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Neurodevelopmental toxicity of prenatal polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by chemical structure and activity: a birth cohort studyHye Youn Park
Divisions of Epidemiology, and of Environmental and Occupational Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616, USA
Environ Health 9:51. 2010..Our objective was to examine the association between prenatal exposure to defined subsets of PCBs and neurodevelopment in a cohort of infants in eastern Slovakia enrolled at birth in 2002-2004...- Air pollution and distributions of lymphocyte immunophenotypes in cord and maternal blood at deliveryIrva Hertz-Picciotto
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Epidemiology 13:172-83. 2002..Heavy air pollution may affect the immune system in pregnant women and/or fetuses, reflecting an acute and/or chronic effect, although unmeasured confounders could also play a role... - The rise in autism and the role of age at diagnosisIrva Hertz-Picciotto
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
Epidemiology 20:84-90. 2009..The extent to which this trend is explained by changes in age at diagnosis or inclusion of milder cases has not been previously evaluated... - Early childhood lower respiratory illness and air pollutionIrva Hertz-Picciotto
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
Environ Health Perspect 115:1510-8. 2007..Few studies of air pollutants address morbidity in preschool children. In this study we evaluated bronchitis in children from two Czech districts: Teplice, with high ambient air pollution, and Prachatice, characterized by lower exposures... - Prenatal exposures to persistent and non-persistent organic compounds and effects on immune system developmentIrva Hertz-Picciotto
Center for Children s Environmental Health and Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 102:146-54. 2008.... - Hot tubs and miscarriage--methodological and substantive reasons why the case is weakIrva Hertz-Picciotto
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Am J Epidemiol 158:938-40; discussion 941. 2003 - In utero polychlorinated biphenyl exposures in relation to fetal and early childhood growthIrva Hertz-Picciotto
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Epidemiology 16:648-56. 2005..Studies examining intrauterine growth at lower exposures have been inconsistent, with most such investigations having relied on surrogate exposure indicators such as consumption of fish from contaminated bodies of water... - The CHARGE study: an epidemiologic investigation of genetic and environmental factors contributing to autismIrva Hertz-Picciotto
Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, and Medical Investigations of Neurodevelopmental Disorders MIND Institute, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:1119-25. 2006.... - A cohort study of in utero polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposures in relation to secondary sex ratioIrva Hertz-Picciotto
Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, TB 168, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Environ Health 7:37. 2008..PCBs are related to a class of compounds known as dioxins, specifically 2,3,7,8-TCDD (tetrachloro-dibenzodioxin), which has been implicated as a cause of altered sex ratio, especially in relation to paternal exposures... - Blood mercury concentrations in CHARGE Study children with and without autismIrva Hertz-Picciotto
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616 8638, USA
Environ Health Perspect 118:161-6. 2010..Some authors have reported higher blood mercury (Hg) levels in persons with autism, relative to unaffected controls... - Is it time to abandon adjustment for birth weight in studies of infant mortality?Irva Hertz-Picciotto
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 17:114-6. 2003 - Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in relation to autism and developmental delay: a case-control studyIrva Hertz-Picciotto
Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, MS1C, One Shields Ave, Davis, California, USA
Environ Health 10:1. 2011..PBDEs and their metabolites cross the placenta and studies in rodents demonstrate neurodevelopmental toxicity from prenatal exposures. PBDE exposures occur both via breastfeeding and hand-to-mouth activities in small children... - Study of Use of Products and Exposure-Related Behaviors (SUPERB): study design, methods, and demographic characteristics of cohortsIrva Hertz-Picciotto
Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Environ Health 9:54. 2010.... - Polychlorinated biphenyls and their hydroxylated metabolites (OH-PCBS) in pregnant women from eastern SlovakiaJune Soo Park
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA
Environ Health Perspect 115:20-7. 2007..Our aim in the present study was to characterize and quantify the levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and specific polychlorobiphenylol (OH-PCB) metabolites in maternal sera from women delivering in eastern Slovakia... - Prenatal polychlorinated biphenyl exposures in eastern Slovakia modify effects of social factors on birthweightDean Sonneborn
Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 22:202-13. 2008.... - Air pollution exposure during critical time periods in gestation and alterations in cord blood lymphocyte distribution: a cohort of livebirthsCaroline E W Herr
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, USA
