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Environmental chemicals in pregnant women in the United States: NHANES 2003-2004Tracey J Woodruff
Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, Oakland, California 94612, USA
Environ Health Perspect 119:878-85. 2011....
Proceedings of the Summit on Environmental Challenges to Reproductive Health and Fertility: executive summaryTracey J Woodruff
Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, National Center of Excellence in Women s Health, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
Fertil Steril 89:e1-e20. 2008....
Proceedings of the Summit on Environmental Challenges to Reproductive Health and Fertility: executive summaryTracey J Woodruff
National Center of Excellence in Women s Health, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
Fertil Steril 89:281-300. 2008....
Air pollution and postneonatal infant mortality in the United States, 1999-2002Tracey J Woodruff
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Environ Health Perspect 116:110-5. 2008..Our goal was to evaluate the relationship between cause-specific postneonatal infant mortality and chronic early-life exposure to particulate matter and gaseous air pollutants across the United States...
Methodological issues in studies of air pollution and reproductive healthTracey J Woodruff
Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Environ Res 109:311-20. 2009..This work is of critical public health importance because of widespread exposure and because perinatal outcomes are important markers of future child and adult health...
International Collaboration on Air Pollution and Pregnancy Outcomes (ICAPPO)Tracey J Woodruff
Program on Reproductive Health and Environment, University of California San Francisco, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
Int J Environ Res Public Health 7:2638-52. 2010....
Bridging epidemiology and model organisms to increase understanding of endocrine disrupting chemicals and human health effectsTracey J Woodruff
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, Oakland, CA 94612, United States
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 127:108-17. 2011....
The need for better public health decisions on chemicals released into our environmentTracey J Woodruff
University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 30:957-67. 2011..We present recommendations to improve current approaches, including changing the burden of proof so that chemicals are not presumed safe in the absence of scientific data. We also propose modernizing approaches to assessing health risks...
Upstream adverse effects in risk assessment: a model of polychlorinated biphenyls, thyroid hormone disruption and neurological outcomes in humansAmber Wise
Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, United States
Environ Res 117:90-9. 2012..Increasing data on early biological changes from chemical exposures requires new interpretation tools to support decision-making...
Toxic environmental chemicals: the role of reproductive health professionals in preventing harmful exposuresPatrice Sutton
Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94612, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 207:164-73. 2012..Thus, prevention of developmental exposures to environmental chemicals would benefit greatly from the active participation of reproductive health professionals in clinical and policy arenas...
Integrated assessment of environment and health: America's children and the environmentAmy D Kyle
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 7360, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:447-52. 2006..The measures present scientifically based representations of data understandable to stakeholders and policy makers that integrate key information from the health and environment sectors in a consistent format...
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution and selected causes of postneonatal infant mortality in CaliforniaTracey J Woodruff
Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation, U S Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, California 94105, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:786-90. 2006..82 (95% CI, 0.55-1.23) for SIDS, and 0.83 (95% CI, 0.50-1.39) for external causes. The California findings add further evidence of a PM air pollution effect on respiratory-related postneonatal infant mortality...
An evidence-based medicine methodology to bridge the gap between clinical and environmental health sciencesTracey J Woodruff
University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 30:931-7. 2011..The methodology can also support professional societies, health care organizations, government agencies, and others in developing prevention-oriented guidelines for use in clinical and policy settings...
An analysis of candidates for addition to the Clean Air Act list of hazardous air pollutantsSonya Lunder
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
J Air Waste Manag Assoc 54:157-71. 2004..This analysis suggests further evaluation of several pollutants for possible addition to the CAA list of HAPs...
Meeting report: moving upstream-evaluating adverse upstream end points for improved risk assessment and decision-makingTracey J Woodruff
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Environ Health Perspect 116:1568-75. 2008..A workshop was held to consider how the resulting data inform consideration of an "adverse effect" in the context of hazard identification and risk assessment...
Reproductive environmental healthPatrice Sutton
Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, University of California, San Francisco, Oakland, California, USA
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 22:517-24. 2010..This article provides an overview of the nature and extent of the science in the field of reproductive environmental health and its implications for OB/GYN clinical practice...
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, hydroxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers, and measures of thyroid function in second trimester pregnant women in CaliforniaAmi R Zota
Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, University of California, San Francisco, Oakland, California 94612, USA
Environ Sci Technol 45:7896-905. 2011..Our results indicate that PBDE exposures are elevated in pregnant women in California and suggest a relationship with thyroid function. Further investigation is warranted to characterize the risks of PBDE exposures during pregnancy...
Estimating risk from ambient concentrations of acrolein across the United StatesTracey J Woodruff
Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation, U S Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, California 94118, USA
Environ Health Perspect 115:410-5. 2007..However, there is no method for assessing the extent of risk under the U.S. EPA noncancer risk assessment framework...
