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Mapping for prevention: GIS models for directing childhood lead poisoning prevention programsMarie Lynn Miranda
Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
Environ Health Perspect 110:947-53. 2002..The methods presented here hold promise for application and extension to the other 94 North Carolina counties and nationally, as well as to other environmental health risks...- Environmental contributors to the achievement gapMarie Lynn Miranda
Children s Environmental Health Initiative, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Neurotoxicology 30:1019-24. 2009..Given the higher average lead exposure experienced by African American children in the United States, lead does in fact explain part of the achievement gap... 
Environmental contributions to disparities in pregnancy outcomesMarie Lynn Miranda
Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, A134 LSRC, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Epidemiol Rev 31:67-83. 2009..The analysis suggests that environmental, social, and host factors are cumulatively stressing non-Hispanic black women and that this cumulative stress may be a cause of the persistent disparities in pregnancy outcomes...- Disparities in maternal hypertension and pregnancy outcomes: evidence from North Carolina, 1994-2003Marie Lynn Miranda
Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Public Health Rep 125:579-87. 2010..In addition, we explored whether rates of poor birth outcomes, including low birthweight (LBW) and preterm birth (PTB), among hypertensive women differed by race... - Blood lead levels among pregnant women: historical versus contemporaneous exposuresMarie Lynn Miranda
Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Int J Environ Res Public Health 7:1508-19. 2010..This work emphasizes the importance of addressing sources of environmental lead exposure in the United States and internationally... 
Crawl spaces as reservoirs for transmission of mold to the livable part of the home environmentMarie Lynn Miranda
Children s Environmental Health Initiative, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708 0328, USA
Rev Environ Health 26:205-13. 2011..One potential source of a damp home, is crawl space construction. A poorly constructed crawl space not only presents the possibility of contributing to a 'damp' home but can also become a reservoir for fungal growth...- Use of spatial analysis to support environmental health research and practiceMarie Lynn Miranda
Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, 450 Research Dr, LSRC A134, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708, USA
N C Med J 72:132-5. 2011..This article discusses when and where spatial techniques can most effectively be deployed to address environmental health issues, especially as they relate to environmental justice concerns... - A geospatial analysis of the effects of aviation gasoline on childhood blood lead levelsMarie Lynn Miranda
Children s Environmental Health Initiative, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Environ Health Perspect 119:1513-6. 2011..Aviation gasoline, commonly referred to as avgas, is a leaded fuel used in small aircraft. Recent concern about the effects of lead emissions from planes has motivated the U.S. Environmental Protection to consider regulating leaded avgas... - Making the environmental justice grade: the relative burden of air pollution exposure in the United StatesMarie Lynn Miranda
Children s Environmental Health Initiative, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Int J Environ Res Public Health 8:1755-71. 2011..These results suggest that substantial areas of the United States lack monitoring data, and among areas where monitoring data are available, low income and minority communities tend to experience higher ambient pollution levels... - Environmental justice implications of reduced reporting requirements of the Toxics Release Inventory Burden Reduction RuleMarie Lynn Miranda
Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 0328, USA
Environ Sci Technol 42:5407-14. 2008..The differences are more pronounced for percent minority and percent minority under age 5 in comparison to percent in poverty, and the demographic differences are more apparent at increasingly resolved geographic scales... - Spatial analysis of the etiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis among 1991 Gulf War veteransMarie Lynn Miranda
Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Neurotoxicology 29:964-70. 2008..Veterans of the 1991 Gulf War have an increased risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), but the etiology is unknown... - A taxing environment: evaluating the multiple objectives of environmental taxesMarie Lynn Miranda
Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Box 90328, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
Environ Sci Technol 36:5289-95. 2002.... - Using GIS-based approaches to support research on neurotoxicants and other children's environmental health threatsMarie Lynn Miranda
Children s Environmental Health Initiative, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, A134 LSRC, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Neurotoxicology 26:223-8. 2005.... - Building geographic information system capacity in local health departments: lessons from a North Carolina projectMarie Lynn Miranda
Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Am J Public Health 95:2180-5. 2005.... - Adverse birth outcomes among nulliparous vs. multiparous womenMarie Lynn Miranda
Department of Pediatrics, Children s Environmental Health Initiative, Durham, NC, USA
Public Health Rep 126:797-805. 2011.... - Changes in blood lead levels associated with use of chloramines in water treatment systemsMarie Lynn Miranda
Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
Environ Health Perspect 115:221-5. 2007..In some instances, this has coincided with an increase in lead levels in drinking water in those systems. Lead in drinking water can be a significant health risk... - The relationship between early childhood blood lead levels and performance on end-of-grade testsMarie Lynn Miranda
Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 0328, USA
Environ Health Perspect 115:1242-7. 2007..Childhood lead poisoning remains a critical environmental health concern. Low-level lead exposure has been linked to decreased performance on standardized IQ tests for school-aged children... - A spatial measure of neighborhood level racial isolation applied to low birthweight, preterm birth, and birthweight in North CarolinaRebecca Anthopolos
Nicholas School of the Environment, Box 90328, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol 2:235-46. 2011..Black isolation may be proxying concentrated socioeconomic disadvantage, including disamenities in the built environment... - Seasonality of poor pregnancy outcomes in North CarolinaMarie Lynn Miranda
Nicholas School of the Environment, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
N C Med J 72:447-53. 2011..Seasonal variation in poor pregnancy outcomes has not received the same level of research attention and rigor as has the well-established seasonal variation in births... - A Bayesian growth mixture model to examine maternal hypertension and birth outcomesBrian Neelon
