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A qualitative analysis of environmental policy and children's health in MexicoEnrique Cifuentes
Environmental Health, Center for Population Health Research, National Institute of Public Health INSP, Universidad No 655, Col Santa Maria Ahuacatitlan, Cerrada Los Pinos y Caminera Cuernavaca, Morelos CP 62100, Mexico
Environ Health 9:14. 2010..We therefore identified and assessed the adequacy of existing international and Mexican governance instruments and policy tools to protect children from environmental hazards...- Early experiences and predictors of recruitment success for the National Children's StudyLeonardo Trasande
Department of Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
Pediatrics 127:261-8. 2011..We aimed to describe 17 months of experience with household recruitment of live births for the National Children's Study in Queens, a highly urban, diverse borough of New York City (NYC), and to assess predictors of recruitment success... - Environment and obesity in the National Children's StudyLeonardo Trasande
Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, Box 1043, New York, NY 10029 USA
Environ Health Perspect 117:159-66. 2009..In this review we describe the approach taken by the National Children's Study (NCS), a 21-year prospective study of 100,000 American children, to understanding the role of environmental factors in the development of obesity... 
Economics of children's environmental healthLeonardo Trasande
Departments of Preventive Medicine and Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Mt Sinai J Med 78:98-106. 2011..Nevertheless, economic analyses in children's environmental health are highly informative and important informants to public-health and policy practice. Further attention and training in their appropriate use are needed...- Effects of childhood obesity on hospital care and costs, 1999-2005Leonardo Trasande
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 28:w751-60. 2009..Medicaid appears to bear a large burden of hospitalizations for conditions that occur along with obesity, while private payers pay a greater portion of hospitalization costs to treat obesity itself... - Incremental charges, costs, and length of stay associated with obesity as a secondary diagnosis among pregnant womenLeonardo Trasande
Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
Med Care 47:1046-52. 2009..Elevation in prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) has been linked to a host of perinatal complications, but increases in charges or costs associated with obesity during pregnancy have not been quantified... - Translating knowledge about environmental health to practitioners: are we doing enough?Leonardo Trasande
Department of Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Mt Sinai J Med 77:114-23. 2010..A national network of pediatric environmental health specialty units has been established to strengthen prevention capacity, yet the effectiveness of that translational resource has not been assessed... 
Environment and Obesity in the National Children's StudyLeonardo Trasande
Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA, 10029
Cien Saude Colet 15:195-210. 2010..A major secondary benefit will derive from the banking of specimens for future analysis...- How much should we invest in preventing childhood obesity?Leonardo Trasande
Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, New York, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 29:372-8. 2010..Large investments to reduce this major contributor to adult disability may thus be cost-effective by widely accepted criteria... - Applying cost analyses to drive policy that protects children: mercury as a case studyLeonardo Trasande
Center for Children s Health and the Environment, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1076:911-23. 2006..0 billion annually (range: $143 million-$3.3 billion). Preliminary data suggest that more stringent mercury policy options would prevent thousands of cases of MR and billions of dollars over the next 25 years... - The impact of obesity on health service utilization and costs in childhoodLeonardo Trasande
Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 17:1749-54. 2009.... - Reducing the staggering costs of environmental disease in children, estimated at $76.6 billion in 2008Leonardo Trasande
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, in New York City, NY, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 30:863-70. 2011.... - Public health and economic consequences of methyl mercury toxicity to the developing brainLeonardo Trasande
Center for Children s Health and the Environment, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Environ Health Perspect 113:590-6. 2005..This significant toll threatens the economic health and security of the United States and should be considered in the debate on mercury pollution controls... - Quantifying the economic consequences of childhood obesity and potential benefits of interventionsLeonardo Trasande
Departments of Preventive Medicine and Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1 Gustave L Levy Place, Box 1057, New York, NY 10029, USA
Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res 11:47-50. 2011..Longer term benefits of preventing obesity in childhood must be considered... - Mental retardation and prenatal methylmercury toxicityLeonardo Trasande
Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Center for Children s Health and the Environment, Mt Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave K Levy Place, Box 1043, New York, NY 10029, USA
Am J Ind Med 49:153-8. 2006..S. birth cohort is estimated, and the portion of this burden attributable to mercury (Hg) emissions from coal-fired power plants is identified... - Pediatrician attitudes, clinical activities, and knowledge of environmental health in WisconsinLeonardo Trasande
Center for Children s Health and the Environment, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
WMJ 105:45-9. 2006..Significant demand exists for centers that can evaluate environmental health concerns, as well as for educational opportunities... - The National Children's Study and the children of WisconsinLeonardo Trasande
Center for Children s Health and the Environment, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
WMJ 105:50-4. 2006..In addition, the National Children's Study will provide training in pediatric environmental health for the next generation of researchers and practitioners... - The environment in pediatric practice: a study of New York pediatricians' attitudes, beliefs, and practices towards children's environmental healthLeonardo Trasande
Center for Children s Health and the Environment, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, Box 1057, New York, NY 10029, USA
J Urban Health 83:760-72. 2006..Significant demand exists for specialized centers of excellence that can evaluate environmental health concerns, and for educational opportunities... - The role of the environment in pediatric practice in Minnesota: attitudes, beliefs, and practicesLeonardo Trasande
Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA
Minn Med 91:36-9. 2008..Responses also indicated significant demand for education on the subject and for a referral center that can evaluate patients who may be suffering from environmental exposures... - The effects of outdoor air pollutants on the costs of pediatric asthma hospitalizations in the United States, 1999 to 2007Angkana Roy