Environ Health 9:46. 2010..This study investigates the association between cord blood lymphocyte proportions and maternal exposure to air pollution during each gestational month... - Exposure to hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls (OH-PCBs) in the prenatal period and subsequent neurodevelopment in eastern SlovakiaHye Youn Park
Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA
Environ Health Perspect 117:1600-6. 2009.... - Exposure to air pollution in critical prenatal time windows and IgE levels in newbornsCaroline E W Herr
Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Epidemiology, University of California Davis, CA 95616, USA
Pediatr Allergy Immunol 22:75-84. 2011..PAHs and PM(2.5) , constituents of both ambient air pollution and cigarette smoke, appear to influence fetal immune development, particularly among infants whose mothers are not atopic... - Maternal DDT exposures in relation to fetal and 5-year growthTodd A Jusko
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Epidemiology 17:692-700. 2006..Furthermore, only a portion of these studies have investigated in utero exposures and growth during childhood... - Air pollution and lymphocyte phenotype proportions in cord bloodIrva Hertz-Picciotto
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, California, USA
Environ Health Perspect 113:1391-8. 2005..7% (95% CI, 0.4 to 3.0%). Associations were similar but slightly weaker for PM2.5. Ambient air pollution may influence the relative distribution of lymphocyte immunophenotypes of the fetus... - Longitudinal variability of time-location/activity patterns of population at different ages: a longitudinal study in CaliforniaXiangmei Wu
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Environ Health 10:80. 2011..This study was designed to evaluate longitudinal variations in human time-activity patterns... - Geographic distribution of autism in California: a retrospective birth cohort analysisKarla C Van Meter
Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, and Medical Investigations of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Institute, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Autism Res 3:19-29. 2010..nonhigh-school graduate parents. This geographic association possibly occurs because RCs do not actively conduct case finding and parents with lower education are, for various reasons, less likely to successfully seek services... - Indoor coal use and early childhood growthRakesh Ghosh
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 165:492-7. 2011..To examine whether indoor coal combustion for heating, which releases pollutants into the air, affects early childhood growth... - Serum PCB concentrations in relation to locally produced food items in eastern SlovakiaDean Sonneborn
Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616 8638, USA
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 18:581-7. 2008..8% 630 ng/g lipid versus 549 ng/g lipid... - Prenatal PCB exposure and thymus size at birth in neonates in Eastern SlovakiaHye Youn Park
Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Environ Health Perspect 116:104-9. 2008..The thymus is essential for the differentiation and maturation of T-cell lymphocytes... - Residential insecticide usage in northern California homes with young childrenXiangmei May Wu
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 21:427-36. 2011..These findings describing the intensity of insecticide use and accompanying behaviors in families with young children may inform future insecticide exposure modeling efforts, and ultimately, risk assessments... - Autoantibodies to cerebellum in children with autism associate with behaviorPaula Goines
Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616, United States
Brain Behav Immun 25:514-23. 2011..Future studies are needed to determine the identities of the protein targets and explore their significance in autism... - Month of conception and risk of autismOusseny Zerbo
Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Epidemiology 22:469-75. 2011..We investigated whether certain months or seasons of conception are associated with increased risk of autism spectrum disorders, for which etiology is particularly obscure... - Sleep problems in children with autism spectrum disorders, developmental delays, and typical development: a population-based studyPaula Krakowiak
Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
J Sleep Res 17:197-206. 2008..Factor scores for children with DD were intermediate between the ASD and TD groups. Cognitive or adaptive development did not predict severity of sleep problems in the ASD group... - Brief report: plasma leptin levels are elevated in autism: association with early onset phenotype?Paul Ashwood
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 38:169-75. 2008..042), TD controls (p<.0015), and DD controls (p<.004). We demonstrated an increase in leptin levels in autism, a finding driven by the early onset group... - Placental transfer of polychlorinated biphenyls, their hydroxylated metabolites and pentachlorophenol in pregnant women from eastern SlovakiaJune Soo Park
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Chemosphere 70:1676-84. 2008..These findings are consistent with their preferential binding to TTR that can cross the placenta. The cord to maternal ratio varies by congener (e.g., 4-OH-CB107=0.58, 4-OH-CB146=0.74, 3'-OH-CB138=1.01)... - MAOA, DBH, and SLC6A4 variants in CHARGE: a case-control study of autism spectrum disordersFlora Tassone
