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Maternal residential exposure to solvents from industrial sources during pregnancy and childhood cancer risk in California Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 Yixin Chen, Darcy Van Deventer, Roch Nianogo, Marco Vinceti, Wei Kang, Myles Cockburn, Noah Federman, Julia E. Heck
Maternal solvent exposure has been suspected to increase offspring cancer risk. The study aimed to evaluate the associations between maternal residential exposure to solvents from industrial pollution during pregnancy and childhood cancer. The present study included 15,744 cancer cases (aged 0–19 years at diagnosis) identified from California Cancer Registry and 283,141 controls randomly selected from
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Implementing a multimodal intervention using local resources to improve hand hygiene compliance in a comprehensive specialized hospital in Mekelle, Northern Ethiopia Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Mulugeta Naizgi Gebremicael, Adriane Skaletz-Rorowski, Anja Potthoff, Joshua Lemm, Monika Kasper-Sonnenberg, Zekarias Gessesse Arefaine, Selin Temizel, Friederike Lemm
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Human biomonitoring follow-up study on PFOA contamination and investigation of possible influencing factors on PFOA exposure in a German population originally exposed to emissions from a fluoropolymer production plant Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Heidi Lahne, Doris Gerstner, Wolfgang Völkel, Wolfgang Schober, Bettina Aschenbrenner, Caroline Herr, Stefanie Heinze, Caroline Quartucci
In the past, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) was produced and applied as an emulsifier in a fluoropolymer production plant in the Altötting district, southern Bavaria (Germany). This chemical was released directly into the environment, resulting in the contamination of the local drinking water. During a human biomonitoring (HBM) survey in 2018, increased median PFOA blood serum levels, compared to a
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Sex and adrenal hormones in association with insecticide biomarkers among adolescents living in ecuadorian agricultural communities Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-03 Briana N.C. Chronister, Denise Justo, Robert J. Wood, Dolores Lopez-Paredes, Eduardo Gonzalez, Jose Suarez-Torres, Sheila Gahagan, Danilo Martinez, David R. Jacobs, Harvey Checkoway, Marta M. Jankowska, Jose R. Suarez-Lopez
Organophosphate, pyrethroid, and neonicotinoid insecticides have resulted in adrenal and gonadal hormone disruption in animal and studies; limited epidemiologic evidence exists in humans. We assessed relationships of urinary insecticide metabolite concentrations with adrenal and gonadal hormones in adolescents living in Ecuadorean agricultural communities. In 2016, we examined 522 Ecuadorian adolescents
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Early childhood exposures to phthalates in association with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder behaviors in middle childhood and adolescence in the ReCHARGE study Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Jiwon Oh, Julie B. Schweitzer, Jessie P. Buckley, Sudhi Upadhyaya, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Julie B. Herbstman, Akhgar Ghassabian, Rebecca J. Schmidt, Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Deborah H. Bennett, Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes
Early-life exposure to phthalates alters behaviors in animals. However, epidemiological evidence on childhood phthalate exposure and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) behaviors is limited. This study included 243 children from the ReCHARGE (Revisiting Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and Environment) study, who were previously classified as having autism spectrum disorder (ASD), developmental
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Associations between serum perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl concentrations and diabetes mellitus in the Korean general population: Insights from the Korean National Environmental Health Survey 2018–2020 Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Habyeong Kang, Shin-Hye Kim
Recent epidemiologic research has examined the relationship between perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and diabetes mellitus with inconclusive findings. In this cross-sectional study, we aimed to explore the association between serum PFAS concentrations and the prevalence of prediabetes and pre-diagnostic diabetes in the general Korean population as well as the combined effects of
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Associations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances with maternal early second trimester sex-steroid hormones Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Diana C. Pacyga, George D. Papandonatos, Libeth Rosas, Jason Whalen, Sabrina Smith, June-Soo Park, Joseph C. Gardiner, Joseph M. Braun, Susan L. Schantz, Rita S. Strakovsky
Pregnant women are exposed to persistent environmental contaminants, including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that disrupt thyroid function. However, it is unclear if PFAS alter maternal sex-steroid hormone levels, which support pregnancy health and fetal development. In Illinois women with relatively high socioeconomic status (n = 460), we quantified perfluorononanoic (PFNA), perfluorooctane
