1 (GSTM1), and glutathione-S-transferase theta-1 (GSTT1), were studied for their roles in human susceptibility to ben...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Wan J,Shi J,Hui L,Wu D,Jin X,Zhao N,Huang W,Xia Z,Hu G

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiologic evidence links tobacco smoke and increased risk for influenza in humans, but the specific host defense pathways involved are unclear. OBJECTIVE:We developed a model to examine influenza-induced innate immune responses in humans and test the hypothesis that exposure to cigarette smoke alters na...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Noah TL,Zhou H,Monaco J,Horvath K,Herbst M,Jaspers I

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phthalate acid esters (PAEs), and, in particular, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and its monoester, monoethylhexyl phthalate (MEHP), can adversely affect rodent testes but only at high doses. Rat gonadal zinc levels can be decreased by the injection of DEHP, but not MEHP. The rat prostate gland seems to be part...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Thomas JA,Curto KA,Thomas MJ

更新日期：1982-11-01 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：:Cytotoxic chemicals have in common the ability to act specifically on cells in cycle. Bacteria are more sensitive in the exponential growth phase than when growing slowly in media. Similar observations have been made on a variety of systems ranging from bacteria, yeast, higher plants and invertebrates to vertebrates i...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Harbison RD

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence indicates that air pollution contributes to cardiopulmonary mortality. There is ongoing debate regarding the size and shape of the pollution–mortality exposure–response relationship. There are also growing appeals for estimates of pollution–mortality relationships that use public data and are based ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Pope CA 3rd,Lefler JS,Ezzati M,Higbee JD,Marshall JD,Kim SY,Bechle M,Gilliat KS,Vernon SE,Robinson AL,Burnett RT

更新日期：2019-07-01 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