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| Patrick N BreysseSummaryAffiliation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Country: USA Publications
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Environmental monitoring of secondhand smoke exposureBenjamin J Apelberg
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615N Wolfe St, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Tob Control 22:147-55. 2013..This topic assessment presents a comprehensive summary of SHSe monitoring approaches using environmental markers and discusses the strengths and weaknesses of these methods and approaches...
Development of a medical examination program for former workers at a Department of Energy national laboratoryPatrick N Breysse
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Am J Ind Med 42:443-54. 2002..We describe the needs assessment approach used at LANL...- Asbestos exposures to truck drivers during World Trade Center cleanup operationsPatrick N Breysse
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
J Occup Environ Hyg 2:400-5. 2005.... - Indoor exposures to air pollutants and allergens in the homes of asthmatic children in inner-city BaltimorePatrick N Breysse
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street Room W6010A, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Environ Res 98:167-76. 2005..Understanding this combined insult may help to explain the differential asthma burden between inner-city and non-inner-city children... - Indoor air pollution and asthma in childrenPatrick N Breysse
Department of Environmental Heath Sciences, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Proc Am Thorac Soc 7:102-6. 2010..More research documenting effectiveness of interventions to reduce those exposures and improve asthma outcomes is needed... - Home indoor pollutant exposures among inner-city children with and without asthmaGregory B Diette
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Environ Health Perspect 115:1665-9. 2007..To look for systematic differences in early life domestic exposures between inner-city preschool children with and without asthma, we performed a study of home indoor air pollutants and allergens... 
Effect of urbanisation on asthma, allergy and airways inflammation in a developing country settingColin L Robinson
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Johns Hopkins University, 1830 Monument Street, Fifth Floor, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Thorax 66:1051-7. 2011..However, few studies have studied the role of urbanisation in this phenomenon. It was hypothesised that children living in a peri-urban setting in Peru have higher rates of asthma and allergy than rural counterparts...- Common household activities are associated with elevated particulate matter concentrations in bedrooms of inner-city Baltimore pre-school childrenMeredith C McCormack
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, 5th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
Environ Res 106:148-55. 2008..Further investigation of the health effects of indoor PM exposure is warranted, as are studies to evaluate the efficacy of PM reduction strategies on asthma health of inner-city children... - Indoor particulate matter increases asthma morbidity in children with non-atopic and atopic asthmaMeredith C McCormack
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 106:308-15. 2011..Compared with atopic asthma, fewer environmental modifications are recommended for non-atopic asthma in children... - Household mouse allergen exposure and asthma morbidity in inner-city preschool childrenElizabeth C Matsui
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 97:514-20. 2006..Inner-city children experience disproportionate asthma morbidity, and suspected reasons include indoor environmental exposures... - Methods and issues in conducting a community-based environmental randomized trialLee J Swartz
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, CMSC 1102 600 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-3923, USA
Environ Res 95:156-65. 2004..Asthma morbidity and adherence was assessed quarterly. Collaboration with the community proved very beneficial in creating a study design and procedures acceptable to an inner-city community... - A longitudinal study of indoor nitrogen dioxide levels and respiratory symptoms in inner-city children with asthmaNadia N Hansel
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Environ Health Perspect 116:1428-32. 2008..The effect of indoor nitrogen dioxide concentrations on asthma morbidity among inner-city preschool children is uncertain... - In-home particle concentrations and childhood asthma morbidityMeredith C McCormack
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Environ Health Perspect 117:294-8. 2009..Although outdoor particulate matter (PM) has been linked to mortality and asthma morbidity, the impact of indoor PM on asthma has not been well established... - Bather density and levels of Cryptosporidium, Giardia, and pathogenic microsporidian spores in recreational bathing waterThaddeus K Graczyk
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Division of Environmental Health Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Parasitol Res 101:1729-31. 2007.... - Assessment of heterogeneity of metal composition of fine particulate matter collected from eight U.S. counties using principal component analysisInkyu Han
