Mold and endotoxin levels in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: a pilot project of homes in New Orleans undergoing renovation.

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：:Although acute adverse effects on asthma have been frequently found for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's principal criteria air pollutants, there is little epidemiologic information on specific hydrocarbons from toxic emission sources. We conducted a panel study of 22 Hispanic children with asthma who were 1...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Delfino RJ,Gong H Jr,Linn WS,Pellizzari ED,Hu Y

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biopersistence of fibers and minerals in the respiratory tract is an important parameter in the toxicity of those materials. The biopersistence of respirable synthetic fibers and minerals in man can be most closely evaluated in an animal model. While acellular and in vitro systems are important for initial evaluat...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Bernstein DM,Mast R,Anderson R,Hesterberg TW,Musselman R,Kamstrup O,Hadley J

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although from a societal point of view a modal shift from car to bicycle may have beneficial health effects due to decreased air pollution emissions, decreased greenhouse gas emissions, and increased levels of physical activity, shifts in individual adverse health effects such as higher exposure to air pollu...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Johan de Hartog J,Boogaard H,Nijland H,Hoek G

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is growing public pressure to minimize the use of vertebrates in ecotoxicity testing; therefore, effective alternatives to toxicity tests causing suffering are being sought. This report discusses alternatives and differs in some respects from the reports of the other three groups because the primary concern is w...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Walker C,Kaiser K,Klein W,Lagadic L,Peakall D,Sheffield S,Soldan T,Yasuno M

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Eliminating silicosis is a priority of the International Labour Organization and the World Health Organization. Prevalence is particularly high in developing countries. OBJECTIVES:We describe trends in silicosis among South African gold miners who had had an autopsy between 1975 and 2007 and quantify the co...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Nelson G,Girdler-Brown B,Ndlovu N,Murray J

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of sodium selenite administered intragastrically in repeated doses to rats receiving ethylmercuric chloride po in various repeated doses (0.25 or 2.5 mg Hg/kg) on the excretion, whole-body retention, and organ distribution of mercury was studied. Selenium was found to affect the distribution of ethylmercury...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Brzeźnicka EA,Chmielnicka J

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhaled asbestos fibers may contribute to three-fourths of malignant mesotheliomas diagnosed in men and almost 40% of cases diagnosed in women. Bans on the manufacture and sale of amphibole asbestos fibers are expected to reduce the incidence of mesothelioma, but the long latency period from initial exposure to clinic...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Tse LA,Yu IT,Goggins W,Clements M,Wang XR,Au JS,Yu KS

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The widespread use of organophosphorus (OP) pesticides has led to frequent exposure in adults and children. Because such exposure may cause adverse health effects, particularly in children, the sources and patterns of exposure need to be studied further. OBJECTIVES:We assessed young urban/suburban children'...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Lu C,Barr DB,Pearson MA,Waller LA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The progression of the cell cycle is controlled by the action of both positive and negative growth regulators. The key players in this activity include a family of cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases, which are themselves regulated by other kinases and phosphatases. Maintenance of balanced cell cycle controls may be ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Afshari CA,Barrett JC

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assessing cumulative effects of the multiple environmental factors influencing mortality remains a challenging task. OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to examine the associations between cumulative environmental quality and all-cause and leading cause-specific (heart disease, cancer, and stroke) mortality rates. ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Jian Y,Messer LC,Jagai JS,Rappazzo KM,Gray CL,Grabich SC,Lobdell DT

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Experimental tools for studying the complex steroidogenic interactions that occur between placenta and fetus during human pregnancy are extremely limited. OBJECTIVES:We aimed to develop a co-culture model to study steroidogenesis by the human fetoplacental unit and its disruption by exposure to environmenta...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Hudon Thibeault AA,Deroy K,Vaillancourt C,Sanderson JT

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Recent policies attempting to reduce adverse effects of methylmercury exposure from fish consumption in the United States have targeted reductions in anthropogenic emissions from U.S. sources. OBJECTIVES:To analyze the prospects for future North American and international emissions controls, we assessed the...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Selin NE,Sunderland EM,Knightes CD,Mason RP

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Repeated inhalation of silica dust can lead to inflammation and fibrosis in human lung and in experimental animal models. The alveolar macrophage is believed to play a pivotal role in this process. Numerous macrophage-derived growth factors, cytokines, and arachidonic acid metabolites have been shown to contribute to ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Koren HS,Joyce M,Devlin RB,Becker S,Driscoll K,Madden MC

