abstract：:Despite many claims of broad benefits, especially for in utero development, derived from the consumption of fish as a source of omega-3 fatty acids, individual species of fish and shellfish provide substantially varied levels of these fatty acids. Likewise, mean methylmercury (MeHg) concentrations for fish and shellfi...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Mahaffey KR,Clickner RP,Jeffries RA

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of Vibrio fischeri as luminescence bacteria is particularly effective in evaluating contaminated sediment. In this study, the ecotoxicity of five core sediments from the Bay of Santander, northern Spain, utilising V. fischeri as marine bacterium, was carried out. Different toxicity assay procedures were applie...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Coz A,Rodríguez-Obeso O,Alonso-Santurde R,Alvarez-Guerra M,Andrés A,Viguri JR,Mantzavinos D,Kalogerakis N

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:School classrooms are potentially important micro-environments for childhood exposures owing to the large amount of time children spend in these locations. While a number of airborne contaminants may be present in schools, to date few studies have examined ultrafine particle (0.02-1 microm) (UFP) levels in classrooms....

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Weichenthal S,Dufresne A,Infante-Rivard C,Joseph L

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous estimates of childhood lead poisoning prevention benefits have quantified the present value of some health benefits, but not the costs of lead paint hazard control or the benefits associated with housing and energy markets. Because older housing with lead paint constitutes the main exposure source today in th...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Nevin R,Jacobs DE,Berg M,Cohen J

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE:Asthma among children is a major public health problem worldwide. There are increasing number of studies suggesting a possible association between allergenic pollen and exacerbations of asthma. In the context of global climate change, a number of future climate and air pollution scenarios predict ...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Héguy L,Garneau M,Goldberg MS,Raphoz M,Guay F,Valois MF

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study indoor and outdoor air carbonyl compounds concentrations data are processed by means of principal component analysis (PCA). The analysis pointed to the carbonyl compounds sources as well as to their mutual interrelations. A global six sources (components) solution, accounting for the joint variability of...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Santarsiero A,Fuselli S

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multivariate statistical techniques, cluster analysis (CA) and factor analysis/principal component analysis (FA/PCA), were applied to analyze the similarities or dissimilarities among the sampling sites to identify spatial and temporal variations in water quality and sources of contamination (natural and anthropogenic...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： de Andrade EM,Palácio HA,Souza IH,de Oliveira Leão RA,Guerreiro MJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mercury (Hg) has been shown to have immunotoxic effects and to influence the severity of infection. However, the impact of infection on the normal Hg homeostasis in different target organs involved in the disease process has not been studied. In this study, Hg was measured through inductively coupled plasma-mass spect...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Frisk P,Molin Y,Ilbäck NG

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of individuals 45-79 years old in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III (1988-1994) (NHANES III). Myocardial infarction was determined by electrocardiogram (ECG). Our sample included 4912 participants, which when weighted represented 52,234,055 Americans. We p...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Everett CJ,Frithsen IL

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effect of short-term exposure to air pollutants on inflammation-sensitive biomarkers in apparently healthy individuals. METHODS:We enrolled all participants from The Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center inflammation survey held between 2003 and 2006, excluding participants with an acute or chron...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Steinvil A,Kordova-Biezuner L,Shapira I,Berliner S,Rogowski O

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to hazardous Hg can adversely affect children's neurodevelopment. However, few data are available on either Hg levels in neonates and their mothers or the impact of prenatal exposure to Hg on neonates' neurobehavioral development in the Chinese population. Therefore, this study examined Hg levels in neonates ...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Gao Y,Yan CH,Tian Y,Wang Y,Xie HF,Zhou X,Yu XD,Yu XG,Tong S,Zhou QX,Shen XM

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accidental contamination of livestock in Michigan in 1973 with polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) led to the establishment of a registry of exposed individuals in 1976. At the time of enrollment, serum was collected and analyzed for PBBs and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). In 1997, women aged 18 years or older and acti...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Small CM,Cheslack-Postava K,Terrell M,Blanck HM,Tolbert P,Rubin C,Henderson A,Marcus M