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Air Waste Manag Assoc 62:773-82. 2012..These differences will be helpful for epidemiological and toxicological studies to help explain why health risks associated with PM exposure are different in locations with similar mass concentrations of PM... - Asthma in the inner city and the indoor environmentElizabeth C Matsui
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 28:665-86, x. 2008..This article reviews the growing body of evidence that certain indoor environmental exposures contribute to the burden of asthma in the inner city... - Quantitative evaluation of the impact of bather density on levels of human-virulent microsporidian spores in recreational waterThaddeus K Graczyk
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 73:4095-9. 2007..Both these mechanisms can be considered for implementation in predictive models for contamination with microsporidian spores... - Environmental issues in managing asthmaGregory B Diette
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1830 E Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Respir Care 53:602-15; discussion 616-7. 2008.... - The longitudinal dependence of black carbon concentration on traffic volume in an urban environmentB Rey DeCastro
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Division of Environmental Health Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 20850 3195, USA
J Air Waste Manag Assoc 58:928-39. 2008..BC concentration also demonstrates statistically significant autocorrelation at several time scales... - Tobacco sales and promotion in bars, cafes and nightclubs from large cities around the worldShahida Shahrir
Institute for Global Tobacco Control, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Tob Control 20:285-90. 2011..Information on tobacco sales, advertisement and promotion in bars, cafes and nightclubs is needed to develop interventions to reduce smoking initiation and relapse, particularly among youths and young adults... - Predicting future asthma morbidity in preschool inner-city childrenNadia N Hansel
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Asthma 48:797-803. 2011..The purpose of our study was to determine which clinical and environmental factors are predictive of poor long-term asthma control in preschool inner-city children... - Secondhand tobacco smoke exposure in selected public places (PM2.5 and air nicotine) and non-smoking employees (hair nicotine) in GhanaWilfred Agbenyikey
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Tob Control 20:107-11. 2011..5 μm (PM(2.5)) and nicotine concentrations and (2) hair nicotine concentrations in non-smoking employees. Quantifying SHS exposure will provide evidence needed to develop tobacco control legislation... - Airborne cow allergen, ammonia and particulate matter at homes vary with distance to industrial scale dairy operations: an exposure assessmentD Ann L Williams
Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N, Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Environ Health 10:72. 2011.... - Mouse allergen-specific antibody responses in inner-city children with asthmaElizabeth C Matsui
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 119:910-5. 2007..Although mouse allergen exposure is common in inner-city homes, little is known about the relationships between exposure and humoral immune responses to mouse allergen in this population... - Impact of the 2002 Canadian forest fires on particulate matter air quality in Baltimore cityAmir Sapkota
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Environ Sci Technol 39:24-32. 2005..This research highlights the significance of transboundary air pollution and the need for studies that assess the public health impacts associated with such sources and transport processes... - Neurologic symptoms associated with cattle farming in the agricultural health studyLeora Vegosen
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Occup Environ Med 54:1253-8. 2012..We used Agricultural Health Study data to assess whether cattle farming was associated with prevalence of neurologic symptoms... - Measurement of nicotine in household dustSungroul Kim
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Institute for Global Tobacco Control, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Environ Res 108:289-93. 2008..Optimized analytical methods showed a feasibility to detect nicotine in house dust. Our results indicated that the measurement of nicotine in house dust can be used potentially as a marker of longer term SHS exposure... - Respiratory effects of inhalation exposure among workers during the clean-up effort at the World Trade Center disaster siteJulie B Herbstman
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Environ Res 99:85-92. 2005..The prevalence rates of upper airway symptoms (nasal congestion, sore throat, hoarse throat) exceeded those of lower respiratory symptoms, however, it was not determined whether symptoms pre-dated arrival at the WTC site... - The Peru Urban versus Rural Asthma (PURA) Study: methods and baseline quality control data from a cross-sectional investigation into the prevalence, severity, genetics, immunology and environmental factors affecting asthma in adolescence in PeruColin L Robinson
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
