abstract：:Environmental health hazard assessments are routinely relied upon for public health decision-making. The evidence base used in these assessments is typically developed from a collection of diverse sources of information of varying quality. It is critical that literature-based evaluations consider the credibility of in...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Rooney AA,Cooper GS,Jahnke GD,Lam J,Morgan RL,Boyles AL,Ratcliffe JM,Kraft AD,Schünemann HJ,Schwingl P,Walker TD,Thayer KA,Lunn RM

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chile suffers significant pollution from large industrial emitters associated with the mining, metal processing, paper production, and energy industries. The aim of this research was to determine whether the presence of large industrial facilities (i.e. coal- and oil-fired power plants, pulp and paper mills, mining fa...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Ruiz-Rudolph P,Arias N,Pardo S,Meyer M,Mesías S,Galleguillos C,Schiattino I,Gutiérrez L

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The evidence for an association between particulate air pollution and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in developing countries was very scarce. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the associations of long-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) with T2DM prevalence and with fasting glucose and glycosylated hem...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Liu C,Yang C,Zhao Y,Ma Z,Bi J,Liu Y,Meng X,Wang Y,Cai J,Chen R,Kan H

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET) is a widely used insect repellent in the United States. OBJECTIVES:To assess exposure to DEET in a representative sample of persons 6years and older in the U.S. general population from the 2007-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. METHODS:We analyzed 5348 ur...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Calafat AM,Baker SE,Wong LY,Bishop AM,Morales-A P,Valentin-Blasini L

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infertility affects about 17% couples, and males contribute to half of the cases. Compared with independent effects of genetic and environmental factors, interactions between them help in the understanding of the susceptibility to male infertility. Thus, we genotyped 25 polymorphisms, measured 16 urinary chemical conc...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Hu W,Chen M,Wu W,Lu J,Zhao D,Pan F,Lu C,Xia Y,Hu L,Chen D,Sha J,Wang X

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to estimate the levels and time trends of perfluorinated alkyl acids (PFAAs) in serum of 1533 Danish pregnant nulliparous women between 2008 and 2013. The selection criterion of only including nulliparous women was chosen to avoid confounding from parity. The serum samples were analyzed for sixteen PFAAs usin...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Bjerregaard-Olesen C,Bach CC,Long M,Ghisari M,Bossi R,Bech BH,Nohr EA,Henriksen TB,Olsen J,Bonefeld-Jørgensen EC

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pesticide prioritization approach was developed and implemented in the Pinios River Basin of Central Greece. It takes under consideration the Level of Environmental Risk containing information on the frequency of occurrence of pesticides above environmental thresholds, the intensity of this occurrence and the spatia...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Tsaboula A,Papadakis EN,Vryzas Z,Kotopoulou A,Kintzikoglou K,Papadopoulou-Mourkidou E

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanobacterial blooms are a potential health hazard due to the ability of some species to produce toxins that are harmful to other living organisms. This review provides a comprehensive summary of anecdotal and case reports on acute poisonings in animals and humans attributable to cyanotoxin exposure in fresh- and bra...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Wood R

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cornea is highly susceptible to damage by dust. Continued daily exposure to housedust has been associated with increasing risks of corneal injury, however, the underlying mechanism has not been elucidated. In this study, a composite housedust sample was tested for its cytotoxicity on primary human corneal epithe...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Xiang P,He RW,Han YH,Sun HJ,Cui XY,Ma LQ

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although antibiotic use during early life has been demonstrated to be related to the altered adipogenesis in later life, limited data are available for the effect of antibiotic exposure in school children on adiposity from various sources, including from the use or contaminated food or drinking water. OBJEC...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Wang H,Wang N,Wang B,Fang H,Fu C,Tang C,Jiang F,Zhou Y,He G,Zhao Q,Chen Y,Jiang Q

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ambient ultrafine particle number concentrations (PNC) have inhomogeneous spatio-temporal distributions and depend on a number of different urban factors, including background conditions and distant sources. This paper quantitatively compares exposure to ambient ultrafine particles at urban schools in two cities in de...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Mazaheri M,Reche C,Rivas I,Crilley LR,Álvarez-Pedrerol M,Viana M,Tobias A,Alastuey A,Sunyer J,Querol X,Morawska L

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Major food contaminants such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are proposed to play a role in the etiology of cardiovascular disease (CVD), but to date the impact of PCBs on cardiovascular health need to be explored. METHODS AND RESULTS:We assessed the association between validated food frequency question...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Bergkvist C,Berglund M,Glynn A,Julin B,Wolk A,Åkesson A

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The threshold of toxicological concern (TTC) of a compound represents an exposure value below which the associated human health risk is considered negligible. As such, this approach offers assessing the risk of potential toxicants when little or no toxicological information is available. For the inhalation repeated-do...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Schüürmann G,Ebert RU,Tluczkiewicz I,Escher SE,Kühne R

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Evidence on health effects of ultrafine particles (UFP) is still limited as they are usually not monitored routinely. The few epidemiological studies on UFP and (cause-specific) mortality so far have reported inconsistent results. OBJECTIVES:The main objective of the UFIREG project was to investigate the sh...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Lanzinger S,Schneider A,Breitner S,Stafoggia M,Erzen I,Dostal M,Pastorkova A,Bastian S,Cyrys J,Zscheppang A,Kolodnitska T,Peters A,UFIREG study group.

