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Exposure assessment for retrospective follow-up studies of semiconductor- and storage device-manufacturing workersRobert F Herrick
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
J Occup Environ Med 47:983-95. 2005..This exposure assessment was conducted in the first large study of mortality and cancer incidence in semiconductor and storage device manufacturing...- Physical and chemical characterization of asphalt (bitumen) paving exposuresRobert F Herrick
Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
J Occup Environ Hyg 4:209-16. 2007..02 microm; count median diameter 0.24 microm)... - Placental biomarkers of phthalate effects on mRNA transcription: application in epidemiologic researchJennifer J Adibi
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Environ Health 8:20. 2009..We report on methodologic challenges to be considered in study design... - Serum PCB levels and congener profiles among US construction workersRobert F Herrick
Harvard University School of Public Health, Huntington Ave, Boston MA, USA
Environ Health 6:25. 2007..Workers removing caulking material have been shown to have elevated serum PCB levels... - Serum PCB levels and congener profiles among teachers in PCB-containing schools: a pilot studyRobert F Herrick
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Environ Health 10:56. 2011..This research compared the serum PCB concentrations, and congener profiles between 18 teachers in PCB-containing schools and referent populations... - Soil contamination from PCB-containing buildingsRobert F Herrick
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Environ Health Perspect 115:173-5. 2007..The PCBs in soil may have been generated in the process of removing the caulking, but natural weathering and deterioration of the caulking may have also been a source... - An unrecognized source of PCB contamination in schools and other buildingsRobert F Herrick
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Environ Health Perspect 112:1051-3. 2004..The presence of PCBs in schools is of particular concern given evidence suggesting that PCBs are developmental toxins... - Characterization of phthalate exposure among pregnant women assessed by repeat air and urine samplesJennifer J Adibi
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Environ Health Perspect 116:467-73. 2008..Although urinary concentrations of phthalate metabolites are frequently used as biomarkers in epidemiologic studies, variability during pregnancy has not been characterized... - Personal coronary risk profiles modify autonomic nervous system responses to air pollutionJiu-Chiuan Chen
Harvard School of Public Health, 655 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Occup Environ Med 48:1133-42. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Our study suggests that adverse autonomic responses to metal particulate are aggravated in workers with higher coronary risk profiles... - Exposure to fuel-oil ash and welding emissions during the overhaul of an oil-fired boilerYoucheng Liu
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Occup Environ Hyg 2:435-43. 2005..Fuel-oil ash was a major contributor to boilermakers' exposure to PM(10) and metals. Vanadium concentrations sometimes exceeded the 2003 American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) threshold limit value... - Time course of heart rate variability decline following particulate matter exposures in an occupational cohortJennifer M Cavallari
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Inhal Toxicol 20:415-22. 2008..This investigation demonstrates declines in HRV for up to 14 hours following PM exposure and a multiphase cardiovascular autonomic response with immediate (2 hrs) and delayed (9-13 hrs) responses... - PM2.5 metal exposures and nocturnal heart rate variability: a panel study of boilermaker construction workersJennifer M Cavallari
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Environ Health 7:36. 2008..We examined the association between daytime exposure to the metal content of PM2.5 and night HRV in a panel study of boilermaker construction workers exposed to metal-rich welding fumes... - PCBs in school-persistent chemicals, persistent problemsRobert F Herrick
Harvard School of Public Health, Dept of Environmental Health, Landmark Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
New Solut 20:115-26. 2010..The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving to address this issue in schools; however, the costs of remediating contaminated buildings will pose a formidable obstacle to most school districts... - Assessment of occupational exposure to manganese and other metals in welding fumes by portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometerWisanti Laohaudomchok
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
J Occup Environ Hyg 7:456-65. 2010..41 for zinc to 0.97 for iron). Such strong correlations and comparable results suggested that the portable XRF could be used as an effective and reliable tool for exposure assessment in many studies... - Estimation of personal exposures to particulate matter and metals in boiler overhaul workYoucheng Liu
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA corrected
J Occup Environ Med 47:68-78. 2005..We sought to develop an algorithm and estimate unmeasured exposures to particulate matter (PM) and metals in an epidemiologic study of boilermakers... - Comparing gravimetric and real-time sampling of PM(2.5) concentrations inside truck cabinsYing Zhu
Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
J Occup Environ Hyg 8:662-72. 2011.... - Association of expired nitric oxide with occupational particulate exposureJee Young Kim
Department of Environmental Health, Occupational Health Program, Environmental Science and Engineering Program, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Environ Health Perspect 111:676-80. 2003..In conclusion, occupational exposure to metal-containing fine particulates was associated with significant decreases in F(E)NO in a survey of workers with limited respirator usage... - Comparison of fine particle measurements from a direct-reading instrument and a gravimetric sampling methodJee Young Kim