Departments of Preventive Medicine and Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
Med Care 49:810-7. 2011..Acute exposure to outdoor air pollutants has been associated with increased pediatric asthma morbidity. However, the impact of subchronic exposures is largely unknown... - Use of community-level data in the National Children's Study to establish the representativeness of segment selection in the Queens Vanguard SiteAndrew Rundle
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
Int J Health Geogr 11:18. 2012..We test whether the neighborhoods selected for NCS recruitment, are representative of the whole of Queens County, and whether there is sufficient variability across neighborhoods for meaningful studies of contextual variables... - How developing nations can protect children from hazardous chemical exposures while sustaining economic growthLeonardo Trasande
School of Medicine, New York University, New York City, NY, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 30:2400-9. 2011..We recommend that industrializing nations in particular employ these principles to prevent disease among their populations while at the same time minimizing the risk to their own economic development... - A systematic review of US state environmental legislation and regulation with regards to the prevention of neurodevelopmental disabilities and asthmaLauren Zajac
Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Environ Health 8:9. 2009..However, relatively few analyses have examined the extent to which states protect children from chemical factors in the environment... - The National Children's Study: a 21-year prospective study of 100,000 American childrenPhilip J Landrigan
Center for Children s Health and the Environment, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, New York, New York, USA
Pediatrics 118:2173-86. 2006..Data from the National Children's Study will guide development of a comprehensive blueprint for disease prevention in children... - Fine particulate matter pollution linked to respiratory illness in infants and increased hospital costsPerry Sheffield
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, in New York City, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 30:871-8. 2011..They should trigger additional investigation to determine if the current standards for fine-particulate matter are sufficiently protective of children's health... - Demographics, clinical characteristics and outcomes of neonates diagnosed with fetomaternal haemorrhageAnnemarie Stroustrup
Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place, Box 1508, New York, NY 10029, USA
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 97:F405-10. 2012..To determine clinical characteristics, demographics and short-term outcomes of neonates diagnosed with fetomaternal haemorrhage (FMH)... - Association between urinary bisphenol A concentration and obesity prevalence in children and adolescentsLeonardo Trasande
Department of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
JAMA 308:1113-21. 2012..In adults, elevated urinary BPA concentrations are associated with obesity and incident coronary artery disease. BPA exposure is plausibly linked to childhood obesity, but evidence is lacking to date... - Methylmercury exposure in a subsistence fishing community in Lake Chapala, Mexico: an ecological approachLeonardo Trasande
Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1 Gustave L Levy Place, Box 1057, New York, NY 10029, USA
Environ Health 9:1. 2010..However, neither the extent of human mercury exposure nor its sources and routes have been elucidated... - Epidemiological characteristics and resource use in neonates with bronchopulmonary dysplasia: 1993-2006Annemarie Stroustrup
Division of Newborn Medicine, Kravis Children s Hospital, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029, USA
Pediatrics 126:291-7. 2010..To determine the trends in incidence of diagnosis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and associated health services use for the neonatal hospitalization of patients with BPD in an era of changing definitions and management... - The role of air pollution in asthma and other pediatric morbiditiesLeonardo Trasande
Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Center for Children's Health and the Environment, New York, NY, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 115:689-99. 2005.... - Exploring prenatal outdoor air pollution, birth outcomes and neonatal health care utilization in a nationally representative sampleLeonardo Trasande
1 Department of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA 2 Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA 3 New York University Wagner School of Public Service, New York, New York, USA
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 23:315-21. 2013.... - Race/Ethnicity-specific associations of urinary phthalates with childhood body mass in a nationally representative sampleLeonardo Trasande
Department of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
Environ Health Perspect 121:501-6. 2013..Further study is needed to corroborate the association and evaluate genetic/epigenomic predisposition and/or increased phthalate exposure as possible explanations for differences among racial/ethnic subgroups... - Early environmental origins of neurodegenerative disease in later lifePhilip J Landrigan
Center for Children s Health and the Environment, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
Environ Health Perspect 113:1230-3. 2005..Additional approaches to etiologic discovery include establishing incidence registries for AD and PD, conducting targeted investigations in high-risk populations, and improving testing of the potential neurologic toxicity of chemicals... - Bisphenol A exposure is associated with low-grade urinary albumin excretion in children of the United StatesLeonardo Trasande
Department of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York 10016, USA
Kidney Int 83:741-8. 2013..Our findings broaden the array of adverse effects of BPA to include endothelial dysfunction as evidenced by the low-grade albuminuria and support proactive efforts to prevent harmful exposures... - Randomized controlled trial of restrictive fluid management in transient tachypnea of the newbornAnnemarie Stroustrup
Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
J Pediatr 160:38-43.e1. 2012..To determine the effect of mild fluid restriction on the hospital course of neonates with transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN)... - Genetics, altruism, and the National Children's StudyPhilip J Landrigan
Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10022, USA
Am J Med Genet A 146:294-6. 2008 - Lead poisoning: successes and 21st century challengesDanielle Laraque
Division of General Pediatrics, Center for Children's Health and the Environment, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Pediatr Rev 26:435-43. 2005 - Methylmercury and the developing brainLeonardo Trasande
Environ Health Perspect 115:A396-7; author reply A397-8. 2007 - The National Children's Study: a critical national investmentLeonardo Trasande
Environ Health Perspect 112:A789-90. 2004