abstract：BACKGROUND:The second to fourth digit ratio (2D:4D) is assumed to be a biomarker of prenatal sex steroid exposure, correlating negatively with prenatal testosterone and positively with prenatal estrogen. The ratio has been suggested to be influenced by endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). However, evidence regarding ...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Chen Y,Miao M,Liang H,Chen Y,Ji H,Ren Y,Liu X,Zhou Y,Wang Z,Yuan W

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted cost effectiveness analyses of four different CLTS interventions implemented in Ethiopia and Ghana. In each country, a pilot approach in which additional local actors were trained in CLTS facilitation was compared to the conventional approach. Data were collected using bottom-up costing, household surveys...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Crocker J,Fuente D,Bartram J

更新日期：2020-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Reliable safe water supply is a pillar of society and a key to public health. The Nordic countries have an abundance of clean fresh water as a source for drinking water supplies. They have followed developments in safeguarding water, both the recommendations of the World Health Organization framework for safe drinking...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Gunnarsdottir MJ,Gardarsson SM,Schultz AC,Albrechtsen HJ,Hansen LT,Gerlach Bergkvist KS,Rossi PM,Klöve B,Myrmel M,Persson KM,Eriksson M,Bartram J

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Imidacloprid is a neonicotinoid insecticide commonly injected through agricultural drip irrigation systems to reduce the population of vine mealybugs (P. ficus) in grape farms. There is a growing concern of potential human health effects of imidacloprid, however, there is limited information on the exposure to imidacl...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： López-Gálvez N,Wagoner R,Canales RA,de Zapien J,Calafat AM,Ospina M,Rosales C,Beamer P

更新日期：2020-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolites of di-(2-ethylhexyl) terephthalate (DEHTP), a substitute for ortho-based phthalate plasticisers like di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), were analysed in 2112 first-morning void urine samples from children and adolescents aged 3-17 years, participating in the population representative German Environmental ...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Schwedler G,Rucic E,Koch HM,Lessmann F,Brüning T,Conrad A,Schmied-Tobies MIH,Kolossa-Gehring M

更新日期：2020-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The production and use of the plasticisers Hexamoll® DINCH (di-(iso-nonyl)-cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylate) and DPHP (di-(2-propylheptyl) phthalate) have increased after both chemicals were introduced into the market in the early 2000s as substitutes for restricted high molecular weight phthalates. During the population...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Schwedler G,Conrad A,Rucic E,Koch HM,Leng G,Schulz C,Schmied-Tobies MIH,Kolossa-Gehring M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of an investigation of the total indoor exposure of residents in PCB contaminated apartments in a building estate in Denmark, 73 homes were visited. Samples of air, vacuum cleaner dust and surface wipes were taken and analysed for 15 PCB congeners. The 53 apartments located in high-rise buildings with indoor P...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Andersen HV,Gunnarsen L,Knudsen LE,Frederiksen M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of persistent chemicals used as industrial surfactants, fire-fighting foams, and textile treatments. Early childhood exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), and perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Jackson-Browne MS,Eliot M,Patti M,Spanier AJ,Braun JM

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a growing need to develop a powerful bactericidal method with low ethanol concentrations due to the frequent ineffectiveness of traditional antibiotics against biofilms and the side effect of a high ethanol concentration. OBJECTIVES:This study aims to develop a novel synergistic technique replacing...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Kim HW,Lee NY,Park SM,Rhee MS

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The observed deficit of lung cancer in farmers has been partly attributed to exposure to organic dusts and endotoxins based largely on surrogate metrics. To move beyond these surrogates for etiological studies, we characterized task-based and time-weighted average (TWA) exposure to inhalable endotoxin, (1 → ...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Sauvé JF,Locke SJ,Josse PR,Stapleton EM,Metwali N,Altmaier RW,Andreotti G,Thorne PS,Hofmann JN,Beane Freeman LE,Friesen MC

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Achievement of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6.1 centers on the availability of a safely managed drinking water source for all. However, meeting the criteria for this goal is challenging on island systems and elsewhere with limited freshwater supplies. We measured microbial and chemical water quality ove...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Grube AM,Stewart JR,Ochoa-Herrera V

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ensuring safe drinking-water is the target of the Water Safety Plan (WSP) approach, which has been successfully applied to a large number of water supply systems around the world. Effective country-wide scaling up of WSP implementation requires an enabling environment at the policy level. By utilizing a multi-step mix...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Schmiege D,Evers M,Zügner V,Rickert B

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixtures of methylisothiazolinone and methylchloroisothiazolinone are used as biocides in cosmetics, cleaning agents, and water-based paint. A biomonitoring method to evaluate exposure to these compounds was developed using N-methylmalonamic acid (NMMA), the main metabolite of both, methylisothiazolinone and methylchl...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Murawski A,Schmied-Tobies MIH,Rucic E,Schettgen T,Bertram J,Conrad A,Kolossa-Gehring M

