Acute sensory responses of nonsmokers at very low environmental tobacco smoke concentrations in controlled laboratory settings.

abstract：:High-dose boric acid (BA) exposure produces testicular lesions in adult rats characterized by inhibited spermiation (IS) that may progress to atrophy. In vivo and in vitro studies addressed possible mechanisms. In vivo, boron tissue disposition was examined, since no detailed data existed, and relevant boron concentra...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Ku WW,Chapin RE

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to determine whether the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) associated with drinking water disinfection by-products was modified in the presence of variants in genes involved in the metabolism of trihalomethanes (THMs). We included a subset of cases from a population-base...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Infante-Rivard C,Amre D,Sinnett D

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of in vitro bioassays to detect the potential carcinogenicity of metal compounds is reviewed. The in vitro bioassays discussed include: bacterial reversion analysis to determine the capacity of metal salts to revert Salmonella typhimurium histidine auxotrophs or to revert Escherichia coli WP 2 tryp- to tr...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Sirover MA

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are still many uncertainties regarding the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes associated with exposure to drinking water disinfection by-products. In Montréal, Québec, Canada, we carried out a hospital-based case-control study including 493 cases of intrauterine growth restriction defined as birth weight below t...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Infante-Rivard C

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male reproduction has been given little attention in science and in medical practice. However, a recent metaanalysis on semen quality, which clearly pointed to a decrease over the past 50 years, has been repeatedly quoted. Three recent reports have found that semen quality has declined among candidate semen donors dur...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Carlsen E,Giwercman A,Keiding N,Skakkebaek NE

更新日期：1995-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Tungsten carbide nanoparticles are being explored for their use in the manufacture of hard metals. To develop nanoparticles for broad applications, potential risks to human health and the environment should be evaluated and taken into consideration. OBJECTIVE:We aimed to assess the toxicity of well-characte...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Bastian S,Busch W,Kühnel D,Springer A,Meissner T,Holke R,Scholz S,Iwe M,Pompe W,Gelinsky M,Potthoff A,Richter V,Ikonomidou C,Schirmer K

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The general methods used to complete measurements of human exposures are identified and illustrations are provided for the cases of indirect and direct methods used for exposure analysis. The application of the techniques for external measurements of exposure, microenvironmental and personal monitors, are placed in th...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Lioy PJ

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increased gastrointestinal cancer risk is associated with occupational exposure to asbestos fiber. Examination of tissues obtained from extrapulmonary organs of exposed workmen demonstrates the presence of asbestos fibers and bodies. The amount of fiber present in these tissues is many magnitudes less than encounte...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Langer AM

更新日期：1974-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urbanization has been correlated with hypertension (HTN) in developing countries undergoing rapid economic and environmental transitions. OBJECTIVES:We examined the relationships among living environment (urban, suburban, and rural), day/night land surface temperatures (LST), and blood pressure in selected ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Estes MG Jr,Al-Hamdan MZ,Crosson W,Estes SM,Quattrochi D,Kent S,McClure LA

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The destruction of the World Trade Center (WTC) on 11 September 2001 in New York City resulted in the massive release of pulverized dust and combustion products. The dust and smoke settled in the surrounding area, which encompassed a large residential community. We hypothesized that previously normal residents in the ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Reibman J,Lin S,Hwang SA,Gulati M,Bowers JA,Rogers L,Berger KI,Hoerning A,Gomez M,Fitzgerald EF

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorination has been the major strategy for disinfection of drinking water in the United States. Concern about the potential health effects of the reaction by-products of chlorine has prompted use of alternative strategies. One such method is chloramination, a treatment process that does not appear to have carcinogen...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Zierler S,Danley RA,Feingold L

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article we summarize the results of a series of studies that measured the relative bioavailability (RBA) of lead in a variety of soil and soil-like test materials. Reference material (Pb acetate) or Pb-contaminated soils were administered orally to juvenile swine twice a day for 15 days. Blood samples were col...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Casteel SW,Weis CP,Henningsen GM,Brattin WJ

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：:Human health and aquatic animal health are organically related at three distinct interfaces. Aquatic animals serve as important contributors to the nutritional protein, lipid, and vitamin requirements of humans; as carriers and transmitters of many infectious and parasitic diseases to which humans are susceptible; and...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Dawe CJ

更新日期：1990-06-01 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：:A simplified mathematical model which made use of Fick's laws of diffusion written in spherical coordinates was developed to describe the rate of diffusion of residual monomers from polymer resins. The properties of the monomer-polymer system which influenced the amount of monomer remaining in the polymer as a functio...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Piver WT

