abstract：BACKGROUND:Several mechanisms are suspected to underlie adverse birth outcomes among mothers exposed to air pollutants, including inflammation, direct toxic effects on fetuses and the placenta, displacement of the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve, and formation of DNA adducts. OBJECTIVE:To systematically review th...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Shah PS,Balkhair T,Knowledge Synthesis Group on Determinants of Preterm\/LBW births.

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited data on the pollution status of spatially extensive water systems constrain health-risk assessments at basin-scales. Using a recipient measurement approach in a terminal water body, we show that agricultural and industrial pollutants in groundwater-surface water systems of the Aral Sea Drainage Basin (covering...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Törnqvist R,Jarsjö J,Karimov B

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The widespread presence of perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS), perfluorooctanoate (PFOA), and perfluorohexanesulfonate (PFHxS) in human general populations and their slow elimination profiles have led to renewed interest in understanding the potential human neonatal exposures of perfluoroalkyls (PFAs) from consumption of...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Sundström M,Ehresman DJ,Bignert A,Butenhoff JL,Olsen GW,Chang SC,Bergman A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To conduct a systematic review of published studies on the association between residential/household/domestic exposure to pesticides and childhood leukaemia, and to provide a quantitative estimate of the risk. METHODS:Publications in English were searched in MEDLINE (1966-31 December 2009) and from the refer...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Van Maele-Fabry G,Lantin AC,Hoet P,Lison D

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently semivolatile lower chlorinated biphenyls have been identified in inner city air, in public buildings like schools, and at many other sites. Inhalation exposure to these compounds, which are readily metabolized to mono- and dihydroxy-biphenyls and further to quinones, is of great concern in light of new studie...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Flor S,Ludewig G

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are present in the environment as complex mixtures, which make it challenging to identify PCB congeners that may be subject to active transport processes. Here we employ a transgenic mouse model in combination with multivariate analyses to investigate if chiral PCBs 91, 95, 132, 136, 1...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Milanowski B,Lulek J,Lehmler HJ,Kania-Korwel I

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of personal exposure meters (exposimeters) has been recommended for measuring personal exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) from environmental far-field sources in everyday life. However, it is unclear to what extent exposimeter readings are affected by measurements taken when personal m...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Frei P,Mohler E,Bürgi A,Fröhlich J,Neubauer G,Braun-Fahrländer C,Röösli M,QUALIFEX Team.

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A risk assessment strategy considering the impact of chemicals on the whole ecosystem has been developed in order to create a sound and useful method for quantifying and comparing the global risk posed by the main different hazardous chemicals found in the environment. This index, called Environmental Risk Index for C...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Boriani E,Mariani A,Baderna D,Moretti C,Lodi M,Benfenati E

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of its benefits to soil and crops, sewage sludge application on agricultural soils is a managing practice of increasing use. However, this practice may lead to contamination of the food chain, especially by persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The main objective of this study was to integrate probabilistic mu...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Passuello A,Mari M,Nadal M,Schuhmacher M,Domingo JL

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New and emerging policies that aim to set standards for protection and sustainable use of soil are likely to require identification of geographical risk/priority areas. Soil degradation can be seen as the change or disturbance in soil quality and it is therefore crucial that soil and soil quality are well understood t...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Bone J,Head M,Barraclough D,Archer M,Scheib C,Flight D,Voulvoulis N

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-dose organochlorine (OC) pesticides have recently been associated with type 2 diabetes in several non-Asian general populations. As there is currently epidemic type 2 diabetes in Asia, we investigated the associations between OC pesticides and type 2 diabetes in Koreans. Among subjects who participated in a commun...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Son HK,Kim SA,Kang JH,Chang YS,Park SK,Lee SK,Jacobs DR Jr,Lee DH

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this review is to provide a thorough overview of the health effects from the complexed biomagnified mixture of long-range transported industrial organochlorines (OCs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) and mercury (Hg) on polar bear (Ursus maritimus) health. Multiple sc...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Sonne C

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pooled yellow eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) samples, consisting of 3-10 eels, from 50 locations collected in the period 2000-2006 were used to assess the pollution with PBDEs and HBCDs in Flemish waters (Belgium). Results from this monitoring network are presented and the spatial aspect throughout Flanders is included, l...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Roosens L,Geeraerts C,Belpaire C,Van Pelt I,Neels H,Covaci A