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total urinary phthalate metabolites (the free plus glucuronidated forms) have been frequently measured in the general population. However, data are limited on the free forms which may be more bioactive, especially for sensitive population such as pregnant women. Here the data gap was addressed by measuring concentrati...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Zhu Y,Wan Y,Li Y,Zhang B,Zhou A,Cai Z,Qian Z,Zhang C,Huo W,Huang K,Hu J,Cheng L,Chang H,Huang Z,Xu B,Xia W,Xu S

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary Biologic Atmospheric Particles (PBAPs) constitute an interesting and poorly investigated component of the atmospheric aerosol. We have developed and validated a method for evaluating the contribution of overall PBAPs to the mass concentration of atmospheric particulate matter (PM). The method is based on PM sa...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Perrino C,Marcovecchio F

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brain growth and structural organization occurs in stages beginning prenatally. Toxicants may impact neurodevelopment differently dependent upon exposure timing and fetal sex. OBJECTIVES:We implemented innovative methodology to identify sensitive windows for the associations between prenatal particulate mat...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Chiu YH,Hsu HH,Coull BA,Bellinger DC,Kloog I,Schwartz J,Wright RO,Wright RJ

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, PM2.5 (atmospheric fine particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter ≤ 2.5 μm) have received so much attention that the observations, source appointment and countermeasures of it have been widely studied due to its harmful impacts on visibility, mood (mental health), physical health, traffic safety, construc...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Liang CS,Duan FK,He KB,Ma YL

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Climate change refers to long-term shifts in weather conditions and patterns of extreme weather events. It may lead to changes in health threat to human beings, multiplying existing health problems. This review examines the scientific evidences on the impact of climate change on human infectious diseases. It identifie...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Wu X,Lu Y,Zhou S,Chen L,Xu B

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term air quality data with high temporal and spatial resolutions are needed to understand some important processes affecting the air quality and corresponding environmental and health effects. The annual and diurnal variations of each criteria pollutant including PM2.5 and PM10 (particulate matter with aerodynami...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Zhao S,Yu Y,Yin D,He J,Liu N,Qu J,Xiao J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is growing evidence that projected climate change has the potential to significantly affect public health. In the UK, much of this impact is likely to arise by amplifying existing risks related to heat exposure, flooding, and chemical and biological contamination in buildings. Identifying the health effects of c...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Vardoulakis S,Dimitroulopoulou C,Thornes J,Lai KM,Taylor J,Myers I,Heaviside C,Mavrogianni A,Shrubsole C,Chalabi Z,Davies M,Wilkinson P

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multi-pollutant air pollution (i.e., several pollutants reaching very high concentrations simultaneously) frequently occurs in many regions across China. Air quality index (AQI) is used worldwide to inform the public about levels of air pollution and associated health risks. The current AQI approach used in China is b...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Hu J,Ying Q,Wang Y,Zhang H

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dioxins, PCBs, chlorinated pesticides, brominated flame retardants, bisphenol A, triclosan, perfluorinated compounds and phthalates are known as endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). OBJECTIVES:The aim of our study was to investigate whether higher exposure to EDCs is associated with increased subfertility...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Den Hond E,Tournaye H,De Sutter P,Ombelet W,Baeyens W,Covaci A,Cox B,Nawrot TS,Van Larebeke N,D'Hooghe T

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the effects on pregnancy outcomes of in utero exposure to phthalates, contaminants that are widely present in the environment, have yielded conflicting results. In addition, the mode of assessment of exposure varies between studies. The aim of this review was therefore to establish a current state of knowle...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Marie C,Vendittelli F,Sauvant-Rochat MP

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An association between serum levels of two perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and delayed age at menarche was reported in a cross-sectional study of adolescents. Because perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) have half-lives of years, growth dilution and the development of a new rou...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Wu H,Yoon M,Verner MA,Xue J,Luo M,Andersen ME,Longnecker MP,Clewell HJ 3rd

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detailed polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) signatures and chiral Enantiomer Fractions (EFs) of CB-95, CB-136 and CB-149 were measured for 30 workers at a transformer dismantling plant. This was undertaken to identify sources of exposure and investigate changes to the PCB signature and EFs over different exposure periods....

