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- 1From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 110, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedDay after day, your child comes home from school suffering from a headache, nausea, and a cough. After a few hours at home, he feels fine. If you suspect that indoor pollution at school is to blame, what signs do you...
- 2From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 110, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThe purpose of the study was to determine whether the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) associated with drinking water disinfection by-products was modified in the presence of variants in genes...
- 3From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 110, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed2002 July 1-3 July, Mon-Wed. Renewable Energy Expo 2002. Cologne, Germany. Information: Diana Schmeiber, Reed Exhibitions Deutschland GmbH, Volklinger Str. 4, D-40219 Dusseldorf, +49-0-211-90-191-218, fax:...
- 4From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 110, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedCigarette smoking by children and adolescents continues to be prevalent, and this fact represents a major public health problem and challenge. Epidemiologic work has previously suggested that exposure of the lung to...
- 5From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 110, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedA study published in the 25 January 2002 issue of The Lancet by the European Commission's Eurohazcon project found that women living within 3 km of a hazardous waste landfill have a 40% greater risk of conceiving a...
- 6From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 110, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedA binational collaboration to evaluate pediatric lead poisoning in Russia [EHP 110: 559-562] has shown that although mean blood lead levels (BLLs) of the children studied were below U.S. guidelines, continued monitoring...
- 7From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 110, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBreast milk is the natural and optimal food for infants. In addition to meeting nutritional needs, breast milk provides numerous immunologic, developmental, psychologic, economic, and practical advantages. It is...
- 8From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 110, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThe nation's largest lead disclosure agreement to date has been announced by the Denver, Colorado-based Apartment Investment and Management Company, one of the largest property management firms in the United States, The...
- 9From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 110, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThis study investigated host factors and environmental factors as potential determinants of polychlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons (PCAHs) in serum of adolescents. We recruited 200 participants (80 boys and 120 girls),...
- 10From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 110, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedSince the early 1950s, environmental chemicals and their metabolites have been detected in human breast milk throughout the world. Research has focused primarily on organochlorine pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls,...
- 11From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 110, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedCenters for Population Health and Health Disparities The purpose of the Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities (CPHHD) is to support interdisciplinary research leading to an understanding and reduction...
- 12From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 110, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedOnly fairly recently has it become accepted that infants and children are at a higher risk from pesticides compared with adults exposed at comparable levels. The 1993 National Research Council report Pesticides in the...
- 13From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 110, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIn this study we quantify economic benefits from projected improvements in worker productivity resulting from the reduction in children's exposure to lead in the United States since 1976. We calculated the decline in...
- 14From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 110, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedWe studied the impact of maternal exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) on birth weight (BW), low birth weight (LBW), and intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) according to self-reported maternal smoking habits...
- 15From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 110, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBeginning in summer 2002, new NIEHS public service announcements (PSAs) will begin appearing on network and cable television stations across the United States. The commercials, produced by the award-winning St. Charles,...
- 16From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 110, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIn the article "High-Resolution Revolution" [EHP 110: A238-239], the units of measurement in the article listed as millimeters should be micrometers. Also, in the photo caption on p. A239, the scan image on the...
- 17From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 110, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedWe used a one-compartment, first-order pharmacokinetic model to predict the infant body burden of dioxin-like compounds that results from breast-feeding. Validation testing of the model showed a good match between...
- 18From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 110, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedHuman milk is the best source of nutrition for infants. Breast milk contains the optimal balance of fits, carbohydrates, and proteins for developing babies, and it provides a range of benefits for growth, immunity, and...
- 19From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 110, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedAs part of the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), the top environmental agency administrators of Canada, Mexico, and the United States selected the nine members (three members per country) of...
- 20From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 110, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIt is difficult to recognize a wolf in sheep's clothing. This seems to be the situation with regard to carrageenan. In response to a letter to EHP from Phil Carthew, I commented on some of the data used for the...