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Medium-Term Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Markers of Inflammation and Endothelial Function
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2011)
Background: Exposure to traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) contributes to increased cardiovascular risk. Land-use regression models can improve exposure assessment for TRAP. Objectives: We examined the association between ...
Searching for Sharp Drops in the Incidence of Pandemic A/H1N1 Influenza by Single Year of Age
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
Background: During the 2009 H1N1 pandemic (pH1N1), morbidity and mortality sparing was observed among the elderly population; it was hypothesized that this age group benefited from immunity to pH1N1 due to cross-reactive ...
Acute and Chronic Effects of Particles on Hospital Admissions in New England
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
Background: Many studies have reported significant associations between exposure to \(PM_{2.5}\) and hospital admissions, but all have focused on the effects of short-term exposure. In addition all these studies have relied ...
Lead Concentrations in Relation to Multiple Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease: The Normative Aging Study
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2012)
Background: Lead exposure has been associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in animal and human studies. However, the mechanisms of action have not been fully elucidated. We therefore examined the relationship between ...
Alu and LINE-1 methylation and lung function in the normative ageing study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2012)
Objectives: To investigate the association between methylation of transposable elements Alu and long-interspersed nuclear elements (LINE-1) and lung function. Design: Cohort study. Setting: Outpatient Veterans Administration ...
Associations between cadmium exposure and neurocognitive test scores in a cross-sectional study of US adults
(BioMed Central, 2013)
Background: Low-level environmental cadmium exposure and neurotoxicity has not been well studied in adults. Our goal was to evaluate associations between neurocognitive exam scores and a biomarker of cumulative cadmium ...
Modification by hemochromatosis gene polymorphisms of the association between traffic-related air pollution and cognition in older men: a cohort study
(BioMed Central, 2013)
Background: Previous studies found effect modification of associations between traffic-related air pollution and cardiovascular outcomes by polymorphisms in the hemochromatosis gene (HFE). As traffic-related air pollution ...
Longitudinal Relationship between Personal CO and Personal \(PM_{2.5}\) among Women Cooking with Woodfired Cookstoves in Guatemala
(Public Library of Science, 2013)
Household air pollution (HAP) due to solid fuel use is a major public health threat in low-income countries. Most health effects are thought to be related to exposure to the fine particulate matter (PM) component of HAP, ...
Inhalable particulate matter and mitochondrial DNA copy number in highly exposed individuals in Beijing, China: a repeated-measure study
(BioMed Central, 2013)
Background: Mitochondria are both a sensitive target and a primary source of oxidative stress, a key pathway of air particulate matter (PM)-associated diseases. Mitochondrial DNA copy number (MtDNAcn) is a marker of ...