abstract：:This paper reviews the existing literature on human exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), with particular focus on external exposure routes (e.g. dust, diet, and air) and the resulting internal exposure to PBDEs (e.g. breast milk and blood). Being lipophilic and persistent organic compounds, PBDEs accumu...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Frederiksen M,Vorkamp K,Thomsen M,Knudsen LE

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From May to November 2003, at five selected sites of the 'Siebengebirge', a nature reserve near Bonn, Germany, data on microclimate, pedology, plant sociology and tick abundance were collected weekly and correlated. A total of 2832 host-seeking Ixodes ricinus (2660 nymphs and 172 adults) were collected, with maximal a...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Schwarz A,Maier WA,Kistemann T,Kampen H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is often associated with exposure to antigens in the home environment. We describe a case of HP associated with indoor hydroponics in a 14-year-old girl. Water samples from hydroponics revealed Aureobasidium pullulans as the dominant fungal micro-organism (10(4)CFU/ml). The ...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Engelhart S,Rietschel E,Exner M,Lange L

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The objective of the study was to measure the indoor air quality in classrooms with special emphasis on particulate matter (PM 10) and carbon dioxide (CO(2)) and the impact of cleaning and ventilation. MATERIAL AND METHOD:PM 10 was analysed via gravimetric method and by laser beam technology. CO(2) was anal...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Heudorf U,Neitzert V,Spark J

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulism is a rare but serious paralytic disease caused by botulinum toxin. We report an outbreak of type B botulism in Taiwan in 2006. There were five cases involved in this outbreak. They present ileus and acute cranial nerve dysfunction including dysphagia and blurred vision. One of them had severe neurologic impai...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Tseng CK,Tsai CH,Tseng CH,Tseng YC,Lee FY,Huang WS

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides are persistent organic pollutants that have a widespread distribution in the environment. Human biomonitoring is a suitable tool to assess the burden of humans with these substances. Over a time span of 8 years, a free analysis of their milk was offered to...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Zietz BP,Hoopmann M,Funcke M,Huppmann R,Suchenwirth R,Gierden E

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the survival dynamics of several epidemic healthcare (HA) and community-associated (CA) meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in river, sea and swimming pool waters. Six different phage-types of HA-MRSA (Irish 1, Irish 2, EMRSA 15, EMRSA 16, distinct type and non-typabl...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Tolba O,Loughrey A,Goldsmith CE,Millar BC,Rooney PJ,Moore JE

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Swimming pool attendance and exposure to chlorination by-products showed adverse health effects on children. We assessed whether early swimming pool attendance, especially baby swimming, is related to higher rates of early infections and to the development of allergic diseases. In 2003-2005, 2192 children were analyse...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Schoefer Y,Zutavern A,Brockow I,Schäfer T,Krämer U,Schaaf B,Herbarth O,von Berg A,Wichmann HE,Heinrich J,LISA study group.

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multi-drug-resistant gram-negative rods (MRGN) are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Little is known about the epidemiology of this group of pathogens in endemic situations. The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiology of MRGN in our facility during a 3-year period. Prospective surveillance...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Vonberg RP,Wolter A,Chaberny IF,Kola A,Ziesing S,Suerbaum S,Gastmeier P

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical cancer (CC) is potentially the most preventable and treatable cancer in human but it is a leading cause for cancer morbidity and mortality in women around the world. Therefore, more innovative prevention and treatment protocols need to be developed and implemented. With better understanding of the etiology of...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Au WW,Abdou-Salama S,Sierra-Torres CH,Al-Hendy A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1999 and 2003 all consecutive outpatients of the environmental medicine unit of the Charité hospital in Berlin were invited to participate in a study on environmentally related disorders. One hundred and sixty-nine of the patients completed a psychosocial questionnaire which comprised SCL-90-R and 14 other tes...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Helm D,Eis D

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Possible adverse health effects of exposure to electric, magnetic and electromagnetic fields (EMF), and especially the question of whether there exists a special vulnerability of children, have been a much discussed topic during the last two decades. Static fields produce health effects only in very rare and exception...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Otto M,von Mühlendahl KE

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomonitoring of exposure to chemicals has been practiced for over half a century on a regular basis. During the last decade, however, the focus changed from occupational to environmental settings, requiring a different interpretative framework. Under the auspices of the European Centre for Ecology and Ecotoxicology (...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Boogaard PJ

