Particulates Core Publications

   
Adar, S. D., D. R. Gold, et al. (2007). "Focused exposures to airborne traffic particles and heart rate variability in the elderly." Epidemiology 18(1): 95-103.

Chahine T, Baccarelli A, Litonjua A, Wright RO, Suh H, Gold DR, Sparrow D, Vokonas P, Schwartz J. (2007). "Particulate air pollution, oxidative stress genes, and heart rate variability in an elderly cohort." Environ Health Perspect 115(11): 1617-22.

Chen JC, Stone PH, Verrier RL, Nearing BD, MacCallum G, Kim JY, Herrick RF, You J, Zhou H, Christiani DC. Personal coronary risk profiles modify autonomic nervous system responses to air pollution. J Occup Environ Med. 2006 Nov;48(11):1133-42.

Adamkiewicz, G., S. Ebelt, et al. (2004). "Association between air pollution exposure and exhaled nitric oxide in an elderly population." Thorax 59(3): 204-9.

Adar, S. D., G. Adamkiewicz, et al. (2007). "Ambient and microenvironmental particles and exhaled nitric oxide before and after a group bus trip." Environ Health Perspect 115(4): 507-12.

Applebaum, K. M., M. R. Karagas, et al. (2007). "Polymorphisms in nucleotide excision repair genes, arsenic exposure, and non-melanoma skin cancer in New Hampshire." Environ Health Perspect 115(8): 1231-6.

Arora, M., J. Weuve, et al. (2008). "Association of Environmental Cadmium Exposure with Pediatric Dental Caries." Environmental Health Perspectives (in press).

Arredouani, M. S., F. Franco, et al. (2007). "Scavenger Receptors SR-AI/II and MARCO limit pulmonary dendritic cell migration and allergic airway inflammation." J Immunol 178(9): 5912-20.

Axelrad, D. A., D. C. Bellinger, et al. (2007). "Dose-response relationship of prenatal mercury exposure and IQ: an integrative analysis of epidemiologic data." Environ Health Perspect 115(4): 609-15.

Baccarelli, A., A. Zanobetti, et al. (2007). "Effects of exposure to air pollution on blood coagulation." J Thromb Haemost 5(2): 252-60.

Barnett, A. G., G. M. Williams, et al. (2006). "The effects of air pollution on hospitalizations for cardiovascular disease in elderly people in Australian and New Zealand cities." Environ Health Perspect 114(7): 1018-23.

Bartoli, C. R. G., I. Akiyama, et al. (2008). "Acute Inhalation of Particulate Air Pollution Induces Inappropriate Coronary Vasoconstriction during Ongoing Myocardial Ischemia. ." Submitted.

Bateson, T. F. and J. Schwartz (2004). "Who is sensitive to the effects of particulate air pollution on mortality? A case-crossover analysis of effect modifiers." Epidemiology 15(2): 143-9.

Bellinger, D. C., F. Trachtenberg, et al. (2006). "Neuropsychological and renal effects of dental amalgam in children: a randomized clinical trial." JAMA 295(15): 1775-83.

Bellinger, D. C., F. Trachtenberg, et al. (2007). "A dose-effect analysis of children's exposure to dental amalgam and neuropsychological function: the New England Children's Amalgam Trial." J Am Dent Assoc 138(9): 1210-6.

Bressler, J., K. A. Kim, et al. (1999). "Molecular mechanisms of lead neurotoxicity." Neurochem Res 24(4): 595-600.

Budtz-Jorgensen, E., P. Grandjean, et al. (2007). "Separation of risks and benefits of seafood intake." Environ Health Perspect 115(3): 323-7.

Budtz-Jorgensen, E., N. Keiding, et al. (2007). "Confounder selection in environmental epidemiology: assessment of health effects of prenatal mercury exposure." Ann Epidemiol 17(1): 27-35.

Cavallari, J. M., E. A. Eisen, et al. (2007). "Night heart rate variability and particulate exposures among boilermaker construction workers." Environ Health Perspect 115(7): 1046-51.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2005). Third National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals. . Atlanta (GA), CDC.

