Environmental Health Perspectives Table of Contents | 119(10) Oct 2011

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Psychosocial stressors such as maltreatment and exposure to violence are being examined as factors that can modify the health effects of certain pollutants.

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At a Glance | 119(10) October 2011

Editorials

The Challenge Facing Translation of Basic Science into Clinical and Community Settings to Improve Health Outcomes

Shari Barkin, David Schlundt

The Launch of the International Society for Children's Environmental Health and the Environment (ISCHE)

David C. Bellinger, Lynn R. Goldman, Bruce P. Lanphear, Brenda Eskenazi, David E. Jacobs, Mark Miller,

Correspondence

The New Danger of Thirdhand Smoke: Why Passive Smoking Does Not Stop at Secondhand Smoke

Carmela Protano, Matteo Vitali

Time-Dependent Exposures and the Fixed-Cohort Bias

Adrian G. Barnett

Time-Dependent Exposures and the Fixed-Cohort Bias: Hwang et al. Respond

Bing-Fang Hwang, Yungling Leo Lee, Jouni J.K. Jaakkola

DDT Paradox: Bouwman et al. Respond

Henk Bouwman, Henk van den Berg, Henrik Kylin

Podcast

Early Influences on Mammary Gland Development, with Suzanne Fenton

Ashley Ahearn

News | Forum

Fukushima Health Study Launched

Winifred A. Bird

News | Focus

Stress–Pollution Interactions: An Emerging Issue in Children's Health Research

Catherine M. Cooney

News | Spheres of Influence

Advising Parents in the Face of Scientific Uncertainty: An Environmental Health Dilemma

Naomi Lubick

News | Science Selections

Children's Exposure to PBDEs: Binational Comparison Highlights Dramatic Differences

Kellyn S. Betts

Indoor PM Pollution and Elevated Blood Pressure: Cardiovascular Impact of Indoor Biomass Burning

Bob Weinhold

Hard Ride: Traffic-Related Pollution May Alter Heart Function in Urban Cyclists

Julia R. Barrett

Pregnancy Pause: Extreme Heat Linked to Shortened Gestation

Tanya Tillett

Commentary

New Jersey: A Case Study of the Reduction in Urban and Suburban Air Pollution from the 1950s to 2010

Paul J. Lioy, Panos G. Georgopoulos

Reviews

Arsenic Toxicology: Translating between Experimental Models and Human Pathology

J. Christopher States, Aaron Barchowsky, Iain L. Cartwright, John F. Reichard, Bernard W. Futscher, R. Clark Lantz

Developing a Bidirectional Academic–Community Partnership with an Appalachian-American Community for Environmental Health Research and Risk Communication

Erin N. Haynes, Caroline Beidler, Richard Wittberg, Lisa Meloncon, Megan Parin, Elizabeth J. Kopras, Paul Succop, Kim N. Dietrich

Research Articles

Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Acute Changes in Heart Rate Variability and Respiratory Function in Urban Cyclists

Scott Weichenthal, Ryan Kulka, Aimee Dubeau, Christina Martin, Daniel Wang, Robert Dales

Ambient Particulate Matter Induces Interleukin-8 Expression through an Alternative NF-κB (Nuclear Factor-Kappa B) Mechanism in Human Airway Epithelial Cells

Robert Silbajoris, Alvaro R. Osornio-Vargas, Steven O. Simmons, William Reed, Philip A. Bromberg, Lisa A. Dailey, James M. Samet

In-Traffic Air Pollution Exposure and CC16, Blood Coagulation, and Inflammation Markers in Healthy Adults

Moniek Zuurbier, Gerard Hoek, Marieke Oldenwening, Kees Meliefste, Esmeralda Krop, Peter van den Hazel, Bert Brunekreef

Indoor Air Pollution and Blood Pressure in Adult Women Living in Rural China

Jill Baumgartner, James J. Schauer, Majid Ezzati, Lin Lu, Chun Cheng, Jonathan A. Patz, Leonelo E. Bautista

