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- 1From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 119, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedPeople who ride bicycles along roadways may incur considerable exposure to traffic-related air pollutants that have been associated with adverse respiratory and cardiovascular effects in epidemiologic studies. A new...
- 2From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 119, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedThere are increasing concerns about the possible adverse effects of prenatal phthalate exposure on neurodevelopment of infants. As part of the Mothers and Children's Environmental Health Study (MOCEH), Kim et al. (p....
- 3From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 119, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedMany of the diseases studied under the aegis of environmental health are multifactorial in nature. Investigators are now looking at psychological stress as a potential modifier of some children's response to certain...
- 4From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 119, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Evidence of neurological, cognitive, and neuropsychological effects of manganese (Mn) exposure from drinking water (WMn) in children has generated widespread public health concern. At elevated exposures, Mn...
- 5From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 119, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Health risks differ by fine particle (aerodynamic diameter [less than or equl to] 2.5 pm) component, although with substantial variability. Traditional methods to assess component-specific risks are limited,...
- 6From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 119, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedThe association of mortality and morbidity with exposure to urban air pollution is well established, but the possible health effects associated with exposure to wildfire emissions are not well understood. To investigate...
- 7From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 119, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedThe correspondence section is a public forum and, as such, is not peer-reviewed. EHP is not responsible for the accuracy, currency, or reliability of personal opinion expressed herein; it is the sole responsibility of...
- 8From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 119, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedNaomi Stotland and her colleagues have been trained to tell their obstetric patients not to blame themselves for a miscarriage; fetal genetic abnormalities and other uncontrollable factors are generally the cause.' But...
- 9From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 119, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedPolybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), chemical additives used as flame retardants in commercial products, are bioaccumulative, persistent, and associated with several adverse health outcomes. Stapleton et al. (p....
- 10From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 119, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: The use of cancer-related biomarkers in newborns has been very limited. OBJECTIVE: We investigated the formation of micronuclei (MN) in full-term and preterm newborns and their mothers from the Rhea...
- 11From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 119, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedIn our commentary (Bouwman et al. 2011), we presented our centrist point of view on DDT, briefly, that despite DDT's known protective effects against malaria, there is a need to eventually eliminate its use due, in...
- 12From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 119, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Microcystin-producing Microcystis bloom is a severe water problem in the world. Some reports indicate that chronic exposure to microcystin may result in liver damage in adults, but information on effects in...
- 13From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 119, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedAssociation of childhood respiratory illness with traffic air pollution has been investigated largely in developed but not in developing countries, where pollution levels are often very high. Mustapha et al. (p. 1478)...
- 14From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 119, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedPrevious animal, in vitro, and human studies have suggested that exposure to phthalates or bisphenol A (BPA) may affect thyroid signaling. Meeker and Ferguson (p. 1396) explored the relationship between urinary...
- 15From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 119, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Our previous work demonstrated that the extracellular matrix protein mind in contributes to allergic airways disease. However, the role of mind in nonallergic airways disease has not previously been...
- 16From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 119, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedA growing body of evidence suggests an association between exposure to household indoor air pollution from cooking Fires and adverse neonatal outcomes such as low birth weight (LBW). Thompson et al. (p. 1489) examined...
- 17From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 119, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedOutbreaks of Saharan-Sahel dust over Euro-Mediterranean areas are often associated with exceedances of the European Union standard for [PM.sub.10]. Mallone et al. (p. 1409) evaluated the presence of Saharan dust on the...
- 18From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 119, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: There are increasing concerns over adverse effects of prenatal phthalate exposure on the neurodevelopment of infants. OBJECTIVES: Our goal was to explore the association between prenatal di(2-ethylhexyl)...
- 19From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 119, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedElevated blood pressure leads to increased risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, and kidney disease. Indoor air pollution, including exposure to fine particulate matter ([PM.sub.2.5]), has been hypothesized to...
- 20From: Environmental Health Perspectives. (Vol. 119, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: In June 2008, burning peat deposits produced haze and air pollution far in excess of National Ambient Air Quality Standards, encroaching on rural communities of eastern North Carolina. Although the...