Epidemiological and experimental aspects of metal carcinogenesis: physicochemical properties, kinetics, and the active species.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Green spaces have been associated with both health benefits and risks in children; however, available evidence simultaneously investigating these conflicting influences, especially in association with different types of greenness, is scarce. OBJECTIVES:We aimed to simultaneously evaluate health benefits and...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Dadvand P,Villanueva CM,Font-Ribera L,Martinez D,Basagaña X,Belmonte J,Vrijheid M,Gražulevičienė R,Kogevinas M,Nieuwenhuijsen MJ

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous occupational cohort studies of benzene-exposed workers have for the most part used only death certificates to validate diagnoses of workers developing leukemia and other hematopoietic and lymphoproliferative malignancies and related disorders (HLD). In a follow-up study of 74,828 benzene-exposed workers and a...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Linet MS,Yin SN,Travis LB,Li CY,Zhang ZN,Li DG,Rothman N,Li GL,Chow WH,Donaldson J,Dosemeci M,Wacholder S,Blot WJ,Hayes RB

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drinking water contamination related to the use of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) has been documented at hundreds of military bases, airports, and firefighter training facilities. AFFF has historically contained high levels of long-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which pose serious health...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Annunziato KM,Doherty J,Lee J,Clark JM,Liang W,Clark CW,Nguyen M,Roy MA,Timme-Laragy AR

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous attempts to model disposition of 1,3-butadiene in mice and rats, parameter values for 1,2-epoxybut-3-ene metabolism were optimized to reproduce elimination of this gas from closed chambers. However, each of these models predicted much higher concentrations of circulating epoxybutene than were subsequently ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Kohn MC,Melnick RL

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At picomolar concentrations, lead activates protein kinase C (PKC). This activation has been implicated in the neurotoxicity of lead. No prior study has evaluated the association of PKC activity with neurobehavioral function in humans. The purpose of this study was to determine whether PKC activity is associated with ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Hwang KY,Lee BK,Bressler JP,Bolla KI,Stewart WF,Schwartz BS

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies report a small but positive association between short-term increases in airborne particulate matter and small increases in morbidity and mortality from respiratory and cardiovascular disease in urban areas. However, the lack of a mechanistic explanation to link particle exposure and human healt...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Holian A,Hamilton RF Jr,Morandi MT,Brown SD,Li L

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are developmental toxicants, but the impact of both maternal and paternal exposures on offspring birth size is largely unexplored. OBJECTIVE:We examined associations between maternal and paternal serum concentrations of 63 POPs, comprising five major classes of pollutant...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Robledo CA,Yeung E,Mendola P,Sundaram R,Maisog J,Sweeney AM,Barr DB,Louis GM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the National Toxicology Program 2-year inhalation study of dichloromethane (DCM), there was a significant increase in pulmonary neoplasms in female B6C3F1 mice exposed to 2000 ppm (overall rates of 30/48 versus 5/50 in control). Replicative DNA synthesis was examined to evaluate the potential role of treatment-indu...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Kanno J,Foley JF,Kari F,Anderson MW,Maronpot RR

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent investigations have demonstrated the ability of leukocytes to metabolize promutagens or procarcinogens into their genotoxic forms. As a possible explanation for the association between inflammation and cancer, we and others have hypothesized that local accumulations of leukocytes could take up nearby promutagen...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Isola VJ,Hartman TC,Trumble SJ,Ruzek MC,Gentile JM

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

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：:The toxicity of cadmium is determined by chelation reactions: in vivo, Cd2+ exists exclusively in coordination complexes with biological ligands, or with administered chelating agents. The Cd2+ ion has some soft character, but it is not a typical soft ion. It has a high degree of polarizability, and its complexes with...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Andersen O

更新日期：1984-03-01 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:Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) may accelerate the cognitive and motor dysfunction found in normal aging, but few studies have examined these outcomes and PCB exposure among older adults. OBJECTIVE:We evaluated neuropsychological status and low-level PCB exposure among older adults living along contaminate...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Fitzgerald EF,Belanger EE,Gomez MI,Cayo M,McCaffrey RJ,Seegal RF,Jansing RL,Hwang SA,Hicks HE

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widespread environmental pollutants, known human lung carcinogens, and potent mammary carcinogens in laboratory animals. However, the association between PAHs and breast cancer in women is unclear. Vehicular traffic is a major ambient source of PAH exposure. OBJEC...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Mordukhovich I,Beyea J,Herring AH,Hatch M,Stellman SD,Teitelbaum SL,Richardson DB,Millikan RC,Engel LS,Shantakumar S,Steck SE,Neugut AI,Rossner P Jr,Santella RM,Gammon MD

