Exposure of neonatal rats to parathion elicits sex-selective impairment of acetylcholine systems in brain regions during adolescence and adulthood.

abstract：:A brief description of chromosome aberrations and sister chromatid exchange (SCE) as cytogenetic endpoints for evaluation of DNA damaging agents is presented. Problems associated with the use of cytogenetic assays as population monitors of radiation and chemical exposures are discussed. Adequate cell sample size requi...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Conner MK,Wald N

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most of the general population is exposed to carbaryl and other contemporary-use insecticides at low levels. Studies of laboratory animals, in addition to limited human data, show an association between carbaryl exposure and decreased semen quality. In the present study we explored whether environmental exposures to 1...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Meeker JD,Ryan L,Barr DB,Herrick RF,Bennett DH,Bravo R,Hauser R

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Grafting experiments show that the enhanced sensitivity of the SENCAR mouse to skin carcinogenesis by initiation and promotion is a property of the skin itself, suggesting the usefulness of in vitro studies to elucidate the mechanism. Such studies have indicated that cultured epidermal cells of SENCAR mice and the res...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Strickland JE,Allen PT,Sauder DN,Kawamura H,Fong MC,Yuspa SH

更新日期：1986-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:In animals, some phthalates impair male reproductive development and function. Epidemiological studies have reported inconsistent evidence of associations between phthalates and markers of human testicular function. OBJECTIVES:We aimed to provide estimates of the effects of phthalate exposure on reproductiv...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Joensen UN,Frederiksen H,Blomberg Jensen M,Lauritsen MP,Olesen IA,Lassen TH,Andersson AM,Jørgensen N

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), hydroxylated metabolites of PCBs (HO-PCBs) and octachlorostyrene (4-HO-HpCS), and pentachlorophenol (PCP) were determined in umbilical cord plasma samples from three different regions of Québec. The regions studied included two coastal areas where exposure to PCBs is...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Sandau CD,Ayotte P,Dewailly E,Duffe J,Norstrom RJ

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although press reports indicate that the leakage of methyl isocyanate (MIC) on December 3, 1984, in Bhopal has led to an increase in spontaneous abortions, stillbirths, infant mortality, and fetal abnormalities, no clinical or experimental studies on the reproductive toxicity of MIC were reported in scientific journal...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Varma DR

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a consequence of contamination by effluents from local electronics manufacturing facilities, the New Bedford Harbor and estuary in southeastern Massachusetts is among the sites in the United States that are considered the most highly contaminated by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Since 1993, measures of intraute...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Korrick SA,Altshul L

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiologic studies report associations between particulate air pollution and cardiopulmonary morbidity and mortality. Although the underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms remain unclear, it has been hypothesized that altered autonomic function and pulmonary/systemic inflammation may play a role. In this study we exp...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Pope CA 3rd,Hansen ML,Long RW,Nielsen KR,Eatough NL,Wilson WE,Eatough DJ

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the results of a comprehensive survey of the effects of the accidental release of radiation caused by the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in April 1986. The accident and the resulting release of radiation and radioactive products into the atmosphere produced the most serious environm...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Kulakov VI,Sokur TN,Volobuev AI,Tzibulskaya IS,Malisheva VA,Zikin BI,Ezova LC,Belyaeva LA,Bonartzev PD,Speranskaya NV

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomarkers are desirable for quantitating human exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and for predicting potential health risks for exposed individuals. A number of biomarkers of ETS have been proposed. At present cotinine, measured in blood, saliva, or urine, appears to be the most specific and the most sensi...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Benowitz NL

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ambient monitoring of acid aerosols in four U.S. cities and in a rural region of southern Ontario clearly show distinct periods of strong acidity. Measurements made in Kingston, TN, and Steubenville, OH, resulted in 24-hr H+ ion concentrations exceeding 100 nmole/m3 more than 10 times during summer months. Periods of ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Spengler JD,Keeler GJ,Koutrakis P,Ryan PB,Raizenne M,Franklin CA

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review presents a brief overview of the health effects and exposures of two criteria pollutants--ozone and particulate matter--and two toxic air pollutants--benzene and formaldehyde. These pollutants were selected from the six criteria pollutants and from the 189 toxic air pollutants on the basis of their prevale...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Suh HH,Bahadori T,Vallarino J,Spengler JD

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A subset of workers was followed after exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins, and furans in an occupational medicine clinic setting. Patterns of PCBs found in adipose tissue resembled the pattern seen when soot from the incident or Aroclor 1254 was examined by GC-MS. Adipose tissue also revealed levels...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Schecter A,Tiernan T,Schaffner F,Taylor M,Gitlitz G,VanNess GF,Garrett JH,Wagel DJ

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:comments on S. Patandin et al. : Dietary exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins from infancy until adulthood: a comparison between breast-feeding, toddler, and long-term exposure. Environ Health Perspect 107:45-51 (1999). ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： LaKind JS,Filser JG