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the National Implementation Plan on persistent organic pollutants (POP) for the years 2004-2020 the situation on POP was actualised in Latvia. The aim of the study was to assess the contamination of breast milk with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), polychlorinated dibenzodioxins, dibenzofurans (PCDD/PCDF)...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Bake MA,Linnika Z,Sudmalis P,Kocan A,Jursa S,Pike A,Ruce M

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The UK Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) provides research and analytical support to the Health and Safety Executive, other Government Departments and employers. In the area of biomonitoring HSL conducts research studies and provides an analytical service for regular surveillance of worker exposure to hazardous subst...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Cocker J,Jones K,Morton J,Mason HJ

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since chlorhexidine is effective against microorganisms, it is widely recommended in dentistry. However, studies have provided evidence that chlorhexidine is toxic for a variety of cell types. In order to identify potential genotoxins in different cell types, the purpose of this study was to investigate whether chlorh...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Grassi TF,Camargo EA,Salvadori DM,Marques ME,Ribeiro DA

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A component of the ure gene cluster in E. coli, ureC, encodes a subunit of urease. We have investigated the distribution of ureC in 202 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) strains from Austria belonging to 61 different serotypes. These strains were of human (n=150), animal (n=38), and food (n=14) origin. ureC was pre...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Orth D,Grif K,Dierich MP,Würzner R

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although several nosocomial outbreaks with multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria (MRGN) are documented, only few are known about the endemic situation of theses pathogens. Especially cystic fibrosis (CF) patients are known to be at risk for MRGN acquisition. We present surveillance data of endemic MRGN...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Vonberg RP,Wolter A,Ziesing S,Gastmeier P

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to determine if artificial neural networks (ANNs) may be useful to analyse a complex and large set of data derived from smoking welders for the purpose of finding relationships between parameters describing respiratory system efficiency and antioxidant defence. METHODS:A group of 94 ...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Kolarzyk E,Stepniewski M,Mendyk A,Kitlinski M,Pietrzycka A

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The focus of our study was the assessment of the effects of spatial relocation on office staff. Our aim was to investigate whether psychosocial or personal factors are better predictors of the occurrence of impaired well-being. METHODS:Before relocation the administration of the university hospital of Ulm (Germany...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Neuner R,Seidel HJ

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Household water treatment using sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) has been recognized as a cost-effective means of reducing the heavy burden of diarrhea and other waterborne diseases, especially among populations without access to improved water supplies. Sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC), which is widely used in emergenc...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Clasen T,Edmondson P

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Diffuse vascular encephalopathy, parkinsonism and peripheral polyneuropathy (PNP) due to CS(2) exposure are known since long. Data concerning low exposure are sparse. The current study aimed to evaluate whether the decrease of exposure below the threshold limit value (TLV) of 31 mg/m(3) results in an absence...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Godderis L,Braeckman L,Vanhoorne M,Viaene M

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined relationships between exposure to residential pesticides, chemicals, dusts, fumes, and metals, and childhood germ cell tumors (GCTs) in the largest case-control study to date on the topic. We recruited 272 children under 15 years old who had GCT diagnosed between January 1, 1993 and December 31, 2001. Cont...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Chen Z,Robison L,Giller R,Krailo M,Davis M,Davies S,Shu XO

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The p53 gene plays a major role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Acquired mutations may provide clues to etiology, as some carcinogenic agents are associated with specific genetic changes in p53. Our aim was to analyze the spectrum of p53 mutations in tumor tissues from subjects with HCC in Egypt, where there is a r...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： El-Kafrawy SA,Abdel-Hamid M,El-Daly M,Nada O,Ismail A,Ezzat S,Abdel-Latif S,Abdel-Hamid A,Shields PG,Loffredo C

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigations into disease outbreaks generally incorporate an epidemiologic investigation, laboratory analysis, and an environmental health assessment. This last component is designed to discover connections between factors in the environment and the outbreak, but is often limited, either by time and resources, or th...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Gelting R,Sarisky J,Selman C,Otto C,Higgins C,Bohan PO,Buchanan SB,Meehan PJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data on inhalational and potential dermal exposures during spray application of liquid biocidal products were generated. On the one hand, model experiments with different spraying devices using fluorescent tracers were carried out to investigate the influence of parameters relevant to the exposure (e.g. spraying equip...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Berger-Preiss E,Boehncke A,Könnecker G,Mangelsdorf I,Holthenrich D,Koch W

