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    • Cumulative Exposure to Lead in Relation to Cognitive Function in Older Women 

      Weuve, Jennifer Lynn; Korrick, Susan Abigail; Weisskopf, Marc G.; Ryan, Louise Marie; Schwartz, Joel David; Nie, Huiling; Grodstein, Francine; Hu, Howard (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2008)
      Background: Recent data indicate that chronic low-level exposure to lead is associated with accelerated declines in cognition in older age, but this has not been examined in women. Objective: We examined biomarkers of lead ...
    • Determinants of Bone and Blood Lead Levels among Minorities Living in the Boston Area 

      Lin, Charles; Kim, Rokho; Tsaih, Shirng-Wern; Sparrow, David; Hu, Howard (National Institue of Environmental Health Sciences, 2004)
      We measured blood and bone lead levels among minority individuals who live in some of Boston’s neighborhoods with high minority representation. Compared with samples of predominantly white subjects we had studied before, ...
    • Effect of breast milk lead on infant blood lead levels at 1 month of age 

      Ettinger, Adrienne S; Téllez-Rojo, Martha María; Amarasiriwardena, Chitra J.; Bellinger, David C.; Peterson, Karen E.; Schwartz, Joel David; Hu, Howard; Hernández-Avila, Mauricio (National Institue of Environmental Health Sciences, 2004)
      Nursing infants may be exposed to lead from breast milk, but relatively few data exist with which to evaluate and quantify this relationship. This route of exposure constitutes a potential infant hazard from mothers with ...
    • Influence of Prenatal Lead Exposure on Genomic Methylation of Cord Blood DNA 

      Pilsner, J. Richard; Hu, Howard; Sánchez, Brisa N.; Cantonwine, David; Lazarus, Alicia; Lamadrid-Figueroa, Héctor; Mercado-García, Adriana; Téllez-Rojo, Martha Maria; Hernández-Avila, Mauricio; Ettinger, Adrienne S; Wright, Robert O. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2009)
      Background: Fetal lead exposure is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes and developmental and cognitive deficits; however, the mechanism(s) by which lead-induced toxicity occurs remains unknown. Epigenetic fetal ...
    • Lead Exposure and Behavior Among Young Children in Chennai, India 

      Roy, Ananya; Bellinger, David C.; Hu, Howard; Schwartz, Joel David; Ettinger, Adrienne S; Wright, Robert O.; Bouchard, Maryse; Palaniappan, Kavitha; Balakrishnan, Kalpana (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2009)
      Background: Lead exposure has long been associated with deficits in IQ among children. However, few studies have assessed the impact of lead on specific domains of behavior and cognition. Objective: We evaluated the ...
    • Lead, Diabetes, Hypertension, and Renal Function: The Normative Aging Study 

      Tsaih, Shirng-Wern; Korrick, Susan Abigail; Schwartz, Joel David; Amarasiriwardena, Chitra J.; Aro, Antonio; Sparrow, David; Hu, Howard (National Institue of Environmental Health Sciences, 2004)
      In this prospective study, we examined changes in renal function during 6 years of follow-up in relation to baseline lead levels, diabetes, and hypertension among 448 middle-age and elderly men, a subsample of the Normative ...
    • Levels of Lead in Breast Milk and Their Relation to Maternal Blood and Bone Lead Levels at One Month Postpartum. 

      Téllez-Rojo, Martha María; González-Cossío, Teresa; Aro, Antonio; Hu, Howard; Hernández-Avila, Mauricio; Ettinger, Adrienne S; Amarasiriwardena, Chitra J.; Peterson, Karen E. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2004)
      Despite the many well-recognized benefits of breast-feeding for both mothers and infants, detectable levels of lead in breast milk have been documented in population studies of women with no current environmental or ...
    • Occupationally Related Lead Exposure in the General Population. A Population Study of 40-Year-Old Men. 

      Grandjean, Philippe; Hollnagel, Hanne; Olsen, Niels Berg (Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 1981)
      Eighty-eight percent of all 40-year-old male residents of four suburban municipalities of Copenhagen County were examined for the lead concentration in their blood and interviewed regarding job category and place of work. ...