 Environmental Exposure
"Environmental Exposure" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The exposure to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents in the environment or to environmental factors that may include ionizing radiation, pathogenic organisms, or toxic chemicals.
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D004781
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.460.350
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| Concept/Terms |
Environmental Exposure- Environmental Exposure
- Exposure, Environmental
- Environmental Exposures
- Exposures, Environmental
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Environmental Exposure".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Environmental Exposure" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Environmental Exposure" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2024 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2021 | 4 | 5 | 9 | | 2020 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2019 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2018 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2017 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2016 | 5 | 5 | 10 | | 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2014 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2013 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2012 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2009 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2008 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2004 | 6 | 2 | 8 | | 2003 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2002 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2001 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1994 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Environmental Exposure" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Ellis ET, Young SG, Carroll R, Stahr SD, Runnells GA, Grasmuck EA, Su LJ, Park YM, Hsu PC. Carcinogenic air pollutants and breast cancer risk in the Arkansas rural community health study: A nested case-control study. Environ Pollut. 2025 Mar 01; 368:125709.
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Yu T, Wen Y, Dong PP, Sun MK, Qian SE, Schootman M, Vaughn MG, Xu SL, Huang HH, Shan FW, Zhu SF, Wang JY, Li C, Gui ZH, Liu RQ, Hu LW, Lin LZ, Lin Z, Dong GH. The association between anthropogenic heat and parent-report symptoms of childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in China: A novel perspective reflecting climate change. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2025 Mar; 264:114518.
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Joshi M, Joshi A, Bartter T. The impact of climate change on respiratory health: current understanding and knowledge gaps. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2025 Mar 01; 31(2):79-88.
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Cortes-Ramirez SA, Ho SM, Leung YK. Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: A Looming Threat to Current and Future Generations. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Jul 27; 25(15).
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Ferguson A, Adelabu F, Solo-Gabriele H, Obeng-Gyasi E, Fayad-Martinez C, Gidley M, Honan J, Ogunseye OO, Beamer PI. Methodologies for the collection of parameters to estimate dust/soil ingestion for young children. Front Public Health. 2024; 12:1357346.
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Hoang TT, Rathod RA, Rosales O, Castellanos MI, Schraw JM, Burgess E, Peckham-Gregory EC, Oluyomi AO, Scheurer ME, Hughes AE, Lupo PJ. Residential proximity to oil and gas developments and childhood cancer survival. Cancer. 2024 Nov 01; 130(21):3724-3733.
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Gui ZH, Heinrich J, Min Qian Z, Schootman M, Zhao TY, Xu SL, Jin NX, Huang HH, He WT, Wu QZ, Zhang JL, Wang DS, Yang M, Liu RQ, Zeng XW, Dong GH, Lin LZ. Exposures to particulate matters and childhood sleep disorders-A large study in three provinces in China. Environ Int. 2024 Aug; 190:108841.
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Little MP, Boerma M, Bernier MO, Azizova TV, Zablotska LB, Einstein AJ, Hamada N. Effects of confounding and effect-modifying lifestyle, environmental and medical factors on risk of radiation-associated cardiovascular disease. BMC Public Health. 2024 Jun 15; 24(1):1601.
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Krajewski AK, Patel A, Gray CL, Messer LC, Keeler CY, Langlois PH, Reefhuis J, Gilboa SM, Werler MM, Shaw GM, Carmichael SL, Nembhard WN, Insaf TZ, Feldkamp ML, Conway KM, Lobdell DT, Desrosiers TA. Is gastroschisis associated with county-level socio-environmental quality during pregnancy? Birth Defects Res. 2023 11 01; 115(18):1758-1769.
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Price AS, Jefferson AA, Perry TT. Generational Consequences From Historical Redlining: Longitudinal Impacts on Air Pollution and Asthma Health Outcomes. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2023 03; 11(3):970-971.
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Burbank AJ, Hernandez ML, Jefferson A, Perry TT, Phipatanakul W, Poole J, Matsui EC. Environmental justice and allergic disease: A?Work Group Report of the AAAAI Environmental Exposure and Respiratory Health Committee and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2023 03; 151(3):656-670.
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Cheney AM, Barrera T, Rodriguez K, Jaramillo L?pez AM. The Intersection of Workplace and Environmental Exposure on Health in Latinx Farm Working Communities in Rural Inland Southern California. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 10 10; 19(19).
