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| Rob S McConnellSummaryAffiliation: University of Southern California Country: USA Publications
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Competing definitions of contextual environmentsZaria Tatalovich
Department of Geography, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089 0255, USA
Int J Health Geogr 5:55. 2006..The sensitivity of census variable estimates to the choice of community boundaries and weights was assessed using standard tests of significance...- Spatial analysis of air pollution and childhood asthma in Hamilton, Canada: comparing exposure methods in sensitive subgroupsTalar Sahsuvaroglu
School of Geography and Earth Sciences, 1280 King St West, Hamilton, L8S 4K1, Canada
Environ Health 8:14. 2009..Variations in air pollution exposure within a community may be associated with asthma prevalence. However, studies conducted to date have produced inconsistent results, possibly due to errors in measurement of the exposures... - Educational intervention to control cockroach allergen exposure in the homes of hispanic children in Los Angeles: results of the La Casa studyR McConnell
Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Clin Exp Allergy 35:426-33. 2005..However, there has been little evaluation of educational approaches for controlling cockroach infestations and reducing allergen exposure... - Cockroach counts and house dust allergen concentrations after professional cockroach control and cleaningRob McConnell
Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 91:546-52. 2003..However, there have been few studies of interventions to reduce exposures in this setting... - Prospective study of air pollution and bronchitic symptoms in children with asthmaRob McConnell
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 168:790-7. 2003.... - Traffic, susceptibility, and childhood asthmaRob McConnell
Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:766-72. 2006..These results indicate that residence near a major road is associated with asthma. The reason for larger effects in those with no parental history of asthma merits further investigation... - Dog ownership enhances symptomatic responses to air pollution in children with asthmaRob McConnell
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:1910-5. 2006..Experimental data suggest that asthma exacerbation by ambient air pollutants is enhanced by exposure to endotoxin and allergens; however, there is little supporting epidemiologic evidence... - Childhood incident asthma and traffic-related air pollution at home and schoolRob McConnell
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Environ Health Perspect 118:1021-6. 2010..Traffic-related air pollution has been associated with adverse cardiorespiratory effects, including increased asthma prevalence. However, there has been little study of effects of traffic exposure at school on new-onset asthma... - Asthma and school commuting timeRob McConnell
Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
J Occup Environ Med 52:827-8. 2010..This study examined associations of asthma with school commuting time... - Predicting residential ozone deficits from nearby trafficRob McConnell
Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, 1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 236, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States
Sci Total Environ 363:166-74. 2006..These findings may have implications for studies of health effects of traffic-related pollutants... - The association between contextual socioeconomic factors and prevalent asthma in a cohort of Southern California school childrenKetan Shankardass
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Soc Sci Med 65:1792-806. 2007..g., lower SES may associate with higher protective exposures to endotoxin in early life), or by SEP acting as a proxy for unmeasured neighborhood characteristics... - A theoretical basis for investigating ambient air pollution and children's respiratory healthF D Gilliland
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033, USA
Environ Health Perspect 107:403-7. 1999.... - Environmental tobacco smoke and absenteeism related to respiratory illness in schoolchildrenF D Gilliland
Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Am J Epidemiol 157:861-9. 2003..44, 95% CI: 1.04, 2.00). Therefore, ETS exposure is associated with increased respiratory-related school absenteeism among children, especially those with asthma... - The effects of ambient air pollution on school absenteeism due to respiratory illnessesF D Gilliland
Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033, USA
Epidemiology 12:43-54. 2001..7)] compared with communities with high average levels [38.1% (95% CI = 8.5-75.8)]. Increased school absenteeism from O3 exposure in children is an important adverse effect of ambient air pollution worthy of public policy consideration... - Sex-specific effects of asthma on pulmonary function in childrenK Berhane
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 162:1723-30. 2000..We also suggest that in children, commonly observed differences between sexes in the impact of asthma on lung function may reflect differences in the duration and age of onset of asthma in males and females... - Association between air pollution and lung function growth in southern California childrenW J Gauderman
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 162:1383-90. 2000..The results suggest that significant negative effects on lung function growth in children occur at current ambient concentrations of particles, NO(2), and inorganic acid vapor... - Subclinical health effects of environmental pesticide contamination in a developing country: cholinesterase depression in childrenR McConnell
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, 90033, USA
Environ Res 81:87-91. 1999.... - Maternal smoking during pregnancy, environmental tobacco smoke exposure and childhood lung functionF D Gilliland
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
Thorax 55:271-6. 2000..Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) during childhood and in utero exposure to maternal smoking are associated with adverse effects on lung growth and development... - Organophosphate neuropathy due to methamidophos: biochemical and neurophysiological markersR McConnell
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
Arch Toxicol 73:296-300. 1999..We conclude that inhibition of lymphocyte NTE is predictive of subsequent OPIDP. Serum autoantibody titers to nervous system proteins may be useful markers of neuropathy... - Glutathione-S-transferase (GST) P1, GSTM1, exercise, ozone and asthma incidence in school childrenT Islam
Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Thorax 64:197-202. 2009.... - Social environment and asthma: associations with crime and No Child Left Behind programmesKetan Shankardass
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Epidemiol Community Health 65:859-65. 2011..The relationship between asthma and socio-economic status remains unclear. The authors investigated how neighbourhood, school and community social environments were associated with incident asthma in Southern California schoolchildren... - Surface sampling for endotoxin assessment using electrostatic wiping clothsPeter S Thorne
Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, The University of Iowa, 100 Oakdale Campus, IREH, Iowa City, IA 52242 5000, USA
Ann Occup Hyg 49:401-6. 2005..Thus, we evaluated the feasibility of wipe sampling for endotoxin environmental assessment using electrostatic wipes with or without the use of disposable examination gloves...
Research Grants
- Socioeconomic Status, Stress, Air Pollution and AsthmaRob McConnell; Fiscal Year: 2006....
- Childhood Asthma, Susceptibility and Biological Activity of Ambient ParticlesRob McConnell; Fiscal Year: 2009..This information will be useful for risk assessment and could lead to new regulatory and monitoring approaches for controlling the health hazards of air pollution. ..
- Childhood Asthma, Susceptibility and Biological Activity of Ambient ParticlesRob S McConnell; Fiscal Year: 2010..This information will be useful for risk assessment and could lead to new regulatory and monitoring approaches for controlling the health hazards of air pollution. ..