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Endocrine disrupting chemicals in children's and their parents' urine: Is the exposure related to the Chinese and Western lifestyle? Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Na Li, Jing Liu, Guangguo Ying, John Chi-Kin Lee, Ting Fan Leung, Adrian Covaci, Wen-Jing Deng
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Outdoor air pollution as a risk factor for testing positive for SARS-CoV-2: A nationwide test-negative case-control study in the Netherlands Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Mariana Simões, Jelle Zorn, Lenny Hogerwerf, Guus J.M. Velders, Lützen Portengen, Miriam Gerlofs-Nijland, Marieke Dijkema, Maciek Strak, José Jacobs, Joost Wesseling, Wilco J. de Vries, Suzanne Mijnen-Visser, Lidwien A.M. Smit, Roel Vermeulen, Lapo Mughini-Gras
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Biomonitoring of volatile organic compounds and organophosphorus flame retardands in commercial aircrews after „fume and smell events“ Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Tobias Weiss, Stephan Koslitz, Christoph Nöllenheidt, Christoph Caumanns, Jörg Hedtmann, Heiko U. Käfferlein, Thomas Brüning
Health risks to humans after „fume and smell events“, short-term incidents on aircrafts that are accompanied by unpleasant odour or visible smoke, remain a subject of controversy. We assessed exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOC) and organophosphorus compounds (OPC) by biomonitoring in 375 aircrew members after self-reported “fume and smell events” and in 88 persons of the general population
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Phthalates and substitute plasticizers: Main achievements from the European human biomonitoring initiative HBM4EU Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Antje Gerofke, Rosa Lange, Nina Vogel, Phillipp Schmidt, Till Weber, Madlen David, Hanne Frederiksen, Kirsten Baken, Eva Govarts, Liese Gilles, Laura Rodriguez Martin, Žanna Martinsone, Tiina Santonen, Greet Schoeters, Martin Scheringer, Elena Domínguez-Romero, Marta Esteban López, Argelia Castaño Calvo, Holger M. Koch, Petra Apel, Marike Kolossa-Gehring
Phthalates and the substitute plasticizer DINCH belong to the first group of priority substances investigated by the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (HBM4EU) to answer policy-relevant questions and safeguard an efficient science-to-policy transfer of results. Human internal exposure levels were assessed using two data sets from all European regions and Israel. The first collated existing human
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Small-scale wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) for infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance: A scoping review Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Dennis Schmiege, Timo Haselhoff, Alexander Thomas, Ivana Kraiselburd, Folker Meyer, Susanne Moebus
Wastewater analysis can serve as a source of public health information. In recent years, wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has emerged and proven useful for the detection of infectious diseases. However, insights from the wastewater treatment plant do not allow for the small-scale differentiation within the sewer system that is needed to analyze the target population under study in more detail. Small-scale
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Lead exposure by E-waste disposal and recycling in Agbogbloshie, Ghana Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 P. Püschel, K.M. Agbeko, A.A. Amoabeng-Nti, J. Arko-Mensah, J. Bertram, J.N. Fobil, S. Waldschmidt, K. Löhndorf, T. Schettgen, M. Lakemeyer, A. Morrison, T. Küpper
Agbogbloshie in Ghana is the world's biggest dumpsite for the informal recycling of electronic waste (e-waste). E-waste is dismantled by rudimentary methods without personal or environmental protection. Workers and occupants are exposed to lead. There are no data so far about the extent and the consequences. We therefore analyzed blood lead levels (BLL) and creatinine levels (CL). Full blood samples
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The state of reporting context and implementation in peer-reviewed evaluations of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions: A scoping review Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Jonny Crocker, Emily A. Ogutu, Jedidiah Snyder, Matthew C. Freeman
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Exposure to outdoor ambient air toxics and risk of breast cancer: The multiethnic cohort Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Julia E. Heck, Di He, Sam E. Wing, Beate Ritz, Chandra D. Carey, Juan Yang, Daniel O. Stram, Loïc Le Marchand, Sungshim Lani Park, Iona Cheng, Anna H. Wu
A growing literature has reported associations between traffic-related air pollution and breast cancer, however there are fewer investigations into specific ambient agents and any putative risk of breast cancer development, particularly studies occurring in populations residing in higher pollution areas such as Los Angeles. To estimate breast cancer risks related to ambient air toxics exposure at residential
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Household water use and greywater management in Khulna city, Bangladesh Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 R. Lewis, R. Scott, B. Bala, H. Jahan, J. Bartram, T. Radu