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
Autism Res 4:250-61. 2011..19, 7.91, P = 0.02 for AU vs. TD, and OR = 3.26, 95% CI = 1.35, 7.89, P = 0.009 for AU+ASD vs. TD). These results suggest a potential role of the functional MAOA promoter alleles in the male child, the mother, or both in ASD... - Calcium intake during pregnancy among white and African-American pregnant women in the United StatesEmily W Harville
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
J Am Coll Nutr 23:43-50. 2004..To characterize the calcium intake in a racially mixed cohort of pregnant women, including the contribution of supplementation and antacids... - Determinants of serum polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides measured in women from the child health and development study cohort, 1963-1967Rebecca A James
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Environ Health Perspect 110:617-24. 2002..Marked racial and regional differences in serum pesticide levels were likely caused by geographic variation in previous agricultural and vector-control uses. The relationship to body mass index appears to be complex... - Psychosocial factors and preterm birth among African American and White women in central North CarolinaNancy Dole
Carolina Population Center, CB 8120, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 8120, USA
Am J Public Health 94:1358-65. 2004..We assessed associations between psychosocial factors and preterm birth, stratified by race in a prospective cohort study... - PBDEs in 2-5 year-old children from California and associations with diet and indoor environmentMelissa Rose
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
Environ Sci Technol 44:2648-53. 2010..Concentrations of lower-brominated congeners increased with frequency of poultry consumption. Lower maternal education was independently and significantly associated with higher levels of most congeners in the children... - Social correlates of the chronic stress of perceived racism among Black womenAnissa I Vines
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Ethn Dis 16:101-7. 2006..This study describes the perceptions of racism, passive and active responses to this psychosocial stressor, and it examines socioeconomic correlates of perceived racism in an economically diverse population of Black women... - Residential pesticide usage in older adults residing in Central CaliforniaMary N Armes
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Int J Environ Res Public Health 8:3114-33. 2011..Our findings on frequency of use over lifetime and exposure related behaviors will inform future efforts to develop population pesticide exposure models and risk assessment... - Usage pattern of personal care products in California householdsXiangmei May Wu
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Food Chem Toxicol 48:3109-19. 2010..This information will be valuable for exposure and risk assessments... - Elevated plasma cytokines in autism spectrum disorders provide evidence of immune dysfunction and are associated with impaired behavioral outcomePaul Ashwood
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Brain Behav Immun 25:40-5. 2011..The characterization of immunological parameters in ASD has important implications for diagnosis, and should be considered when designing therapeutic strategies to treat core symptoms and behavioral impairments of ASD... - Reduced levels of immunoglobulin in children with autism correlates with behavioral symptomsLuke Heuer
Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California at Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA
Autism Res 1:275-83. 2008..To assay if plasma antibody levels in children with autism or developmental delays (DD) differ from those with typical development as an indicator of immune function and to correlate antibody levels with severity of behavioral symptoms... - Conditions for bias from differential left truncationPenelope P Howards
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Am J Epidemiol 165:444-52. 2007..Cox regression can correct for left truncation and is no more difficult to perform than logistic regression... - Prenatal vitamins, one-carbon metabolism gene variants, and risk for autismRebecca J Schmidt
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA, USA
Epidemiology 22:476-85. 2011..Causes of autism are unknown. Associations with maternal nutritional factors and their interactions with gene variants have not been reported... - Coal home heating and environmental tobacco smoke in relation to lower respiratory illness in Czech children, from birth to 3 years of ageRebecca J Baker
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:1126-32. 2006..Relevance: Few studies have described effects of coal heating fuel on children's health in a Western country. Breast-feeding may attenuate adverse effects of prenatal and childhood exposures to combustion products... - Self-reported heavy bleeding associated with uterine leiomyomataGanesa Wegienka
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Obstet Gynecol 101:431-7. 2003..To characterize the relationship between self-reported bleeding symptoms and uterine leiomyoma size and location... - Feasibility of using web surveys to collect time-activity dataXiangmei May Wu
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, California, USA
