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Developmental fluoride neurotoxicity: a systematic review and meta-analysisAnna L Choi
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Environ Health Perspect 120:1362-8. 2012..Although fluoride may cause neurotoxicity in animal models and acute fluoride poisoning causes neurotoxicity in adults, very little is known of its effects on children's neurodevelopment...
Does living near a Superfund site contribute to higher polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposure?Anna L Choi
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:1092-8. 2006....
Selenium as a potential protective factor against mercury developmental neurotoxicityAnna L Choi
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Environ Res 107:45-52. 2008..Additional research is needed to determine the identity of the nutrients responsible for the beneficial effects...
Negative confounding in the evaluation of toxicity: the case of methylmercury in fish and seafoodAnna L Choi
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Crit Rev Toxicol 38:877-93. 2008..Attention should also be paid to the occurrence of negative confounding in other connections...
Methylmercury exposure and adverse cardiovascular effects in Faroese whaling menAnna L Choi
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Environ Health Perspect 117:367-72. 2009..Methylmercury (MeHg), a worldwide contaminant found in fish and seafood, has been linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality...
Thyroid dysfunction as a mediator of organochlorine neurotoxicity in preschool childrenJordi Julvez
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Environ Health Perspect 119:1429-35. 2011..Exposure to organochlorine compounds (OCs) can alter thyroid function in humans, and hypothyroidism during early life can adversely affect a child's neurodevelopment...
Prenatal organochlorine exposure and measures of behavior in infancy using the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS)Sharon K Sagiv
Department of Environmental Health, Channing Laboratory, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Environ Health Perspect 116:666-73. 2008..Previous literature suggests an association between organochlorines and behavioral measures in childhood, including inattention...
Marine food pollutants as a risk factor for hypoinsulinemia and type 2 diabetesPhilippe Grandjean
Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
Epidemiology 22:410-7. 2011..This concern was examined in a cross-sectional study of elderly subjects from a fishing population with elevated contaminant exposures from seafood species high in the food chain...
Which fish should I eat? Perspectives influencing fish consumption choicesEmily Oken
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Environ Health Perspect 120:790-8. 2012..Diverse perspectives have influenced fish consumption choices...
Persistent organic pollutants and type 2 diabetes: a prospective analysis in the nurses' health study and meta-analysisHongyu Wu
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Environ Health Perspect 121:153-61. 2013..Prospective data regarding persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) are limited, and the results for individual POPs are not entirely consistent across studies...