While substantial progress has been made in improving water and sanitation services in low- and middle-income countries, aligned basic services such as greywater, stormwater, and solid waste management have progressed little in recent decades. Data was collected in Khulna city, Bangladesh via a household survey (n = 192) of low-income areas exploring domestic water use and greywater volumes, characteristics
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Infection prevention and control and related practices in African neonatal units: The Pan-African neonatal care assessment study (PANCAS) Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Irene Frantzis, Stéphanie Levasseur, Jack Huebner, Maitry Mahida, Philip Larussa, Wilmot James, Workeabeba Abebe, Crispen Ngwenya, Ezekiel Mupere, Susan L. Rosenthal, Janna Patterson, Julia Johnson, Renate Strehlau, Sileshi Lulseged, Lawrence R. Stanberry, Lisa Saiman
The burden of neonatal mortality is primarily borne by low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including deaths due to healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Few studies have assessed infection prevention and control (IP&C) practices in African units caring for small and/or sick newborns aimed to reduce HAIs. We performed a mixed-methods study composed of a survey and virtual tour to assess IP&C
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Assessing environmental exposure to viruses in wastewater treatment plant and swine farm scenarios with next-generation sequencing and occupational risk approaches Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Marta Itarte, Miquel Calvo, Lola Martínez-Frago, Cristina Mejías-Molina, Sandra Martínez-Puchol, Rosina Girones, Gertjan Medema, Sílvia Bofill-Mas, Marta Rusiñol
Occupational exposure to pathogens can pose health risks. This study investigates the viral exposure of workers in a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) and a swine farm by analyzing aerosol and surfaces samples. Viral contamination was evaluated using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assays, and target enrichment sequencing (TES) was performed to identify the vertebrate viruses to which
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A comparative study on antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli isolates from Austrian patients and wastewater-influenced Danube River water and biofilms Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Melanie Leopold, Angelika Kabicher, Ildiko-Julia Pap, Barbara Ströbele, Gernot Zarfel, Andreas H. Farnleitner, Alexander K.T. Kirschner
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Biomonitoring for workplace exposure to copper and its compounds is currently not interpretable Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Ruth Bevan, Len Levy
This paper sets out to explore the requirements needed to recommend a useable and reliable biomonitoring system for occupational exposure to copper and its inorganic compounds. Whilst workplace environmental monitoring of copper is used to measure ambient air concentrations for comparison against occupational exposure limits, biological monitoring could provide complementary information about the internal
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Plasma per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance mixtures during pregnancy and duration of breastfeeding in the New Hampshire birth cohort study Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Megan E. Romano, Lisa G. Gallagher, George Price, Kathryn A. Crawford, Rachel Criswell, Emily Baker, Julianne Cook Botelho, Antonia M. Calafat, Margaret R. Karagas
Prior studies suggest that prenatal per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposures are associated with shorter breastfeeding duration. Studies assessing PFAS mixtures and populations in North America are sparse. We quantified PFAS concentrations in maternal plasma collected during pregnancy in the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study (2010–2017). Participants completed standardized breastfeeding
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Assessing the risk of exposure to antimicrobial resistance at public beaches: Genome-based insights into the resistomes, mobilomes and virulomes of beta-lactams resistant Enterobacteriaceae from recreational beaches in Lagos, Nigeria Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Abolade A. Oyelade, Odion O. Ikhimiukor, Blessing I. Nwadike, Obasola E. Fagade, Olawale O. Adelowo
The role of recreational water use in the acquisition and transmission of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is under-explored in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We used whole genome sequence analysis to provide insights into the resistomes, mobilomes and virulomes of 14 beta-lactams resistant Enterobacterales isolated from water and wet-sand at four recreational beaches in Lagos, Nigeria. Carriage
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Longitudinal assessment of oxidative stress markers and their relationship with exposure to PM2.5 and its bound metals in healthy participants Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Yuan-Ting Hsu, Ting-Yao Su, Trong-Neng Wu, Wei-Te Wu, Saou-Hsing Liou, Ching-Huang Lai, Shau-Ku Huang
Exposure to ambient PM and its bound metals poses a risk to health and disease, via, in part, oxidative stress response. A variety of oxidative stress markers have been used as markers of response, but their relevance to environmental exposure remains to be established. We evaluated, longitudinally, a battery of oxidative stress markers and their relationship with the exposure of PM and its bound metals
