abstract：:The apparent fractional absorption of cadmium (Cd) from sunflower kernels (SFK) was determined in women volunteers by using kernels labeled with a stable isotope of Cd ((113)Cd) by injecting it into the flowering head. Fourteen women who were between the ages of 30 and 70 years, who did not use tobacco products, who w...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Vanderpool RA,Reeves PG

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine mean blood lead levels and prevalence of elevated blood lead levels among 1- to 5-year-old children in Wuxi City, China. By use of a representative cross-sectional survey that included measurements of capillary blood lead, 1117 children aged 1-5 years were examined from Oct...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Gao W,Li Z,Kaufmann RB,Jones RL,Wang Z,Chen Y,Zhao X,Wang N

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lead exposure is still a national concern, and it is possible that Native Americans who live on reservations and pursue traditional lifestyles may be at higher risk through both their unique exposure profiles and their potentially greater sensitivity. A major component of the exposure assessment is the diet. For triba...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Harris S,Harper BL

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airborne Mn may become an important route of exposure if the use of Mn-containing gasoline additives becomes more widespread. We report on the measurement of manganese and calcium in histological cross sections of shed deciduous tooth enamel of three human subjects. The goal of this research was to measure Mn in tooth...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Ericson JE,Rinderknecht A,Gonzalez EJ,Crinella FM,Kleinman MT

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intake of food cadmium (Cd) in microg/day over time can increase the body burden of this element. Some human populations that consume subsistence rice-based diets low in calcium (Ca), iron (Fe), and zinc (Zn) are more susceptible to Cd poisoning than populations that consume more nutritious diets. This study deter...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Reeves PG,Chaney RL

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorine is a reactive gas used by humanity for over two centuries. Exposure to chlorine has occurred in a number of situations, including as a chemical warfare agent, in industrial and domestic exposures, and as a result of accidents and spills. The toxicology of chlorine is related almost entirely to effects in the ...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Winder C

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within a cross-sectional study, the neurotoxic effects of occupational exposure to manganese were examined. From a group of 90 (58 male and 32 female) workers, 11 men with long-term and high exposure to manganese dioxide (MnO2) dust were defined as exposed workers. Eleven age-matched workers of similar socioeconomic s...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Dietz MC,Ihrig A,Wrazidlo W,Bader M,Jansen O,Triebig G

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 1920's and 1930's, a Niagara County, New York residential community, Belden Center, developed in tandem with two adjacent toxic waste disposal sites. During the period that they were in use, both sites were classified as public health hazards. Particularly between 1944 and 1979, as toxins were deposited, ne...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Steegmann AT Jr,Hewner SJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies to date of the developmental effects of pre- and postnatal methylmercury exposure from fish consumption in the Seychelles Islands, using linear regression models for analysis, have not shown adverse effects on neurodevelopmental test scores. In this study we evaluated whether nonlinear effects of methylmercury...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Axtell CD,Cox C,Myers GJ,Davidson PW,Choi AL,Cernichiari E,Sloane-Reeves J,Shamlaye CF,Clarkson TW

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenyltin (PT) contamination has been reported in water, sediment, and fish. However, the role of PT in weakening human immune function mediated through natural killer (NK) lymphocytes has not been elucidated. In this study, we report the effects of in vitro exposure to triphenyltin (TPT), diphenyltin (DPT), and monop...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Whalen MM,Hariharan S,Loganathan BG

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed levels and determinants of mercury biomarkers among residents of Montreal and surroundings who eat sportfish from the nearby St. Lawrence River. Participants were selected from 1118 adult fishers responding to a 1996 screening questionnaire; the study sample (n=132) overrepresented respondents expected to ...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Kosatsky T,Przybysz R,Armstrong B

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is important to follow up on the health status of inhabitants living in the methyl mercury-polluted area surrounding Minamata City, paying particular attention to diseases not only of the central nervous system but also of other organs. We have been carrying out such concentric studies for more than 10 years. We ha...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Futatsuka M,Kitano T,Shono M,Fukuda Y,Ushijima K,Inaoka T,Nagano M,Wakamiya J,Miyamoto K

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dust wipe samples collected in the field were tested by nondestructive X-ray fluorescence (XRF) followed by laboratory analysis with flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry (FAAS). Data were analyzed for precision and accuracy of measurement. Replicate samples with the XRF show high precision with an intraclass corr...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Sterling DA,Lewis RD,Luke DA,Shadel BN