BMJ Open 2:e000421. 2012..The authors sought to characterise the epidemiology of asthma in Peru in two regions with disparate degrees of urbanisation. In this manuscript, the authors summarise the study design and implementation... - Relationships among bather density, levels of human waterborne pathogens, and fecal coliform counts in marine recreational beach waterThaddeus K Graczyk
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Division of Environmental Health Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA
Parasitol Res 106:1103-8. 2010.... - Ambient air pollution alters heart rate regulation in aged miceJuan P Ramos-Bonilla
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Inhal Toxicol 22:330-9. 2010..Heart rate alterations associated with exposure to particulate matter (PM) and gaseous pollutants have been observed in epidemiological studies and animal experiments. Nevertheless, the time-lag of these associations is still unclear... - Design and characterization of a sequential cyclone system for the collection of bulk particulate matterAna M Rule
Dept of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Environ Monit 12:1807-14. 2010..5). The operation and maintenance of the new system are straightforward and allow for reliable collection of dry bulk ambient PM at relatively low cost... - Being overweight increases susceptibility to indoor pollutants among urban children with asthmaKim D Lu
Division of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 131:1017-23, 1023.e1-3. 2013..Whether being overweight is a risk factor for the effects of indoor pollutant exposure on asthma health is unknown... - Microbial and chemical assessment of regions within New Orleans, LA impacted by Hurricane KatrinaKellogg J Schwab
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore Maryland 21205, USA
Environ Sci Technol 41:2401-6. 2007..Flooded homes, however, contained substantial concentrations of mold which could present a public health exposure route to individuals repopulating and restoring the City of New Orleans... - Impact of bathers on levels of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts and Giardia lamblia cysts in recreational beach watersDeirdre Sunderland
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Division of Environmental Health Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Water Res 41:3483-9. 2007..lamblia cysts in recreational beach water. It is essential to test recreational waters for Cryptosporidium and Giardia when numbers of bathers are greatest, or limit the number of bathers in a recreational beach area... - Urban feral pigeons (Columba livia) as a source for air- and waterborne contamination with Enterocytozoon bieneusi sporesThaddeus K Graczyk
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 73:4357-8. 2007..5 x 10(3) Enterocytozoon bieneusi spores and that 1.3 x 10(3) spores could be inhaled by a nearby person... - Influence of geographic location in modeling blood pesticide levels in a community surrounding a U.S. Environmental protection agency superfund siteShannon H Gaffney
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Environ Health Perspect 113:1712-6. 2005..Spatial information may enable researchers to detect a potential exposure pattern that may not be revealed with only nonspatial variables... - Racial differences in hair nicotine concentrations among smokersBenjamin J Apelberg
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 14:933-41. 2012..We examined racial differences in hair nicotine concentrations among daily tobacco smokers (n = 103) in Baltimore, Maryland... - Dry collection and culture methods for recovery of methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from indoor home environmentsMeghan F Davis
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 78:2474-6. 2012..Using laboratory experiments and application to homes of asthmatic children in Barbados, we characterize microbiological methods adapted for settings with transportation delays between sampling and initiation of culture... - Effects of distance from a heavily transited avenue on asthma and atopy in a periurban shantytown in Lima, PeruLauren M Baumann
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 127:875-82. 2011.... - The impact of a building implosion on airborne particulate matter in an urban communityChristopher M Beck
Center for Urban Environmental Health, John Hopkins Medical Institutions, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Air Waste Manag Assoc 53:1256-64. 2003..These results demonstrate that a building implosion can have a severe but short-lived impact on community air quality. Effective protection is offered by being indoors or upwind... - Method validation for measurement of hair nicotine level in nonsmokersSung Roul Kim
The Institute for Global Tobacco Control, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Biomed Chromatogr 23:273-9. 2009..In the field study (n = 2400), a positive association was evident between hair nicotine concentrations from nonsmokers and higher numbers of cigarettes smoked per day in a household... - Summary of historical beryllium uses and airborne concentration levels at Los Alamos National LaboratoryAleksandr B Stefaniak
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Appl Occup Environ Hyg 18:708-15. 2003.... - Association of markers of chronic viral hepatitis and blood mercury levels in US reproductive-age women from NHANES 2001-2008: a cross-sectional studyMary C Sheehan