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Occup Environ Hyg 1:707-15. 2004..5 measurements. Recalibration of the DUSTTRAK for the specific aerosol, as recommended by the manufacturer, may be necessary to produce valid measures of airborne particulate matter... - The association of expired nitric oxide with occupational particulate metal exposureJee Young Kim
Occupational Health Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Environ Res 93:158-66. 2003..5 metal exposure and FENO in subjects with limited respirator usage suggests that soluble transition metals might be partially responsible for the adverse pulmonary responses seen in workers exposed to ROFA... - Characterizing and biological monitoring of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in exposures to diesel exhaustWei Huang
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, Harvard Medical School, Brookline, Massachusetts 02446, USA
Environ Sci Technol 41:2711-6. 2007..The study results would be beneficial to future occupational and environmental studies of PAH exposure... - Laboratory evaluation of a potential diesel fuel interference in the determination of polycyclic aromatic compounds on dermal samplersRobert A Weker
Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Occup Environ Hyg 1:334-42. 2004..Sampling media must be examined carefully for visible contamination to prevent bias in the measurement of PACs deposited from asphalt fume... - Maternal urinary metabolites of Di-(2-Ethylhexyl) phthalate in relation to the timing of labor in a US multicenter pregnancy cohort studyJennifer J Adibi
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Epidemiol 169:1015-24. 2009..These data suggest that DEHP may interfere with signaling related to the timing of parturition... - The Occupational JP8 Exposure Neuroepidemiology Study (OJENES): Repeated workday exposure and central nervous system functioning among US Air Force personnelSusan P Proctor
Military Performance Division, US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Kansas St, Bldg 42, Natick, MA 01760, USA Research Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 South Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02130, USA Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Neurotoxicology 32:799-808. 2011.... - Association of expired nitric oxide with urinary metal concentrations in boilermakers exposed to residual oil fly ashJee Young Kim
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Am J Ind Med 44:458-66. 2003..The inverse association between F(E)NO and urinary metal concentrations suggests that exposure to metals in particulate matter may have an adverse effect on respiratory health... - The relationship between environmental exposures to phthalates and DNA damage in human sperm using the neutral comet assaySusan M Duty
Department of Environmental Health, Occupational Health Program, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Environ Health Perspect 111:1164-9. 2003..In conclusion, this study represents the first human data to demonstrate that urinary MEP, at environmental levels, is associated with increased DNA damage in sperm... - The relationship of urinary metabolites of carbaryl/naphthalene and chlorpyrifos with human semen qualityJohn D Meeker
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Environ Health Perspect 112:1665-70. 2004.... - Urinary levels of insecticide metabolites and DNA damage in human spermJohn D Meeker
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Hum Reprod 19:2573-80. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Environmental exposure to carbaryl and chlorpyrifos may be associated with increased DNA damage in human sperm, as indicated by a change in comet assay parameters... - Phthalate exposure and human semen parametersSusan M Duty
Department of Environmental Health, Occupational Health Program, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Epidemiology 14:269-77. 2003..The lack of a relation for other phthalates may indicate a difference in spermatotoxicity among phthalates... - Temporal variability of urinary levels of nonpersistent insecticides in adult menJohn D Meeker
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 15:271-81. 2005..In conclusion, although a single sample adequately predicted longer-term average exposure, a second sample collected at least 1 month following the first sample would reduce exposure measurement error... - Exposure databases and exposure surveillance: promise and practiceAnthony D LaMontagne
Center for Community Based Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
AIHA J (Fairfax, Va) 63:205-12. 2002..A companion report in this issue on the development and pilot testing of a workplace-level exposure surveillance system concretely illustrates the application of the conceptual framework proposed... - Excessive exposure to silica in the US construction industryS M Rappaport
School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7431, USA
Ann Occup Hyg 47:111-22. 2003..It is concluded that urgent action is required to reduce silica exposures in the US construction industry... - Methodologic issues in follow-up studies of cancer incidence among occupational groups in the United StatesThomas J Bender
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
Ann Epidemiol 16:170-9. 2006..This article describes procedures for addressing these challenges... - A reliability study of potential risk factors for acute traumatic occupational hand injuriesDavid A Lombardi
Liberty Mutual Research Center for Safety and Health, Hopkinton, Massachusetts 01748, USA
Am J Ind Med 42:336-43. 2002.... - Acute traumatic occupational hand injuries: type, location, and severityGary S Sorock
Liberty Mutual Research Center for Safety and Health, 71 Frankland Road, Hopkinton, MA 01748, USA
J Occup Environ Med 44:345-51. 2002..The generalizability of these results should be limited to clinic-based patients employed in similar occupations. The results of this study may suggest possible prevention strategies for acute traumatic hand injuries... - Glove use and the relative risk of acute hand injury: a case-crossover studyGary S Sorock
Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Hopkinton, Massachusetts USA
J Occup Environ Hyg 1:182-90. 2004....
Research Grants
- EVALUATING EXPOSURES UNDER OSHAS 1984 ETO STANDARDRobert Herrick; Fiscal Year: 2001..abstract_text> ..