A5088985802- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Noise Effects and Management
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
- Occupational exposure and asthma
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
- Disaster Response and Management
- Chemical Safety and Risk Management
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
- Occupational and environmental lung diseases
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Cleft Lip and Palate Research
Baylor College of Medicine
2015-2025
Cohort (United Kingdom)
2024-2025
Centre international de recherche sur le cancer
2022
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
2011-2020
University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas
2016-2020
Southwest Center for Educational Excellence
2014-2019
The University of Texas at Austin
2007-2015
Texas Department of State Health Services
2015
Hologic (United States)
2014
Marymount University
2010
A database of approximately 20,000 chemical exposures has been constructed in close co-operation between the School Public Health University North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Department Air Pollution Wageningen Agricultural University. special feature this is that only multiple measurements exposure from same workers were included. This enabled estimation within- between-worker variance components occupational to agents throughout industry. Most groups not uniformly exposed as generally...
Lupo PJ, Symanski E, Chan W, Mitchell LE, Waller DK, Canfield MA, Langlois PH. Differences in exposure assignment between conception and delivery: the impact of maternal mobility. Paediatric Perinatal Epidemiology 2010; 24: 200–208. In studies reproductive outcomes, residence at delivery is often only information available to characterise environmental exposures during pregnancy. The goal this investigation was describe residential mobility pregnancy assess extent which change may result...
Recent U.S. data suggest an increased risk of work-related asthma among health care workers, yet only a few specific determinants have been elucidated.To evaluate associations prevalence with occupational exposures in cross-sectional survey professionals.A detailed questionnaire was mailed to random sample (n=5,600) all Texas physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and therapists active licenses 2003. Information on symptoms nonoccupational factors obtained from the linked derived...
It is generally assumed that workers employed in the same job at a given location are uniformly exposed, i.e., they have long-term mean exposure. This assumption has led to observational schemes for classifying into homogeneous exposure groups (HEGs), based on title, location, and other identifiable features of work environment. paper presents results from analysis 183 HEGs (comprised 15 495 personal measurements) which it was possible determine between-worker component variance The indicate...
Cancer is the second leading cause of death among U.S. children with few known risk factors. There increasing interest in role air pollutants, including benzene and 1,3-butadiene, etiology childhood cancers.Our goal was to assess whether census tracts highest or 1,3-butadiene ambient levels have increased lymphohematopoietic cancer incidence.Our ecologic analysis included 977 cases diagnosed from 1995-2004. We obtained Environmental Protection Agency's 1999 modeled estimates for 886...
Previous studies have reported positive associations between maternal exposure to air pollutants and several adverse birth outcomes. However, there been no assessing the association environmental levels of hazardous pollutants, such as benzene, neural tube defects (NTDs), a common serious group congenital malformations.
Objective To assess associations between unconventional natural gas development (UGD) and perinatal outcomes. Methods We conducted a retrospective birth cohort study among 158,894 women with or fetal death from November 30, 2010-November 29, 2012 in the Barnett Shale, North Texas. constructed three UGD-activity metrics by calculating inverse distance-weighted sum of active wells within separate geographic buffers surrounding maternal residence: ≤½, 2, 10-miles. excluded if nearest well to...
Background: Studies of unconventional gas development (UGD) and preterm birth (PTB) have not presented risk estimates by well phase or trimester. Objective: We examined trimester-specific associations between UGD activity PTB. Methods: conducted a case–control study women with singleton births in the Barnett Shale area, Texas, from 30 November 2010 to 29 2012. individually age- race/ethnicity-matched five controls each PTB case (n=13,328) truncated controls' time at according matched case's...
Exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM) is known as a significant risk factor for mortality and morbidity due cardiorespiratory causes. Owing increased interest in assessing personal community exposures PM, we evaluated the feasibility of employing low-cost portable direct-reading instrument measurement air PM exposure. A Dylos DC 1700 sensor was collocated with Grimm 11-R an urban residential area Houston Texas. The 1-min averages particle number concentrations sizes between 0.5 2.5 µm...
The literature informing susceptible periods of exposure on children's neurodevelopment is limited. We evaluated the impacts pre- and postnatal fine particulate matter (PM
Postmenopausal bone loss may result in the release of lead stored bone. This study examined Mexican-American women aged 20 years and older who participated Hispanic Health Nutrition Examination Survey (1982–1984) to assess influence menopause, pregnancy history, smoking on blood levels. After adjustment for factors likely levels design effects, authors confirmed associations with age, Income level, education, degree urbanization, body mass. Blood concentrations were markedly higher among...
Background. The prevalence of asthma has increased over the last three decades with females exhibiting a higher than males. objective this study was to obtain gender-specific estimates current and ever describe relationships between risk factors by gender in US men women ages 20 85. Methods. Data for came from two cycles (2001–2002 2003–2004) National Health Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) included 9,243 eligible adults: 4,589 4,654 Multiple logistic regression used investigate...
Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) occurs in many occupational settings. There is evidence animal models that maternal exposure PAHs during pregnancy associated with gastroschisis offspring; however, our knowledge, no human studies examining this association have been conducted.Our goal was conduct a case-control study assessing the between estimated and offspring.Data from cases control infants were obtained population-based National Birth Defects Prevention Study for...
Pregnant women may be vulnerable to changes in ambient temperature and warming climates. Recent evidence suggests that increases are associated with placental abruption, a risk factor for stillbirth.
Abstract Background In August 2017, Hurricane Harvey caused unprecedented flooding across the greater Houston area. Given potential for widespread flood-related exposures, including mold and sewage, emotional mental toll by flooding, we sought to evaluate short- long-term impact of exposures on health Houstonians. Our objectives were assess association with allergic symptoms stress among Houston-area residents at two time points: within approximately 30 days (T1) 12 months (T2) after...
Abstract Background There is increasing concern regarding the potential adverse health effects of air pollution, particularly hazardous pollutants (HAPs). However, quantifying exposure to these problematic. Objective Our goal was explore utility kriging, a spatial interpolation method, for assessment in epidemiologic studies HAPs. We used benzene as an example and compared census tract-level kriged predictions estimates obtained from 1999 U.S. EPA National Air Toxics Assessment (NATA),...
Epidemiological studies have found that particulate matter is associated with increases in blood pressure. Yet, less known about the effects of specific sources or constituents matter, such as diesel polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). We evaluated associations between self-reported hypertension and residential air levels PAHs among individuals Mexican origin living a large inner city.The Mano cohort (established 2001 by University Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center) comprised residing...
There is mixed evidence implicating prenatal exposure to particulate matter <2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5) the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and only one study has examined PM2.5 constituents, which vary with location because different emission sources. We conducted a retrospective cohort singleton live births Harris County, Texas from 2008 2013. With data Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), we spatially interpolated maternal exposures total speciated PM2.5,...
The poor quality of traditional assessments exposure has encouraged epidemiologists to explore biological monitoring in studies chronic diseases. Yet, despite theoretical advantages, biomarkers have not been widely used such applications. This article compares the general utility a biomarker with that measurement per se. Points are illustrated longitudinal study boat workers which levels styrene breathing zone and exhaled air were compared sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) peripheral...