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Polychlorinated biphenyl exposure, diabetes and endogenous hormones: a cross-sectional study in men previously employed at a capacitor manufacturing plantVictoria Persky
University of Illinois, School of Public Health, 1603 West Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Environ Health 11:57. 2012..We have previously reported positive associations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and inverse associations of selected steroid hormones with diabetes in postmenopausal women previously employed in a capacitor manufacturing plant...
Inner-city asthma: the role of the communityVictoria Persky
Epidemiology Biostatistics Division, University of Illinois School of Public Health, 1603 Taylor St, Room 878a, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Chest 132:831S-839S. 2007....- Prenatal exposure to acetaminophen and respiratory symptoms in the first year of lifeVictoria Persky
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Illinois, Chicago School of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 101:271-8. 2008..Prevalence of asthma in developed countries increased between the 1970s and the 1990s. One factor that might contribute to the trends in asthma is the increased use of acetaminophen vs aspirin in children and pregnant women... - The effect of low-cost modification of the home environment on the development of respiratory symptoms in the first year of lifeVictoria Persky
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 103:480-7. 2009..Previous studies have suggested that environmental exposures may be related to the development of respiratory symptoms in early life. Intervention studies, however, have not produced consistent findings... - Effect of soy protein on endogenous hormones in postmenopausal womenVictoria W Persky
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The School of Public Health, The University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 75:145-53. 2002..The long-term clinical effects of soy protein containing various concentrations of isoflavones on endogenous hormones are unknown... - The effects of PCB exposure and fish consumption on endogenous hormonesV Persky
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
Environ Health Perspect 109:1275-83. 2001..Elucidation of specific mechanisms must await future investigations... 
Associations of polychlorinated biphenyl exposure and endogenous hormones with diabetes in post-menopausal women previously employed at a capacitor manufacturing plantVictoria Persky
University of Illinois School of Public Health, 1603 West Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Environ Res 111:817-24. 2011..Possible biologic mechanisms are discussed. This study confirms previous reports relating PCB exposure to diabetes and suggests possible hormonal pathways deserving further exploration...- Is hereditary hemochromatosis a balanced polymorphism: an analysis of family size among hemochromatosis heterozygotesR L Nelson
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1740 West Taylor Street, Room 2204, m c 957, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
Hepatogastroenterology 48:523-6. 2001..Evidence for this was sought by assessing reproductive success among hemochromatosis heterozygotes through determining their family size and incidence of miscarriage when compared to nongene carriers... - Risk of disease in siblings of patients with hereditary hemochromatosisR L Nelson
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Chicago, Ill 60612, USA
Digestion 64:120-4. 2001..The health histories of siblings of HH patients are reported... - Prevalence of asthma and other allergic diseases in an adolescent population: association with gender and raceJ K Fagan
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 86:177-84. 2001..To estimate the prevalence and severity of asthma in an adolescent population by sex and race... - Bone mineral density and subsequent risk of prostate cancer in the NHANES-1 follow-upR L Nelson
Department of Surgery, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
IARC Sci Publ 156:319-21. 2002 - Carcinoma in situ of the colorectum: SEER trends by race, gender, and total colorectal cancerR L Nelson
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
J Surg Oncol 71:123-9. 1999..The hypothesis being tested is that CIS will be far less common in blacks than in whites and that rates of CIS should be increasing in whites from 1973 to 1994... - Lead exposure in ironworkersL Forst
University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Emergency Medicine School of Public Health 60612, USA
Am J Ind Med 32:540-3. 1997..Whereas cigarette smoking and current work with lead have been previously identified as risk factors for toxicity, interventions to prevent lead toxicity in ironworkers should also focus on work practices during rivet busting... - Time trends in distal colorectal cancer subsite location related to age and how it affects choice of screening modalityR L Nelson
Department of Surgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago 60612, USA
J Surg Oncol 69:235-8. 1998.... - Cohort mortality study of capacitor manufacturing workers, 1944-2000Katherine Mallin
University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology Biostastics Health, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
J Occup Environ Med 46:565-76. 2004..2) were significantly elevated. Although individual exposure assessment was limited, PCBs alone or in combination with other chemicals could be associated with increased risks for liver/biliary, stomach, intestinal, and thyroid cancer... - Frequent ear infections in infancy and the risk of asthma in Mexican American childrenKamal Eldeirawi
Public Health, Mental Health, and Administrative Nursing, Department of Health Systems Science, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
J Asthma 47:473-7. 2010..This study examined the associations of history of ear infections in infancy with doctor-diagnosed asthma in a large sample of Mexican American children... - Bone mineral density and the subsequent risk of cancer in the NHANES I follow-up cohortRichard L Nelson
Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
