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Blood Pressure in Relation to Concentrations of PCB Congeners and Chlorinated Pesticides by Goncharov, Alexey, Pavuk, Marian, Foushee, Herman R., Carpenter, David O.

“…Background: Residents of Anniston, Alabama, live near a Monsanto plant that manufactured polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from 1929 to 1971 and are relatively…”
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Serum concentrations of legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the Anniston Community Health Surveys (ACHS I and ACHS II) by Petriello, Michael C., Mottaleb, M. Abdul, Serio, Tara C., Balyan, Bharat, Cave, Matthew C., Pavuk, Marian, Birnbaum, Linda S., Morris, Andrew J.

“…•PFAS were measured in serum from Anniston Community Health Survey I and II subjects.•Two PFAS were higher in these subjects than in contemporaneous NHANES…”
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Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Exposure and Diabetes: Results from the Anniston Community Health Survey by Silverstone, Allen E., Rosenbaum, Paula F., Weinstock, Ruth S., Bartell, Scott M., Foushee, Herman R., Shelton, Christie, Pavuk, Marian

“…Background: Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) manufactured in Anniston, Alabama, from 1929 to 1971 caused significant environmental contamination. The Anniston…”
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Diabetes and Cancer in Veterans of Operation Ranch Hand After Adjustment for Calendar Period, Days of Spraying, and Time Spent in Southeast Asia by Michalek, Joel E., Pavuk, Marian

“…Background: The Air Force Health Study was launched in 1980 as part of a Federal effort to resolve the Agent Orange issue. Objectives: To study diabetes and…”
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Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in U.S. Mothers' Milk by Schecter, Arnold, Pavuk, Marian, Päpke, Olaf, Ryan, John Jake, Birnbaum, Linda, Rosen, Robin

“…No previous reports exist on polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) congeners in human milk from individual U.S. mothers. This article on PBDEs is an extension…”
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Polychlorinated biphenyl exposure and DNA methylation in the Anniston Community Health Survey by Pittman, Gary S., Wang, Xuting, Campbell, Michelle R., Coulter, Sherry J., Olson, James R., Pavuk, Marian, Birnbaum, Linda S., Bell, Douglas A.

“…Anniston, Alabama was home to a major polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) production facility from 1929 until 1971. The Anniston Community Health Survey I and II…”
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Racial differences in levels of serum lipids and effects of exposure to persistent organic pollutants on lipid levels in residents of Anniston, Alabama by Aminov, Zafar, Haase, Richard, Olson, James R., Pavuk, Marian, Carpenter, David O.

“…Serum lipid levels are major risk factors for cardiovascular disease. In addition to diet, exercise, genetics, age and race, serum concentrations of persistent…”
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Reduction of the body burden of PCBs and DDE by dietary intervention in a randomized trial by Jandacek, Ronald J., Heubi, James E., Buckley, Donna D., Khoury, Jane C., Turner, Wayman E., Sjödin, Andreas, Olson, James R., Shelton, Christie, Helms, Kim, Bailey, Tina D., Carter, Shirley, Tso, Patrick, Pavuk, Marian

“…Serum polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Anniston, AL, residents have been associated with hypertension and diabetes. There have been no systematic…”
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Regional Variation in Human Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants in the United States, NHANES by Ragin-Wilson, Angela, Pavuk, Marian, Irvin-Barnwell, Elizabeth, Wattigney, Wendy A.

“…We examined serum levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) among geographical regions of the United States as defined by the US Census Bureau. National…”
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Prostate cancer in US Air Force veterans of the Vietnam war by Pavuk, Marian, Michalek, Joel E, Ketchum, Norma S

“…US Air Force veterans of Operation Ranch Hand sprayed herbicides contaminated with 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in Vietnam from 1962 to 1971…”
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Serum 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) Levels and Thyroid Function in Air Force Veterans of the Vietnam War by Pavuk, Marian, Schecter, Arnold J, Akhtar, Fatema Z, Michalek, Joel E

“…PURPOSE: We assessed potential health effects of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) concentration in serum on thyroid function in US Air Force veterans…”
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Case-control study of PCBs, other organochlorines and breast cancer in Eastern Slovakia by Pavuk, Marian, Cerhan, James R, Lynch, Charles F, Kocan, Anton, Petrik, Jan, Chovancova, Jana

“…This case-control study was designed to investigate association between polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and risk of breast cancer in an area of high…”
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Food as a Source of Dioxin Exposure in the Residents of Bien Hoa City, Vietnam by Schecter, Arnold, Quynh, Hoang Trong, Pavuk, Marian, Päpke, Olaf, Malisch, Rainer, Constable, John D.

“…Recently, elevated dioxin levels, over 5 parts per trillion (ppt) 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), from Agent Orange was reported in 95% of 43…”
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Possible Effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Organochlorinated Pesticides on the Thyroid after Long-term Exposure to Heavy Environmental Pollution by Langer, Pavel, Kočan, Anton, Tajtáková, Mária, Petrík, Ján, Chovancová, Jana, Drobná, Beáta, Jursa, Stanislav, Pavúk, Marián, Koška, Juraj, Trnovec, Tomáš, Šeböková, Elena, Klimes, Iwar

“…The purpose of this work was to study the effects of high environmental exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other organochhrines on the thyroid…”
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The use of potassium dichromate and ethyl alcohol as blood preservatives for analysis of organochlorine contaminants by Schecter, Arnold, Pavuk, Marian, Päpke, Olaf, Malisch, Rainer

“…The “gold standard” for preserving and shipping of human tissue samples for analysis of organochlorine contaminants is freezing. This method can be difficult,…”
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A Follow-Up: High Level of Dioxin Contamination in Vietnamese From Agent Orange, Three Decades After the End of Spraying by Schecter, Arnold, Pavuk, Marian, Constable, John D., Le Cao Dai, Päpke, Olaf

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Metabolic syndrome is associated with exposure to organochlorine pesticides in Anniston, AL, United States by Rosenbaum, Paula F., Weinstock, Ruth S., Silverstone, Allen E., Sjödin, Andreas, Pavuk, Marian

“…The Anniston Community Health Survey, a cross-sectional study, was undertaken in 2005–2007 to study environmental exposure to polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)…”
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DIOXINS IN COMMERCIAL UNITED STATES BABY FOOD by Schecter, Arnold, Wallace, Deborah, Pavuk, Marian, Piskac, Amanda, Päpke, Olaf

“…This is the first known study of dioxins, dibenzofurans, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in commercial American bottled baby foods purchased in the United…”
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Polychlorinated biphenyls, indicators of thyroid function and thyroid autoantibodies in the Anniston Community Health Survey I (ACHS-I) by Benson, Kelsey, Yang, Eric, Dutton, Nina, Sjodin, Andreas, Rosenbaum, Paula F., Pavuk, Marian

“…In this study, we examined associations between serum concentrations of 35 polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners, pesticides, and indicators of thyroid…”
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Exposure of dioxin-like chemicals in participants of the Anniston community health survey follow-up by Yang, Eric, Pavuk, Marian, Sjödin, Andreas, Lewin, Michael, Jones, Richard, Olson, Jim, Birnbaum, Linda

“…The 2014 follow-up of the Anniston Community Health Survey (ACHS II) consisted of 338 surviving participants from the 2005–2007 baseline study (ACHS) who had…”
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