Chahine, T., A. Baccarelli, et al. (2007). "Particulate air pollution, oxidative stress genes, and heart rate variability in an elderly cohort." Environ Health Perspect 115(11): 1617-22.

Chen, J. C., J. M. Cavallari, et al. (2007). "Obesity is a modifier of autonomic cardiac responses to fine metal particulates." Environ Health Perspect 115(7): 1002-6.

Choi, A. L., J. I. Levy, et al. (2006). "Does living near a Superfund site contribute to higher polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposure?" Environ Health Perspect 114(7): 1092-8.

Chuang, H. Y., J. Schwartz, et al. (2001). "Interrelations of lead levels in bone, venous blood, and umbilical cord blood with exogenous lead exposure through maternal plasma lead in peripartum women. ." Environmental Health Perspectives 109(5): 527-32.

Dahl, M., A. K. Bauer, et al. (2007). "Protection against inhaled oxidants through scavenging of oxidized lipids by macrophage receptors MARCO and SR-AI/II." J Clin Invest 117(3): 757-64.

DeMeo, D. L., A. Zanobetti, et al. (2004). "Ambient air pollution and oxygen saturation." Am J Respir Crit Care Med 170(4): 383-7.

Dockery, D. W., H. Luttmann-Gibson, et al. (2005). "Association of air pollution with increased incidence of ventricular tachyarrhythmias recorded by implanted cardioverter defibrillators." Environ Health Perspect 113(6): 670-4.

Dong, Z., D. Senn, et al. (2008). "Risk-based prioritization and ranking of prescription pharmaceuticals released to the environment." Environmental Health Perspectives (submitted).

Dubowsky, S. D., H. Suh, et al. (2006). "Diabetes, obesity, and hypertension may enhance associations between air pollution and markers of systemic inflammation." Environ Health Perspect 114(7): 992-8.

Ettinger, A. S., H. Hu, et al. (2007). "Dietary calcium supplementation to lower blood lead levels in pregnancy and lactation." J Nutr Biochem 18(3): 172-8.

Fängström, B., A. Strid, et al. (2004). " A retrospective time trend study of PBDE and PCBs in human milk from the Faroe Islands." Organohalogen Comp 66: 2829-33.

Fedulov, A. V., A. Leme, et al. (2008). "Pulmonary exposure to particles during pregnancy causes increased neonatal asthma susceptibility." Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 38(1): 57-67.

Franklin, M., A. Zeka, et al. (2007). "Association between PM2.5 and all-cause and specific-cause mortality in 27 US communities." J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 17(3): 279-87.

Ghelfi, E., C. R. Rhoden, et al. (2008). "Cardiac oxidative stress and electrophysiological changes in rats exposed to concentrated air particles are mediated by TRP-dependent pulmonary reflexes." Toxicol Sci.

Gold, D. R., A. Litonjua, et al. (2000). "Ambient pollution and heart rate variability." Circulation 101(11): 1267-73.

Goodman, P. G., D. W. Dockery, et al. (2004). "Cause-specific mortality and the extended effects of particulate pollution and temperature exposure." Environ Health Perspect 112(2): 179-85.

Grandjean, P. and P. J. Landrigan (2006). "Developmental neurotoxicity of industrial chemicals." Lancet 368(9553): 2167-78.

Hatzis, C., J. J. Godleski, et al. (2006). "Ambient particulate matter exhibits direct inhibitory effects on oxidative stress enzymes." Environ Sci Technol 40(8): 2805-11.

Hauser, R., J. D. Meeker, et al. (2006). "Altered semen quality in relation to urinary concentrations of phthalate monoester and oxidative metabolites." Epidemiology 17(6): 682-91.

Hauser, R., J. D. Meeker, et al. (2007). "DNA damage in human sperm is related to urinary levels of phthalate monoester and oxidative metabolites." Hum Reprod 22(3): 688-95.

Hauser, R., P. Williams, et al. (2005). "Predictors of serum dioxin levels among adolescent boys in Chapaevsk, Russia: a cross-sectional pilot study." Environ Health 4(1): 8.

