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- 1From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 115, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedWe read with interest the article of Kosnett et al. (2007) in which the authors offered medical recommendations for the health management of lead-exposed adults. These recommendations were intended to apply to all...
- 2From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 115, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedChildren whose mothers regularly smoked during pregnancy are known to be more likely to exhibit disruptive and aggressive behavior than children of nonsmoking mothers. A new study now finds that children born even to...
- 3From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 115, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedOne of the most extensive studies of the link between lower respiratory diseases and ambient concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), a class of widespread air pollutants, has found that the chemicals...
- 4From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 115, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Ambient levels of pesticides ("pesticide drift") are detectable at residences near agricultural field sites. OBJECTIVE: Our goal was to evaluate the hypothesis that maternal residence near agricultural...
- 5From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 115, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedEnvironmental Health Perspectives (EHP) is a monthly journal of peer-reviewed research and news dedicated to the discussion of the impact of the environment on human health. We also publish a quarterly Chinese-language...
- 6From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 115, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedObjectives: We assessed the extent of exposure to lead, cadmium, and mercury in the New York City (NYC) adult population. Methods: We measured blood metal concentrations in a representative sample of 1,811 NYC...
- 7From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 115, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedFew developing country institutions provide formal education in research ethics, and few developed country programs for advanced research ethics education/training focus in depth on the internationally relevant aspects...
- 8From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 115, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedThe risk of breast cancer can increase by as much as 50% in women who reach menarche at age 12 compared with age 16. Other possible effects of early puberty include depression, anxiety, and eating and adjustment...
- 9From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 115, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedMiranda et al. (2007) recently reported the results of their investigation into the relationship between blood lead levels and residual water treatment in two locations in North Carolina. Their conclusion that "the...
- 10From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 115, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedPeace Child International (PCI) works through affiliated groups in more than 100 countries to inspire young people to become more socially and environmentally conscious through education, leadership development, and...
- 11From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 115, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Evidence is mounting that environmental exposures contribute to causation of disease in children. Yet few pediatricians are trained to diagnose, treat, or prevent disease of environmental origin....
- 12From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 115, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedThe dramatic decline in childhood lead poisoning in the United States has often been declared a public health victory. The history of lead poisoning has all the essential elements of a successful campaign: A long,...
- 13From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 115, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedUT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report in the September 2007 issue of Pediatrics that being overweight and not attending daycare both put toddlers at high risk for iron deficiency. Iron-deficiency anemia in...
- 14From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 115, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Paraquat (PQ) has been implicated as a risk factor for the Parkinson disease phenotype (PDP) in humans and mice using epidemiologic or experimental approaches. The toxicokinetics (TK) and toxicodynamics (TD)...
- 15From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 115, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedThe purpose of the CDC's Environmental Public Health Tracking Program is to integrate diverse data sources for surveillance and research. In a demonstration project by program grantees, a powerful convergence of data on...
- 16From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 115, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedSynthetic fragrances known as polycyclic musks are added to soap, shampoo, deodorant, cleaning agents, cosmetics, and other consumer products. Now they are also turning up in human breast milk. In the first U.S. study to...
- 17From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 115, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Formaldehyde (FA) is classified as a human carcinogen and has been linked to increased leukemia rates in some epidemiologic studies. Inhalation of FA induces sensory irritation at relatively low...
- 18From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 115, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Atrazine (ATZ) is the second most abundantly applied pesticide in the United States. When we assessed exposure to ATZ by measuring its urinary mercapturic acid metabolite, general population data indicated...
- 19From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 115, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedGreen schools, with features such as natural lighting and low-emission building materials, generally see lower rates of asthma and allergies among students and staff, better student attendance, and higher teacher...
- 20From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 115, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedObjective: Studies have identified associations between household secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) exposure and induction of childhood asthma. However, the true nature and strength of this association remains confounded in...