Search Results - "Perera, F."

Towards a fuller assessment of benefits to children's health of reducing air pollution and mitigating climate change due to fossil fuel combustion by Perera, F., Ashrafi, A., Kinney, P., Mills, D.

“…Fossil fuel combustion by-products, including particulate matter (PM2.5), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and carbon dioxide…”
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Prenatal exposure to antibiotics, cesarean section and risk of childhood obesity by Mueller, N T, Whyatt, R, Hoepner, L, Oberfield, S, Dominguez-Bello, M G, Widen, E M, Hassoun, A, Perera, F, Rundle, A

“…Background/Objectives: Cesarean section (CS) and antibiotic use during pregnancy may alter normal maternal-offspring microbiota exchange, thereby contributing…”
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Towards a fuller assessment of the economic benefits of reducing air pollution from fossil fuel combustion: Per-case monetary estimates for children's health outcomes by Shea, E., Perera, F., Mills, D.

“…Impacts on children's health are under-represented in benefits assessments of policies related to ambient air quality and climate change. To complement our…”
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Prenatal exposure to fine particles and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and birth outcomes: a two-pollutant approach by Jedrychowski, W. A., Majewska, Renata, Spengler, J. D., Camann, David, Roen, E. L., Perera, F. P.

“…Background Previous epidemiologic studies have considered the effects of individual air pollutants on birth outcomes, whereas a multiple-pollutant approach is…”
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Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Coal-Burning Pollutants on Children's Development in China by Tang, Deliang, Li, Tin-yu, Liu, Jason J., Zhou, Zhi-jun, Yuan, Tao, Chen, Yu-hui, Rauh, Virginia A., Xie, Jiang, Perera, Frederica

“…Background: Environmental pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), lead, and mercury are released by combustion of coal and other fossil…”
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A systematic review of axillary nodal irradiation for the management of the axilla in patients with early-stage breast cancer by Perera, F., Baldassarre, F.G., Eisen, A.F., Dayes, I., Engel, J., Cil, T., Kornecki, A., George, R., SenGupta, S., Brackstone, M.

“…Given numerous publications and clinical trials regarding axillary management in breast cancer, we sought to summarize this complex literature to help clarify…”
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Effects of prenatal polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure and environmental tobacco smoke on child IQ in a Chinese cohort by Perera, F., Li, T.Y., Lin, C., Tang, D.

“…This study of a birth cohort in the city of Tongliang in Chongqing, China, evaluated the relationship between two prenatal exposures (polycyclic aromatic…”
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Benefits of Reducing Prenatal Exposure to Coal-Burning Pollutants to Children's Neurodevelopment in China by Perera, Frederica, Li, Tin-yu, Zhou, Zhi-jun, Yuan, Tao, Chen, Yu-hui, Qu, Lirong, Rauh, Virginia A., Zhang, Yiguan, Tang, Deliang

“…Background: Coal burning provides 70% of the energy for China's industry and power, but releases large quantities of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)…”
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Developmental effects of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and material hardship among inner-city children by Rauh, V.A., Whyatt, R.M., Garfinkel, R., Andrews, H., Hoepner, L., Reyes, A., Diaz, D., Camann, D., Perera, F.P.

“…Because of the growing concern that exposures to airborne pollutants have adverse effects on fetal growth and early childhood neurodevelopment, and the…”
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Bru1 gene and potential alternative sources of resistance to sugarcane brown rust disease by Racedo, Josefina, Perera, María F., Bertani, Romina, Funes, Claudia, González, Victoria, Cuenya, María I., D′Hont, Angélique, Welin, Björn, Castagnaro, Atilio P.

“…Brown rust, caused by the fungus Puccinia melanocephala , is responsible for important yield losses in sugarcane production globally and it is therefore an…”
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Molecular Epidemiology: Insights Into Cancer Susceptibility, Risk Assessment, and Prevention by PERERA, F. P

“…Recent molecular epidemiologic research provides compelling new evidence that environmental factors are major contributors to human cancer and that their risks…”
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Molecular Epidemiology: On the Path to Prevention? by PERERA, F. P

“…Cancer prevention has been the stated goal of molecular cancer epidemiology for the past 17 years. In this review, progress toward that goal is evaluated by…”
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Biomarkers in assessing residential insecticide exposures during pregnancy and effects on fetal growth by Whyatt, R.M., Camann, D., Perera, F.P., Rauh, V.A., Tang, D, Kinney, P.L., Garfinkel, R, Andrews, H., Hoepner, L., Barr, D.B.

“…The Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health is using a combination of environmental and biologic measures to evaluate the effects of prenatal…”
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A Summary of Recent Findings on Birth Outcomes and Developmental Effects of Prenatal ETS, PAH, and Pesticide Exposures by Perera, F.P., Rauh, V., Whyatt, R.M., Tang, D., Tsai, W.Y., Bernert, J.T., Tu, Y.H., Andrews, H., Barr, D.B., Camann, D.E., Diaz, D., Dietrich, J., Reyes, A., Kinney, P.L.

“…Inner-city minority populations are high-risk groups for adverse birth outcomes and also more likely to be exposed to environmental contaminants, including…”
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PAH-DNA Adducts in Cord Blood and Fetal and Child Development in a Chinese Cohort by Tang, Deliang, Li, Tin-yu, Liu, Jason J., Chen, Yu-hui, Qu, Lirong, Perera, Frederica

“…Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are an important class of toxic pollutants released by fossil fuel combustion. Other pollutants include metals and…”
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Estimating Individual-Level Exposure to Airborne Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons throughout the Gestational Period Based on Personal, Indoor, and Outdoor Monitoring by Choi, Hyunok, Perera, Frederica, Pac, Agnieszka, Wang, Lu, Flak, Elzbieta, Mroz, Elzbieta, Jacek, Ryszard, Chai-Onn, Tricia, Jedrychowski, Wieslaw, Masters, Elizabeth, Camann, David, Spengler, John

“…Objectives: Current understanding on health effects of long-term polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure is limited by lack of data on time-varying…”
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Comparison of 2 Radiation Schedules in the Adjuvant Treatment of Early-Stage Breast Carcinoma With Long-Term Follow-Up by Vujovic, O, Yu, E, Cherian, A, Dar, A, Stitt, L, Perera, F

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Recent Developments in Molecular Epidemiology: A Study of the Effects of Environmental Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on Birth Outcomes in Poland by Perera, Frederica P., Whyatt, Robin M., Jedrychowski, Wieslaw, Rauh, Virginia, Manchester, David, Santella, Regina M., Ottman, Ruth

“…The authors briefly review the current potential and limitations of molecular epidemiology. This approach uses biomarkers to measure the internal and…”
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Molecular epidemiology: recent advances and future directions by Perera, Frederica P., Weinstein, I.Bernard

“…In 1982 we proposed the concept and a framework for implementing molecular cancer epidemiology. Here, we review progress during the past 17 years in validating…”
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Assessment of sugarcane cultivars with stable reaction to Xanthomonas albilineans under mechanical inoculation conditions by La O Hechavarría, María, Puchades Izaguirre, Yaquelín, Pérez Pérez, Yosel, Michavila, Gabriela, Casas González, Mario A., Pérez Pérez, Juana, Carvajal Jaime, Omelio, Montalván Delgado, Joaquín, Peña Malavera, Andrea, Mesa Lopez, José, Castagnaro, Atilio P., Perera, María F.

“…Leaf scald caused by Xanthomonas albilineans in sugarcane is one of the most important diseases around the world since it causes severe losses in both…”
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