Heilmann, C., P. Grandjean, et al. (2006). "Reduced antibody responses to vaccinations in children exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls.  ." PLoS Med. 3(8).

Hovander, L., T. Malmberg, et al. (2002). "Identification of hydroxylated PCB metabolites and other phenolic halogenated pollutants in human blood plasma." Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 42(1): 105-17.

Hsiung, D. T., C. J. Marsit, et al. (2007). "Global DNA methylation level in whole blood as a biomarker in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. ." Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. 16(1): 108-14.

Imrich, A., Y. Ning, et al. (2007). "Alveolar macrophage cytokine response to air pollution particles: oxidant mechanisms." Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 218(3): 256-64.

Johnston, R. A., T. A. Theman, et al. (2007). "Pulmonary responses to acute ozone exposure in fasted mice: effect of leptin administration." J Appl Physiol 102(1): 149-56.

Kim, J. Y., J. C. Chen, et al. (2005). "Exposure to welding fumes is associated with acute systemic inflammatory responses." Occup Environ Med 62(3): 157-63.

Kim, J. Y., R. Hauser, et al. (2003). "The association of expired nitric oxide with occupational particulate metal exposure." Environ Res 93(2): 158-66.

Kim, J. Y., S. R. Magari, et al. (2004). "Comparison of fine particle measurements from a direct-reading instrument and a gravimetric sampling method." J Occup Environ Hyg 1(11): 707-15.

Kim, J. Y., S. Mukherjee, et al. (2004). "Urinary 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine as a biomarker of oxidative DNA damage in workers exposed to fine particulates." Environ Health Perspect 112(6): 666-71.

Kim, J. Y., M. P. Wand, et al. (2003). "Association of expired nitric oxide with occupational particulate exposure." Environ Health Perspect 111(5): 676-80.

Laden, F., J. E. Hart, et al. (2007). "Cause-specific mortality in the unionized U.S. trucking industry." Environ Health Perspect 115(8): 1192-6.

Laden, F., J. Schwartz, et al. (2005). "Reduction in fine particulate air pollution and mortality: an extended follow-up of the Harvard Six Cities Study." Am J Resp Crit Care Med In Press.

Limmon, G. V., M. Arredouani, et al. (2008). "Scavenger receptor class-A is a novel cell surface receptor for double-stranded RNA." FASEB J 22(1): 159-67.

Liu, Y., M. A. Woodin, et al. (2005). "Estimation of personal exposures to particulate matter and metals in boiler overhaul work." J Occup Environ Med 47(1): 68-78.

Liu, Y., M. A. Woodin, et al. (2005). "Exposure to fuel-oil ash and welding emissions during the overhaul of an oil-fired boiler." J Occup Environ Hyg 2(9): 435-43.

Luttmann-Gibson, H., H. H. Suh, et al. (2006). "Short-term effects of air pollution on heart rate variability in senior adults in Steubenville, Ohio." J Occup Environ Med 48(8): 780-8.

Magari, S. R., R. Hauser, et al. (2002). "The association of particulate air metal concentrations with heart rate variability." Environ Health Perspect 110(9): 875-880.

Magari, S. R., R. Hauser, et al. (2001). "Association of heart rate variability with occupational and environmental exposure to particulate air pollution." Circulation 104(9): 986-91.

Marsit, C. J., M. R. Karagas, et al. (2006). "Carcinogen exposure and gene promoter hypermethylation in bladder cancer." Carcinogenesis 27(1): 112-6.

Maynard, D., B. A. Coull, et al. (2007). "Mortality risk associated with short-term exposure to traffic particles and sulfates." Environ Health Perspect 115(5): 751-5.

McCarty, K. M., Y. C. Chen, et al. (2007). "Arsenic methylation, GSTT1, GSTM1, GSTP1 polymorphisms, and skin lesions." Environ Health Perspect 115(3): 341-5.

McCarty, K. M., L. Ryan, et al. (2007). "A case-control study of GST polymorphisms and arsenic related skin lesions." Environ Health 6: 5.

Medina-Ramon, M., A. Zanobetti, et al. (2006). "The effect of ozone and PM10 on hospital admissions for pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a national multicity study." Am J Epidemiol 163(6): 579-88.

