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Cat Ownership and Fel d 1 in Bed Dust were Associated with Increased Sensitization to Cat, but Not Asthma Symptoms Among Middle-income Children in New York City by Olmedo, O.E, Goldstein, I.F, Acosta, L, Divjan, A, Rundle, A.G, Chew, G.L, Mellins, R.B, Hoepner, L, Andrews, H, Lopez-Pintado, S, Quinn, J.W, Perera, F.P, Miller, R.L, Jacobson, J.S, Perzanowski, M.S

“…Previously we demonstrated that, in low-income NYC communities, where cat ownership is less common than in suburban communities, cat ownership increased risk…”
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Risks for asthma at age 7 differ by neighborhood and socio-economic status in New York City by Acosta, L.M, Miller, R.L, Goldstein, I.F, Rundle, A.G, Mellins, R.B, Cornell, A.G, Hoepner, L, Andrews, H, Lopez-Pintado, S, Quinn, J.W, Chew, G.L, Jacobson, J.S, Perera, F.P, Perzanowski, M.S

“…NYC Neighborhood Asthma and Allergy case-control study recruited MIDDLE-INCOME children from the same employer-based health insurance who lived in low (LAPN)…”
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Housing Characteristics and Reported Pest Infestation Differ Among Neighborhoods with High and Low Asthma Prevalence in New York City by Acosta, L.M, Goldstein, I.F, Rundle, A.G, Sueda, Y, Dahl, A, Chew, G.L, Mellins, R.B, Hoepner, L, Andrews, H, Perera, F.P, Miller, R.L, Jacobson, J.S, Perzanowski, M.S

“…In our NYC Neighborhood Asthma and Allergy case-control study, 7-8 year-old children in low or high asthma prevalence neighborhoods (LAPN and HAPN) were…”
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Differences in Mouse Allergen Levels Among High and Low Asthma Prevalence Neighborhoods in New York City by Olmedo, O.E, Acosta, L, Goldstein, I.F, Divjan, A, Rundle, A.G, Chew, G.L, Mellins, R.B, Hoepner, L, Perera, F.P, Miller, R.L, Jacobson, J.S, Perzanowski, M.S

“…In the NYC Neighborhood Asthma and Allergy Study (a case-control study, n = 119), homes visits were conducted for 58 seven-year-old children (40 asthmatic, 18…”
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Associations Between Prenatal Pesticide Exposure and Early Wheeze, Cough, and IgE in Early Childhood by Reardon, A, Perzanowski, M.S, Whyatt, R.M, Chew, G.L, Perera, F.P, Miller, R.L

“…Using the CCCEH birth cohort (African-American, Latino ethnicity) in NYC, we compared prenatal pesticide levels from personal maternal air monitors with…”
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Morning and Afternoon Repeated Measurements of Offline Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Exhaled Breath Condensate pH by Divjan, A, Ghouri, K, Chew, G.L, Miller, R.L, Perzanowski, M.S

“…Rationale Offline forced exhaled NO (FENO) and exhaled breath condensate (EBC) pH provide valuable field study tools for assessing airway inflammation;…”
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Determinants of Aeroallergen-specific IgE in a New York Birth Cohort of Puerto Rican Children by Reardon, A, Divjan, A, Perzanowski, M.S, Chew, G.L

“…Methods With an inner-city birth cohort of 274 New York City-born Puerto Rican children selected on maternal history of atopy/asthma settled dust levels of…”
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Exhaled NO Among 7-Year-Old Children Who Attended Head Start in New York City by Perzanowski, M.S, Divjan, A, Mellins, R.B, Canfield, S.M, Rosa, M.J, Chew, G.L, Rundle, A.G, Goldstein, I.F, Jacobson, J.S

“…Given its association with current wheeze, independent of seroatopy and lung function, FENO may be a valid and convenient outcome measure for inner-city cohort…”
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Preliminary Findings from the New York City Neighborhood Asthma and Allergy Study by Acosta, L.M, Goldstein, I.F, Rundle, A.G, Olmedo, O.E, Chew, G.L, Mellins, R.B, Quinn, J, Divjan, A, Hoepner, L, Andrews, H, Perera, F.P, Miller, R.L, Jacobson, J.S, Perzanowski, M.S

“…In this case-control study, 7-year-old children of paying (non-Medicaid) members of the Health Insurance Plan of New York, the largest HMO in NYC, were…”
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Is Pigeon Allergy Common Among Asthmatic Latina Women in New York City? by Chew, G.L, Yoshioka, I.E, Reardon, A.M, Divjan, A, Perzanowski, M.S

