Ami R Zota

Summary

Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, hydroxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers, and measures of thyroid function in second trimester pregnant women in California
    Ami 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
  2. ncbi Self-reported chemicals exposure, beliefs about disease causation, and risk of breast cancer in the Cape Cod Breast Cancer and Environment Study: a case-control study
    Ami R Zota
    Silent Spring Institute, 29 Crafts Street, Newton, MA 02458, USA
    Environ Health 9:40. 2010
  3. ncbi Impact of mine waste on airborne respirable particulates in northeastern Oklahoma, United States
    Ami R Zota
    Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    J Air Waste Manag Assoc 59:1347-57. 2009
  4. ncbi Metal sources and exposures in the homes of young children living near a mining-impacted Superfund site
    Ami R Zota
    Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 21:495-505. 2011
  5. ncbi Maternal blood manganese levels and infant birth weight
    Ami R Zota
    Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Epidemiology 20:367-73. 2009
  6. ncbi Environmental chemicals in pregnant women in the United States: NHANES 2003-2004
    Tracey 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
  7. ncbi Moving environmental justice indoors: understanding structural influences on residential exposure patterns in low-income communities
    Gary Adamkiewicz
    Department of Environmental Health Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Am J Public Health 101:S238-45. 2011
  8. ncbi Elevated house dust and serum concentrations of PBDEs in California: unintended consequences of furniture flammability standards?
    Ami R Zota
    Silent Spring Institute, Newton, MA, USA
    Environ Sci Technol 42:8158-64. 2008
  9. ncbi Maternal arsenic exposure and impaired glucose tolerance during pregnancy
    Adrienne S Ettinger
    Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 117:1059-64. 2009

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, hydroxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers, and measures of thyroid function in second trimester pregnant women in California
    Ami 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...
  2. ncbi Self-reported chemicals exposure, beliefs about disease causation, and risk of breast cancer in the Cape Cod Breast Cancer and Environment Study: a case-control study
    Ami R Zota
    Silent Spring Institute, 29 Crafts Street, Newton, MA 02458, USA
    Environ Health 9:40. 2010
    ..This population-based case-control study investigated whether use of household cleaners and pesticides increases breast cancer risk...
  3. ncbi Impact of mine waste on airborne respirable particulates in northeastern Oklahoma, United States
    Ami R Zota
    Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    J Air Waste Manag Assoc 59:1347-57. 2009
    ..5 fraction. In conclusion, the differential impacts of mine waste on respirable particles by size fraction and location should be considered in future exposure evaluations...
  4. ncbi Metal sources and exposures in the homes of young children living near a mining-impacted Superfund site
    Ami R Zota
    Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 21:495-505. 2011
    ..These findings suggest that nearby outdoor sources of metal contaminants from mine waste may migrate indoors. Populations farther away from the mining site may also be exposed if secondary uses of chat are in close proximity to the home...
  5. ncbi Maternal blood manganese levels and infant birth weight
    Ami R Zota
    Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    Epidemiology 20:367-73. 2009
    ..High manganese exposures have been associated with negative reproductive outcomes in animals, but few epidemiologic studies have examined the effects of human fetal manganese exposure...
  6. ncbi Environmental chemicals in pregnant women in the United States: NHANES 2003-2004
    Tracey 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
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  7. ncbi Moving environmental justice indoors: understanding structural influences on residential exposure patterns in low-income communities
    Gary Adamkiewicz
    Department of Environmental Health Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Am J Public Health 101:S238-45. 2011
    ..To inform strategies to reduce disparities, we developed a framework to identify the individual and place-based drivers of indoor environment quality...
  8. ncbi Elevated house dust and serum concentrations of PBDEs in California: unintended consequences of furniture flammability standards?
    Ami R Zota
    Silent Spring Institute, Newton, MA, USA
    Environ Sci Technol 42:8158-64. 2008
    ..0 vs 38.5 (p = 0.002)]. Elevated PBDE exposures in California may result from the state's furniture flammability standards; our results suggest the need for further research in a larger representative sample...
  9. ncbi Maternal arsenic exposure and impaired glucose tolerance during pregnancy
    Adrienne S Ettinger
    Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 117:1059-64. 2009
    ..Accumulating evidence has shown an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in general populations exposed to arsenic, but little is known about exposures during pregnancy and the association with gestational diabetes (GD)...