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Treas J, Roy P, Singh KP. Chronic coexposure to arsenic and estrogen potentiates genotoxic estrogen metabolic pathway and hypermethylation of DNA glycosylase MBD4 in human prostate epithelial cells. Prostate. 2022 09; 82(13):1273-1283.
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Zhou S, Griffin RJ, Bui A, Lilienfeld Asbun A, Bravo MA, Osgood C, Miranda ML. Disparities in air quality downscaler model uncertainty across socioeconomic and demographic indicators in North Carolina. Environ Res. 2022 09; 212(Pt C):113418.
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Mendy A, Wu X, Keller JL, Fassler CS, Apewokin S, Mersha TB, Xie C, Pinney SM. Air pollution and the pandemic: Long-term PM2.5 exposure and disease severity in COVID-19 patients. Respirology. 2021 12; 26(12):1181-1187.
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Yu H, Hu LW, Zhou Y, Qian Z, Schootman M, LeBaige MH, Zhou Y, Xiong S, Shen X, Lin LZ, Zhou P, Liu RQ, Yang BY, Chen G, Zeng XW, Yu Y, Dong GH. Association between eye-level greenness and lung function in urban Chinese children. Environ Res. 2021 11; 202:111641.
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Kowal DR, Bravo M, Leong H, Bui A, Griffin RJ, Ensor KB, Miranda ML. Bayesian variable selection for understanding mixtures in environmental exposures. Stat Med. 2021 09 30; 40(22):4850-4871.
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Yu H, Zhou Y, Wang R, Qian Z, Knibbs LD, Jalaludin B, Schootman M, McMillin SE, Howard SW, Lin LZ, Zhou P, Hu LW, Liu RQ, Yang BY, Chen G, Zeng XW, Feng W, Xiang M, Dong GH. Associations between trees and grass presence with childhood asthma prevalence using deep learning image segmentation and a novel green view index. Environ Pollut. 2021 Oct 01; 286:117582.
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Ejaz A, Malik AO, Lopez-Candales A. Ambient air pollution and cardiovascular disease: learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic. Postgrad Med. 2021 08; 133(6):587-588.
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Zhang H, Hu H, Diller M, Hogan WR, Prosperi M, Guo Y, Bian J. Semantic standards of external exposome data. Environ Res. 2021 06; 197:111185.
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Ferguson A, Dwivedi A, Adelabu F, Ehindero E, Lamssali M, Obeng-Gyasi E, Mena K, Solo-Gabriele H. Quantified Activity Patterns for Young Children in Beach Environments Relevant for Exposure to Contaminants. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 03 22; 18(6).
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Mendy A, Wu X, Keller JL, Fassler CS, Apewokin S, Mersha TB, Xie C, Pinney SM. Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter and hospitalization in COVID-19 patients. Respir Med. 2021 03; 178:106313.
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Hu H, Zheng Y, Wen X, Smith SS, Nizomov J, Fishe J, Hogan WR, Shenkman EA, Bian J. An external exposome-wide association study of COVID-19 mortality in the United States. Sci Total Environ. 2021 May 10; 768:144832.
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Altomare T, Tarwater PM, Ferguson AC, Solo-Gabriele HM, Mena KD. Estimating Health Risks to Children Associated with Recreational Play on Oil Spill-Contaminated Beaches. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 12 27; 18(1).
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Starling AP, Liu C, Shen G, Yang IV, Kechris K, Borengasser SJ, Boyle KE, Zhang W, Smith HA, Calafat AM, Hamman RF, Adgate JL, Dabelea D. Prenatal Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, Umbilical Cord Blood DNA Methylation, and Cardio-Metabolic Indicators in Newborns: The Healthy Start Study. Environ Health Perspect. 2020 12; 128(12):127014.
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Ebrahimi Kalan M, Bursac Z, Behaleh R, Jebai R, Osibogun O, Gautam P, Li W, Anderson T, Rahman A, Ward KD, Ben Taleb Z. Nicotine-na?ve adolescents who live with tobacco products users, 2018 Florida Youth Tobacco Survey. J Addict Dis. 2021 Apr-Jun; 39(2):265-269.
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Ferguson A, Rattler K, Perone H, Dwivedi AK, Obeng-Gyasi E, Mena KD, Solo-Gabriele H. Soil-skin adherence measures from hand press trials in a Gulf study of exposures. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2021 02; 31(1):158-169.
