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Low-dose blood BTEX are associated with pulmonary function through changes in inflammatory markers among US adults: NHANES 2007–2012
The effects of blood benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX) on lung function among general adults remain unknown. We enrolled 5519 adults...
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Relationships between pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls, blood parameters and oxidative stress of white stork Ciconia ciconia chicks in Poland
The white stork Ciconia ciconia is a bird species located at the top of the trophic pyramid in grassland and wetland ecosystems. This charismatic...
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Children’s Exposure to Lead from Tap Water in Child Care Centers and Estimation of Blood Lead Levels
The continuous exposure of young children to low levels of lead is a public health concern since it is associated with adverse neurodevelopmental...
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Biomonitoring of lead in blood of children living in a former mining area in Lower Saxony, Germany
Environmental exposure to lead substantially decreased over the past decades. However, soil of former mining areas still contains high lead levels....
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Blood to Molecules: The Fossil Record of Blood and Its Constituents
Contrary to prevalent assumptions, blood—the ultimate “soft tissue”—has a substantial fossil record. Although initial reports of blood remnants from...
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Association between exposure to radioactive iodine after the Chernobyl accident and thyroid volume in Belarus 10-15 years later
BackgroundWhile there is a robust literature on environmental exposure to iodine-131 ( 131 I) in childhood and adolescence and the risk of thyroid...
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Comparative assessment of blood mercury in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) from Coastal North Carolina and Florida
Mercury (Hg) is a widespread and harmful persistent pollutant of aquatic ecosystems. Except for the northern most populations of American alligators (
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Association between blood ethylene oxide levels and the risk of cardiovascular diseases in the general population
Ethylene oxide (EtO) is a highly reactive organic compound that is mainly used as a sterilizing agent. However, to date, the effects of EtO on the...
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Assessment of 222Rn, 226Ra, 238U, 218Po, and 214Po activity concentrations in the blood samples of workers at selected building material factories in Erbil City
The objective of this research is to assess the impact of radon concentration on workers at certain construction material industries in Erbil,...
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Residential indoor exposure to fine and ultrafine particulate air pollution in association with blood pressure and subclinical central haemodynamic markers of cardiovascular risk among healthy adults living in Perth, Western Australia
Despite that large percentages of individual daily time is spent in the home, few studies have examined the relationship between indoor particulate...
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Physiological, blood-biochemical and behavioural changes of Ghoongroo pigs in seasonal heat stress of a hot-humid tropical environment
The present study investigated the effect of seasonal heat stress on the physiological, behavioural and blood bio-chemical profile of adult Ghoongroo...
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Urinary cadmium and peripheral blood telomere length predict the risk of renal function impairment: a study of 547 community residents of Shanxi, China
Few reports have investigated the predictive value of urinary cadmium (UCd) and telomere length on renal function impairment. Therefore, we...
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Organochlorine and Metal Contaminants in the Blood Plasma of Green Sturgeon Caught in Washington Coastal Estuaries
Non-invasive monitoring was used to evaluate the concentrations of 40 contaminants in the blood plasma of the North American Green Sturgeon Acipenser...
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Physicochemical water quality of Karabel, Çaltı, and Tohma brooks and blood biochemical parameters of Barbus plebejus fish: assessment of heavy metal concentrations for potential health risks
The present study aims to comparatively examine the physical quality parameters of water samples taken from Karabel, Çaltı, and Tohma brooks in Sivas...
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Associations between concentrations of selected perfluoroalkyl acids and concentrations of blood cadmium, lead, and total mercury
Data ( N = 2552) from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for US adults aged ≥ 20 years for 2011–2016 were analyzed to estimate the...
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Associations between perfluoroalkyl acids in serum and lead and mercury in whole blood among US children aged 3–11 years
Data for 639 US children aged 3–11 years who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey during 2013–2014 were analyzed by...
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Heavy metal concentrations in Caspian pond turtle (Mauremys caspica) in Zarivar International Wetland, Kurdistan Province of Iran
In the present study, the cadmium, lead, and zinc levels in the blood and shell of Caspian pond turtles ( Mauremys caspica ) were investigated at five...
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Association between ambient air pollution exposure in pregnant women with antiphospholipid syndrome in Nan**g, China
Antenatal exposure to air pollutants is thought to be associated with a variety of maternal blood markers as well as adverse birth outcomes. However,...
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Persistent organic pollutants in hospitalized individuals in the municipality of Petropolis, Brazil
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are highly lipophilic and can accumulate and biomagnify in food chains. Characterized as a public health...
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Mathematical model to estimate the increase in firefighters’ core temperature during firefighting activity with a portable calorimeter
We developed a mathematical model to estimate the increase in firefighters’ core body temperature from energy expenditure (EE) measured by...