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 22:116-25. 2012..In conclusion, web surveys are a promising method to consider for time-activity data collection... - Passive sampling methods to determine household and personal care product useDeborah H Bennett
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, California, USA
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 22:148-60. 2012..A very low drop-out rate suggests that this methodology can be useful in longitudinal studies of exposure to household and personal care products... - Misclassification of gestational age in the study of spontaneous abortionPenelope P Howards
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA
Am J Epidemiol 164:1126-36. 2006..Bias was greatest when the magnitude of error for pregnancies at higher risk was much larger than that for pregnancies at lower risk... - Regression in autism: prevalence and associated factors in the CHARGE StudyRobin L Hansen
Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Institute, University of California, Davis, Sacramento 95817, USA
Ambul Pediatr 8:25-31. 2008..The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of regressive autism and associated demographic, medical, and developmental factors by using 2 different definitions of regression based on the Autism Diagnostic Interview, Revised... - Independent and dependent contributions of advanced maternal and paternal ages to autism riskJanie F Shelton
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Autism Res 3:30-9. 2010..We also calculated that the recent trend towards delayed childbearing contributed approximately a 4.6% increase in autism diagnoses in California over the decade... - Gene expression changes in children with autismJeffrey P Gregg
Department of Pathology, University of California at Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Genomics 91:22-9. 2008..05). We conclude that the gene expression data support emerging evidence for abnormalities in peripheral blood leukocytes in autism that could represent a genetic and/or environmental predisposition to the disorder... - Comparison of organochlorine compound concentrations in colostrum and mature milkZhiwei Yu
University of California, Davis, Department of Public Health Sciences, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Chemosphere 66:1012-8. 2007.... - Choice of exposure scores for categorical regression in meta-analysis: a case study of a common problemDora Il'yasova
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Cancer Causes Control 16:383-8. 2005..This method requires the assignment of a single score to each exposure category. We examined how closely meta-analytical categorical regression approximates the results of analysis based on the individual-level continuous exposure... - Ambient nitrogen oxides exposure and early childhood respiratory illnessesRakesh Ghosh
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Environ Int 39:96-102. 2012..The evidence, if causal, can be of public health concern because acute respiratory illnesses are common in preschool children... - Mitochondrial dysfunction in autismCecilia Giulivi
University of California, School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Molecular Biosciences, One Shields Avenue, 1120 Haring Hall, Davis, CA 95616, USA
JAMA 304:2389-96. 2010..No studies have evaluated mitochondrial dysfunction and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) abnormalities in a well-defined population of children with autism... - Invited commentary: disinfection by-products and pregnancy loss--lessonsPenelope P Howards
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA
Am J Epidemiol 164:1052-5. 2006 - Decreased cellular IL-23 but not IL-17 production in children with autism spectrum disordersCharity Onore
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California at Davis, USA
J Neuroimmunol 216:126-9. 2009..Decreased cellular IL-23 production in ASD warrants further research to determine its role on the generation and survival of T(H)17 cells, a cell subset important in neuroinflammatory conditions that may include ASD... - Associations of impaired behaviors with elevated plasma chemokines in autism spectrum disordersPaul Ashwood
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, and The M I N D Institute, University of California at Davis, CA, United States
J Neuroimmunol 232:196-9. 2011..Elevated MCP-1, RANTES and eotaxin in some ASD children and their association with more impaired behaviors may have etiological significance. Chemokines and their receptors might provide unique targets for future therapies in ASD... - Altered T cell responses in children with autismPaul Ashwood
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California at Davis, CA, USA
Brain Behav Immun 25:840-9. 2011..Further longitudinal analyzes of cellular immunity profiles would delineate the relationship between immune dysfunction and the progression of behavioral and developmental changes throughout the course of this disorder... - Decreased transforming growth factor beta1 in autism: a potential link between immune dysregulation and impairment in clinical behavioral outcomesPaul Ashwood
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California at Davis, United States
J Neuroimmunol 204:149-53. 2008..Such immune dysregulation may predispose to the development of possible autoimmune responses and/or adverse neuroimmune interactions during critical windows in development... - Correlations between gene expression and mercury levels in blood of boys with and without autismBoryana Stamova
