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Prevalence of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and related vascular diseases in southwestern arseniasis-endemic and nonendemic areas in TaiwanShu Li Wang
Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Environ Health Perspect 111:155-59. 2003..3% and 13.7% for diabetics, and 12.3% and 5.5% for nondiabetics. Arsenic has been suggested to increase the risk of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and its related micro- and macrovascular diseases...
Infant exposure to polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans and biphenyls (PCDD/Fs, PCBs)--correlation between prenatal and postnatal exposureShu Li Wang
Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, 100 Shih Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
Chemosphere 54:1459-73. 2004..This first study of multi-specimen correlation further established rather consistent ratios of these chemical concentrations in various specimens relative to those in venous serum...
Arsenic methylation, GSTO1 polymorphisms, and metabolic syndrome in an arseniasis endemic area of southwestern TaiwanJein Wen Chen
Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan
Chemosphere 88:432-8. 2012....- Hypertension incidence after tap-water implementation: a 13-year follow-up study in the arseniasis-endemic area of southwestern TaiwanShu Li Wang
Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan
Sci Total Environ 409:4528-35. 2011..This study suggests that three decades after cessation of drinking artesian well water, residents of the endemic area are still at increased risk for developing hypertension, particularly those who excrete high amounts of As(V)... - Elevated lactate dehydrogenase activity and increased cardiovascular mortality in the arsenic-endemic areas of southwestern TaiwanYa Tang Liao
Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 262:232-7. 2012..LDH is a marker of arsenic toxicity associated with CVD mortality. Results of this study have important implications for use in ascertaining long-term arsenic exposure risk of CVD... - In utero exposure to dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls and its relations to thyroid function and growth hormone in newbornsShu Li Wang
Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, and Graduate Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Environ Health Perspect 113:1645-50. 2005..Considering the vast existence of bioaccumulated dioxins and PCBs and the resultant body burden in modern society, we suggest routine screening of both thyroid hormone levels and thyroid function in newborns... - Risk of carotid atherosclerosis is associated with low serum paraoxonase (PON1) activity among arsenic exposed residents in Southwestern TaiwanWan Fen Li
Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 236:246-53. 2009..Our results showed a significant joint effect between arsenic exposure and serum PON1 activity on carotid atherosclerosis, suggesting that subjects of low PON1 activity may be more susceptible to arsenic-related cardiovascular disease... - The association between total urinary arsenic concentration and renal dysfunction in a community-based population from central TaiwanJein Wen Chen
Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli 350, Taiwan
Chemosphere 84:17-24. 2011..001). These results indicate that U-As might relate to renal dysfunction even other important risk factors were taken into account. Follow-up studies for causal inference are warranted... - Phthalate exposure in pregnant women and their children in central TaiwanSusana Lin
National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan
Chemosphere 82:947-55. 2011..The level of phthalate metabolites in milk and cord blood were comparable to those found in other populations. Further studies of health effects related to DEHP and DiNP exposure are necessary for the children... - Increased risk of diabetes and polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins: a 24-year follow-up study of the Yucheng cohortShu Li Wang
Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan
Diabetes Care 31:1574-9. 2008..We aimed to examine the association between previous high exposures to PCBs and PCDFs and the cumulative incidence of type 2 diabetes and hypertension... - Childhood blood lead levels and intellectual development after ban of leaded gasoline in Taiwan: a 9-year prospective studyPo Chin Huang
Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli, Taiwan
Environ Int 40:88-96. 2012..Lead (Pb) exposure is associated with children's neurodevelopment, even at low doses. Leaded gasoline was banned in Taiwan in 2000 to reduce environmental exposure to Pb... - Placental docosahexaenoic and arachidonic acids correlate weakly with placental polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDF) and are uncorrelated with polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDD) or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) at delivery: a pilot studyMeng Chuan Huang
Department of Public Health and Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Food Chem Toxicol 49:1711-7. 2011..Pregnant women should consume fish for its unique package of nutrients while avoiding few species with high organic pollutant or mercury contamination... - Alkylphenols in human milk and their relations to dietary habits in central TaiwanGuan Wen Chen
Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, No 35, Keyan Road, Zhunan, Miaoli 350, Taiwan
Food Chem Toxicol 48:1939-44. 2010..05). These determinations should aid in suggesting foods for consumption by nursing mothers in order to protect their infants from NP/OP exposure... - Body burdens of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, and biphenyls and their relations to estrogen metabolism in pregnant womenShu Li Wang
Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, and Graduate Institute of Occupational and Industrial Health, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Environ Health Perspect 114:740-5. 2006..Our study suggests that exposure to PCDDs/PCDFs significantly affects estrogen metabolism. Therefore, PCDD/PCDF exposure must be considered when using the OH-E2 ratio as a breast cancer marker... - Relationship between insulin sensitivity and exposure to dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls in pregnant womenJein Wen Chen
Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road, Zhunan Town, Miaoli County 350, Taiwan
Environ Res 107:245-53. 2008..189 after adjustment for age and pre-pregnancy BMI. These findings suggest that PCBs may be associated with decreasing insulin sensitivity in non-diabetic pregnant women; however, the mechanism remains to be ascertained... - Inorganic arsenic exposure and its relation to metabolic syndrome in an industrial area of TaiwanShu Li Wang
Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan, ROC