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Metagenomics insights into microbiome and antibiotic resistance genes from free living amoeba in chlorinated wastewater effluents Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Thobela Conco-Biyela, Muneer Ahmad Malla, Oluyemi Olatunji Awolusi, Mushal Allam, Arshad Ismail, Thor A. Stenström, Faizal Bux, Sheena Kumari
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Elevated aluminum excretion in patients by long-term subcutaneous immunotherapy – A cross-sectional case-control study Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Julia Hiller, Thomas Göen, Hans Drexler, Carola Berking, Nicola Wagner
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Prenatal exposure to a mixture of organophosphate flame retardants and infant neurodevelopment: A prospective cohort study in Shandong, China Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Xiaomeng Cheng, Qi Lu, Nan Lin, Dandan Mao, Shengju Yin, Yu Gao, Ying Tian
Previous studies have suggested that prenatal exposure to organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs) may have adverse effect on early neurodevelopment, but limited data are available in China, and the overall effects of OPFRs mixture are still unclear. This study aimed to investigate the association between prenatal exposure to OPFR metabolites mixture and the neurodevelopment of 1-year-old infants.
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Associations of prenatal ambient air pollution exposures with asthma in middle childhood Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Marnie F. Hazlehurst, Kecia N. Carroll, Paul E. Moore, Adam A. Szpiro, Margaret A. Adgent, Logan C. Dearborn, Allison R. Sherris, Christine T. Loftus, Yu Ni, Qi Zhao, Emily S. Barrett, Ruby H.N. Nguyen, Shanna H. Swan, Rosalind J. Wright, Nicole R. Bush, Sheela Sathyanarayana, Kaja Z. LeWinn, Catherine J. Karr
We examined associations between prenatal fine particulate matter (PM), nitrogen dioxide (NO), and ozone (O) exposures and child respiratory outcomes through age 8–9 years in 1279 ECHO-PATHWAYS Consortium mother-child dyads. We averaged spatiotemporally modeled air pollutant exposures during four fetal lung development phases: pseudoglandular (5–16 weeks), canalicular (16–24 weeks), saccular (24–36
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Prenatal exposure to mixtures of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and organochlorines affects cognition in adolescence independent of postnatal exposure Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Brigitte Reimann, Sylvie Remy, Gudrun Koppen, Greet Schoeters, Elly Den Hond, Vera Nelen, Carmen Franken, Adrian Covaci, Liesbeth Bruckers, Willy Baeyens, Ilse Loots, Nicolas van Larebeke, Stefan Voorspoels, Stefaan De Henauw, Tim S. Nawrot, Michelle Plusquin
Studies on cognitive and neurodevelopmental outcomes have shown inconsistent results regarding the association with prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) and organochlorines. Assessment of mixture effects of correlated chemical exposures that persist in later life may contribute to the unbiased evaluation and understanding of dose-response associations in real-life exposures. For a subset
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Multiple pathogen contamination of water, hands, and fomites in rural Nepal and the effect of WaSH interventions Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Sital Uprety, Isaac Ngo, Marika Maggos, Bipin Dangol, Samendra P. Sherchan, Joanna L. Shisler, Mohan Amarasiri, Daisuke Sano, Thanh H. Nguyen
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WaSH) interventions are the most effective in reducing diarrheal disease severity and prevalence. However, very few studies have investigated the effectiveness of WaSH intervention in reducing pathogen presence and concentration. In this study, we employed a microfluidic PCR approach to quantify twenty bacterial pathogens in water (n = 360), hands (n = 180), and fomite
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Pro-vegetarian dietary patterns and essential and heavy metal exposure in children of 4-5-years from the INfancia y medio Ambiente cohort (INMA) Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Alejandro Oncina-Cánovas, Jesús Vioque, Gabriel Riutort-Mayol, Raquel Soler-Blasco, Amaia Irizar, Ziortza Barroeta, Ana Fernández-Somoano, Adonina Tardón, Martine Vrijheid, Mònica Guxens, Manus Carey, Caroline Meharg, Kathryn Ralphs, Coalain McCreanor, Andrew Meharg, Antonio J. Signes-Pastor
Dietary patterns provide a comprehensive assessment of food consumption, including essential nutrients and potential exposure to environmental contaminants. While pro-vegetarian (PVG) dietary patterns have shown health benefits in adults, their effects on children are less well studied. This study aims to explore the association between children's adherence to the most common PVG dietary patterns and
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Analysis of aromatic amines in human urine using comprehensive multi-dimensional gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GCxGC-MS) Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Nerea Lorenzo-Parodi, Susanne Moebus, Torsten C. Schmidt
Several aromatic amines (AA) are classified as human carcinogens, and tobacco smoke is one of the main sources of exposure. Once in the human body, they undergo different metabolic pathways which lead to either their excretion or ultimately to the formation of DNA and protein adducts.