Department of Neurology, University of California at Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Neurotox Res 19:31-48. 2011..These findings might suggest different genetic transcriptional programs associated with mercury in AU compared to TD children... - Correlations of gene expression with blood lead levels in children with autism compared to typically developing controlsYingfang Tian
Department of Neurology, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Neurotox Res 19:1-13. 2011..We postulate that this may relate to the underlying genetic differences between the two groups, though other explanations cannot be excluded... - Have studies of urinary tract infection and preterm delivery used the most appropriate methods?Marie S O'Neill
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 17:226-33. 2003..Data on UTI timing should be gathered to allow appropriate analyses; survival methods account for person-time under observation and ensure that studied exposures precede effects... - A procedure to characterize geographic distributions of rare disorders in cohortsKarla C Van Meter
Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, USA
Int J Health Geogr 7:26. 2008..Using simulations, this study explored the effects of low cluster RR and areal unit size on local area clustering test (LACT) results, proposing a procedure to improve accuracy of cohort spatial analysis for rare events... - Minor physical anomalies in children with autism spectrum disordersKathleen Angkustsiri
University of California, Davis, USA
Autism 15:746-60. 2011..This study employs an adaptation of Miles and Hillman's (2000) classifications by using photographs to identify a subgroup with significant dysmorphology among children with ASD, typical development (TYP), and developmental delay (DD)... - Adult hemoglobin levels at birth and risk of sudden infant death syndromeDavid B Richardson
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 8050, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:366-71. 2004..Delayed or faulty transition to the production of adult hemoglobin might play a role in the etiology of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)... - The onset of autism: patterns of symptom emergence in the first years of lifeSally Ozonoff
M I N D Institute, University of California Davis, Sacramento, USA
Autism Res 1:320-8. 2008..We suggest that onset is better thought of as a dimensional process rather than dichotomous categories... - MECP2 promoter methylation and X chromosome inactivation in autismRaman P Nagarajan
Medical Microbiology and Immunology and Rowe Program in Human Genetics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Autism Res 1:169-78. 2008..These results suggest that the aberrant MECP2 methylation in autism brain DNA samples is due to locus-specific rather than global X chromosome methylation changes... - Associations of abdominal fat with perceived racism and passive emotional responses to racism in African American womenAnissa I Vines
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA
Am J Public Health 97:526-30. 2007..Passive emotional responses to perceived racism, hypothesized to have particularly adverse effects, were also examined... - Child care and social support modify the association between maternal depressive symptoms and early childhood behaviour problems: a US national studyLi Ching Lee
Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 N Wolfe Street, Room E6032, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Epidemiol Community Health 60:305-10. 2006..To investigate the presence and patterns of modification effects of the sex of the child, social support, and childcare on the relation between maternal depressive symptoms and child behaviour problems at two developmental stages... - Epidemiologic measures of the course and outcome of pregnancyDavid A Savitz
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Epidemiol Rev 24:91-101. 2002 - Self-collected breath sampling for monitoring low-level benzene exposures among automobile mechanicsPeter P Egeghy
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599-7400, USA
Ann Occup Hyg 46:489-500. 2002.... - Bed rest and other determinants of bone loss during pregnancyJoanne H E Promislow
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 191:1077-83. 2004..The purpose of this study was to evaluate patterns of bone loss during pregnancy and potential influences... - Maternal and cord serum exposure to PCB and DDE methyl sulfone metabolites in eastern SlovakiaLinda Linderholm
Department of Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Chemosphere 69:403-10. 2007..The difference in the maternal:cord ratio, comparing MeSO(2)-PCBs with 3-MeSO(2)-DDE might be due to differences in transport through the placenta caused by their different affinities for lipoproteins and plasma proteins... - Association between arsenic exposure from drinking water and anemia during pregnancyClaudia Hopenhayn
College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40504, USA
J Occup Environ Med 48:635-43. 2006..Arsenic is associated with numerous health effects. We investigated the association between arsenic exposure from drinking water and anemia during pregnancy... - Maternal amalgam dental fillings as the source of mercury exposure in developing fetus and newbornLubica Palkovicova