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Consideration of needs for public health interventions and new research requires comparative assessments of the health benefits that are likely to result from alternative uses of limited regulatory and technical resources. This paper briefly examines regulatory and research priorities in the light of recent informatio...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Hattis D

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic exposure to inorganic arsenic (iAs) has been associated with increased risk of various forms of cancer and of noncancerous diseases. Metabolic conversions of iAs that yield highly toxic and genotoxic methylarsonite (MAsIII) and dimethylarsinite (DMAsIII) may play a significant role in determining the extent an...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Valenzuela OL,Borja-Aburto VH,Garcia-Vargas GG,Cruz-Gonzalez MB,Garcia-Montalvo EA,Calderon-Aranda ES,Del Razo LM

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We estimated the disease burden from water, sanitation, and hygiene at the global level taking into account various disease outcomes, principally diarrheal diseases. The disability-adjusted life year (DALY) combines the burden from death and disability in a single index and permits the comparison of the burden from wa...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Prüss A,Kay D,Fewtrell L,Bartram J

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a study on building-related respiratory disease and associated social impact in an office building with water incursions in the northeastern United States. An initial questionnaire had 67% participation (888/1,327). Compared with the U.S. adult population, prevalence ratios were 2.2-2.5 for wheezing, life...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Cox-Ganser JM,White SK,Jones R,Hilsbos K,Storey E,Enright PL,Rao CY,Kreiss K

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to environmental pollutants may contribute to the development of coronary heart disease (CHD). We determined the ZIP codes containing or abutting each of the approximately 900 hazardous waste sites in New York and identified the major contaminants in each. Three categories of ZIP codes were then distinguished...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Sergeev AV,Carpenter DO

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

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：:We used the case-crossover design to identify any increase in mortality in Seoul, Korea, when there were higher levels of ambient air pollution on case-days than would be expected solely as a result of chance. This empirical study showed that either unidirectional retrospective (selecting only control days prior to de...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Lee JT,Schwartz J

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The timing of some key embryological events is given for man, rat, chick, and certain other animals. Such times, however, are approximations, and variations occur among members of the same strain and even among members of the same litter. Some differences in developmental patterns are indicated. ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Monie IW

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological monitoring of genotoxic hazard in the rubber industry was performed in 19 male workers and 20 age-matched controls in a local health unit in northern Italy. Peripheral blood lymphocytes were analyzed for the presence of DNA damage (single-cell microgel-electrophoresis, or comet assay) and for cytogenetic pa...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Moretti M,Villarini M,Scassellati-Sforzolini G,Monarca S,Libraro M,Fatigoni C,Donato F,Leonardis C,Perego L

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiologic and experimental studies have reported a variety of health effects in response to ozone (O3) exposure, and some have indicated that certain populations may be at increased or decreased risk of O3-related health effects. OBJECTIVES:We sought to identify potential response-modifying factors to d...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Vinikoor-Imler LC,Owens EO,Nichols JL,Ross M,Brown JS,Sacks JD

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many thousand organic compounds are in common use and new ones introduced daily. With many of these materials, little is known about their toxic hazard. For years scientists have been investigating the relation of structure and properties to biological activity. Among the factors relating to toxicity are bioaccumulati...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Freed VH,Chiou CT,Schmedding D,Kohnert R

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The impact of prenatal lead exposure on neurodevelopment remains unclear in terms of consistency, the trimester of greatest vulnerability, and the best method for estimating fetal lead exposure. OBJECTIVE:We studied prenatal lead exposure's impact on neurodevelopment using repeated measures of fetal dose as...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Hu H,Téllez-Rojo MM,Bellinger D,Smith D,Ettinger AS,Lamadrid-Figueroa H,Schwartz J,Schnaas L,Mercado-García A,Hernández-Avila M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study constitutes one part of a program for assessing the impact of coal-fired power plants on the surrounding communities. A questionnaire was mailed to a total of 12,000 subjects living in six areas with coal-fired plants and in matched reference areas. The participation rate was 77.3%. In one coal-fired plant/...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Pershagen G,Hammar N,Vartiainen E

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phthalates are metabolized and eliminated in urine within hours after exposure. Several reports suggest that concentrations of phthalate metabolites in a spot urine sample can provide a reliable estimation of exposure to phthalates for up to several months. OBJECTIVES:We examined inter- and intraperson and ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Preau JL Jr,Wong LY,Silva MJ,Needham LL,Calafat AM

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used an improved method for trapping carbon-centered radicals (.R) from the gas-phase to compare radical suites trapped from various tobacco smoke and model smoke systems. Using a nitroxide trap, 3-amino-2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-1-pyrrolidinyloxy (3AP), on solid support, we trapped radicals directly from the gas phase, ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Flicker TM,Green SA

更新日期：2001-08-01 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