Publications
(Representative of work over the last 5 years; Dr. Hu is the author or co-author of over 200 publications).
Cheng Y, Schwartz J, Sparrow D, Aro A, Weiss ST, Hu H. A prospective study of bone lead level and hypertension: the Normative Aging Study. Am J Epidem 2001;153:164 171.
San??n LH, Gonz??lez Coss??o T, Romieu I, Peterson KE, Ru??z S, Palazuelos E, Hern??ndez Avila M, Hu H. Effect of maternal lead burden on infant weight and weight gain at one month of age among breastfed infants. Pediatrics 107:1016 1023, 2001.
Hu H, Aro A, Sparrow D, Kelsey K. The relationship of bone and blood lead levels to polymorphisms of amino-levulinic acid dehydratase among middle-aged to elderly men: the Normative Aging Study. Environ Health Perspec 2001;109:827-832.
Tellez Rojo MM, Hernandez Avila M, Gonzalez Cossio T, Romieu I, Aro A, Palazuelos E, Schwartz J, Hu H. Impact of breastfeeding on the mobilization of lead from bone. Am J Epidemiol 2002;155:420 428.
Hernandez-Avila M, Peterson KE, Gonzalez-Cossio T, Sanin LH, Aro A, Schnaas L, Hu H. Effect of maternal bone lead on length and head circumference at birth. Arch Environ Health 2002;57:482-8.
Wolfe J, Erickson DJ, Proctor SP, Hu H. Risk factors for the development of multisymptom illness in U.S. veterans of the Gulf War: the Ft. Devens Cohort study. J Occup Environ Med 2002;44:271-281.
Gomaa A, Hu H, Bellinger D, Schwartz J, Tsaih S W, Gonz??lez Coss??o T, Schnaas L, Peterson K, Aro A, Hern??ndez Avila M. Maternal bone lead as an independent risk factor for fetal neurotoxicity: A prospective study. 2002;Pediatrics 110:110-118.
Kamel F, Umbach DM, Munsat TL, Shefner JM, Hu H, Sandler DP. Lead exposure and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Epidemiology 2002;13:311 319.
Elmarsafawy SF, Tsaih SW, Korrick S, Dickey JH, Sparrow D, Hu H. Occupational determinants of bone and blood lead levels in middle aged and elderly men from the general community: the Normative Aging Study. Am J Industrial Med 2002;42:38-49.
Korrick SA, Schwartz J, Hunter DJ, Hu H. Risk factors for lead accumulation in bone and blood among a population of middle-aged and elderly women. Am J Epidem 2002;156:335-43.
Wittman R, Hu H. Cadmium exposure and nephropathy in a 28-year old female metals worker. Env Health Persp 2002;110:1261 6.
Hu H, Hernandez-Avila M. Lead, bones, and pregnancy: the poison within? Am J Epidem (Commentary) 2002;156:1088 91.
Wu MT, Kelsey K, Schwartz J, Sparrow D, Weiss S, Hu H. A ??-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) polymorphism may modify the relationship of low level lead exposure to uricemia and renal function: the Normative Aging Study. Env Health Persp 2003;111:335-41.
Hernandez-Avila M, Gonzalez-Cossio T, Hernandez-Avila JE, Romier I, Peterson KE, Aro A, Palazuelos E, Kageyama Escobar ML, Hu H. Dietary calcium supplements to lower blood lead levels in lactating women: a randomized placebo-controlled trial. Epidemiology 2003;14:206-12.
Hu H, Brown MJ. Effectiveness of environmental health policies: a new frontier for epidemiologists. (Commentary). Epidemiology 2003;14:257-258.
Rhodes D, Spiro A, Aro A, Hu H. The relationship of bone and blood lead levels to mood: the Normative Aging Study. J Occup Environ Med 2003; 45:1144-1151.
Wright RO, Silverman EK, Schwartz J, Tsaih ST, Senter J, Sparrow D, Weiss ST, Aro A, Hu H. Association between hemochromatosis genotype and lead exposure among elderly men: the Normative Aging Study. Environ Health Perspect 2004;112:746-750.