Department of Environmental Medicine, Slovak Medical University, Bratislava, Slovakia
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 18:326-31. 2008..37, P<0.001); these associations remained significant after adjustment for maternal age and education. Dental amalgam fillings in girls and women of reproductive age should be used with caution, to avoid increased prenatal Hg exposure... - Comparison of polychlorinated biphenyl levels across studies of human neurodevelopmentMatthew P Longnecker
Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
Environ Health Perspect 111:65-70. 2003..S. studies or recent Dutch, German, and northern Québec studies. Our results will facilitate a direct comparison of the findings on PCBs and neurodevelopment when they are published for all 10 studies... - The faroes statement: human health effects of developmental exposure to chemicals in our environmentPhilippe Grandjean
Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 102:73-5. 2008 - Arsenic exposure from drinking water and birth weightClaudia Hopenhayn
School of Public Health and Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40504, USA
Epidemiology 14:593-602. 2003..Limited evidence suggests that arsenic may have adverse human reproductive effects. We investigated the association between drinking water arsenic exposure and fetal growth, as manifest in birth weight... - Sostrup statement on low birthweightMelissa Adams
Int J Epidemiol 32:884-5. 2003 - Attenuation of exposure-response curves in occupational cohort studies at high exposure levelsLeslie Stayner
Risk Evaluation Branch, Education and Information Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, United States
Scand J Work Environ Health 29:317-24. 2003.... - A simple approach to performing quantitative cancer risk assessment using published results from occupational epidemiology studiesEdwin van Wijngaarden
Health Sciences Institute, ENVIRON International Corporation, PO Box 2424, Amherst, MA 01004, USA
Sci Total Environ 332:81-7. 2004..The methods described should facilitate the use of published epidemiological data in the estimation of cancer risk in the general or working population... - Do associations between airborne particles and daily mortality in Mexico City differ by measurement method, region, or modeling strategy?Marie S O'Neill
University of North Carolina UNC at Chapel Hill, USA
J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 14:429-39. 2004..The reanalysis suggests that previous research is robust to statistical method and likely to yield the same overall conclusions about the short-term effects of airborne particles on mortality... - Autism: maternally derived antibodies specific for fetal brain proteinsDaniel Braunschweig
Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California at Davis, CA, USA
Neurotoxicology 29:226-31. 2008.... - The DNA repair gene XPD/ERCC2 polymorphisms Arg156Arg (exon 6) and Lys751Gln (exon 23) are closely associatedJan Topinka
Laboratory of Genetic Ecotoxicology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Videnska 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic
Toxicol Lett 172:85-9. 2007.... - Uterine leiomyomata (fibroids): are bleeding symptoms more likely to be reported after diagnosis?Ganesa Wegienka
J Clin Epidemiol 57:318-20. 2004
Research Grants
- The Charge Study: Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and the EnvironmentIrva Hertz Picciotto; Fiscal Year: 2010..This project addresses a critical and growing public health concern, namely, autism;this disorder affects as many as one in 166 children. Our project will evaluate risk factors that may play a causal role. ..
- The Charge Study: Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and the EnvironmentIrva Hertz Picciotto; Fiscal Year: 2009..This supplement will also address a major goal of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by the creation of 3.5 new jobs. ..
- The Charge Study: Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and the EnvironmentIrva Hertz Picciotto; Fiscal Year: 2009..This project addresses a critical and growing public health concern, namely, autism; this disorder affects as many as one in 166 children. Our project will evaluate risk factors that may play a causal role. ..
- The Charge Study: Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and the EnvironmentIrva Hertz Picciotto; Fiscal Year: 2007..This project addresses a critical and growing public health concern, namely, autism; this disorder affects as many as one in 166 children. Our project will evaluate risk factors that may play a causal role. ..
- Early Childhood Development and PCB Exposures in Slovak*Irva Hertz Picciotto; Fiscal Year: 2005..Other unique features include the evaluation of hearing loss at birth, the measurement of hydroxy and methylsulfone metabolites of PCBs, and a population which includes about 1/3 Gypsies. ..
- International Society Environmental Epidemiology 2003Irva Hertz Picciotto; Fiscal Year: 2003..ISEE provides a variety of forums for discussion, critical reviews, collaborations and education issues for environmental exposures and their human health effects. ..
- The Charge Study: Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and the EnvironmentIrva Hertz Picciotto; Fiscal Year: 2009..This project addresses a critical and growing public health concern, namely, autism; this disorder affects as many as one in 166 children. Our project will evaluate risk factors that may play a causal role. ..