Publications – Page 39 – Harvard Chan-NIEHS Center for Environmental Health

Environmental and occupational determinants of blood pressure in rural communities in China.

Author(s): Xu X, Niu T, Christiani DC, Weiss ST, Zhou Y, Chen C, Yang J, Fang Z, Jiang Z, Liang W, Zhang FJournal: Ann EpidemiolPMID: 9099397 February 1997

To identify and characterize major environmental and occupational determinants of blood pressure in rural communities in China.

Ethnic variation in the prevalence of a common NAD(P)H quinone oxidoreductase polymorphism and its implications for anti-cancer chemotherapy.

Author(s): Kelsey KT, Ross D, Traver RD, Christiani DC, Zuo ZF, Spitz MR, Wang M, Xu X, Lee BK, Schwartz BS, Wiencke JKJournal: Br J CancerPMID: 9328142 January 1997

The NAD(P)H quinone oxidoreductase (NQO1:EC 1.6.99.2) is an important biotransformation enzyme system that is also known to metabolize important novel…

Utilization of biomarker data for clinical and environmental intervention.

Author(s): Christiani DCJournal: Environ Health PerspectPMID: 8933035 October 1996

Of the 189 air toxics listed in the Clean Air Act, a substantial number are important in potentially causing adverse…

A regression approach to the analysis of serial peak flow among fuel oil ash exposed workers.

Author(s): Hauser R, Daskalakis C, Christiani DCJournal: Am J Respir Crit Care MedPMID: 8887594 October 1996

We investigated the association between exposure to fuel oil ash and acute airway obstruction in 31 boilermakers and 31 utility…

Organic dust exposure and chronic airway disease.

Author(s): Christiani DCJournal: Am J Respir Crit Care MedPMID: 8887570 October 1996

Cytochrome P450 CYP1A1 MspI polymorphism and lung cancer susceptibility.

Author(s): Xu X, Kelsey KT, Wiencke JK, Wain JC, Christiani DCJournal: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers PrevPMID: 8877059 September 1996

We conducted a case-control study of 207 lung cancer patients and 283 controls to estimate the association of the MspI…

T cell activation in a murine model of asthma.

Author(s): Krinzman SJ, De Sanctis GT, Cernadas M, Kobzik L, Listman JA, Christiani DC, Perkins DL, Finn PWJournal: Am J PhysiolPMID: 8843798 September 1996

To determine the mechanisms by which inhaled antigens produce pulmonary inflammation and bronchial hyperreactivity, we have developed a murine model…

Epidemiology of hazardous materials responses by Massachusetts district HAZMAT teams.

Author(s): Kales SN, Castro MJ, Christiani DCJournal: J Occup Environ MedPMID: 8925324 April 1996

Hazardous materials releases can cause substantial morbidity and mortality, but very few studies have systemically investigated them. We analyzed responses…

Medical surveillance for ethylene oxide exposure: practices and clinical findings in Massachusetts hospitals.

Author(s): Lamontagne AD, Mangione TW, Christiani DC, Kelsey KTJournal: J Occup Environ MedPMID: 8673519 February 1996

The medical surveillance requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) ethylene oxide (EtO) standard became effective in 1985.…

Increased micronucleus frequency in lymphocytes from smokers with lung cancer.

Author(s): Cheng TJ, Christiani DC, Xu X, Wain JC, Wiencke JK, Kelsey KTJournal: Mutat ResPMID: 8569791 January 1996

We investigated whether lung cancer was associated with an increased micronucleus (MN) frequency in lymphocytes in a case-control study. Epidemiological…