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Environ Health 11:62. 2012.... - Immunodetection and quantification of airborne (1-3)-β-D-glucan-carrying particles with the halogen immunoassayFélix E Rivera-Mariani
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
J Immunol Methods 388:86-9. 2013..Our results suggest that the HIA holds promise for quantifying β-D-glucan exposures. To our knowledge, this is the first time in which the HIA was used for non-allergenic compounds of microbial or fungal origins... - Geostatistics and GIS: tools for characterizing environmental contaminationShannon L Henshaw
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Med Syst 28:335-48. 2004..The spatial regression method, kriging, is used to provide predictions of DDE levels at unsampled locations both within the site and the surrounding areas where residential development is ongoing... - Highly sensitive NH3 detection based on organic field-effect transistors with tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane as receptorWeiguo Huang
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 206 Maryland Hall, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
J Am Chem Soc 134:14650-3. 2012..Furthermore, excellent memory of exposure was achieved by keeping the exposed devices in a sealed container stored at -30 °C, the first such capability demonstrated with OFETs... - Transport of metal oxide nanoparticles and single-walled carbon nanotubes in human mucusAshish Jachak
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, USA
Nanotoxicology 6:614-22. 2012.... - Health benefits from large-scale ozone reduction in the United StatesJesse D Berman
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Environ Health Perspect 120:1404-10. 2012..Based on recent monitoring data, U.S. ozone levels still exceed this standard in numerous locations, resulting in avoidable adverse health consequences... - Comparison of extremely low frequency (ELF) magnetic field personal exposure monitorsJames J McDevitt
Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 12:1-8. 2002..However, the EMDEX Lite underestimates maximum exposures when compared to the MW III... - The effect of clinical UVA/B exposures on urinary urocanic acid isomer levels in individuals with caucasian type (II/III) skin typesChandan M Sastry
Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Dermatol Online J 11:1. 2005..Repeated daily UV exposures of similar doses produced a minimal increase in UCA ratio above that of the single UV exposure. These findings indicate that UCA cis-trans ratio holds promise as a biomarker for recent solar UV exposure... - Septin-2 mediates airway epithelial barrier function in physiologic and pathologic conditionsVenkataramana K Sidhaye
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center 4B 64, 5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 45:120-6. 2011..These findings indicate that septin-2 plays a fundamental role in regulating barrier function by altering cortical actin expression... - Characterization of physicochemical properties of beryllium aerosols associated with prevalence of chronic beryllium diseaseAleksandr B Stefaniak
Industrial Hygiene and Safety Group HSR 5, MS K553, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
J Environ Monit 6:523-32. 2004..However, a scientific basis does not yet exist to replace mass as the current metric of exposure... - Differences in dissolution behavior in a phagolysosomal simulant fluid for single-constituent and multi-constituent materials associated with beryllium sensitization and chronic beryllium diseaseAleksandr B Stefaniak
Industrial Hygiene and Safety Group, MS K553, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
Toxicol In Vitro 20:82-95. 2006..Additional studies of the dissolution behavior of beryllium materials in a variety of mixture configurations will aid in developing exposure-response models to improve understanding of the risk of beryllium sensitization and CBD... - Surface area of respirable beryllium metal, oxide, and copper alloy aerosols and implications for assessment of exposure risk of chronic beryllium diseaseAleksandr B Stefaniak
Industrial Hygiene and Safety Group (HSR-5, MS K553, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
AIHA J (Fairfax, Va) 64:297-305. 2003..To avoid errors in predicting bioavailability of beryllium and the associated risks for CBD, the mechanisms of particle formation should be understood and the SSA of beryllium particles should be measured directly... - Does neighborhood violence lead to depression among caregivers of children with asthma?Emily S Tonorezos
Department of Medicine, New York University, 462 First Aveunue, New York, NY 10016, United States
Soc Sci Med 67:31-7. 2008..Based on our findings, personal experience with neighborhood violence may be more important than simple awareness. Health care workers should consider screening for depression among patients exposed to community violence... - Parental lead exposure and total anomalous pulmonary venous returnLeila W Jackson
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 70:185-93. 2004..This association was further evaluated in the BWIS population using a more sensitive exposure estimate...
Research Grants
- Cytoxicity and Solubility of Beryllium ParticlesPatrick Breysse; Fiscal Year: 2002..abstract_text> ..