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Megson D,Focant JF,Patterson DG,Robson M,Lohan MC,Worsfold PJ,Comber S,Kalin R,Reiner E,O'Sullivan G

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known regarding how the size distribution of particulate matter (PM) air pollution influences its effect on blood pressure (BP), especially among patients with diabetes. The objective of this study was to explore the short-term associations between size-fractionated PM and BP among diabetes patients. We sche...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Zhao A,Chen R,Wang C,Zhao Z,Yang C,Lu J,Chen X,Kan H

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence anti-infectives in environmental waters is of interest because of their potential role in the dissemination of anti-infective resistance in bacteria and other harmful effects on non-target species such as algae and shellfish. Since no information on global trends regarding the contamination caused by thes...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Segura PA,Takada H,Correa JA,El Saadi K,Koike T,Onwona-Agyeman S,Ofosu-Anim J,Sabi EB,Wasonga OV,Mghalu JM,dos Santos Junior AM,Newman B,Weerts S,Yargeau V

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current practice of chemical risk assessment for consumer product ingredients still rarely exercises the aggregation of multi-source exposure. However, focusing on a single dominant source/pathway combination may lead to a significant underestimation of the risk for substances present in numerous consumer products, wh...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Dudzina T,Delmaar CJ,Biesterbos JW,Bakker MI,Bokkers BG,Scheepers PT,van Engelen JG,Hungerbuehler K,von Goetz N

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms involved in thyroid homeostasis are complex, and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) have been indicated to interfere at several levels in this endocrine system. Disruption of the maternal thyroid homeostasis during early pregnancy is of particular concern, where subclinical changes in maternal thyroid ho...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Berg V,Nøst TH,Hansen S,Elverland A,Veyhe AS,Jorde R,Odland JØ,Sandanger TM

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the context of assessing potential risks of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs), life cycle thinking can represent a holistic view on the impacts of ENPs through the entire value chain of nano-enhanced products from production, through use, and finally to disposal. Exposure to ENPs in consumer or environmental settings...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Mitrano DM,Motellier S,Clavaguera S,Nowack B

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The inconsistent epidemiological results of the endocrine disrupting effects of DDT fuel a harsh debate on its global ban. OBJECTIVES:We tested the hypothesis that occupational exposure to dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) causes impairment in male fertility in a cohort of DDT exposed workers, in Sard...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Campagna M,Satta G,Fadda D,Pili S,Cocco P

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many small villages where environmental contamination is substantial due to historical industrial activities. The aim of the present study was to investigate if long-term or current consumption of local foods, as reported in food frequency questionnaires, co-vary with measured concentrations of polychlorinat...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Helmfrid I,Salihovic S,van Bavel B,Wingren G,Berglund M

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Being persistent, toxic, and bio-accumulative, Mercury (Hg) seriously affects the environment and human health. Due to Hg's attribute of long-range environmental transport across national borders, especially through atmospheric transport, no country can fully protect its environment and human health with its own effor...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： You M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the first time, this work described pyrethroid bioaccumulation in edible river fish samples. We analyzed 42 whole fish samples collected in 4 different Iberian rivers. All samples were positive to these insecticides. Levels of concentration ranged from 12 to 4938ngg(-1) lipid weight (lw). Moreover, isomeric charac...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Corcellas C,Eljarrat E,Barceló D

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The demand for alternative flame retardant materials such as phosphate flame retardants and plasticizers (PFRs) is increasing, although little is known of their possible effects on human health and development. To date, no information on the exposure of children or general Australian population to PFRs is available. T...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Van den Eede N,Heffernan AL,Aylward LL,Hobson P,Neels H,Mueller JF,Covaci A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates associations between serum concentrations of emerging and legacy halogenated flame retardants (HFRs) in 46 Norwegian women and measured indoor air and dust concentrations of the HFRs as well as detailed information on diet and household factors. Hexabromobenzene (median 0.03ng/g lipid) and Dech...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Cequier E,Marcé RM,Becher G,Thomsen C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Particulate matter (PM) is a key indicator of air pollution brought into the air by a variety of natural and human activities. As it can be suspended over long time and travel over long distances in the atmosphere, it can cause a wide range of diseases that lead to a significant reduction of human life. The size of pa...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Kim KH,Kabir E,Kabir S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Consumers who use personal care products (PCPs) are internally exposed to some of the organic components present of which some may be detected in exhaled air when eliminated. The aim of this study was the quantitative determination of octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) and decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) in end-exhal...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Biesterbos JW,Beckmann G,van Wel L,Anzion RB,von Goetz N,Dudzina T,Roeleveld N,Ragas AM,Russel FG,Scheepers PT

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of nineteen mixed halogenated (bromo-chloro) dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans (PXDD/Fs) and biphenyls (PXBs) in a range of foods (n>100) was investigated. The analytical methodology used dual activated carbon column fractionation with high resolution mass spectrometric measurement (13,500-15,000 res). O...

journal_title：Environment international

authors： Fernandes AR,Mortimer D,Wall RJ,Bell DR,Rose M,Carr M,Panton S,Smith F

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00