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), especially perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA), are known to occur throughout the environment and in the human population (Houde et al., 2006). The occurrence of PFCs in human umbilical cord blood and human milk, coupled with the potential developmental toxici...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Liu J,Li J,Zhao Y,Wang Y,Zhang L,Wu Y

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human exposure to brominated flame retardants (BFRs) varies widely throughout the world as it depends on country-related usage, production and legislation of these chemicals. US and UK exposure assessments show very diverse levels and patterns which in turn, are likely to differ from those in background exposed countr...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Roosens L,Cornelis C,D'Hollander W,Bervoets L,Reynders H,Van Campenhout K,Van Den Heuvel R,Neels H,Covaci A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The usefulness of fish biomarkers for freshwater biomonitoring is now well recognized, but they still pose several questions to ecotoxicology researchers. The present study, designed to assess the effects of a small city located in an agricultural river basin watershed on sticklebacks living in an adjacent river, unde...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Sanchez W,Piccini B,Maillot-Maréchal E,Porcher JM

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper summarizes the present and future course of biosorption and bioaccumulation, as the branch of science, pointing out on their basic assumptions, philosophy and the goals. The processes are presented as new tools for separation technologies of XXI century. The paper is the discussion with the literature on the...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Chojnacka K

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are potential persistent organic pollutants which have raised many concerns in recent years. Research focusing on children exposure to PBDEs is important but insufficient. The levels and patterns of PBDEs in children's plasma from Dalian, China were studied for the first time. Se...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Chen C,Chen J,Zhao H,Xie Q,Yin Z,Ge L

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dung-pats excreted directly on pasture from grazing animals can contribute a significant burden of faecal microbes to agricultural land. The aim of this study was to use a combined field and modelling approach to determine the importance of Escherichia coli growth in dung-pats when predicting faecal bacteria accumulat...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Oliver DM,Page T,Heathwaite AL,Haygarth PM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have shown links between the concentration of allergens found in homes and asthma. Inhalation of allergens present in settled residential dust can occur when the dust is resuspended via human activity or air currents. Although previous studies have measured allergen concentrations in homes, the focus has been ...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Raja S,Xu Y,Ferro AR,Jaques PA,Hopke PK

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of selected volatile organic compounds (VOCs) including aromatic, aliphatic compounds and low molecular weight carbonyls, and a target set of phthalates were investigated in the interior of 23 used private cars during the summer and winter. VOC concentrations often exceeded levels typically found in resid...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Geiss O,Tirendi S,Barrero-Moreno J,Kotzias D

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information on arsenic (As) speciation in solid materials is critical for many environmental studies concerned with As stability and/or mobility in natural As-impacted soils and mining or industrial sites contaminated by As. The investigation of these systems has provided evidence for a number of secondary As minerals...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Drahota P,Filippi M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information on the exposure of individual persons to radiofrequency (RF) fields is scarce, although such data are crucial in order to develop a suitable exposure assessment method, and frame the hypothesis and design of future epidemiological studies. The main goal of this survey is to assess individual RF exposure on...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Viel JF,Cardis E,Moissonnier M,de Seze R,Hours M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine groups of food items (freshwater fish, marine fish, pork, chicken, chicken eggs, leafy, non-leafy vegetables, rice and flour) and three types of human samples (human milk, maternal serum and cord serum) were collected for the analysis of PCDD/Fs. Results of chemical analysis revealed PCDD/Fs concentrations (pg g(...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Tsang HL,Wu SC,Wong CK,Leung CK,Tao S,Wong MH

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study are to explore metal contamination in food with respect to variations in: i) the levels found over a period of eleven months and/or ii) by food types; and iii) to report patterns in reporting between countries. The frequencies of reported cases of metal ion contamination were < or = 25% of total...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Nepusz T,Petróczi A,Naughton DP

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and fifty-four biota samples (four species of invertebrates and ten species of fish) were collected from the Pearl River Estuary between 2005 and 2007 and one hundred and twenty four individual or composite samples were analyzed for polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). The concentrations of PBDEs in org...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Yu M,Luo XJ,Wu JP,Chen SJ,Mai BX