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since deforestation has recently been associated with increased mercury load in the Amazon, the problem of mercury exposure is now much more widespread than initially thought. A previous exploratory study suggested that fruit consumption may reduce mercury exposure. The objectives of the study were to determine the ef...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Passos CJ,Mergler D,Fillion M,Lemire M,Mertens F,Guimarães JR,Philibert A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are widespread contaminants in the San Francisco Bay. Several exceedances of water quality criteria raise the possibility that PAH may be impacting aquatic biota. The Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality in the San Francisco Estuary (RMP) has collected annual monitoring ...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Oros DR,Ross JR,Spies RB,Mumley T

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pylons of utility lines are commonly used by breeding birds as structures for supporting their nests. Nesting near power lines, however, exposes adult birds and their offspring to the electric and magnetic fields (EMFs) produced by the current. Therefore, we searched for possible relationships between the magnetic fie...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Costantini D,Casagrande S,Dell'Omo G

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urban renewal efforts are a priority for many American cities. As efforts to reconstitute urban centers increase, the demolition of old, deteriorated structures has accelerated. Recent studies have identified demolitions as a potential source of environmental lead exposure. We conducted a study examining the relations...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Rabito FA,Iqbal S,Shorter CF,Osman P,Philips PE,Langlois E,White LE

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative growth rates were monitored in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, at two sites in Singapore, one uncontaminated and the other contaminated with respect to ambient seawater quality. Growth rates differed significantly at the two sites, revealing that marine water quality can have potentially adverse eff...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Bayen S,Kee Lee H,Philip Obbard J

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to determine the relationship between cadmium (Cd) intake and cadmium toxicity indicators by meta-analysis of literature data, in particular beta2-microglobulin (beta2MC), and to compare the results with the current Provisional Tolerable Weekly Intake (PTWI) set by FAO/WHO. The literatur...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Omarova A,Phillips CJ

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a fast and effective technique, the multiple linear regression (MLR) method has been widely used in modeling and prediction of beach bacteria concentrations. Among previous works on this subject, however, several issues were insufficiently or inconsistently addressed. Those issues include the value and use of inter...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Ge Z,Frick WE

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of chemical analysis of PM(10) atmospheric dust samples collected between July 2001 and June 2002 in rural and urban background monitoring stations in Huelva (South-western Spain) are reported. In order to identify the sources and quantify their contribution to PM(10), principal component analysis and rece...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Sánchez de la Campa AM,de la Rosa J,Querol X,Alastuey A,Mantilla E

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is mounting evidence that maternal exposure to ambient air pollution during pregnancy is associated with adverse birth outcomes. We examined birth weight and small for gestational age (SGA <10th percentile for age and gender) among 26,617 singleton full-term births in Brisbane, Australia (July 2000-June 2003), i...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Hansen C,Neller A,Williams G,Simpson R

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to PM10 is associated with cardiovascular effects. We evaluated the effects of PM10 on E-Selectin expression and monocytic cell adhesion in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). HUVEC were exposed to PM10 (5-40 microg/cm2) for 6 h, following which surface E-Selectin expression was detected by fluor...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Alfaro-Moreno E,López-Marure R,Montiel-Dávalos A,Symonds P,Osornio-Vargas AR,Rosas I,Clifford Murray J

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secondary sex ratio is the ratio of male to female live births and historically has ranged from 102 to 106 males to 100 females. Temporal declines have been reported in many countries prompting authors to hypothesize an environmental etiology. Blood specimens were obtained from 99 women aged 24-34 prior to attempt...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Taylor KC,Jackson LW,Lynch CD,Kostyniak PJ,Buck Louis GM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although a dose-effect relationship between water fluoride levels and damage to liver and kidney functions in animals has been reported, it was not demonstrated in humans. To evaluate the effects of drinking water fluoride levels on the liver and kidney functions in children with and without dental fluorosis, we ident...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Xiong X,Liu J,He W,Xia T,He P,Chen X,Yang K,Wang A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cluster of Guillaine-Barre syndrome cases in the Vaalharts region, South Africa prompted an investigation of the impact of aerial organophosphate spraying on cholinesterase levels of residents in the region. A prospective study of cholinesterase levels among residents and workers in the area and a control area was p...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Dalvie MA,London L

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are ubiquitous environmental contaminants that disrupt thyroid hormone (TH) system function in numerous species. Previous studies have shown delayed metamorphosis in developing Xenopus laevis frogs exposed to PCBs, but the underlying molecular mechanisms have not been thoroughly invest...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Lehigh Shirey EA,Jelaso Langerveld A,Mihalko D,Ide CF