Nikolov, M. C., B. A. Coull, et al. (2008). "Statistical methods to evaluate health effects associated with major sources of air pollution: A case study of breathing patterns during exposure to concentrated Boston air particles.  ." Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series C 57: In Press.

Nikolov, M. C., B. A. Coull, et al. (2007). "An informative Bayesian structural equation model to assess source-specific health effects of air pollution." Biostatistics 8(3): 609-24.

O'Neill, M. S., A. Veves, et al. (2005). "Diabetes enhances vulnerability to particulate air pollution-associated impairment in vascular reactivity and endothelial function." Circulation 111(22): 2913-20.

Oken, E., R. O. Wright, et al. (2005). "Maternal fish consumption, hair mercury, and infant cognition in a U.S. Cohort." Environ Health Perspect 113(10): 1376-80.

Park, S. K., M. S. O'Neill, et al. (2007). "Source location of air pollution and cardiac autonomic function: trajectory cluster analysis for exposure assessment." J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 17(5): 488-97.

Park, S. K., M. S. O'Neill, et al. (2005). "Effects of air pollution on heart rate variability: the VA normative aging study." Environ Health Perspect 113(3): 304-9.

Park, S. K., M. S. O'Neill, et al. (2006). "HFE genotype, particulate air pollution, and heart rate variability: a gene-environment interaction." Circulation 114(25): 2798-805.

Perry, M. J., F. Ouyang, et al. (2006). "A prospective study of serum DDT and progesterone and estrogen levels across the menstrual cycle in nulliparous women of reproductive age." Am J Epidemiol 164(11): 1056-64.

Peters, J. L., L. Kubzansky, et al. (2007). "Stress as a potential modifier of the impact of lead levels on blood pressure: the normative aging study. ." Environmental Health Perspectives 115(8): 1154-9.

Pope, C. A., 3rd, R. T. Burnett, et al. (2004). "Cardiovascular mortality and long-term exposure to particulate air pollution: epidemiological evidence of general pathophysiological pathways of disease." Circulation 109(1): 71-7.

Pope, C. A., 3rd, R. L. Verrier, et al. (1999). "Heart rate variability associated with particulate air pollution." Am Heart J 138(5 Pt 1): 890-9.

Rhoden, C. R., G. A. Wellenius, et al. (2005). "PM-induced cardiac oxidative stress and dysfunction are mediated by autonomic stimulation." Biochim Biophys Acta 1725(3): 305-13.

Rich, D. Q., M. H. Kim, et al. (2006). "Association of ventricular arrhythmias detected by implantable cardioverter defibrillator and ambient air pollutants in the St Louis, Missouri metropolitan area." Occup Environ Med 63(9): 591-6.

Rich, D. Q., M. A. Mittleman, et al. (2006). "Increased risk of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation episodes associated with acute increases in ambient air pollution." Environ Health Perspect 114(1): 120-3.

Rich, D. Q., J. Schwartz, et al. (2005). "Association of short-term ambient air pollution concentrations and ventricular arrhythmias." Am J Epidemiol 161(12): 1123-32.

Roth, C., Z. Dong, et al. (2008). "Transport and fate of selected priority pharmaceuticals in the US environment. ." Environmental Science and Technology (Submitted).

Sagiv, S., D. Bellinger, et al. (2006). " Prenatal polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposure and measures of behavior in childhood." Am J Epidemiol 163(Suppl): S156.

Sagiv, S. K., P. E. Tolbert, et al. (2007). "Organochlorine exposures during pregnancy and infant size at birth." Epidemiology 18(1): 120-9.

Sayre, L. M., G. Perry, et al. (2000). " The role of metals in neurodegenerative diseases." Cellular & Molecular Biology 46(4): 731-41.

Schwartz, J. (2006). "Model choice in time series studies of air pollution and mortality - Comments on the paper by Peng, Dominici and Louis." J Royal Stat Soc Ser A 169(Part 2): 198-203.