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Blood lead, cadmium and hair mercury concentrations and association with soil, dust and occupational factors in e-waste recycling workers in Bangladesh Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Sarker Masud Parvez, Farjana Jahan, Jaynal Abedin, Mahbubur Rahman, Shaikh Sharif Hasan, Nafisa Islam, Nirupam Aich, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Zahir Islam, Masatake Fujimura, Rubhana Raqib, Luke D. Knibbs, Peter D. Sly
Electronic waste (e-waste) recycling activities release toxic metals, which pose substantial hazard to the environment and human health. We evaluated metal concentrations in biological and environmental samples, and examined the associations between biological lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), and mercury (Hg) with soil and dust metals, and other possible determinants, among populations exposed and non-exposed
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Associations of arsenic exposure and arsenic metabolism with the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Yuenan Liu, Weiya Li, Jiazhen Zhang, Yan Yan, Qihang Zhou, Qianying Liu, Youbin Guan, Zhuoya Zhao, Jun An, Xu Cheng, Meian He
Growing evidences supported that arsenic exposure contributes to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) risk, but findings were still inconsistent. Additionally, once absorbed, arsenic is methylated into monomethyl and dimethyl arsenicals. However, no studies investigated the association of arsenic metabolism with NAFLD. Our objectives were to evaluate the associations of arsenic exposure and arsenic
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Association between prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and infant anthropometry: A prospective cohort study Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Jincan Li, Xiujuan Su, Yan Zhou, Honglei Ji, Zhenzhen Xie, Songlin Sun, Ziliang Wang, Wei Yuan, Maohua Miao, Hong Liang
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of synthetic organic chemicals with potential endocrine-disrupting effects, and have been found to impair the physical growth of offspring in both experimental and epidemiological studies. We aimed to investigate the effects of prenatal PFAS exposure on repeated measurements of multiple anthropometric indicators in infants. PFAS were measured in
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Husband smoking is associated with Wife's thyrotropin abnormality: A population-based cohort study among Chinese reproductive-aged women Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Siyu Wu, Ying Yang, Yunzhi Chen, Wenlu Xie, Jiaxin Huang, Meiya Liu, Youhong Liu, Die Xu, Xinyi Lyu, Hanbin Wu, Jueming Lei, Chuanyu Zhao, Ya Zhang, Hongguang Zhang, Yuan He, Zuoqi Peng, Yuanyuan Wang, Haiping Shen, Qiaomei Wang, Yiping Zhang, Donghai Yan, Long Wang, Haixia Guan, Xu Ma
To comprehensively assess the association of husband smoking with wives’ thyrotropin abnormality. This population-based retrospective cohort study included 2 406 090 Chinese reproductive-aged women who had participated twice in the National Free Pre-pregnancy Checkups Project between 2010 and 2020. Multivariate-adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for subnormal and supranormal thyrotropin
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Associations of parental preconception and maternal pregnancy urinary phthalate biomarker and bisphenol-a concentrations with child eating behaviors Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Jordana Leader, Lidia Mínguez-Alarcón, Paige L. Williams, Jennifer B. Ford, Ramace Dadd, Olivia Chagnon, Emily Oken, Antonia M. Calafat, Russ Hauser, Joseph M. Braun
Eating behaviors are controlled by the neuroendocrine system. Whether endocrine disrupting chemicals have the potential to affect eating behaviors has not been widely studied in humans. We investigated whether maternal and paternal preconception and maternal pregnancy urinary phthalate biomarker and bisphenol-A (BPA) concentrations were associated with children's eating behaviors. We used data from
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Metal mixtures and oral health among children and adolescents in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2017–2020 Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 A.A. Akinkugbe, V. Midya, J. Duffy, J. Landero, R.O. Wright, R.J. Wright
Dental caries is the most common non-communicable human disease, yet little is known about the role of environmental metals, despite teeth consisting of a hard matrix of trace elements. We conducted a cross-sectional study of associations between environmental metals and objective assessment of dental caries and subjective assessments of oral health among a representative sample of U.S. children and
