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Recent use of consumer and personal care products and exposures to select endocrine disrupting chemicals among urban children with asthma
BackgroundEmerging studies suggest that endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in personal care and other consumer products are linked with various...
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Influence of living in the same home on biomonitored levels of consumer product chemicals
BackgroundIndividuals living in the same home may share exposures from direct contact with sources or indirectly through contamination of the home...
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Integrating NHANES and toxicity forecaster data to compare pesticide exposure and bioactivity by farmwork history and US citizenship
BackgroundFarmworkers in the United States, especially migrant workers, face unique barriers to healthcare and have documented disparities in health...
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Non-persistent exposures from plasticizers or plastic constituents in remote Arctic communities: a case for further research
BackgroundPersistent organic pollutant exposures are well-documented in the Arctic, but fewer studies examined non-persistent chemicals, despite...
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Endocrine-disrupting chemical concentrations in follicular fluid and follicular reproductive hormone levels
PurposeTo determine correlations between chemicals in follicular fluid (FF) and follicular reproductive hormone levels.
MethodsThe analysis was part...
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Exposure to pesticides and the risk of hypothyroidism: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundKnowledge surrounding the association between exposure to pesticides and hypothyroidism is inconsistent and controversial.
Methods ...
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Exploratory profiles of phenols, parabens, and per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances among NHANES study participants in association with previous cancer diagnoses
BackgroundSome hormonally active cancers have low survival rates, but a large proportion of their incidence remains unexplained. Endocrine disrupting...
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Correlates of exposure to phenols, parabens, and triclocarban in the Study of Environment, Lifestyle and Fibroids
We performed a cross-sectional analysis to identify correlates of urinary concentrations of seven phenols (bisphenols A, F, and S;...
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Latent classes for chemical mixtures analyses in epidemiology: an example using phthalate and phenol exposure biomarkers in pregnant women
Latent class analysis (LCA), although minimally applied to the statistical analysis of mixtures, may serve as a useful tool for identifying...
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A possible approach to improving the reproducibility of urinary concentrations of phthalate metabolites and phenols during pregnancy
In epidemiologic studies, classifying episodic exposures to chemicals with short half-lives, such as phthalates and phenols, is challenging. We...
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Maternal Phthalate and Personal Care Products Exposure Alters Extracellular Placental miRNA Profile in Twin Pregnancies
Prenatal exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) exerts both short- and long-term adverse effects on the develo** fetus. However, the...
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Description of exposure profiles for seven environmental chemicals in a US population using recursive partition mixture modeling (RPMM)
Biomonitoring studies have shown that humans are exposed to numerous environmental chemicals. Previous work provides limited insights into the...
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Opportunities for evaluating chemical exposures and child health in the United States: the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program
The Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program will evaluate environmental factors affecting children’s health (perinatal,...
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Urinary concentrations of 2,5-dichlorophenol and diabetes in US adults
Para-dichlorobenzene ( p -DCB) products are widely used in the home and public buildings, leading to exposure to this chemical in indoor environments....
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Communicating environmental exposure results and health information in a community-based participatory research study
BackgroundCommunicating results to participants is a fundamental component of community-based participatory research (CBPR). However, in...
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Higher urinary heavy metal, phthalate and arsenic concentrations accounted for 3–19% of the population attributable risk for high blood pressure: US NHANES, 2009–2012
The link between environmental chemicals and human health has emerged, but has not been completely examined in terms of its risk factors. Therefore,...
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Exposure to phthalates: Reproductive outcome and children health. A review of epidemiological studies
Phthalates are a family of industrial chemicals that have been used for a variety of purposes. As the potential consequences of human exposure to...
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Temporal stability of the conjugated species of bisphenol A, parabens, and other environmental phenols in human urine
Human exposure to environmental phenols can be assessed by measuring the urinary concentrations of these compounds or their metabolites. Total...
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Impact of urine preservation methods and duration of storage on measured levels of environmental contaminants
Collection of urine samples in human studies involves choices regarding ship**, sample preservation, and storage that may ultimately influence...
