BIOSENSORS | Electrochemical Sensors for the Detection of Lead and Other Toxic Heavy Metals: The Next Generation of Personal Exposure Biomonitors
Wassana Yantasee, Yuehe Lin, Kitiya Hongsirikarn, Glen E. Fryxell, Raymond Addleman, and Charles Timchalk
1683 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

ASTHMA | A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Interventions Used to Reduce Exposure to House Dust and Their Effect on the Development and Severity of Asthma
Clare Macdonald, Anna Sternberg, and Paul R. Hunter
1691 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE | Cumulative Community-Level Lead Exposure and Pulse Pressure: The Normative Aging Study
Todd Perlstein, Jennifer Weuve, Joel Schwartz, David Sparrow, Robert Wright, Augusto Litonjua, Huiling Nie, and Howard Hu
1696 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

RISK ASSESSMENT | Does the Effect of PM₁₀ on Mortality Depend on PM Nickel and Vanadium Content? A Reanalysis of the NMMAPS Data
Francesca Dominici, Roger D. Peng, Keita Ebisu, Scott L. Zeger, Jonathan M. Samet, and Michelle L. Bell
1701 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

MIXTURES | Health Impacts of Estrogens in the Environment, Considering Complex Mixture Effects
Amy L. Filby, Teresa Neuparth, Karen L. Thorpe, Richard Owen, Tamara S. Galloway, and Charles R. Tyler
1704 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH | Drinking Water with Uranium below the U.S. EPA Water Standard Causes Estrogen Receptor–Dependent Responses in Female Mice
Stefanie Raymond-Whish, Loretta P. Mayer, Tamara O'Neal, Alisyn Martinez, Marilee A. Sellers, Patricia J. Christian, Samuel L. Marion, Carlyle Begay, Catherine R. Propper, Patricia B. Hoyer, and Cheryl A. Dyer
Also see Science Selections, p. A595
1711 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT | Variations in Phytoestrogen Content between Different Mill Dates of the Same Diet Produces Significant Differences in the Time of Vaginal Opening in CD-1 Mice and F344 Rats but Not in CD Sprague-Dawley Rats
Julius E. Thigpen, Kenneth D.R. Setchell, Elizabeth Padilla-Banks, Joseph K. Haseman, Hannah E. Saunders, Gordon F. Caviness, Grace E. Kissling, Mary G. Grant, and Diane B. Forsythe
Also see Science Selections, p. A594
1717 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

GENE EXPRESSION | Tetrahydrofurandiol Stimulation of Phospholipase A2, Lipoxygenase, and Cyclooxygenase Gene Expression and MCF-7 Human Breast Cancer Cell Proliferation
Barry M. Markaverich, Jan Crowley, Mary Rodriquez, Kevin Shoulars, and Trellis Thompson 1727 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

BIOMONITORS | Effects of Chronic and Acute Ozone Exposure on Lipid Peroxidation and Antioxidant Capacity in Healthy Young Adults
Connie Chen, Mehrdad Arjomandi, John Balmes, Ira Tager, and Nina Holland
Also see Science Selections, p. A595
1732 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

RISK CHARACTERIZATION | Elevated Risk of Carrying Gentamicin-Resistant Escherichia coli among U.S. Poultry Workers
Lance B. Price, Jay P. Graham, Leila G. Lackey, Amira Roess, Rocio Vailes, and Ellen Silbergeld
1738 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

NEURODEVELOPMENT | Maternal–Fetal Transfer of Domoic Acid in Rats at Two Gestational Time Points
Jennifer M. Maucher and John S. Ramsdell
1743 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

DIABETES | Prevalence of Self-Reported Diabetes and Exposure to Organochlorine Pesticides among Mexican Americans: Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1982–1984
Shanna Cox, Amanda Sue Niskar, K.M. Venkat Narayan, and Michele Marcus
1747 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

RISK CHARACTERIZATION | Ambient Levels of Air Pollution Induce Goblet-Cell Hyperplasia in Human Conjunctival Epithelium
Priscila Novaes, Paulo Hilário do Nascimento Saldiva, Newton Kara-José, Mariângela Macchione, Monique Matsuda, Lourdes Racca, and Alejandro Berra
1753 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

GENE EXPRESSION | In Utero Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure Alters Gene Expression in Lungs of Adult BALB/c Mice
Rodney L. Rouse, Marc J. Boudreaux, and Arthur L. Penn
1757 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

BIOMONITORS | Meeting Report: The Use of Newborn Blood Spots in Environmental Research: Opportunities and Challenges
Andrew F. Olshan
1767 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

POPULATION HEALTH | Meeting Report: Threats to Human Health and Environmental Sustainability in the Pacific Basin
Robert G. Arnold, David O. Carpenter, Donald Kirk, David Koh, Margaret-Ann Armour, Mariano Cebrian, Luis Cifuentes, Mahmood Khwaja, Bo Ling, Irma Makalinao, César Paz-y-Miño, Genandrialine Peralta, Rajendra Prasad, Kirpal Singh, Peter Sly, Chiharu Tohyama, Alistair Woodward, Baoshan Zheng, and Todd Maiden
1770 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE | Case Report: A Metabolic Disorder Presenting as Pediatric Manganism
Vanita Sahni, Yves Léger, Linda Panaro, Mark Allen, Scott Giffin, Diane Fury, and Nadine Hamm
1776 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM | Association of Thyroid Hormone Concentrations with Levels of Organochlorine Compounds in Cord Blood of Neonates
Johan Maervoet, Griet Vermeir, Adrian Covaci, Nicolas Van Larebeke, Gudrun Koppen, Greet Schoeters, Vera Nelen, Willy Baeyens, Paul Schepens, and Maria K. Viaene
1780 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

CANCER | Household Exposure to Pesticides and Risk of Childhood Hematopoietic Malignancies: The ESCALE Study (SFCE)
Jérémie Rudant, Florence Menegaux, Guy Leverger, André Baruchel, Brigitte Nelken, Yves Bertrand, Catherine Patte, Hélène Pacquement, Cécile Vérité, Alain Robert, Gérard Michel, Geneviève Margueritte, Virginie Gandemer, Denis Hémon, and Jacqueline Clavel
Also see Science Selections, p. A594
1787 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

RISK CHARACTERIZATION | Determinants of Prenatal Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in an Urban Population
Julie B. Herbstman, Andreas Sjödin, Benjamin J. Apelberg, Frank R. Witter, Donald G. Patterson Jr., Rolf U. Halden, Richard S. Jones, Annie Park, Yalin Zhang, Jochen Heidler, Larry L. Needham, and Lynn R. Goldman
1794 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

FETAL DEVELOPMENT | Chernobyl: Relationship between the Number of Missing Newborn Boys and the Level of Radiation in the Czech Regions
Miroslav Peterka, Renata Peterková, and Zbynek Likovsky´
1801 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]