BMC Cancer 2:22. 2002.... - Organochlorine exposure and incidence of diabetes in a cohort of Great Lakes sport fish consumersMary Turyk
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
Environ Health Perspect 117:1076-82. 2009..Prospective studies, however, have been lacking... - Congener profiles of occupational PCB exposure versus PCB exposure from fish consumptionSally Freels
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1603 West Taylor Street Room 953 M C 922, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Chemosphere 69:435-43. 2007..Consideration of combinations of congener levels and their relative proportions is relevant to tracking route of exposure and may also be relevant to modeling effects on health outcomes... - Inverse association between rural environment in infancy and sensitization to rodents in adulthoodSamuel Dorevitch
The Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 98:440-6. 2007..Studying adults exposed to allergens in the workplace may help determine whether childhood exposures confer lasting protection against sensitization... - Environmental allergens and asthma morbidity in low-income childrenMary Turyk
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, USA
J Asthma 43:453-7. 2006..Respiratory infections confounded the association of cockroach allergen with number of asthma symptoms... - Relationship of serum levels of individual PCB, dioxin, and furan congeners and DDE with Great Lakes sport-caught fish consumptionMary Turyk
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1601 W Taylor Street, Room 879 M C923 Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Environ Res 100:173-83. 2006..In epidemiologic studies, it may be important to include populations with higher organochlorine exposures as well as background exposures and to consider the effects of individual congeners or mixtures of congeners on health outcomes... - Residential mercury spills from gas regulatorsDaniel Hryhorczuk
Great Lakes Center for Children s Environmental Health, John H Stroger Jr Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:848-52. 2006..Gas companies, their contractors, and residents should be aware of these risks and should take appropriate actions to prevent these spills from occurring and remediate them if they occur... - Association of meningioma with reproductive factorsEunsuk Lee
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, USA
Int J Cancer 119:1152-7. 2006..These data add to the evidence that factors known to influence endogenous hormones (pregnancy and indirectly smoking) may have protective effects for meningiomas primarily in premenopausal women... - Dietary differences among women of Polish descent by country of birth and duration of residency in the United StatesDaniel P Dunham
Northwestern University Medical School, Illinois, Chicago, USA
Ethn Dis 14:219-26. 2004..We examined relationships of dietary factors associated with these diseases with stage of migration among Polish women in Chicago... - Associations of place of birth with asthma and wheezing in Mexican American childrenKamal Eldeirawi
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL 60612 7260, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 116:42-8. 2005..There are wide global variations in the prevalence of asthma and wheezing... - Associations of organochlorines with endogenous hormones in male Great Lakes fish consumers and nonconsumersMary E Turyk
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1603 W Taylor Street, Room 879, M C 923, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Environ Res 102:299-307. 2006..Further studies should help delineate specific exposure effects and effects of exposures to other common environmental contaminants alone and in combination with PCBs... - History of ear infections and prevalence of asthma in a national sample of children aged 2 to 11 years: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988 to 1994Kamal Eldeirawi
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612 7260, USA
Chest 125:1685-92. 2004.... - Effect of ozone and aeroallergens on the respiratory health of asthmaticsMary A Ross
Health and Ecological Effects Group, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U S Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Arch Environ Health 57:568-78. 2002.... - Stressful life events and asthma in adolescentsMary E Turyk
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Pediatr Allergy Immunol 19:255-63. 2008..Assessing and addressing the effects of stressful life events may be helpful in managing asthma in inner city adolescents... - Associations of physician-diagnosed asthma with country of residence in the first year of life and other immigration-related factors: Chicago asthma school studyKamal M Eldeirawi
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 99:236-43. 2007..Objective: To evaluate the associations of immigration-related variables with physician-diagnosed asthma in a sample of Mexican American children... - Relationships of thyroid hormones with polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxins, furans, and DDE in adultsMary E Turyk
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
Environ Health Perspect 115:1197-203. 2007..Whereas investigations of health effects have generally focused on human populations with relatively high exposures through occupation, accident, or high fish consumption, general population exposures may also carry risk... - Associations of acculturation and country of birth with asthma and wheezing in Mexican American youthsKamal M Eldeirawi
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612 7260, USA
J Asthma 43:279-86. 2006..Mexican Americans have lower rates of asthma than other ethnic groups in the United States... - Bias and confounding in longitudinal measures of exhaled monoxidesSamuel Dorevitch
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health 60612, USA
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 17:583-90. 2007....
Research Grants
- Peer Education in Pregnancy StudyVictoria Persky; Fiscal Year: 2006..Results of this study will assist in elucidating the etiologic pathway by which asthma develops early in life, as well as assist in the development of effective intervention programs. ..