Relationship between Urinary Phthalate and Bisphenol A Concentrations and Serum Thyroid Measures in U.S. Adults and Adolescents from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007–2008

John D. Meeker, Kelly K. Ferguson

The Role of the Extracellular Matrix Protein Mindin in Airway Response to Environmental Airways Injury

Sarah Frush, Zhuowei Li, Erin N. Potts, Wanglei Du, Jerry P. Eu, Stavros Garantziotis, You-Wen He, W. Michael Foster, John W. Hollingsworth

Saharan Dust and Associations between Particulate Matter and Daily Mortality in Rome, Italy

Sandra Mallone, Massimo Stafoggia, Annunziata Faustini, Gian Paolo Gobbi, Achille Marconi, Francesco Forastiere

Peat Bog Wildfire Smoke Exposure in Rural North Carolina Is Associated with Cardiopulmonary Emergency Department Visits Assessed through Syndromic Surveillance

Ana G. Rappold, Susan L. Stone, Wayne E. Cascio, Lucas M. Neas, Vasu J. Kilaru, Martha Sue Carraway, James J. Szykman, Amy Ising, William E. Cleve, John T. Meredith, Heather Vaughan-Batten, Lana Deyneka, Robert B. Devlin

Chemical Properties of Air Pollutants and Cause-Specific Hospital Admissions among the Elderly in Atlanta, Georgia

Helen H. Suh, Antonella Zanobetti, Joel Schwartz, Brent A. Coull

Thyroid Dysfunction as a Mediator of Organochlorine Neurotoxicity in Preschool Children

Jordi Julvez, Frodi Debes, Pal Weihe, Anna L. Choi, Philippe Grandjean

Prenatal Lead Exposure and Weight of 0- to 5-Year-Old Children in Mexico City

Myriam Afeiche, Karen E. Peterson, Brisa N. Sánchez, David Cantonwine, Héctor Lamadrid-Figueroa, Lourdes Schnaas, Adrienne S. Ettinger, Mauricio Hernández-Avila, Howard Hu, Martha M. Téllez-Rojo

A Comparison of PBDE Serum Concentrations in Mexican and Mexican-American Children Living in California

Brenda Eskenazi, Laura Fenster, Rosemary Castorina, Amy R. Marks, Andreas Sjödin, Lisa Goldman Rosas, Nina Holland, Armando Garcia Guerra, Lizbeth Lopez-Carillo, Asa Bradman

Climate Extremes and the Length of Gestation

Payam Dadvand, Xavier Basagaña, Claudio Sartini, Francesc Figueras, Martine Vrijheid, Audrey de Nazelle, Jordi Sunyer, Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen

Associations between Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether (PBDE) Flame Retardants, Phenolic Metabolites, and Thyroid Hormones during Pregnancy

Heather M. Stapleton, Sarah Eagle, Rebecca Anthopolos, Amy Wolkin, Marie Lynn Miranda

Maternal and Gestational Factors and Micronucleus Frequencies in Umbilical Blood: The NewGeneris Rhea Cohort in Crete

Kim Vande Loock, Eleni Fthenou, Ilse Decordier, Georgia Chalkiadaki, Maria Keramarou, Gina Plas, Mathieu Roelants, Jos Kleinjans, Leda Chatzi, Franco Merlo, Manolis Kogevinas, Micheline Kirsch-Volders

Serum Perfluorinated Compound Concentration and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children 5–18 Years of Age

Cheryl R. Stein, David A. Savitz

Residential Traffic-Related Pollution Exposures and Exhaled Nitric Oxide in the Children's Health Study

Sandrah P. Eckel, Kiros Berhane, Muhammad T. Salam, Edward B. Rappaport, William S. Linn, Theresa M. Bastain, Yue Zhang, Frederick Lurmann, Edward L. Avol, Frank D. Gilliland