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Perone H, Rattler K, Ferguson AC, Mena KD, Solo-Gabriele HM. Review of methods to determine hand surface area of children less than six years old: a case study. Environ Geochem Health. 2021 Jan; 43(1):209-219.
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Ferguson A, Kumar Dwivedi A, Ehindero E, Adelabu F, Rattler K, Perone HR, Montas L, Mena K, Solo-Gabriele H. Soil, Hand, and Body Adherence Measures across Four Beach Areas: Potential Influence on Exposure to Oil Spill Chemicals. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 06 12; 17(12).
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Harrill AH, Sanders AP. Urinary MicroRNAs in Environmental Health: Biomarkers of Emergent Kidney Injury and Disease. Curr Environ Health Rep. 2020 06; 7(2):101-108.
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Shih P, Huang CC, Pan SC, Chiang TL, Guo YL. Hyperactivity disorder in children related to traffic-based air pollution during pregnancy. Environ Res. 2020 09; 188:109588.
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Bornhorst J, Wegwerth P, Day P, Bryant S, Rokke D, Tervola R, Eckdahl S, Jannetto PJ. Urinary reference intervals for gadolinium in individuals without recent exposure to gadolinium-based contrast agents. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2020 02 25; 58(3):e87-e90.
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Younan D, Petkus AJ, Widaman KF, Wang X, Casanova R, Espeland MA, Gatz M, Henderson VW, Manson JE, Rapp SR, Sachs BC, Serre ML, Gaussoin SA, Barnard R, Saldana S, Vizuete W, Beavers DP, Salinas JA, Chui HC, Resnick SM, Shumaker SA, Chen JC. Particulate matter and episodic memory decline mediated by early neuroanatomic biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease. Brain. 2020 01 01; 143(1):289-302.
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Xia J, Zhang W, Ferguson AC, Mena KD, ?zg?kmen TM, Solo-Gabriele HM. Use of chemical concentration changes in coastal sediments to compute oil exposure dates. Environ Pollut. 2020 Apr; 259:113858.
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Ferguson A, Solo-Gabriele H, Mena K. Assessment for oil spill chemicals: Current knowledge, data gaps, and uncertainties addressing human physical health risk. Mar Pollut Bull. 2020 Jan; 150:110746.
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Gummin DD, Mowry JB, Spyker DA, Brooks DE, Beuhler MC, Rivers LJ, Hashem HA, Ryan ML. 2018 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers' National Poison Data System (NPDS): 36th Annual Report. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2019 12; 57(12):1220-1413.
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Alman BL, Stingone JA, Yazdy M, Botto LD, Desrosiers TA, Pruitt S, Herring AH, Langlois PH, Nembhard WN, Shaw GM, Olshan AF, Luben TJ. Associations between PM2.5 and risk of preterm birth among liveborn infants. Ann Epidemiol. 2019 11; 39:46-53.e2.
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Byrum SD, Washam CL, Patterson JD, Vyas KK, Gilbert KM, Blossom SJ. Continuous Developmental and Early Life Trichloroethylene Exposure Promoted DNA Methylation Alterations in Polycomb Protein Binding Sites in Effector/Memory CD4+ T Cells. Front Immunol. 2019; 10:2016.
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Ferguson A, Del Donno C, Obeng-Gyasi E, Mena K, Kaur Altomare T, Guerrero R, Gidley M, Montas L, Solo-Gabriele HM. Children Exposure-Related Behavior Patterns and Risk Perception Associated with Recreational Beach Use. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 08 03; 16(15).
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Rappazzo KM, Joodi G, Hoffman SR, Pursell IW, Mounsey JP, Cascio WE, Simpson RJ. A case-crossover analysis of the relationship of air pollution with out-of-hospital sudden unexpected death in Wake County, North Carolina (2013-2015). Sci Total Environ. 2019 Dec 01; 694:133744.
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Wheeler DC, Raman S, Jones RM, Schootman M, Nelson EJ. Bayesian deprivation index models for explaining variation in elevated blood lead levels among children in Maryland. Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol. 2019 08; 30:100286.
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Rutlen C, Rutlen DL. Is Endurance Exercise Safe? The Myth of Pheidippides. South Med J. 2019 04; 112(4):210-214.
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DeWitt JC, Blossom SJ, Schaider LA. Exposure to per-fluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances leads to immunotoxicity: epidemiological and toxicological evidence. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2019 03; 29(2):148-156.
