Abstract

This research and research training program emphasizes a variety of laboratory studies and epidemiologic approaches to the study of the effects of environmental and occupational factors on the health of man. Specific examples include the following: biology of alveolar macrophages as a pulmonary defense mechanism; effects of breathing pattern and lung volume on the distribution of inhaled particles; development and exploitation of differentiated mammalian cell culture systems to detect, examine the mechanisms of action, and develop means for prevention or reversal of certain environmental chemical toxic agents; development of new chemical and immunologic assay methods for certain classes of environmental chemicals; development and use of affinity probes to identify the sites and molecular mechanisms of action of specific toxic agents; malignant transformation in vitro; cancer morbidity and mortality among rubber workers; pulmonary function changes in granite dust exposures, toluene di-isocyanate exposures, and other occupational exposures; the uses of proportional mortality analysis in identifying suspected occupational exposures; a prospective study of children and adults exposed to specific indoor and outdoor air pollutants.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Type
Center Core Grants (P30)
Project #
5P30ES000002-25
Application #
3102212
Study Section
Environmental Health Sciences Review Committee (EHS)
Project Start
1977-12-01
Project End
1987-11-30
Budget Start
1986-12-01
Budget End
1987-11-30
Support Year
25
Fiscal Year
1987
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Harvard University
Department
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
082359691
City
Boston
State
MA
Country
United States
Zip Code
02115

  Publications

Gaskins, Audrey J; Hart, Jaime E; Mínguez-Alarcón, Lidia et al. (2018) Residential proximity to major roadways and traffic in relation to outcomes of in vitro fertilization. Environ Int 115:239-246
Specht, Aaron J; Kponee, Kale; Nkpaa, Kpobari W et al. (2018) Validation of x-ray fluorescence measurements of metals in toenail clippings against inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry in a Nigerian population. Physiol Meas 39:085007
Nassan, Feiby L; Williams, Paige L; Gaskins, Audrey J et al. (2018) Correlation and temporal variability of urinary biomarkers of chemicals among couples: Implications for reproductive epidemiological studies. Environ Int 123:181-188
Weisskopf, Marc G; Seals, Ryan M; Webster, Thomas F (2018) Bias Amplification in Epidemiologic Analysis of Exposure to Mixtures. Environ Health Perspect 126:047003
Raz, Raanan; Kioumourtzoglou, Marianthi-Anna; Weisskopf, Marc G (2018) Live-Birth Bias and Observed Associations Between Air Pollution and Autism. Am J Epidemiol 187:2292-2296
Hart, Jaime E; Bertrand, Kimberly A; DuPre, Natalie et al. (2018) Exposure to hazardous air pollutants and risk of incident breast cancer in the nurses' health study II. Environ Health 17:28
James-Todd, Tamarra M; Chiu, Yu-Han; Messerlian, Carmen et al. (2018) Trimester-specific phthalate concentrations and glucose levels among women from a fertility clinic. Environ Health 17:55
Chiu, Yu-Han; Williams, Paige L; Mínguez-Alarcón, Lidia et al. (2018) Comparison of questionnaire-based estimation of pesticide residue intake from fruits and vegetables with urinary concentrations of pesticide biomarkers. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 28:31-39
Gold, Diane R; Zanobetti, Antonella (2018) Do Maternal Air Pollution Exposures Have Long-Lasting Influences on Child Blood Pressure? Hypertension 72:56-58
Lee, Alison; Leon Hsu, Hsiao-Hsien; Mathilda Chiu, Yueh-Hsiu et al. (2018) Prenatal fine particulate exposure and early childhood asthma: Effect of maternal stress and fetal sex. J Allergy Clin Immunol 141:1880-1886

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