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzed lead levels in scalp hair of child and adolescent street vendors in Istanbul. The mean lead in hair concentration found among children exposed to intensive motor traffic, 11.82 +/- 6.89 microg/g, was over five times higher than that in the control group, 2.70 +/- 2.30 microg/g. Vendors from a locat...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Furman A,Laleli M

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood lead (PbB) and hemoglobin levels (Hb) were determined in 40 battery repair/recycling shop workers, 16 radiator repair shop workers, and 20 children living in the immediate vicinity of these shops. Unexposed residents with similar socioeconomic status were also investigated. Mean PbB level was significantly highe...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Suplido ML,Ong CN

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A landscape approach using remote sensing (RS) and geographic information system (GIS) technologies was developed to identify the proximity of maternal residence to agricultural areas, and the association between crop production patterns around mothers residences and low birth weight was evaluated. Satellite data obta...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Xiang H,Nuckols JR,Stallones L

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A massive fire at a sulfur stockpile in the Western Cape Province of South Africa in December 1995 is estimated to have released over 14,000 t of sulfur dioxide (SO(2)) over a 20-h period. High and persistent winds greatly reduced the effectiveness of fire-fighting activities and increased the severity of impacts. Nea...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Batterman SA,Cairncross E,Huang YL

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aim was to estimate the contribution of indoor and outdoor air pollution to the 1-year prevalence of adolescent asthma after personal susceptibility and other potential risk factors were taken into account. A large-scaled cross-sectional study was conducted among 165,173 high school students aged 11 to 16 ye...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Wang TN,Ko YC,Chao YY,Huang CC,Lin RS

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pilot investigation had shown that 88 people living within 2.4 km of a waste chemical disposal and oil-reprocessing facility which operated from 1966 to 1983 had reduced neurobehavioral performance compared to 66 regional referents. A geographic model of dispersal predicted less effect with greater distance from the...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Kilburn KH

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of human health effects from lead are well known. However, the means for reducing lead exposure in children has been a subject of uncertainty. This paper presents results of a retrospective study of educational lead reduction interventions in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for children who had elevated blood lead level...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Schultz B,Pawel D,Murphy A

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of aerosil particles with human erythrocytes was investigated by electron microscopy methods complemented with hemolysis and radio wave dielectric spectroscopy to elucidate the extent of morphological and functional modification induced by aerosil surface. Scanning electron microscopy and freeze-fractu...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Diociaiuti M,Bordi F,Gataleta L,Baldo G,Crateri P,Paoletti L

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data on recent and historic pesticide use, pesticide application methods, and farm characteristics were collected from 35,879 restricted-use pesticide applicators in the first 2 years of the Agricultural Health Study, a prospective study of a large cohort of private and commercial licensed pesticide applicators that i...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Alavanja MC,Sandler DP,McDonnell CJ,Lynch CF,Pennybacker M,Zahm SH,Mage DT,Steen WC,Wintersteen W,Blair A

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An exploratory survey was undertaken in the fall 1995 open-water fishing season with nine Bangladeshi and nine Vietnamese-origin sportfishers. Survey methodology and techniques of dietary and fish intake assessment were adapted to the cultural values and second language of each community. A 70-item instrument assessin...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Shatenstein B,Kosatsky T,Tapia M,Nadon S,Leclerc BS

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactating female members and spouses of male members of the New York State Angler Cohort who agreed to provide breast milk samples were the subjects of this study. Questionnaires were provided to participants focusing on Lake Ontario fish consumption, reproductive history, and lactation history. Milk samples were anal...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Kostyniak PJ,Stinson C,Greizerstein HB,Vena J,Buck G,Mendola P

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purposes of this study were to compare universal blood lead screening for young children versus targeting by a risk assessment questionnaire and to examine the cost implications of each approach. Costs reflect the total number of blood tests required and cost of specimen collection, handling, and testing per eleva...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Rolnick SJ,Nordin J,Cherney LM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of a methylene chloride extract of diesel exhaust particle (EDEP) to activate the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), bind to and activate the estrogen receptor (ER), and induce gene expression mediated via these nuclear receptors was examined in Hepa1c1c7 mouse hepatoma and MCF-7 human breast cancer cells. E...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Meek MD