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Wheeler DC, Jones RM, Schootman M, Nelson EJ. Explaining variation in elevated blood lead levels among children in Minnesota using neighborhood socioeconomic variables. Sci Total Environ. 2019 Feb 10; 650(Pt 1):970-977.
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Thapa S, Delhey L, Jin J, Abouelenein S, Morad W, Delongchamp R, Faramawi MF. Association Between Urinary Cadmium and QRS|T Angle Among Adults in the United States. J Occup Environ Med. 2018 08; 60(8):e412-e415.
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Acevedo-Whitehouse K, Cole KJ, Phillips DH, Jepson PD, Deaville R, Arlt VM. Hepatic DNA damage in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) stranded along the English and Welsh coastlines. Environ Mol Mutagen. 2018 08; 59(7):613-624.
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Leung YK, Ouyang B, Niu L, Xie C, Ying J, Medvedovic M, Chen A, Weihe P, Valvi D, Grandjean P, Ho SM. Identification of sex-specific DNA methylation changes driven by specific chemicals in cord blood in a Faroese birth cohort. Epigenetics. 2018; 13(3):290-300.
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Wang X, Qian Z, Wang X, Hong H, Yang Y, Xu Y, Xu X, Yao Z, Zhang L, Rolling CA, Schootman M, Liu T, Xiao J, Li X, Zeng W, Ma W, Lin H. Estimating the acute effects of fine and coarse particle pollution on stroke mortality of in six Chinese subtropical cities. Environ Pollut. 2018 Aug; 239:812-817.
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Dashner-Titus EJ, Hoover J, Li L, Lee JH, Du R, Liu KJ, Traber MG, Ho E, Lewis J, Hudson LG. Metal exposure and oxidative stress markers in pregnant Navajo Birth Cohort Study participants. Free Radic Biol Med. 2018 08 20; 124:484-492.
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Snowden J, Darden P, Palumbo P, Saul P, Lee J. The institutional development award states pediatric clinical trials network: building research capacity among the rural and medically underserved. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2018 04; 30(2):297-302.
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Ferguson AC, Black JC, Sims IB, Welday JN, Elmir SM, Goff KF, Higginbotham JM, Solo-Gabriele HM. Risk Assessment for Children Exposed to Arsenic on Baseball Fields with Contaminated Fill Material. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 01 04; 15(1).
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Blount RJ, Pascopella L, Catanzaro DG, Barry PM, English PB, Segal MR, Flood J, Meltzer D, Jones B, Balmes J, Nahid P. Traffic-Related Air Pollution and All-Cause Mortality during Tuberculosis Treatment in California. Environ Health Perspect. 2017 09 29; 125(9):097026.
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Herceg Z, Ghantous A, Wild CP, Sklias A, Casati L, Duthie SJ, Fry R, Issa JP, Kellermayer R, Koturbash I, Kondo Y, Lepeule J, Lima SCS, Marsit CJ, Rakyan V, Saffery R, Taylor JA, Teschendorff AE, Ushijima T, Vineis P, Walker CL, Waterland RA, Wiemels J, Ambatipudi S, Degli Esposti D, Hernandez-Vargas H. Roadmap for investigating epigenome deregulation and environmental origins of cancer. Int J Cancer. 2018 03 01; 142(5):874-882.
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Clawson AH, McQuaid EL, Borrelli B. Smokers who have children with asthma: Perceptions about child secondhand smoke exposure and tobacco use initiation and parental willingness to participate in child-focused tobacco interventions. J Asthma. 2018 04; 55(4):373-384.
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Harrill AH, McAllister KA. New Rodent Population Models May Inform Human Health Risk Assessment and Identification of Genetic Susceptibility to Environmental Exposures. Environ Health Perspect. 2017 08 15; 125(8):086002.
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Morris G, Puri BK, Frye RE. The putative role of environmental aluminium in the development of chronic neuropathology in adults and children. How strong is the evidence and what could be the mechanisms involved? Metab Brain Dis. 2017 10; 32(5):1335-1355.
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Morris G, Puri BK, Frye RE, Maes M. The Putative Role of Environmental Mercury in the Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders and Subtypes. Mol Neurobiol. 2018 Jun; 55(6):4834-4856.
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Pesek RD, Rettiganti M, O'Brien E, Beckwith S, Daniel C, Luo C, Scurlock AM, Chandler P, Levy RA, Perry TT, Kennedy JL, Chervinskiy S, Vonlanthen M, Casteel H, Fiedorek SC, Gibbons T, Jones SM. Effects of allergen sensitization on response to therapy in children with eosinophilic esophagitis. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2017 08; 119(2):177-183.