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 240 pesticides screened for carcinogenicity by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Pesticide Programs, at least 24 (10%) produce thyroid follicular cell tumors in rodents. Thirteen of the thyroid carcinogens also induce liver tumors, mainly in mice, and 9 chemicals produce tumors at other sites. Some...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Hurley PM

更新日期：1998-08-01 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：:A literature review of experimental and human exposure studies of skin permeation and cutaneous hypersensitivity reactions evoked by chromium was carried out to provide a basis for making a risk assessment of chromium as a soil contaminant. In vitro and in vivo studies demonstrated that 1 to 4% of the applied dose of ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Bagdon RE,Hazen RE

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To set occupational exposure limits (OELs) for aerosol particles, dusts, or chemicals, one has to evaluate whether mechanistic considerations permit identification of a no observed effect level (NOEL). In the case of carcinogenic effects, this can be assumed if no genotoxicity is involved, and exposure is considered s...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Greim HA,Ziegler-Skylakakis K

更新日期：1997-09-01 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：:Comments on "Determination of bisphenol A and related aromatic compounds released from Bis-GMA-based composites and sealants by high performance liquid chromatography." by ulgar R, Olea-Serrano MF, Novillo-Fertrell A, Rivas A, Pazos P, Pedraza V, Navajas J-M, Olea N. Environ Health Perspect 108:21-27 (2000). ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Olea N

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pollen of Impatiens sultanii Hook F. germinates and forms tubes rapidly at 25 degrees C in a simple medium containing 111.0 ppm CaCl2, 13.6 ppm KH2PO4, and 1000 ppm boric acid. Calcium, potassium, and boron are essential for germination and tube growth, but sucrose is not required. Pollen tubes grow with equal rapidit...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Bilderback DE

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to inorganic arsenic is associated with numerous adverse health outcomes, with susceptibility differing by sex. Although evidence from in vitro studies suggests that arsenic alters post-translational histone modifications (PTHMs), evidence in humans is limited. OBJECTIVES:The objectives were to det...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Howe CG,Liu X,Hall MN,Slavkovich V,Ilievski V,Parvez F,Siddique AB,Shahriar H,Uddin MN,Islam T,Graziano JH,Costa M,Gamble MV

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Air pollutants may induce airway inflammation and sensitization due to generation of reactive oxygen species. The genetic background to these mechanisms could be important effect modifiers. OBJECTIVE:Our goal was to assess interactions between exposure to air pollution and single nucleotide polymorphisms (S...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Melén E,Nyberg F,Lindgren CM,Berglind N,Zucchelli M,Nordling E,Hallberg J,Svartengren M,Morgenstern R,Kere J,Bellander T,Wickman M,Pershagen G

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lead, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic are common environmental pollutants in industrialized countries, but their combined impact on children's health is little known. We studied their effects on two main targets, the renal and dopaminergic systems, in > 800 children during a cross-sectional European survey. Control and ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： de Burbure C,Buchet JP,Leroyer A,Nisse C,Haguenoer JM,Mutti A,Smerhovsky Z,Cikrt M,Trzcinka-Ochocka M,Razniewska G,Jakubowski M,Bernard A

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although many studies have examined the effects of air pollution on mortality, data limitations have resulted in fewer studies of both particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of 2.5 and < 10 mi...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Zanobetti A,Schwartz J

更新日期：2009-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:Arsenic is metabolized through a series of oxidative methylation reactions by arsenic (3) methyltransferase (As3MT) to yield methylated intermediates. Although arsenic exposure is known to increase the risk of atherosclerosis, the contribution of arsenic methylation and As3MT remains undefined. OBJECTIVES:O...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Negro Silva LF,Lemaire M,Lemarié CA,Plourde D,Bolt AM,Chiavatti C,Bohle DS,Slavkovich V,Graziano JH,Lehoux S,Mann KK

更新日期：2017-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of genetic damage in the forms of activated proto-oncogenes and inactivated tumor-suppressor genes is the driving force in the evolution of a normal cell to a malignant cell. For example, both the activation of ras oncogenes and the inactivation of several suppressor genes, including p53, have been ob...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Anderson MW,Reynolds SH,You M,Maronpot RM

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

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