Risk assessment and dose-effect of co-exposure to benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene, and styrene (BTEXS) on pulmonary function: A cross-sectional study

Q Liao, Y Zhang, R Ma, Z Zhang, P Ji, M Xiao… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Inhalation is the most frequent route and the lung is the primary damaged organ for human
exposure to benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene, and styrene (BTEXS). However, there …

Ambient air pollutants and traffic factors were associated with blood and urine biomarkers and asthma risk

H Cheng, AD Narzo, D Howell… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The UK Biobank (UKBB) is a large population-based cohort that provides a unique
opportunity to study the association between environmental exposure and biomarkers and …

NICU-based stress response and preterm infant neurobehavior: exploring the critical windows for exposure

X Zhang, E Spear, HHL Hsu, C Gennings… - Pediatric …, 2022 - nature.com
Background Exposure to maternal stress in utero negatively impacts cognitive and
behavioral outcomes of children born at term. The neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) can …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying sensitive windows of prenatal household air pollution on birth weight and infant pneumonia risk to inform future interventions

S Kaali, DW Jack, MN Mujtaba, SN Chillrud… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Prenatal household air pollution impairs birth weight and increases pneumonia
risk however time-varying associations have not been elucidated and may have implications …

Urinary phenols and parabens metabolites associated with cardiovascular disease among adults in the United States

T Yin, X Zhu, I Cheang, Y Zhou, S Liao, X Lu… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
The field of environmental health has begun to examine the effects of higher-order chemical
combinations. The current literature lacks studies exploring associations between multiple …

A cross-sectional study of the association between heavy metals and pan-cancers associated with sex hormones in NHANES 1999–2018

H Cao, Y Yang, B Huang, Y Zhang, Y Wu… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Given the complexity of tumorigenesis, numerous studies have also shown that excessive
exposure to heavy metals increases the risk of cancers and disrupts the secretion of sex …

Metal mixtures and neurodevelopment: Recent findings and emerging principles

FM Merced-Nieves, M Arora, RO Wright… - Current opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Children are constantly exposed to a wide range of environmental factors including
essential and nonessential metals. In recent years, the mixture paradigm has emerged to …

Response to “comment on 'a quantile-based g-computation approach to addressing the effects of exposure mixtures'”

AP Keil, JP Buckley, KM O'brien… - Environmental …, 2021 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
We thank Dr. Gennings for taking interest in our research. Here we respond to Dr. Gennings'
letter (Gennings 2021; hereafter referred to as “the letter”), which raises several points …

Associating multiple mycotoxin exposure and health outcomes: current statistical approaches and challenges

NN Truong, K Tesfamariam… - World Mycotoxin …, 2023 - wageningenacademic.com
Mycotoxin contamination is a global challenge to food safety and population health. A
diversity of adverse effects in human health such as organ damage, immunity disorders and …

[HTML][HTML] Association of environmental volatile organic compounds with depression in adults: NHANES 2013-2018

Y Zhuang, X Zhang, X Sun, Z Liu, Q Yu, C Dong… - Hygiene and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) exposure has been found to be associated with
neurological dysfunction, with depression often being one of the classic symptoms of the …