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Isocyanates are highly reactive chemicals used widely in metal structure coating applications in construction. Isocyanates are potent respiratory and skin sensitizers and a leading cause of occupational asthma. At present, there is no cure for isocyanate asthma and no biomarkers of early disease. Exposure re...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Bello A,Xue Y,Gore R,Woskie S,Bello D

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Growing evidence suggests that pesticide exposure may influence respiratory health, but data in young children are very limited. We examined the association of prenatal pesticide exposure with lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) and wheeze at one year of age in children from the Infants' Environmental...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Mora AM,Hoppin JA,Córdoba L,Cano JC,Soto-Martínez M,Eskenazi B,Lindh CH,van Wendel de Joode B

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Korean government implemented partial smoke-free regulations in hospitality venues ≥150 m2 in July 2013 and in venues ≥100 m2 in February 2014. This study examined changes in urinary cotinine concentrations in the Korean non-smoking adult population, and socio-demographic subgroups thereof, between 2012 ...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Kim J,Lee K

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alongside efforts to improve safe management of feces along the entire sanitation chain, including after the toilet, global sanitation efforts are focusing on universal access 'basic' services: onsite facilities that safely contain excreta away from human contact. Although fecal sludge management is improving in urban...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Berendes DM,de Mondesert L,Kirby AE,Yakubu H,Adomako L,Michiel J,Raj S,Robb K,Wang Y,Doe B,Ampofo J,Moe CL

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under-five children diarrhea remains a major public health problem in resource-limited areas, including Ethiopia, due to multiple risk factors. This study aimed to identify individual and community-level risk factors affecting under-five children diarrhea (UFCD) in five districts of the Bench Maji Zone, southwestern E...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Alemayehu B,Ayele BT,Kloos H,Ambelu A

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of prospective cohort studies are ongoing worldwide to investigate the impact of foetal and neonatal exposures to chemical substances on child health. To assess multiple exposure (mixture) effects and low prevalence health outcomes it is useful to pool data from several studies and conduct mega-data-analysis....

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Nakayama SF,Espina C,Kamijima M,Magnus P,Charles MA,Zhang J,Wolz B,Conrad A,Murawski A,Iwai-Shimada M,Zaros C,Caspersen IH,Kolossa-Gehring M,Meltzer HM,Olsen SF,Etzel RA,Schüz J

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disentangling the separate and synergistic effects of chemicals poses methodological challenges for accurate exposure assessment and for investigating epidemiologically how chemicals affect reproduction. We investigated combined exposures to ubiquitous contemporary use pesticides, specifically organophosphates (OP) an...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Figueroa ZI,Young HA,Mumford SL,Meeker JD,Barr DB,Gray GM,Perry MJ

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma is a heterogeneous disease with varying severity and subtypes. Recent reviews of epidemiologic studies have identified cleaning and disinfecting activities (CDAs) as important risk factors for asthma-related outcomes among healthcare workers. However, the complexity of CDAs in healthcare settings has rarely bee...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Su FC,Friesen MC,Humann M,Stefaniak AB,Stanton ML,Liang X,LeBouf RF,Henneberger PK,Virji MA

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolific growth of pathogenic Legionella pneumophila within engineered water systems and premise plumbing, and human exposure to aerosols containing this bacterium results in the leading health burden of any water-related pathogen in developed regions. Ecologically, free-living amoebae (FLA) are an important group of ...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Shaheen M,Scott C,Ashbolt NJ

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indoor air quality (IAQ) and exposure to indoor chemicals are widely discussed in terms of personal discomfort and health risks. In contrast to ambient air and working environments, legally binding regulations are only partially established for indoor contaminants, and other available European guidelines are limited. ...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Fromme H,Debiak M,Sagunski H,Röhl C,Kraft M,Kolossa-Gehring M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first national human biomonitoring in Slovenia surveyed cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), arsenic (As), manganese (Mn), selenium (Se), copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) in a childbearing population (18-49 years) selected from lactating primiparous women and men (N = 1084). The overall aim was to estimate trace elemen...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Snoj Tratnik J,Falnoga I,Mazej D,Kocman D,Fajon V,Jagodic M,Stajnko A,Trdin A,Šlejkovec Z,Jeran Z,Osredkar J,Sešek-Briški A,Krsnik M,Kobal AB,Kononenko L,Horvat M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has recently classified glyphosate as a Group 2A 'probably carcinogenic to humans'. Due to this carcinogenic classification and resulting international debate, there is an increased demand for studies evaluating human health effects from glyphosate expos...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Connolly A,Jones K,Basinas I,Galea KS,Kenny L,McGowan P,Coggins MA

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Populations are exposed to mixtures of pesticides through their diet on a daily basis. The question of which substances should be assessed together remains a major challenge due to the complexity of the mixtures. In addition, the associated risk is difficult to characterise. The EuroMix project (European Test and Risk...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Crépet A,Vanacker M,Sprong C,de Boer W,Blaznik U,Kennedy M,Anagnostopoulos C,Christodoulou DL,Ruprich J,Rehurkova I,Domingo JL,Hamborg Jensen B,Metruccio F,Moretto A,Jacxsens L,Spanoghe P,Senaeve D,van der Voet H,van