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On May 24-25, 2005 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the University of Michigan sponsored a technical workshop on the topic of connecting social and environmental factors to measure and track environmental health disparities. Th...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Payne-Sturges D,Gee GC,Crowder K,Hurley BJ,Lee C,Morello-Frosch R,Rosenbaum A,Schulz A,Wells C,Woodruff T,Zenick H

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human nail clippings have been used in recent epidemiological studies as a routine bioindicator of arsenic and selenium exposure. To ensure sound application of this biomarker, however, it is important to consider properties and scientific knowledge pertaining to validation of this particular tool. In this review, the...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Slotnick MJ,Nriagu JO

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organochlorine compounds (OCCs), such as pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), are persistent lipophilic chemicals identified as endocrine disruptors, mainly with estrogen-like effects. Northeastern Argentina, near the Paraná River, is characterized by intensive farming and agricultural activities and indus...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Muñoz-de-Toro M,Beldoménico HR,García SR,Stoker C,De Jesús JJ,Beldoménico PM,Ramos JG,Luque EH

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radon (222Rn) concentrations in 26 ground water wells of two distinct lithologies in the Piedmont of Virginia were measured to assess variation in ground water radon concentrations (GWRC), to evaluate differences in concentrations related to well characteristics, lithology, and spatial distributions, and to assess the...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Harris SA,Billmeyer ER,Robinson MA

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic exposure to hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) in the parts per billion-parts per million range occurs in the population of Rotorua, a city built upon an actively degassing geothermal field in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. H(2)S is acutely toxic at high concentrations but little is understood of the health effec...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Durand M,Wilson JG

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Germany the impact of socioeconomic factors on environmental exposures and adverse housing conditions has been rarely studied up to now. The aim of our study was to assess whether and, if yes, how perceived exposure to noise and air pollution is influenced by socioeconomic status in Germany. We used data from a lar...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Kohlhuber M,Mielck A,Weiland SK,Bolte G

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM) has been reported to be associated with increased respiratory, cardiovascular, and malignant lung disease. Previously we have shown that PM can induce oxidative DNA damage in A549 human lung epithelial cells. The aims of the present study were to investigate the variability ...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Shi T,Duffin R,Borm PJ,Li H,Weishaupt C,Schins RP

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seawater pollution problems are gaining interest worldwide because of their public health impact and other issues. Levels of pollutants at Gaza Beach determined the only recreational area for the inhabitants of Gaza were recently determined and shown to be high. Five bathing sites in the Middle Camps area along the Ga...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Elmanama AA,Afifi S,Bahr S

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concern over the impact of extreme heat upon human health has increased in recent years. Though much research has evaluated the relationships between the two, few studies have attempted to quantify this vulnerability on a sub-metropolitan area level. Using a Geographic Information System (GIS), ambulance calls for a 4...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Dolney TJ,Sheridan SC

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of cadmium (Cd) body burden on mortality remains controversial. Excess mortality and the dose-response relationship between mortality and urinary cadmium excretion were investigated in this study among environmentally exposed subjects. A 15-year follow-up study was carried out on 3119 inhabitants (1403 m...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Nakagawa H,Nishijo M,Morikawa Y,Miura K,Tawara K,Kuriwaki J,Kido T,Ikawa A,Kobayashi E,Nogawa K

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies suggest that persons with diabetes and with cardiovascular disease may be at higher risk for the short-term effects of air pollution. We carried out this mortality time series study in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to confirm these observations and to determine whether diabetics who had other healt...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Goldberg MS,Burnett RT,Yale JF,Valois MF,Brook JR

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to determine whether home remediation effectively reduced indoor lead levels in Broken Hill, a long-established silver-lead-zinc mining town in outback Australia. A before-after study of the effect of home remediation on indoor lead levels was embedded into a randomized controlled trial of th...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Boreland F,Lyle DM

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Source apportionment in biological or environmental samples using the lead isotope method, where there are diverse sources of lead, relies on a significant difference between the isotopic composition in the target media and the sources. Because of the unique isotopic composition of Australian lead, source apportionmen...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Gulson B,Mizon K,Korsch M,Taylor A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many residential hazards are disproportionately concentrated in older, urban dwellings and share common underlying causes, such as uncorrected moisture problems and inadequate maintenance and cleaning. Comprehensive and affordable approaches to remediation are needed, but the feasibility and efficacy of such approache...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Klitzman S,Caravanos J,Belanoff C,Rothenberg L

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00