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1992, the U.S. Congress passed the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act, which requires the promulgation of health-based dust lead and soil lead standards for residential dwellings to prevent undue lead exposure in children. Unfortunately, the levels of lead in house dust and soil that are associated w...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Lanphear BP,Matte TD,Rogers J,Clickner RP,Dietz B,Bornschein RL,Succop P,Mahaffey KR,Dixon S,Galke W,Rabinowitz M,Farfel M,Rohde C,Schwartz J,Ashley P,Jacobs DE

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1925, Robert A. Kehoe enunciated a paradigm predicated upon categorical distinction between expectations and conjecture ("show me the data" mentality) from hard scientific facts on exposure outcomes. It led to a precedent-setting system of voluntary self-regulation by lead industry as a model for environmental cont...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Nriagu JO

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vintages of French wine from 1950 to 1991 were analyzed for lead isotopes and concentrations to investigate whether they might be used to archive the isotopic composition of the anthropogenic lead in aerosols to which the vineyard was exposed. Early vintages (1950-1980) contained 78-227 ng/g of lead with 206Pb/207Pb r...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Rosman KJ,Chisholm W,Jimi S,Candelone JP,Boutron CF,Teissedre PL,Adams FC

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contamination of water by cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) is a serious health problem around the world, largely due to the toxic effects of microcystins, a group of potent hepatotoxins. However, the mechanisms responsible for the cytotoxicity of microcystins have not been fully elucidated. In the present study, oxida...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Ding WX,Shen HM,Zhu HG,Ong CN

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to evaluate methylmercury in fish and human hair samples from an important hydroelectrical reservoir, Balbina (Brazil, Amazon). It presents a quite intense fishing activity and there is no known goldmining activity in its watershed. Fish and human hair were analyzed with a new extraction techni...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Kehrig HA,Malm O,Akagi H,Guimarães JR,Torres JP

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within a cohort of 1022 consecutive singleton births in the Faroe Islands, we assessed prenatal methylmercury exposure from the maternal hair mercury concentration. At approximately 7 years of age, 917 of the children underwent detailed neurobehavioral examination. Little risk is thought to occur as long as the hair m...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Grandjean P,Weihe P,White RF,Debes F

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copyright ...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors：

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the effect on health of exposure to different types of ventilation, taking indoor environmental measurements (IEMs) of major contaminants and aeroallergens into account. Three buildings ventilated with heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC), fan coil unit...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Vincent D,Annesi I,Festy B,Lambrozo J

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indicators for cooking fuel pollution are needed to determine the extent of fuel-related problems in developing countries and to assess the success of measures undertaken to reduce such problems. It is proposed that eye irritation in the form of tears or smarting eyes during cooking time [tears while cooking (TWC)] is...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Ellegård A

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood samples and questionnaire background data were collected from 96 children (age 2-14 years) living in urban, suburban, or rural areas with varying traffic intensity and industrial lead pollution in Uruguay. Spot samples of tap water were collected from the homes of 44 children, and samples of top soil were taken ...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Schütz A,Barregård L,Sällsten G,Wilske J,Manay N,Pereira L,Cousillas ZA

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of exposure to lead on the longitudinal development of the femur and of its cartilage growth plate was studied in rats. A group of forty-five 50-day-old female Wistar rats was divided into a control group of 20 rats and an experimental group of 25 rats fed a diet supplemented with 17 mg of lead acetate per ...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： González-Riola J,Hernández ER,Escribano A,Revilla M,Ca-Seco,Villa LF,Rico H

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since several workers engaged in polishing and engraving crystal articles were found to have higher than average blood levels of lead (560 micrograms/liter, range 80-560 micrograms/liter), we investigated the hypothesis that crystal dust releases lead in the human body. To test the hypothesis, two types of crystal pol...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Sciarra G,Sartorelli P,Aprea C,Scancarello G,Strambi F,Palmi S,Scarselli R

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mild gasification of coal is a technology being developed in the United States in order to upgrade lower rank coals and facilitate their use in coal-burning electric generation plants. Thirteen coal-derived mild gasification products from different coal sources and processing conditions have been examined for their po...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Zhong BZ,Stamm SC,Robbins S,Bryant D,Lan W,Xin WF,Ma JK,Whong WZ,Ong TM

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A functional observational battery (FOB) with modified objective gait analysis was validated using the neurotoxicants acrylamide and methanol. The FOB consisted of side cage observation (30 sec); open field observation (2 min); evaluation of handling, reflexes, and gait scoring; and grip strength of the fore limbs and...

journal_title：Environmental research

authors： Youssef AF,Santi BW

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00