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorination of seawater is one of the most effective technologies for industrial biofouling control. However, chlorination leads to the formation of halogenated chlorination byproducts (CBPs) associated with potential risks to environmental and human health. The present study investigated the occurrence and distribut...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Manasfi T,Lebaron K,Verlande M,Dron J,Demelas C,Vassalo L,Revenko G,Quivet E,Boudenne JL

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are a growing number of reports on the association between air pollution and the risk of congenital anomalies. However, the results are inconsistent and most studies have only focused on the association of air pollution with congenital heart defects and orofacial clefts. OBJECTIVES:Using an explorator...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Salavati N,Strak M,Burgerhof JGM,de Walle HEK,Erwich JJHM,Bakker MK

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhalation of ash can be of great concern for affected communities, during and after volcanic eruptions. Governmental and humanitarian agencies recommend and distribute a variety of respiratory protection (RP), most commonly surgical masks. However, there is currently no evidence on how effective such masks are in pro...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Steinle S,Sleeuwenhoek A,Mueller W,Horwell CJ,Apsley A,Davis A,Cherrie JW,Galea KS

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reference values (RV95) are statistically derived values comprising the rounded 95th percentiles within the 95% confidence interval and indicate the upper margin of background exposure to chemical substances in a population at a given time period. Based on representative national human biomonitoring data on several ur...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Hartmann C,Uhl M,Weiss S,Scharf S,König J

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:School facility conditions, environment, and perceptions of safety and learning have been investigated for their impact on child development. However, it is important to consider how the environment separately influences academic performance and attendance after controlling for school and community factors. Using resu...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Berman JD,McCormack MC,Koehler KA,Connolly F,Clemons-Erby D,Davis MF,Gummerson C,Leaf PJ,Jones TD,Curriero FC

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Refugees from Burma who consume fish caught from local waterbodies have increased risk of exposure to environmental contaminants. We used respondent driven sampling (RDS) to sample this hard-to-reach population for the first Biomonitoring of Great Lakes Populations program. In the current study, we examined ...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Liu M,McCann M,Lewis-Michl E,Hwang SA

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite increasing concerns about the health effects of climate change, the extent to which workers are affected by hot weather is not well documented. This study aims to investigate the association between high temperatures and work-related injuries using data from a large subtropical city in China. METHOD...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Sheng R,Li C,Wang Q,Yang L,Bao J,Wang K,Ma R,Gao C,Lin S,Zhang Y,Bi P,Fu C,Huang C

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:7-Hydroxy-3,7-dimethyl-1-octanal, also known as 7-hydroxycitronellal (7-HC, CAS No. 107-75-5) is a synthetic fragrance widely used in cosmetic and hygiene products. Due to its large scope, 7-HC was selected for the development of a biomonitoring method suitable for the general population within the frame of the cooper...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Stoeckelhuber M,Krnac D,Pluym N,Scherer M,Peschel O,Leibold E,Scherer G

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:In utero exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) has been associated with decreases in birth weight. We aimed to estimate the proportion of PFOA-attributable low birth weight (LBW) births and associated costs in the US from 2003 to 2014, a period during which there were industry-initiated and...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Malits J,Blustein J,Trasande L,Attina TM

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) have been reported to impair executive function in children, but little is known whether childhood PBDE exposures play a role. Using the Health Outcomes and Measures of the Environment (HOME) Study, a prospective birth cohort in the greater Cincinnati area, w...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Vuong AM,Yolton K,Poston KL,Xie C,Webster GM,Sjödin A,Braun JM,Dietrich KN,Lanphear BP,Chen A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic absorption of phthalates and parabens has been demonstrated after dermal application of body lotion, and medical devices such as intravenous bags and tubing have been identified as a source of exposure to di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP). However, use of products during medical procedures such as a...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Messerlian C,Mustieles V,Wylie BJ,Ford JB,Keller M,Ye X,Calafat AM,Williams PL,Hauser R,Environment Team Reproductive Health Study.

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the frequent use of antibiotics and recurring illnesses related to multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria in South Africa, we determined if MDR Escherichia coli were present in pit latrine fecal sludge samples obtained from a peri-urban community in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The abundance of E. coli in pit latri...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Beukes LS,King TLB,Schmidt S

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conflicting evidence concerning possible harm from mercury (Hg) in regard to offspring cognition if the woman eats fish has prompted this study to examine evidence from a British pre-birth cohort to investigate the relationship between the two. METHODS:Pregnant women (median prenatal blood mercury 1.86μg/L)...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Golding J,Hibbeln JR,Gregory SM,Iles-Caven Y,Emond A,Taylor CM

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The levels of heavy metals (lead, cadmium, methylmercury and arsenic) were determined in 37 brands of imported rice commonly consumed in Saudi Arabia after soaking and rinsing with water, and their potential health risks to residents were estimated by three indices: hazard quotient (HQ), hazard index (HI) and cancer r...

journal_title：International journal of hygiene and environmental health

authors： Al-Saleh I,Abduljabbar M

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00