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- 1From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: It has been hypothesized that ambient particulate air pollution is able to modify the autonomic nervous control of the heart, measured as heart rate variability (HRV). Previously we reported heterogeneous...
- 2From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 1) Peer-Revieweddoi:10.1289lehp.12416 In January 2009, after 8 years of planning and development, the National Children's Study (NCS; http://www.nationalchildrensstudy. gov/Pages/default.aspx) will begin enrollment and data collection...
- 3From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: In late 2006, the seaside community in Esperance, Western Australia, was alerted to thousands of native bird species dying. The source of the lead was thought to derive from the handling of Pb carbonate...
- 4From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedLead, like calcium, is stored in bones and generally does not circulate throughout the body. But the demands of pergnancy and lactation trigger the release of calcium, which also releases lead into the maternal blood...
- 5From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: California sea lions have a large body burden of organochlorine pesticides, and over the last decade they have also been subject to domoic acid poisoning. Domoic acid poisoning, previously recognized in adult...
- 6From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedOBJECTIVE: We investigated the association between body mass index (BMI) standard deviation score (SDS) and prenatal exposure to hexachlorobenzene, dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), dioxin-like compounds, and...
- 7From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBACHGROUND: Exposure to diesel exhaust (DE) is linked to vasoconstriction, endothelial dysfunction, and myocardial ischemia in compromised individuals. OBJECTIVE: We hypothesized that DE inhalation would cause greater...
- 8From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: A previous study from our laboratory showed that polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were metabolized to hydroxylated PBDEs (HO-PBDEs) in mice and that para-HO-PBDEs were the most abundant and,...
- 9From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedIn December 2008 the EPA announced revised regulations that will cut the amount of pollution released by U.S. medical waste incinerators States by 468,000 pounds each year. Annual emissions of mercury, a neurotoxicant,...
- 10From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 1) Peer-Revieweddoi: 10.1289lenhp.0800155 Lederman et al. (2008) assessed Psychomotor Development Index (PDI) and Verbal and Full Intelligence Quotient Scores (VFIQS) (at 36 months of age for PDI and 48 months for VFIQS) as a function...
- 11From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Prenatal lead exposure is associated with deficits in fetal growth and neurodevelopment. Calcium supplementation may attenuate fetal exposure by inhibiting mobilization of maternal bone lead and/or intestinal...
- 12From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Increasing evidence from animal and human studies indicates that chlorpyrifos (CPF), similar to other organophosphorus insecticides still widely used, is a developmental neurotoxicant. Developmental exposure...
- 13From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedJanuary 27 January, Tue. President's Cancer Panel Meeting--Environmental Factors in Cancer: Nuclear Fallout, Electromagnetic Fields, and Radiation Exposure. Phoenix, Arizona. Information: The President's Cancer Panel,...
- 14From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedIn Africa's Meningitis Belt, which stretches from Senegal to Ethiopia, epidemics of the often-fatal disease occur periodically, generally, beginning with the start of the dry season in December and ending with the onset...
- 15From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedOBJECTIVES: A large body of literature documents the effects of prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) on cognitive development of children. Despite this fact, no integrative synthesis has been published...
- 16From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Phthalates are ubiquitous in the environment, but concentrations in multiple media from breast-feeding U.S. women have not been evaluated. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to accurately measure...
- 17From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedCriminal, civil, and journalistic inventigators "follow the money" to identify the culprit of a crime. Public health detectives sometimes follow suit, since income is a well-known indicator of relative healthiness. In a...
- 18From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Ambient levels of air pollution may affect the health of children, as indicated by studies of infant and perinatal mortality. Scientific evidence has also correlated low birth weight and pre-term birth, which...
- 19From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: The current, continuous National Health and Nutrition Examination survey (NHANES) has included blood mercury (BHg) and fish/shellfish consumption since it began in 1999. NHANES 1999-2004 data form the basis...
- 20From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 117, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground; Childhood respiratory allergies, which contribute to missed school days and other activity limitations, have increased in recent years, possibly due to environmental factors. OBJECTIVE: In this study we...