Trends in environmentally related childhood illnessesTracey J Woodruff
United States Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, California 94105, USA
Pediatrics 113:1133-40. 2004..7% of children aged 5 to 17 were reported to have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in 1997-2000, and approximately 6 of every 1000 children were reported to have received a diagnosis of mental retardation during the same period...
Estimated daily phthalate exposures in a population of mothers of male infants exhibiting reduced anogenital distanceKevin Marsee
Joint Medical Program, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:805-9. 2006..S. EPA reference doses for these chemicals and could be informative to any updates of the hazard assessments and risk assessments for these chemicals...
Disparities in exposure to air pollution during pregnancyTracey J Woodruff
National Center for Environmental Economics, U S Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, California 94105, USA
Environ Health Perspect 111:942-6. 2003..96; 95% CI, 0.86-1.07) in a county with high air pollution. Additional risk of residing in areas with poor air quality may exacerbate health problems of infants and children already at increased risk for poor health...
Assessment of potential risk levels associated with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reference valuesRosemary Castorina
Center for Children's Environmental Health Research, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
Environ Health Perspect 111:1318-25. 2003..Although noncancer outcomes may in some instances be reversible and considered less severe than cancer, our findings call into question the assumption that established RfD and RfC values represent negligibly small risk levels...
Use of an index to reflect the aggregate burden of long-term exposure to criteria air pollutants in the United StatesAmy D Kyle
School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
Environ Health Perspect 110:95-102. 2002....
Linkage of the US National Health Interview Survey to air monitoring data: an evaluation of different strategiesJennifer D Parker
National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Environ Res 106:384-92. 2008..With the current monitoring data system, the study sample is substantially reduced when linkage to multiple pollutants is performed...
Relationships between air pollution and preterm birth in CaliforniaMary Huynh
National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 20:454-61. 2006..95 to 1.00). Maternal exposure to PM(2.5), but not CO, is associated with preterm birth. This analysis did not show differences by timing of exposure, although more detailed examination may be needed...
Maternal smoking as a confounder in studies of air pollution and infant mortalityLyndsey A Darrow
Epidemiology 17:592-3. 2006
Air pollution and birth weight among term infants in CaliforniaJennifer D Parker
Office of Analysis and Epidemiology, National Center for Health Statistics, 3311 Toledo Rd, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Pediatrics 115:121-8. 2005..To examine associations between birth weight and air pollution among full-term infants in California...
Assessing susceptibility from early-life exposure to carcinogensHugh A Barton
Office of Research and Development, National Center for Computational Toxicology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Environ Health Perspect 113:1125-33. 2005..These analyses suggest increased susceptibility to cancer from early-life exposure, particularly for chemicals acting through a mutagenic mode of action...
An approach to assessment of endocrine disruption in the National Children's StudyMatthew P Longnecker
Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
Environ Health Perspect 111:1691-7. 2003..Nonetheless, if properly designed, the NCS could serve as an excellent resource for investigating future hypotheses regarding endocrine disruption...
Comparing exposure metrics in the relationship between PM2.5 and birth weight in CaliforniaRupa Basu
US Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460, USA
J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 14:391-6. 2004..36, 0.60) among non-Hispanic white mothers; similar results were observed among the Hispanic sample of mothers. Consequently, inferences from studies using different definitions of air pollution exposure may not be comparable...
Use of point-of-sale data to track usage patterns of residential pesticides: methodology developmentNyree Bekarian
US Environmental Protection Agency, Public Health and Environmental Policy Team, National Center for Environmental Economics, 75 Hawthorne St, MC PPA 1 San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Environ Health 5:15. 2006..This provides a measure of volume of home-use pesticide...
Dose-response relationship of prenatal mercury exposure and IQ: an integrative analysis of epidemiologic dataDaniel A Axelrad
Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation, U S Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460, USA
Environ Health Perspect 115:609-15. 2007..Prenatal exposure to mercury has been associated with adverse childhood neurologic outcomes in epidemiologic studies. Dose-response information for this relationship is useful for estimating benefits of reduced mercury exposure...
Influences of study design and location on the relationship between particulate matter air pollution and birthweightJennifer D Parker
National Center for Health Statistics, Office of Analysis and Epidemiology, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 22:214-27. 2008..The association between coarse particle exposure and birthweight appeared robust, if small; fine particles had no overall association with birthweight...
Female reproductive disorders: the roles of endocrine-disrupting compounds and developmental timingD Andrew Crain
Maryville College, Maryville, Tennessee, USA
Fertil Steril 90:911-40. 2008..Declining conception rates and the high incidence of female reproductive disruptions warrant evaluation of the impact of EDCs on female reproductive health...