Children s Environmental Health Initiative, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Stat Med 30:2721-35. 2011..We apply our model to a sample of 1027 women enrolled in the Healthy Pregnancy, Healthy Baby Study, a prospective cohort study of host, social, and environmental contributors to disparities in pregnancy outcomes... - Associations between the quality of the residential built environment and pregnancy outcomes among women in North CarolinaMarie Lynn Miranda
Children s Environmental Health Initiative, School of Natural Resources and Environment and Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Environ Health Perspect 120:471-7. 2012..The built environment, a key component of environmental health, may be an important contributor to health disparities, particularly for reproductive health outcomes... - Incorporating a built environment module into an accelerated second-degree community health nursing courseJudith C Hays
Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Public Health Nurs 23:442-52. 2006..The goal of the module was to provide nursing students with an organizing framework for integrating environmental health into clinical practice and an innovative tool for understanding community-level components of public health... - Maternal age, birth order, and race: differential effects on birthweightGeeta K Swamy
Children s Environmental Health Initiative, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708, USA
J Epidemiol Community Health 66:136-42. 2012..Studies examining the influence of maternal age and birth order on birthweight have not effectively disentangled the relative contributions of each factor to birthweight, especially as they may differ by race... - Hierarchical spatial modeling of uncertainty in air pollution and birth weight studySimone C Gray
Department of Statistical Science, Duke University, Box 90251, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Stat Med 30:2187-98. 2011..The models are illustrated using Bayesian hierarchical modeling techniques that relate pregnancy outcomes from the North Carolina Detailed Birth Records to air pollution data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency... - A framework for widespread replication of a highly spatially resolved childhood lead exposure risk modelDohyeong Kim
Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Environ Health Perspect 116:1735-9. 2008..Moreover, increasing evidence of cognitive effects of blood lead levels < 10 microg/dL highlights the need for improved exposure prevention interventions... - Psychosocial differences between smokers and non-smokers during pregnancyPamela J Maxson
Children s Environmental Health Initiative, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Addict Behav 37:153-9. 2012.... - Exploratory quantile regression with many covariates: an application to adverse birth outcomesLane F Burgette
Department of Statistical Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Epidemiology 22:859-66. 2011.... - Assessing exposure metrics for PM and birth weight modelsSimone C Gray
Department of Statistical Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 20:469-77. 2010..Sensitivity analysis showed that at varying spatial resolutions, there is still a stable and negative association between air pollution and birth weight, despite North Carolina's consistent attainment of federal air quality standards... - Mercury levels in an urban pregnant population in Durham County, North CarolinaMarie Lynn Miranda
Children s Environmental Health Initiative, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Int J Environ Res Public Health 8:698-712. 2011..This suggests the different demographic groups consume different types of fish. Encouraging increased fish consumption while minimizing mercury exposure requires careful crafting of a complex health message... - Maternal vitamin D receptor genetic variation contributes to infant birthweight among black mothersGeeta K Swamy
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Am J Med Genet A 155:1264-71. 2011..Further research identifying the functionality of VDR gene polymorphisms in pregnant women will improve our understanding of the underlying mechanisms influencing birthweight... - Using decision analysis to improve malaria control policy makingRandall A Kramer
Nicholas School of the Environment, Box 90328, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Health Policy 92:133-40. 2009..Developing and applying such a framework can promote stronger and more effective linkages between research and policy, ultimately helping to reduce the burden of malaria and other vector-borne diseases... - A novel tool for assessing and summarizing the built environmentGretchen L Kroeger
Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Int J Health Geogr 11:46. 2012.... - Pregnancy intention, demographic differences, and psychosocial healthPamela Maxson
Nicholas School of the Environment, Children s Environmental Health Initiative, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 20:1215-23. 2011..We explore the psychosocial, demographic, and maternal characteristics across wanted, mistimed, and unwanted pregnancies... - Spatial modeling for groundwater arsenic levels in North CarolinaDohyeong Kim
Department of Public Administration, North Carolina Central University, 215 Whiting CJ Building, Durham, North Carolina 27707, USA
Environ Sci Technol 45:4824-31. 2011..This modeling effort informs policy intervention by creating three-dimensional maps of predicted arsenic levels in groundwater for any location and depth in the area... - GIS modeling of air toxics releases from TRI-reporting and non-TRI-reporting facilities: impacts for environmental justiceDana C Dolinoy
Integrated Toxicology Program, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Environ Health Perspect 112:1717-24. 2004.... - Achieving health for a lifetime: a community engagement assessment focusing on school-age children to decrease obesity in Durham, North CarolinaLeonor Corsino
Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3451, Durham, NC 27710, USA
N C Med J 74:18-26. 2013..Obesity is a prominent problem in the United States and in North Carolina. One way of combating it is with community-engaged interventions that foster collaboration between health-oriented organizations and community residents... - Proximity to roadways and pregnancy outcomesMarie Lynn Miranda
Children s Environmental Health Initiative, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 23:32-8. 2013.... - Associations between polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants, phenolic metabolites, and thyroid hormones during pregnancyHeather M Stapleton
Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Environ Health Perspect 119:1454-9. 2011..Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are chemical additives used as flame retardants in commercial products. PBDEs are bioaccumulative and persistent and have been linked to several adverse health outcomes... - The NIEHS Environmental Health Sciences Data Resource Portal: placing advanced technologies in service to vulnerable communitiesKeith Pezzoli
Urban Studies and Planning Program, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Environ Health Perspect 115:564-71. 2007..Over 1,300 people died. The projected economic costs for recovery and reconstruction are likely to exceed $125 billion...
Research Grants
- Duke Center for Geospatial Medicine (RMI)Marie Lynn Miranda; Fiscal Year: 2006..Using neural tube defects as a prototype health endpoint, we will develop a generalized framework for applying these methods to a wide variety of health endpoints, including autism, asthma, ADHD, and obesity. ..