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Preparing schools for future pandemics: Insights on water, sanitation and hygiene solutions from the Brazilian school reopening policies Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Kasandra I.H.M. Poague, Justine I. Blanford, Javier A. Martínez, Carmen Anthonj
Post-COVID-19, schools urgently need to enhance infection control and prevention (IPC) measures, including water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), to prepare for future outbreaks and pandemics. Particularly in Brazil, that is of particular concern, as students are still recovering from the 20th longest school closure in the world. Hence, the current study had two goals: (i) to describe WASH solutions
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What did we learn about changing behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic? A systematic review of interventions to change hand hygiene and mask use behaviour Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 India Hotopf, Fiona Majorin, Sian White
behaviour change interventions were central in the COVID-19 response and are vital for strengthening pandemic preparedness and resilience. To be effective, interventions must target specific behavioural determinants, but determinants are complex and multifaceted and there is a gap in robust, theory driven evidence on which behavioural determinants are most effective at changing mask usage and hand
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Social barriers to safe sanitation access among housed populations in the United States: A systematic review Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Amy Kryston, Courtney G. Woods, Musa Manga
Nearly six million people residing in the United States do not have access to safely managed sanitation. Housed populations may lack access to centralized wastewater treatment systems or functioning onsite wastewater treatment systems, which subsequently places them at higher risk for adverse health outcomes associated with unsafe sanitation. We sought to understand the various social barriers that
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Prenatal exposure to poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances and postpartum depression in women with twin pregnancies Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Liqin Hu, Hong Mei, Xiaonan Cai, Lulu Song, Qiao Xu, Wenqi Gao, Dan Zhang, Jieqiong Zhou, Chen Sun, Yi Li, Feiyan Xiang, Youjie Wang, Aifen Zhou, Han Xiao
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A plausibility database summarizing the level of evidence regarding the hazards induced by the exposome on children health Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Colzin Stacy, Crépet Amélie, Wies Blanche, Rocabois Audrey, Sanchez Margaux, Perreau Simon, Jean Julien, Redaelli Matteo, Kortenkamp Andreas, Rousselle Christophe, Vrijheid Martine, Nieuwenhuijsen Mark, Slama Rémy, Angeli Karine
Childhood diseases correspond to major public health issues. A large number of studies using different approaches provide evidence regarding effects of environmental exposures, encompassed in the exposome, on children's health. We aimed to summarize the overall level of evidence (LoE) from all streams of evidence regarding exposome effects on child health. For 88 selected chemical and urban factors
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An investigation of 3M Cordova, IL production worker's per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances biomonitoring results and mortality experience Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-20 Kara L. Andres, Geary W. Olsen, Ryan M. Krisko, Matthew C. Nunnally, Rebecca R. Boeding, Karyn L. Leniek, Oyebode A. Taiwo
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a wide-ranging group of chemicals that have been used in a variety of polymer and surfactant applications. While 3M Cordova, Illinois was not one of 3M's primary manufacturing facilities for the legacy long-chain PFAS (PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS), it has been a major manufacturing site for short-chain PFAS (compounds that are or may degrade to PFBS or PFBA). The
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Healthy lifestyle and essential metals attenuated association of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with heart rate variability in coke oven workers Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Kang Liu, Yansen Bai, Degang Wu, Zhaorui Zhang, Xiaojing Liao, Haimei Wu, Qifei Deng
Whether adopting healthy lifestyles and maintaining moderate levels of essential metals could attenuate the reduction of heart rate variability (HRV) related to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) exposure are largely unknown. In this study, we measured urinary metals and PAHs as well as HRV, and constructed a healthy lifestyle score in 1267 coke oven workers. Linear regression models were used
