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Predictors of virtual radial arm maze performance in adolescent Italian childrenJoe M Braun
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Neurotoxicology 33:1203-11. 2012..The radial arm maze (RAM), a rodent visuospatial learning and memory task, has a computerized version for use in children, which may help improve comparisons between animal and human studies...
Assessing windows of susceptibility to lead-induced cognitive deficits in Mexican childrenJoe M Braun
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Neurotoxicology 33:1040-7. 2012..The identification of susceptible periods to Pb-induced decrements in childhood cognitive abilities remains elusive...
A prospective cohort study of biomarkers of prenatal tobacco smoke exposure: the correlation between serum and meconium and their association with infant birth weightJoe M Braun
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
Environ Health 9:53. 2010..The evaluation of infant meconium as a cumulative matrix of prenatal toxicant exposure requires comparison to established biomarkers of prenatal exposure...
Impact of early-life bisphenol A exposure on behavior and executive function in childrenJoe M Braun
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02130, USA
Pediatrics 128:873-82. 2011..To estimate the impact of gestational and childhood bisphenol A (BPA) exposures on behavior and executive function at 3 years of age and to determine whether child gender modified those associations...
Variability and predictors of urinary bisphenol A concentrations during pregnancyJoe M Braun
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Environ Health Perspect 119:131-7. 2011..Prenatal bisphenol A (BPA) exposure may be associated with developmental toxicity, but few studies have examined the variability and predictors of urinary BPA concentrations during pregnancy...
Prenatal environmental tobacco smoke exposure and early childhood body mass indexJoe M Braun
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 24:524-34. 2010..In addition, accurate quantification of prenatal secondhand tobacco smoke exposures is essential to obtaining valid estimates...
Prenatal bisphenol A exposure and early childhood behaviorJoe M Braun
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Environ Health Perspect 117:1945-52. 2009..Prenatal exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) increases offspring aggression and diminishes differences in sexually dimorphic behaviors in rodents...
Determinants of serum cotinine and hair cotinine as biomarkers of childhood secondhand smoke exposureAmy E Kalkbrenner
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 20:615-24. 2010..If only questionnaires are available, multiple questions are required to best characterize exposure, such as number of cigarettes, hours spent in a room with concurrent smoking, maternal smoking, and approximate home size...
Predictors and variability of urinary paraben concentrations in men and women, including before and during pregnancyKristen W Smith
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Environ Health Perspect 120:1538-43. 2012..Parabens are suspected endocrine disruptors and ubiquitous preservatives used in personal care products, pharmaceuticals, and foods. No studies have assessed the variability of parabens in women, including during pregnancy...
Variability of urinary phthalate metabolite and bisphenol A concentrations before and during pregnancyJoe M Braun
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Environ Health Perspect 120:739-45. 2012..Gestational phthalate and bisphenol A (BPA) exposure may increase the risk of adverse maternal/child health outcomes, but there are few data on the variability of urinary biomarkers before and during pregnancy...
Bisphenol A and children's healthJoe M Braun
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Curr Opin Pediatr 23:233-9. 2011..This review briefly summarizes the epidemiological literature with special emphasis on childhood health outcomes...
The effect of maternal smoking during pregnancy on intellectual disabilities among 8-year-old childrenJoe M Braun
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 23:482-91. 2009..A differential effect of tobacco smoke exposure on the risk of ID is suggested for males and females and deserves further investigation; however, the interpretation is tempered by the potential for residual confounding...