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Ferguson A, Penney R, Solo-Gabriele H. A Review of the Field on Children's Exposure to Environmental Contaminants: A Risk Assessment Approach. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 03 04; 14(3).
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Ferguson A, Solo-Gabriele H. Children's Exposure to Environmental Contaminants: An Editorial Reflection of Articles in the IJERPH Special Issue Entitled, "Children's Exposure to Environmental Contaminants". Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 11 09; 13(11).
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Kutanzi KR, Lumen A, Koturbash I, Miousse IR. Pediatric Exposures to Ionizing Radiation: Carcinogenic Considerations. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 10 28; 13(11).
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Cranmer JM. Neurotoxicology of aging - Two extreme views and the optimist scientist in the middle. Neurotoxicology. 2016 09; 56:234.
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Black JC, Welday JN, Buckley B, Ferguson A, Gurian PL, Mena KD, Yang I, McCandlish E, Solo-Gabriele HM. Risk Assessment for Children Exposed to Beach Sands Impacted by Oil Spill Chemicals. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 08 27; 13(9).
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Cheong A, Zhang X, Cheung YY, Tang WY, Chen J, Ye SH, Medvedovic M, Leung YK, Prins GS, Ho SM. DNA methylome changes by estradiol benzoate and bisphenol A links early-life environmental exposures to prostate cancer risk. Epigenetics. 2016 09; 11(9):674-689.
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Ho SM, Cheong A, Adgent MA, Veevers J, Suen AA, Tam NNC, Leung YK, Jefferson WN, Williams CJ. Environmental factors, epigenetics, and developmental origin of reproductive disorders. Reprod Toxicol. 2017 03; 68:85-104.
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Tewar S, Auinger P, Braun JM, Lanphear B, Yolton K, Epstein JN, Ehrlich S, Froehlich TE. Association of Bisphenol A exposure and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in a national sample of U.S. children. Environ Res. 2016 10; 150:112-118.
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Wang Q, Trevino LS, Wong RL, Medvedovic M, Chen J, Ho SM, Shen J, Foulds CE, Coarfa C, O'Malley BW, Shilatifard A, Walker CL. Reprogramming of the Epigenome by MLL1 Links Early-Life Environmental Exposures to Prostate Cancer Risk. Mol Endocrinol. 2016 Aug; 30(8):856-71.
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Gilbert KM, Blossom SJ, Erickson SW, Reisfeld B, Zurlinden TJ, Broadfoot B, West K, Bai S, Cooney CA. Chronic exposure to water pollutant trichloroethylene increased epigenetic drift in CD4(+) T cells. Epigenomics. 2016 05; 8(5):633-49.
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Chappell G, Pogribny IP, Guyton KZ, Rusyn I. Epigenetic alterations induced by genotoxic occupational and environmental human chemical carcinogens: A systematic literature review. Mutat Res Rev Mutat Res. 2016 Apr-Jun; 768:27-45.
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Boutwell BB, Nelson EJ, Emo B, Vaughn MG, Schootman M, Rosenfeld R, Lewis R. The intersection of aggregate-level lead exposure and crime. Environ Res. 2016 07; 148:79-85.
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Singleton B, Turner J, Walter L, Lathan N, Thorpe D, Ogbevoen P, Daye J, Alcorn D, Wilson S, Semien J, Richard T, Johnson T, McCabe K, Estrada JJ, Galvez F, Velasco C, Reiss K. Environmental stress in the Gulf of Mexico and its potential impact on public health. Environ Res. 2016 Apr; 146:108-15.
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Nik-Zainal S, Kucab JE, Morganella S, Glodzik D, Alexandrov LB, Arlt VM, Weninger A, Hollstein M, Stratton MR, Phillips DH. The genome as a record of environmental exposure. Mutagenesis. 2015 Nov; 30(6):763-70.
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Heaney CD, Kmush B, Navas-Acien A, Francesconi K, G?ssler W, Schulze K, Fairweather D, Mehra S, Nelson KE, Klein SL, Li W, Ali H, Shaikh S, Merrill RD, Wu L, West KP, Christian P, Labrique AB. Arsenic exposure and hepatitis E virus infection during pregnancy. Environ Res. 2015 Oct; 142:273-80.
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