Mary Turyk

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Affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Risks and benefits of consumption of Great Lakes fish
    Mary E Turyk
    Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1603 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 120:11-8. 2012
  2. ncbi Bone mineral density and the subsequent risk of cancer in the NHANES I follow-up cohort
    Richard L Nelson
    Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
    BMC Cancer 2:22. 2002
  3. ncbi Hormone disruption by PBDEs in adult male sport fish consumers
    Mary E Turyk
    Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1603 W Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 116:1635-41. 2008
  4. ncbi Stressful life events and asthma in adolescents
    Mary 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
  5. ncbi Longitudinal biomonitoring for polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in residents of the Great Lakes basin
    Mary E Turyk
    School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1603 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL, USA
    Chemosphere 81:517-22. 2010
  6. ncbi Relationships of thyroid hormones with polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxins, furans, and DDE in adults
    Mary 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
  7. ncbi Prevalence of diabetes and body burdens of polychlorinated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, and p,p'-diphenyldichloroethene in Great Lakes sport fish consumers
    Mary Turyk
    University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, United States
    Chemosphere 75:674-9. 2009
  8. ncbi Environmental allergens and asthma morbidity in low-income children
    Mary Turyk
    Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, USA
    J Asthma 43:453-7. 2006
  9. ncbi Associations of organochlorines with endogenous hormones in male Great Lakes fish consumers and nonconsumers
    Mary 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
  10. ncbi Relationship of serum levels of individual PCB, dioxin, and furan congeners and DDE with Great Lakes sport-caught fish consumption
    Mary 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

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Publications20

  1. ncbi Risks and benefits of consumption of Great Lakes fish
    Mary E Turyk
    Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1603 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 120:11-8. 2012
    ..Risk-benefit assessments of fish consumption have frequently focused on methylmercury and omega-3 fatty acids, not persistent pollutants such as polychlorinated biphenyls, and none have evaluated Great Lakes fish consumption...
  2. ncbi Bone mineral density and the subsequent risk of cancer in the NHANES I follow-up cohort
    Richard L Nelson
    Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
    BMC Cancer 2:22. 2002
    ....
  3. ncbi Hormone disruption by PBDEs in adult male sport fish consumers
    Mary E Turyk
    Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1603 W Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 116:1635-41. 2008
    ..Human exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), which are similar in structure to PCBs, has increased recently, but health effects have not been well studied...
  4. ncbi Stressful life events and asthma in adolescents
    Mary 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...
  5. ncbi Longitudinal biomonitoring for polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in residents of the Great Lakes basin
    Mary E Turyk
    School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1603 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL, USA
    Chemosphere 81:517-22. 2010
    ..There was a shift in the congener distribution with a significant increase in the proportion of BDE-153 relative to BDE-47 from 2001-2003 to 2004-2005...
  6. ncbi Relationships of thyroid hormones with polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxins, furans, and DDE in adults
    Mary 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...
  7. ncbi Prevalence of diabetes and body burdens of polychlorinated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, and p,p'-diphenyldichloroethene in Great Lakes sport fish consumers
    Mary Turyk
    University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, United States
    Chemosphere 75:674-9. 2009
    ..The current study confirms previous cross sectional associations of DDE exposure with diabetes. Future studies should address biologic pathways by which selective POPs affect glucose homeostasis...
  8. ncbi Environmental allergens and asthma morbidity in low-income children
    Mary 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...
  9. ncbi Associations of organochlorines with endogenous hormones in male Great Lakes fish consumers and nonconsumers
    Mary 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...
  10. ncbi Relationship of serum levels of individual PCB, dioxin, and furan congeners and DDE with Great Lakes sport-caught fish consumption
    Mary 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...
  11. ncbi Organochlorine exposure and incidence of diabetes in a cohort of Great Lakes sport fish consumers
    Mary 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...
  12. ncbi Polychlorinated biphenyl exposure, diabetes and endogenous hormones: a cross-sectional study in men previously employed at a capacitor manufacturing plant
    Victoria 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...
  13. ncbi Associations of polychlorinated biphenyl exposure and endogenous hormones with diabetes in post-menopausal women previously employed at a capacitor manufacturing plant
    Victoria 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...
  14. ncbi Uterine leiomyomata in a cohort of Great Lakes sport fish consumers
    Anissa Lambertino
    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 111:565-72. 2011
    ..These findings support the possibility that PCB exposures from fish consumption may increase the risk of UL and highlight the importance of additional studies exploring biologic pathways by which they could be acting...
  15. ncbi Inner-city asthma: the role of the community
    Victoria 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
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  16. ncbi Congener profiles of occupational PCB exposure versus PCB exposure from fish consumption
    Sally 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...
  17. ncbi Asthma morbidity in adult Chicago public housing residents
    Anissa Lambertino
    Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
    J Asthma 46:202-6. 2009
    ..Residents of public housing can experience socioeconomic disadvantages, inadequate access to health care, and particularly substandard indoor air quality due to inadequate building maintenance...
  18. ncbi Effect of soy protein on endogenous hormones in postmenopausal women
    Victoria 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...
  19. ncbi Particle size fractionation and human exposure of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in indoor dust from Chicago
    Hua Wei
    School of Public Health, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng 44:1353-61. 2009
    ..The results suggest that ingestion of PBDE-laden house dust via hand-to-mouth contact is likely a significant exposure pathway, especially for children...
  20. ncbi Depressive symptoms and chronic kidney disease: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005-2006
    Ana C Ricardo
    Medicine Nephrology, University of Illinois, 820 S Wood Street M C 793, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
    Int Urol Nephrol 42:1063-8. 2010
    ..However, its relationship with earlier stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is less well known. In this study, we examined the association between depressive symptoms and CKD...