Lin C, Tsaih S, Kim R, Sparrow D, Hu H. Bone and blood lead levels and their determinants amongst minority subjects living in the Boston area. Environ Health Perspec 2004;112:1147-1151.
Ettinger AS, Tellez-Rojo MM, Amarasiriwardena C, Gonzalez-Cossio T, Peterson KE, Aro A, Hu H, Hernandez-Avila M. Effect of breast milk lead on infant blood lead levels at 1 month of age. Environ Health Perspec 2004;112:1381-185.
Tsaih SW, Korrick S, Schwartz J, Lee ML, Amarasiriwardena C, Aro A, Sparrow D, Hu H. Lead, diabetes, hypertension and renal function among middle-aged and elderly men: the Normative Aging Study. Environ Health Perspec 2004;112:1178-82.
Weisskopf MG, Wright RO, Schwartz J, Spiro III A, Sparrow D, Aro A, Hu H. Cumulative lead exposure and prospective change in cognition among elderly men: the VA Normative Aging Study. Am J Epidem 2004;160:1184-1193.
Schaumberg DA, Mendes F, Balaram M, Dana MR, Sparrow D, Hu H. Accumulated lead exposure and risk of age-related cataract extraction in men: the Normative Aging Study. JAMA 2004;292:2750-2754.
Bellinger D, Hu H, Kartigeyan V, Thomas N, Rajan P, Sankar S, Ramaswamy P, Balakrishnan K. A pilot study of blood lead levels and neurobehavioral function in children living in Chennai, India. Int J Occ Environ Health 2005;11:138-143.
Hu H, Balakrishnan K. The Environment and Health: an Emerging Area of Research in India. Indian J Med Res. 2005;121:711-715.
Sanchez BN, Budtz-Jorgensen E, Ryan LM, Hu H. Structural equation models. A review with applications to environmental epidemiology. J Am Stat Assoc 2005;100:1443-1455.
Green R, Hauser R, Calafat AM, Weuve J, Schettler T, Ringer S, Huttner K, Hu H. Use of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate-containing medical products and urinary levels of mono(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate in neonatal intensive care unit infants. Environ Health Perspect. 2005;113:1222-5.
Schwartz BS, Rischitelli G, Hu H. The Future of Environmental Medicine in Environmental Health Perspectives: Where Should We Be Headed? Environ Health Persp 2005;113:A574-6.
Jain NB, Hu H. Childhood correlates of blood lead levels in Mumbai and Delhi. Environ Health Persp 2006;114:466-70.
Tellez-Rojo MM, Bellinger DC, Lamadrid-Figueroa H, Schaas-Arrieta L, Arroyo-Quiroz C, Mercado-Garcia A, Wright RO, Hernandez-Avila M, Hu H. Longitudinal associations between blood lead concentration <10 μg/dL and neurobehavioral development in environmentally-exposed children in Mexico City. Pediatrics (in press).
Elmarsafawy SF, Jain N, Schwartz J, Sparrow D, Aro A, Hu H. Dietary calcium as a potential modifier of the relationship of lead burden to blood pressure: the Normative Aging Study. Epidemiology (in press).
Weuve, J; Kelsey KT; Schwartz J, Bellinger D, Rajan P, Spiro A, Sparrow D, Aro A, Hu H. Delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) polymorphism and the relation between low-level lead exposure and cognitive function in older men: the Normative Aging Study. Occup Environ Med (in press).
Weisskopf MG, Proctor S, Wright RO, Schwartz J, Spiro A, Sparrow D, Aro A, Hu H. Prospective study of cumulative lead exposure and performance in different cognitive domains among elderly men: the VA Normative Aging Study. Epidemiology (in press).
Hu H, T?llez-Rojo MM, Bellinger D, Smith D, Ettinger AS, Lamadrid-Figueroa H, Schwartz J, Schnaas L, Mercado-Garc?a A, Hern?ndez-Avila M. Fetal lead exposure at each stage of pregnancy as a predictor of infant mental development. Environ Health Perspec (in press).
Hu H, Wright RO, Shine J. The challenge posed to children's health by mixtures of toxic waste: the Tar Creek Superfund Site as a case-study. Ped Clin North America (in press)