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Association of pesticide exposure with neurobehavioral outcomes among avocado farmworkers in Mexico Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-13 Maria José Rosa, Cynthia Armendáriz-Arnez, Esteve Gudayol-Ferré, Manuela Prehn, Samuel Fuhrimann, Brenda Eskenazi, Christian H. Lindh, Ana M. Mora
Background and aim To date, few studies have focused on the health effects of pesticide exposure among avocado farmworkers. We examined the association of exposure to insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides with cognitive and mental health outcomes among these avocado workers from Michoacan, Mexico. Materials and methods We conducted a cross-sectional study of 105 avocado farmworkers between May and
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Dose-response-relationship between occupational exposure to diesel engine emissions and lung cancer risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Karla Romero Starke, Ulrich Bolm-Audorff, David Reissig, Andreas Seidler
Background In 2012, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) concluded that diesel engine emissions (DEE) emissions cause cancer in humans. However, there is still controversy surrounding this conclusion, due to several studies since the IARC decision citing a lack of evidence of a dose-response relationship. Objectives Through a systematic review, we aimed to evaluate all evidence on
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Prenatal air pollution exposure and childhood obesity: Effect modification by maternal fruits and vegetables intake Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Katerina Margetaki, Vicky Bempi, Eirini Michalaki, Theano Roumeliotaki, Minas Iakovides, Euripides Stephanou, Manolis Kogevinas, Lida Chatzi, Marina Vafeiadi
Background & aims Prenatal exposure to air pollution is robustly associated with fetal growth restriction but the extent to which it is associated with postnatal growth and the risk of childhood obesity remains unknown. We examined the association of prenatal exposure to air pollution with offspring obesity related measures and evaluated the possible protective effect of maternal fruits and vegetables
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Gas cooking indoors and respiratory symptoms in the ECRHS cohort Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-06 Holly Pan, Debbie Jarvis, James Potts, Lidia Casas, Dennis Nowak, Joachim Heinrich, Judith Garcia Aymerich, Isabel Urrutia, Jesus Martinez-Moratalla, José-Antonio Gullón, Antonio Pereira-Vega, Chantal Raherison, Sebastien Chanoine, Pascal Demoly, Bénédicte Leynaert, Thorarinn Gislason, Nicole Probst, Michael J. Abramson, Rain Jõgi, Dan Norbäck, Elaine Fuertes
Background Gas cooking is an important source of indoor air pollutants, and there is some limited evidence that it might adversely be associated with respiratory health. Using repeated cross-sectional data from the multi-centre international European Community Respiratory Health Survey, we assessed whether adults using gas cookers have increased risk of respiratory symptoms compared to those using
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Contribution of rooftop rainwater harvesting to climate adaptation in the city of Hannover: Water quality and health issues of rainwater storage in cisterns and ponds Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-06 Estefania Carpio-Vallejo, Urda Düker, Jessica Waldowski, Regina Nogueira
Rooftop rainwater harvesting systems and blue-green infrastructure are becoming important resilience alternatives for urban climate adaptation. This study sheds light on the largely unreported physicochemical and microbiological quality of private roof-harvested rainwater (RHRW). We aimed to identify the physicochemical and microbiological characteristics of RHRW, explore potential correlations between
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Short-term ambient temperature variations and incidence of preterm birth: A systematic review and meta-analysis Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Masoud Khosravipour, Farideh Golbabaei
This study aimed to determine the short-term effects of ambient temperature variations exposures on the incidence of preterm birth (PTB) for each single lag day (lag0 to lag6) and cumulative lag days (lag0-1 to lag0-6) up to a week before birth. To find relevant publications, online databases, including Web of Science, PubMed, and Scopus were searched with appropriate keywords and Mesh terms from their
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Blood Pb levels are associated with prostate cancer prevalence among general adult males: Linking National Cancer Registry (2002–2017) and KNHANES (2008–2017) databases of Korea Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Yonju Nam, Suhyun Park, Ejin Kim, Inae Lee, Young Joo Park, Tae-Yong Kim, Min Joo Kim, Shinje Moon, Sangah Shin, Ho Kim, Kyungho Choi