“…Methods Serum samples were collected from asthmatic mothers (n = 115) of children enrolled in a birth cohort study and were analyzed for IgE against pigeon…”
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Total and Specific IgE Associations between New York City Head Start Children and their Parents by Canfield, S.M, Jacobson, J.S, Perzanowski, M.S, Mellins, R.B, Zemble, R.M, Chew, G.L, Goldstein, I.F

“…Methods Total and allergen-specific IgE (to dust mite, cockroach, mouse, and cat) were determined by ImmunoCap (Phadia, Inc.) in families participating in New…”
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Anti-Cockroach, Mouse IgE Associations with Early Wheeze and Atopy in an Inner-city Birth Cohort by Donohue, K.M, Al-alem, U, Perzanowski, M.S, Chew, G.L, Johnson, A, Kelvin, E.A, Hoepner, L.A, Perera, F.P, Miller, R.L

“…The odds of early wheeze were higher among children who developed anti-cockroach IgE (OR 3.19, 95% CI 1.55-6.54) or anti-mouse IgE (OR 5.06, 95% CI…”
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Prenatal Acetaminophen Use is a Risk for Wheeze at Age 5 Years in a Low Income Urban Population with a High Risk for Asthma by Perzanowski, M.S, Miller, R.L, Ali, D.B, Garfinkel, R.S, Chew, G.L, Goldstein, I.F, Perera, F.P, Barr, R.G

“…[...]trimester acetaminophen use had the strongest association with current wheeze (RR 1.9 [1.3-2.9], P = 0.002)…”
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Cat Ownership Is A Risk Factor For Developing Sensitization To Cat But Not Wheeze By Age 5 In A Low Income New York City Birth Cohort by Perzanowski, M.S, Chew, G.L, Divjan, A, Johnson, A, Panjwani, K, Sheares, B.J, Platts-Mills, T.A, Perera, F.P, Miller, R.L

“…To age 5, cat ownership in this inner-city cohort was a risk factor for developing IgE to cat, but was inversely associated with developing wheeze…”
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Fel d 1 In The Bed Dust Of Cat Non-Owners Differs Among Ethnicities But Not Neighborhood In Two NYC Cohorts by Panjwani, K, Chew, G.L, Divjan, A, Reardon, A.M, Perera, F.P, Miller, R.L, Perzanowski, M.S

“…Within a birth cohort study (CCCEH), Feld1 and Canf1 were measured in bed dust of Dominican (n=353) and African-American (n=186) mothers living in NYC…”
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1222 POSTER Prophylactic oophorectomy for the prevention of breast and ovarian cancer in high risk mutation carriers: meta-analysis by Chew, G.L, Jenkins, M, Phillips, K.A

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Mammographic density—a review on the current understanding of its association with breast cancer by Huo, C. W., Chew, G. L., Britt, K. L., Ingman, W. V., Henderson, M. A., Hopper, J. L., Thompson, E. W.

“…There has been considerable recent interest in the genetic, biological and epidemiological basis of mammographic density (MD), and the search for causative…”
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A multi-city study of indoor air quality in green vs non-green low-income housing by Rabito, F A, Werthmann, D W, Straubing, R, Adamkiewicz, G, Reponen, T, Ashley, P J, Chew, G L

“…The condition of the home is a strong predictor of exposure to environmental contaminants, with low-income households being particularly vulnerable. Therefore,…”
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Increased COX-2 expression in epithelial and stromal cells of high mammographic density tissues and in a xenograft model of mammographic density by Chew, G. L., Huo, C. W., Huang, D., Hill, P., Cawson, J., Frazer, H., Hopper, J. L., Haviv, I., Henderson, M. A., Britt, K., Thompson, E. W.

“…Mammographic density (MD) adjusted for age and body mass index is one of the strongest known risk factors for breast cancer. Given the high attributable risk…”
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Effects of Tamoxifen and oestrogen on histology and radiographic density in high and low mammographic density human breast tissues maintained in murine tissue engineering chambers by Chew, G. L., Huo, C. W., Huang, D., Blick, T., Hill, P., Cawson, J., Frazer, H., Southey, M. C., Hopper, J. L., Britt, K., Henderson, M. A., Haviv, I., Thompson, E. W.

“…Mammographic density (MD) is a strong risk factor for breast cancer. It is altered by exogenous endocrine treatments, including hormone replacement therapy and…”
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