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous research suggests perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) may be associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. OBJECTIVE:We conducted a population-based study of PFOA and PFOS and birth outcomes from 2005 through 2010 in a Mid-Ohio Valley community exposed to high levels of...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Darrow LA,Stein CR,Steenland K

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual variability in human arsenic metabolism has been reported frequently in the literature. This variability could be an underlying determinant of individual susceptibility to arsenic-induced disease in humans. Recent analysis revealing familial aggregation of arsenic metabolic profiles suggests that genetic fa...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Yu L,Kalla K,Guthrie E,Vidrine A,Klimecki WT

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The marriage of toxicology and genomics has created not only opportunities but also novel informatics challenges. As with the larger field of gene expression analysis, toxicogenomics faces the problems of probe annotation and data comparison across different array platforms. Toxicogenomics studies are generally built ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Mattes WB,Pettit SD,Sansone SA,Bushel PR,Waters MD

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Untreated wastewater from the Mexico City basin has been used for decades to irrigate cropland in the Mezquital Valley, State of Hidalgo, Mexico. Excess irrigation water recharges the near-surface aquifer that is used as a domestic water supply source. We assessed the groundwater quality of three key groundwater sourc...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Downs TJ,Cifuentes-García E,Suffet IM

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We extended our previous analyses of term low birth weight (LBW) and preterm birth to 1994-2000, a period of declining air pollution levels in the South Coast Air Basin. We speculated that the effects we observed previously for carbon monoxide, particulate matter < 10 microm in aerodynamic diameter (PM10), and traffic...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Wilhelm M,Ritz B

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inoculation of tumorigenic prostatic stroma and nontumorigenic prostatic epithelia into the subcutaneous space of syngeneic rats induced the development of carcinosarcoma. The induced tumors, which were composed of a mixture of adenocarcinoma and fibrosarcoma, were androgen responsive. This model offers a novel mechan...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Chung LW,Chang SM,Bell C,Zhau H,Ro JY,von Eschenbach AC

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a need to identify and evaluate an effective mitigation program for arsenic exposure from drinking water in Bangladesh. OBJECTIVE:We evaluated the effectiveness of a multifaceted mitigation program to reduce As exposure among 11,746 individuals in a prospective cohort study initiated in 2000 in Ara...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Chen Y,van Geen A,Graziano JH,Pfaff A,Madajewicz M,Parvez F,Hussain AZ,Slavkovich V,Islam T,Ahsan H

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cap43 is a protein whose RNA is induced under conditions of severe hypoxia or prolonged elevations of intracellular calcium. Additionally, Ni and Co also induce Cap43 because they produce a state of hypoxia in cells. Cap43 protein is expressed at low levels in normal tissues; however, in a variety of cancers, includin...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Cangul H,Salnikow K,Yee H,Zagzag D,Commes T,Costa M

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free-radical metabolites can be generated metabolically by a one-electron reductase-catalyzed reaction or a "peroxidase" catalyzed oxidation or by photoactivation of a wide variety of aromatic xenobiotics. Radicals may also be generated during lipid peroxidation. Some radicals can react with DNA or bind covalently or ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： O'Brien PJ

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a 1-year epidemiologic study in Boston, Massachusetts, beginning May 1997, to examine the associations between environmental factors and office workers' health. We recruited 98 subjects (81 females and 17 males) in 21 offices in four office buildings. We conducted environmental sampling every 6 weeks and ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Chao HJ,Schwartz J,Milton DK,Burge HA

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence on the association between colorectal cancer and exposure to disinfection by-products in drinking water is inconsistent. OBJECTIVES:We assessed long-term exposure to trihalomethanes (THMs), the most prevalent group of chlorination by-products, to evaluate the association with colorectal cancer. ME...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Villanueva CM,Gracia-Lavedan E,Bosetti C,Righi E,Molina AJ,Martín V,Boldo E,Aragonés N,Perez-Gomez B,Pollan M,Acebo IG,Altzibar JM,Zabala AJ,Ardanaz E,Peiró R,Tardón A,Chirlaque MD,Tavani A,Polesel J,Serraino D,Pi

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rats, a single administration of acrylonitrile (vinyl cyanide) produces a rapidly occurring bilateral adrenal apoplexy. Structure-activity studies have shown that a close derivative, propionitrile (ethyl cyanide), causes duodenal ulcer without markedly affecting the adrenal glands. Prolonging the two-carbon chain o...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Szabo S,Reynolds ES

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Environmental air pollutants are inhaled as complex mixtures, but the long dominant focus of monitoring and research on individual pollutants has provided modest insight into pollutant interactions that may be important to health. Trends toward managing multiple pollutants to maximize aggregate health gains ...

journal_title：Environmental health perspectives

authors： Mauderly JL,Samet JM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00