Background Exposure to heavy metals may increase the risk of developing prostate cancer. However, these observations are often inconsistent and not based on clinically diagnosed cases. Objective To investigate the association of lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), and mercury (Hg) exposure with clinically determined prostate cancer cases among adult males in South Korea. Methods Metal biomonitoring data and cancer
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Relation of prenatal and postnatal PM2.5 exposure with cognitive and motor function among preschool-aged children Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Kristina W. Whitworth, Alison M. Rector-Houze, Wei-Jen Chen, Jesus Ibarluzea, Michael Swartz, Elaine Symanski, Carmen Iniguez, Aitana Lertxundi, Antonia Valentin, Llucia González-Safont, Martine Vrijheid, Monica Guxens
The literature informing susceptible periods of exposure on children's neurodevelopment is limited. We evaluated the impacts of pre- and postnatal fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure on children's cognitive and motor function among 1303 mother-child pairs in the Spanish INMA (Environment and Childhood) Study. Random forest models with temporal back extrapolation were used to estimate daily residential
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Indoor air humidity revisited: Impact on acute symptoms, work productivity, and risk of influenza and COVID-19 infection Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Peder Wolkoff
Recent epidemiological and experimental findings reconfirm that low indoor air humidity (dry air) increases the prevalence of acute eye and airway symptoms in offices, result in lower mucociliary clearance in the airways, less efficient immune defense, and deteriorate the work productivity. New epidemiological and experimental research also support that the environmental conditions for the risk of
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Genetic susceptibility to low-level lead exposure in men: Insights from ALAD polymorphisms Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Anja Stajnko, Neža Palir, Janja Snoj Tratnik, Darja Mazej, Alenka Sešek Briški, Agneta Annika Runkel, Milena Horvat, Ingrid Falnoga
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Long-term exposure to PM10 and respiratory health among Parisian subway workers Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2023-12-30 Irina Guseva Canu, Pascal Wild, Thomas Charreau, Romain Freund, Antonio Toto, Jacques Pralong, Kirushanthi Sakthithasan, Valérie Jouannique, Amélie Debatisse, Guillaume Suarez
Exposure to ambient PM10 may increase the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung function decline. We evaluated the long-term exposure to PM10 and its relationship with COPD prevalence and lung function in Parisian subway workers. Participants were randomly selected from a 15,000-subway worker cohort. Individual annual external exposure to PM10 (ePM10) was estimated using a company-specific
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Association of blood metal exposure with age at menarche in Korean women: KNHANES (2008–2017) Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2023-12-23 Suhyun Park, Inae Lee, Young Joo Park, Tae Yong Kim, Ho Kim, Kyungho Choi
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Seasonal variations of menstrual cycle length in a large, US-based, digital cohort Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Huichu Li, Christine L. Curry, Tyler Fischer-Colbrie, Jukka-Pekka Onnela, Michelle A. Williams, Russ Hauser, Brent A. Coull, Anne Marie Z. Jukic, Shruthi Mahalingaiah
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Modulation of gene expression and influence of gene polymorphisms related to genotoxicity and redox status on occupational exposure to inhaled anesthetics Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2023-12-08 Mariane A.P. Silva, Drielle B.S. Figueiredo, Lídia R. de Carvalho, Leandro G. Braz, Mariana G. Braz
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Hexavalent chromium still a concern in Sweden – Evidence from a cross-sectional study within the SafeChrom project Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health (IF 6.0) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Zheshun Jiang, Linda Schenk, Eva Assarsson, Maria Albin, Helen Bertilsson, Eva Dock, Jessika Hagberg, Lovisa E. Karlsson, Pete Kines, Annette M. Krais, Stefan Ljunggren, Thomas Lundh, Lars Modig, Rickie Möller, Daniela Pineda, Niklas Ricklund, Anne T. Saber, Tobias Storsjö, Evana Taher Amir, Håkan Tinnerberg, Malin Engfeldt
Objectives Hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) is classified as a human carcinogen. Occupational Cr(VI) exposure can occur during different work processes, but the current exposure to Cr(VI) at Swedish workplaces is unknown. Methods This cross-sectional study (SafeChrom) recruited non-smoking men and women from 14 companies with potential Cr(VI) exposure (n = 113) and controls from 6 companies without Cr(VI)