Environ Int 33:805-11. 2007..This first report may help identify modifiable factors associated with diabetogenesis and cardiovascular disease progression and thus be worth following for community health... - Increased mortality risks of pre-diabetes (impaired fasting glucose) in TaiwanChi Pang Wen
Division of Health Policy Research, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan, ROC
Diabetes Care 28:2756-61. 2005..The objective of this article was to assess mortality risks at different levels of fasting blood glucose (FBG) in Taiwan, with particular attention to those pre-diabetic subjects with impaired fasting glucose (IFG)... - Association between phthalate exposure and glutathione S-transferase M1 polymorphism in adenomyosis, leiomyoma and endometriosisPo Chin Huang
Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road, Zhunan, Miaoli County 350, Taiwan
Hum Reprod 25:986-94. 2010..We conducted a case-control study to determine whether estrogen-dependent diseases are associated with phthalate exposure and how the glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1; a major detoxification enzyme) genotype modulates the risk... - Population physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling for the human lactational transfer of PCB-153 with consideration of worldwide human biomonitoring resultsLaurel E Redding
Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli, Taiwan
Environ Health Perspect 116:1629-35. 2008..One of the most serious human health concerns related to environmental contamination with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) is the presence of these chemicals in breast milk... - Synergistic effect of polymorphisms of paraoxonase gene cluster and arsenic exposure on electrocardiogram abnormalityYa Tang Liao
Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 239:178-83. 2009..This finding might have important implications for a novel and potentially useful biomarker of arsenic risk... - Survey of urinary nickel in residents of areas with a high density of electroplating factoriesFeng-Hsiang Chang
Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road, Miaoli 35053, Taiwan
Chemosphere 65:1723-30. 2006..The health significance of elevated urinary Ni and its causative factors remain to be determined... - Neonatal and childhood teeth in relation to perinatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and dibenzofurans: observations of the Yucheng children in TaiwanShu-Li Wang
Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan
Environ Res 93:131-7. 2003..Our present study has demonstrated for the first time a dose-response relationship between perinatal PCBs/PCDFs exposure and dental defects... - Arsenic ingestion and increased microvascular disease risk: observations from the south-western arseniasis-endemic area in TaiwanJeng-Min Chiou
Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
Int J Epidemiol 34:936-43. 2005..This excess risk was further elevated in diabetic subjects. Further studies are necessary to verify the hypotheses of threshold or dose-response relationships... - Associations between arsenic in drinking water and pterygium in southwestern TaiwanWei Lin
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Environ Health Perspect 116:952-5. 2008..Pterygium is a fibrovascular growth of the bulbar conjunctiva and underlying subconjunctival tissue that may cause blindness. The mechanism of pterygium formation is not yet fully understood, but pterygium has some tumorlike features... - Levels of organochlorine pesticides in human milk from central TaiwanHow-Ran Chao
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, No.1, Shuehfu Rd, Neipu 912, Pingtung, Taiwan
Chemosphere 62:1774-85. 2006.... - Body burden of dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls in pregnant women residing in a contaminated areaJein-Wen Chen
Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road, Zhunan Town, Miaoli County 350, Taiwan
Chemosphere 65:1667-77. 2006..The findings of this study strongly implicate the activity of the PCP manufacturing plant in the observed increase in dioxin body burden. Investigation of the health consequences of this increased body burden is recommended... - Levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in primipara breast milk from Taiwan: estimation of dioxins and furans intake for breastfed infantsHow-Ran Chao
Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institute, 100 Shih-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
J Hazard Mater 121:1-10. 2005..Based on the lower WHO-TEQ levels in the breast milk, breast-feeding should still be encouraged and continued in Taiwan... - A study of anthropomorphic and biochemical characteristics in girls with central precocious puberty and thelarche variantPen Hua Su
Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 21:213-20. 2008..Premature thelarche in later childhood may progress to central precocious puberty (CPP), which does not spontaneously resolve. Thelarche variant (TV) is a slowly progressive variant of precocious puberty... - Estimating final height from parental heights and sex in TaiwanesePen Hua Su
Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
Hum Biol 79:283-92. 2007.... - Arsenic and diabetes and hypertension in human populations: a reviewChien Jen Chen
Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road Section 2, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 222:298-304. 2007..The dose-response relationship and toxicological mechanisms of arsenic-induced diabetes and hypertension need further elucidation... - Levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in breast milk from central Taiwan and their relation to infant birth outcome and maternal menstruation effectsHow Ran Chao
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Neipu, Pingtung 912, Taiwan
Environ Int 33:239-45. 2007..In utero exposure to low doses of PBDEs may result in lower birth weight and short or birth length. Our findings are limited based on the low doses of PBDEs and the small sampling size... - Biomonitoring of chromium for residents of areas with a high density of electroplating factoriesFeng-Hsiang Chang
Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institute, Zhunan, Taiwan
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 16:138-46. 2006..27, 0.25-0.30) areas and to the general population from western countries. The health significance of the elevated B-Cr remains to be determined... - Quantitative vibration perception thresholds in normal and diabetic chinese: influence of age, height and body mass indexChii-Min Hwu
Section of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Neuroepidemiology 21:271-8. 2002..Age significantly contributed to the variance of VPT in both DM and non-DM subjects. Height was positively associated with VPT in men, so was BMI in non-DM subjects with much smaller magnitudes of effect than for age...