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diethylstilbestrol (DES) is a synthetic estrogen associated with adverse effects on reproductive organs. DES-induced toxicity of the mouse seminal vesicle (SV) is mediated by estrogen receptor α (ERα), which alters expression of seminal vesicle secretory protein IV (Svs4) and lactoferrin (Ltf) genes. OBJECT...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Li Y,Hamilton KJ,Lai AY,Burns KA,Li L,Wade PA,Korach KS

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human DNA adduct formation (covalent modification of DNA with chemical carcinogens) is a promising biomarker for elucidating the molecular epidemiology of cancer. Classes of compounds for which human DNA adducts have been observed include polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), nitrosamines, mycotoxins, aromatic amin...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Poirier MC,Weston A

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we explored the efficacy of upper-room ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) in reducing the concentration of Serratia marcescens and Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) aerosols in enclosed places. We constructed a facility (4.5 m x 3 m x 2.9 m) in which both ceiling- and wall-mounted...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Ko G,First MW,Burge HA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dozens of studies link acute exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution with premature mortality and morbidity, but questions remain about which species and sources in the vast PM mixture are responsible for the observed health effects. Although a few studies exist on the effects of species and source...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Ostro B,Tobias A,Querol X,Alastuey A,Amato F,Pey J,Pérez N,Sunyer J

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to metals has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Parkinson disease (PD). OBJECTIVES:We sought to examine in a large prospective study of female nurses whether exposure to airborne metals was associated with risk of PD. METHODS:We linked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Air Toxi...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Palacios N,Fitzgerald K,Roberts AL,Hart JE,Weisskopf MG,Schwarzschild MA,Ascherio A,Laden F

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a series of articles concerning epidemiologic research on potential health effects of electric and magnetic fields. Our goal was to identify methodological issues that have arisen through past studies of cancer, reproduction, and neurobehavioral outcomes in order to suggest strategies to extend knowledge....

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Savitz DA

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combined effects of carbon monoxide and low temperature on daily variation in hospital admissions for congestive heart failure (CHF) were examined for a 4-year period in Chicago, Illinois. Medicare hospital admissions for CHF were analyzed as a function of the maximum hourly temperature, maximum hourly levels of c...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Morris RD,Naumova EN

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Prenatal exposure to some pesticides can adversely affect male reproductive health in animals. We investigated a possible human association between maternal exposure to 27 organochlorine compounds used as pesticides and cryptorchidism among male children. DESIGN:Within a prospective birth cohort, we perfo...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Damgaard IN,Skakkebaek NE,Toppari J,Virtanen HE,Shen H,Schramm KW,Petersen JH,Jensen TK,Main KM,Nordic Cryptorchidism Study Group.

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic scleroderma are autoimmune diseases thought to have an exogenous trigger. This review summarizes relevant case-control and cohort studies that investigated exogenous sex hormones, silica, silicone, solvents, pesticides, mercuric chloride, and hair dyes as putative risk factors...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Mayes MD

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:THE APHENA (AIR POLLUTION AND HEALTH: A Combined European and North American Approach) study is a collaborative analysis of multicity time-series data on the effect of air pollution on population health, bringing together data from the European APHEA (Air Pollution and Health: A European Approach) and U.S. N...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Samoli E,Peng R,Ramsay T,Pipikou M,Touloumi G,Dominici F,Burnett R,Cohen A,Krewski D,Samet J,Katsouyanni K

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we found that exposure of neonatal rats to chlorpyrifos (CPF) produced brain cell damage and loss, with resultant abnormalities of synaptic development. We used the same biomarkers to examine prenatal CPF treatment so as to define the critical period of vulnerability. One group of pregnant rats received CP...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Qiao D,Seidler FJ,Padilla S,Slotkin TA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ingestion is an important exposure route for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to enter the human body. Although the formation of hazardous PAH metabolites by human biotransformation enzymes is well documented, nothing is known about the PAH transformation potency of human intestinal microbiota. Using a gastroin...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Van de Wiele T,Vanhaecke L,Boeckaert C,Peru K,Headley J,Verstraete W,Siciliano S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to explore the effects of chronic low-level cadmium ingestion in Dahl hypertension-resistant (R) and hypertension-sensitive (S) lines of rats. Groups of weanling female R and S rats were given 0 or 1 mg cadmium/1. in drinking water and fed either a low salt (0.4% NaCl) or a high salt (4% NaCl...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Ohanian EV,Iwai J

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-oxidation of carcinogenic arylamines to form N-hydroxy arylamines has long been regarded as a necessary metabolic step for conversion to proximate carcinogenic derivatives. In contrast, arylamine ring-oxidation has been generally considered to be an important detoxification mechanism. Both enzymatic reactions ar...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Kadlubar FF,Fu PP,Jung H,Shaikh AU,Beland FA

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human fibroblasts (HFW) were 10-fold more susceptible than Chinese hamster ovary (CHO-K1) cells to sodium arsenite. Comparison of cellular antioxidant enzyme activities showed that CHO-K1 cells contained 3- and 8-fold more glutathione-peroxidase and catalase activities, respectively, than HFW cells. Since vitamin E, m...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Lee TC,Ho IC

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00