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Harbour seals and harbour porpoises are top predator species from the North Sea, have long life spans and hence, are known to accumulate high levels of anthropogenic contaminants. To gain knowledge about the behaviour of naturally-produced compounds in these marine mammals, the biomagnification of naturally-produced m...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Weijs L,Losada S,Das K,Roosens L,Reijnders PJ,Santos JF,Neels H,Blust R,Covaci A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple modeling concept was previously applied to study air-foliage exchange of both polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) using field measurements. In this paper, the predictive capabilities of this framework were tested using an independent set of data collected at the ...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： St-Amand AD,Mayer PM,Blais JM

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an increased awareness that medicinal products for human use may cause negative effects in the environment. In Sweden a voluntary environmental classification system for drugs has been established in collaboration between producers, authorities and the public health care, and used for five years. The idea is ...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Wennmalm A,Gunnarsson B

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews the current knowledge on the toxicity, speciation and biogeochemistry of arsenic in aquatic environmental systems. The toxicity of arsenic is highly dependent on the chemical speciation. The effects of pH, E(h), adsorbing surfaces, biological mediation, organic matter, and key inorganic substances s...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Sharma VK,Sohn M

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occurrence of flame retardants (FRs) in the indoor environment of highly flame-retarded public facilities is an important concern from the viewpoint of exposure because it is likely that FRs are used to a greater degree in these facilities than in homes. For this study, brominated flame-retardants (BFRs) and organopho...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Takigami H,Suzuki G,Hirai Y,Ishikawa Y,Sunami M,Sakai S

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arsenic (As) is mobilized from delta and floodplain aquifer sediments throughout S.E. Asia via reductive dissolution of As bound to iron (Fe) oxyhydroxides. The reductive driving force is organic carbon, but its source and constitution is uncertain. Here batch incubation experiments were conducted to investigate the r...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Solaiman AR,Meharg AA,Gault AG,Charnock JM

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The problem of arsenic pollution of groundwater used for domestic water supplies is now well recognised in Bangladesh, India and some other countries of South and South-east Asia. However, it has recently become apparent that arsenic-polluted water used for irrigation is adding sufficient arsenic to soils and rice to ...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Brammer H,Ravenscroft P

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the effects of exposure to complex mixtures of pesticides in farm workers from two communities from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, we evaluated the activities of butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) and delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALA-D) enzymes, hematological, lipid parameters, and genotoxicity using two tes...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Remor AP,Totti CC,Moreira DA,Dutra GP,Heuser VD,Boeira JM

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on a theoretical revision of the social vulnerability concept, this article proposes a scheme of vulnerability indicators within the human environment focused on different aetiology risks. An adaptation of this generic scheme of vulnerability factors is set for the specific field of aquifer contamination risk, a...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Perles Roselló MJ,Vías Martinez JM,Andreo Navarro B

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 2002, the chemical/petrochemical industrial zone of Tarragona County (Catalonia, Spain) is being annually monitored. As part of the environmental surveillance program, in this study the levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated naph...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Nadal M,Mari M,Schuhmacher M,Domingo JL

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of herbicides constitutes the principal method of weed control but the introduction of these compounds into the aquatic environment can provoke severe consequences for non-target organisms such as microalgae. Toxic effects of these pollutants on microalgae are generally evaluated using phytotoxicity tests base...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Prado R,García R,Rioboo C,Herrero C,Abalde J,Cid A

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the status of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) contamination in poultry and sequentially human exposure through consumption of poultry in an e-waste recycling site in South China, two kinds of free-range domestic birds, chicken and duck, were collected and their muscle and liver tissues were analyzed...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Luo XJ,Liu J,Luo Y,Zhang XL,Wu JP,Lin Z,Chen SJ,Mai BX,Yang ZY

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper provides a case-study analysis of the challenges in the implementation of national soil policies, which was developed by the authors in Part I of the review of regulatory decisions for environmental protection [Rodrigues SM, Pereira ME, Ferreira da Silva E, Hursthouse A, Duarte AC. A review of regulatory de...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Rodrigues SM,Pereira ME,da Silva EF,Hursthouse AS,Duarte AC

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The content, behaviour and significance of heavy metals in composted waste materials is important from two potentially conflicting aspects of environmental legislation in terms of: (a) defining end-of-waste criteria and increasing recycling of composted residuals on land and (b) protecting soil quality by preventing c...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Smith SR

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00