Schwartz, J., S. K. Park, et al. (2005). "Glutathione-S-transferase M1, obesity, statins, and autonomic effects of particles: gene-by-drug-by-environment interaction." Am J Respir Crit Care Med 172(12): 1529-33.

Shore, S. A. (2007). "Obesity and asthma: lessons from animal models." J Appl Physiol 102(2): 516-28.

Sigaud, S., C. A. Goldsmith, et al. (2007). "Air pollution particles diminish bacterial clearance in the primed lungs of mice." Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 223(1): 1-9.

Surkan, P. J., L. Schnaas, et al. (2008). "Maternal Coopersmith Self-Esteem, Lead, And Child Neurodevelopment." Neurotoxicology((In Press)).

Takasu, M. A., M. B. Dalva, et al. (2002). " Modulation of NMDA receptor-dependent calcium influx and gene expression through EphB receptors." Science 295(5554): 491-5.

Tiffany-Castiglioni, E., C. Guerri, et al. (2001). "Roles of glia in developmental neurotoxicity: session VI summary and research needs. ." Neurotoxicology 22(5): 567-73.

Venners, S. A., X. Liu, et al. (2006). "Urinary estrogen and progesterone metabolite concentrations in menstrual cycles of fertile women with non-conception, early pregnancy loss or clinical pregnancy." Hum Reprod 21(9): 2272-80.

Wang, F. T., H. Hu, et al. (2007). "Modifying effects of the HFE polymorphisms on the association between lead burden and cognitive decline." Environ Health Perspect 115(8): 1210-5.

Wang, Z., D. Neuburg, et al. (2005). "Global gene expression profiling in whole-blood samples from individuals exposed to metal fumes." Environ Health Perspect 113(2): 233-41.

Weisskopf, M. G., S. P. Proctor, et al. (2007). "Cumulative lead exposure and cognitive performance among elderly men." Epidemiology 18(1): 59-66.

Wellenius, G. A., B. A. Coull, et al. (2003). "Inhalation of concentrated ambient air particles exacerbates myocardial ischemia in conscious dogs." Environ Health Perspect 111(4): 402-8.

Wellenius, G. A., J. Schwartz, et al. (2006). "Particulate air pollution and hospital admissions for congestive heart failure in seven United States cities." Am J Cardiol 97(3): 404-8.

West, A. E., W. G. Chen, et al. (2001). "Calcium regulation of neuronal gene expression." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 98  (20): 11024-31.

Wheeler, A., A. Zanobetti, et al. (2006). "The relationship between ambient air pollution and heart rate variability differs for individuals with heart and pulmonary disease." Environ Health Perspect 114(4): 560-6.

White, L. D., D. A. Cory-Slechta, et al. (2007). " New and evolving concepts in the neurotoxicology of lead.  ." Toxicology & Applied Pharmacology. 225(1): 1-27.

Wright, R. O., C. Amarasiriwardena, et al. (2006). " Neuropsychological Correlates of Hair Arsenic, Manganese, and Cadmium Levels in School-Age Children Residing Near a Hazardous Waste Site." Neurotoxicology 27(2): 210-6.

Zanobetti, A., M. J. Canner, et al. (2004). "Ambient pollution and blood pressure in cardiac rehabilitation patients." Circulation 110(15): 2184-9.

Zanobetti, A. and J. Schwartz (2005). "The effect of particulate air pollution on emergency admissions for myocardial infarction: a multicity case-crossover analysis." Environ Health Perspect 113(8): 978-82.

Zanobetti, A. and J. Schwartz (2006). "Air pollution and emergency admissions in Boston, MA." J Epidemiol Community Health 60(10): 890-5.

Zeka, A., A. Zanobetti, et al. (2005). "Short term effects of particulate matter on cause specific mortality: effects of lags and modification by city characteristics." Occup Environ Med 62(10): 718-25.

Zeka, A., A. Zanobetti, et al. (2006). "Individual-level modifiers of the effects of particulate matter on daily mortality." Am J Epidemiol 163(9): 849-59.

Zhou, H. and L. Kobzik (2007). "Effect of concentrated ambient particles on macrophage phagocytosis and killing of Streptococcus pneumoniae." Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 36(4): 460-5.