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Even though increased environmental platinum levels were found since the introduction of automobile catalytic converters, little is known about the pathways of corporal uptake and the bioavailability of platinum in the general adult population. The aim of this study is to identify and quantify the main expos...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Benemann J,Lehmann N,Bromen K,Marr A,Seiwert M,Schulz C,Jöckel KH

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beneficial effect of trans-resveratrol (RESV) on health is well documented. Our aim was to study the putative preventive effect of RESV on the cytotoxicity of frequently used herbicides (alachlor, acetochlor). Estrogen receptor positive (ER+) MCF-7 human mammary carcinoma, HepG2 (ER+) human hepatocellular carcinom...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Kocsis Z,Marcsek ZL,Jakab MG,Szende B,Tompa A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Food irradiation is being promoted as a simple process that can be used to effectively and significantly reduce food-borne illnesses around the world. However, a thorough review of the literature reveals a paucity of adequate research conducted to specifically address health concerns that may directly result from the ...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Ashley BC,Birchfield PT,Chamberlain BV,Kotwal RS,McClellan SF,Moynihan S,Patni SB,Salmon SA,Au WW

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonization of airways with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is known to be a risk factor for infection and adverse clinical outcome in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Whereas infections with PA have been linked to contaminated medical devices in hospitals, sources of colonization and infection with PA in households o...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Regnath T,Kreutzberger M,Illing S,Oehme R,Liesenfeld O

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urbanization is occurring at an explosive rate, and many cities, especially in low-income countries, are struggling to control growth and stop the development of unplanned communities. This research investigates the in-home environmental health risks associated with planned and unplanned growth in peri-urban communiti...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Graham J,Gurian P,Corella-Barud V,Avitia-Diaz R

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is one of the world's most widespread microorganisms. Its acquisition in humans remains poorly understood, however, epidemiological studies have identified drinking water as reservoir for the bacterium. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of H. pylori infection among...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Rolle-Kampczyk UE,Fritz GJ,Diez U,Lehmann I,Richter M,Herbarth O

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the accuracy of questions in identifying subjects occupationally exposed to high noise level and those with hearing loss using noise dosimeter and pure-tone air conduction audiometry as the gold standards. DESIGN:A cross-sectional study involving 259 noise-exposed workers selected randomly from ...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Ahmed HO,Dennis JH,Ballal SG

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) is the main plasticizer for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) products. It has become widely spread in our environment and among people. DEHP is suspected to be responsible for endocrine-disruptor-like effects in mankind. Children are probably most susceptible to these endocrine effects. In thi...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Koch HM,Drexler H,Angerer J

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to examine whether male painters reporting multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) differ from their matched controls (male painters without such sensitivity) during controlled chamber challenges to singular and mixtures of odorous chemicals with respect to: (1) Subjective rating of sy...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Georgellis A,Lindelöf B,Lundin A,Arnetz B,Hillert L

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultimately, the health and quality of life of all human beings depend upon the environment and ecosystems to which we are directly and indirectly connected. The papers in this special edition address a number of the critical environmental health issues on which U.S. government agencies and their collaborating partners...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Borrazzo J,Walling R,Falk H

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Western Hemisphere arctic regions, scientific findings in humans, wildlife, and the environment have resulted in major governmental policy formulations. Government policy resulted in establishment of an effective international organization to address scientifically identified problems, including health disparities ...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Berner JE,Gilman A

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a result of an international mandate adopted in 1992 at the United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development (UNCED), a globally harmonized system (GHS) for hazard communication has been developed. The work has involved significant contributions from numerous countries and international organizations. T...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Silk JC

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human campylobacteriosis is currently the most common cause of acute bacterial gastroenteritis on the island of Ireland, accounting for over 3,000 laboratory reports per year, where circa 2,000 reports originate from the Republic of Ireland and circa 1,000 reports from Northern Ireland. Elsewhere, consumption of conta...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Moore JE,O'Riordan L,Wareing DR,Doyle R,Lanser J,Stanley T,Matsuda M,Matsui T,Murphy PG

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiparametric analysis of immune components was performed in blood and serum of 61 voluntary persons before and after (1 day, 3 days, 4-6 months, 10-12 months) a professional pest control operation (PCO) using pyrethroids. Following parameters were included in the study (1) immunological parameters of the humoral ...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Hadnagy W,Leng G,Sugiri D,Ranft U,Idel H

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00