Perspectives

• Take HEED--If Not Now, When?
  Gerald T. Keusch
• Relevance of the National Institutes of Health Roadmap Initiatives to the Field of Environmental Health
  Kenneth Olden
  
• Note from the Editors: Online Submission Begins This Month
  Thomas J. Goehl and James G. Burkhart
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• Industry Testing of Toxic Pesticides on Human Subjects Concluded "No Effect," Despite the Evidence
• Study Criticisms Unjustified
• Ethical Standards of Studies Involving Human Subjects
• Statement of CropLife America on Pesticide Testing Involving Human Subjects
• Aldicarb Study Misrepresented in Human Testing Debate
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Environews

• Reporting from Bangladesh
• Groundwater Problems Spring to the Surface
• Global Warming Kills
• Anti-Insect Ozone
• EHPnet: TOXMAP
• The Beat
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• Fogarty Program HEEDs the Call to Action
• NIH Roadmap for Medical Research
• Headliners: Obesity and Asthma Risk in School-Age Children
• Beyond the Bench: Welcome to Hydroville!
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• Global Resources: Abuse, Scarcity, and Insecurity
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• Rich Map, Poor Map
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• Farmhouse Fears
• Children's Exposure to ETS
• The Demographics of Decline
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Research

The Asbestos Cancer Epidemic
LaDou
p. 285
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A Reassessment of the Nomenclature of Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Metabolites
Maervoet et al.
p. 291
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Critical Periods for Chlorpyrifos-Induced Developmental Neurotoxicity: Alterations in Adenylyl Cyclase Signaling in Adult Rat Brain Regions after Gestational or Neonatal Exposure
Meyer et al.
p. 295
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Reductions in Blood Lead Overestimate Reductions in Brain Lead after Repeated Succimer Regimens in a Rodent Model of Childhood Lead Exposure
Stangle et al.
p. 302
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Biologically Plausible Particulate Air Pollution Mortality Concentration-Response Functions
Roberts
p. 309
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Disparities in Cognitive Functioning by Race/Ethnicity in the Baltimore Memory Study
Schwartz et al.
p. 314
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Glyphosate Biomonitoring for Farmers and Their Families: Results from the Farm Family Exposure Study
Acquavella et al.
p. 321
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Mono(2-Ethyl-5-Hydroxyhexyl) Phthalate and Mono-(2-Ethyl-5-Oxohexyl) Phthalate as Biomarkers for Human Exposure Assessment to Di-(2-Ethylhexyl) Phthalate
Kato et al.
p. 327
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Urinary Levels of Seven Phthalate Metabolites in the U.S. Population from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2000
Silva et al.
p. 331
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Ambient Particulate Air Pollution, Heart Rate Variability, and Blood Markers of Inflammation in a Panel of Elderly Subjects
Pope et al.
p. 339
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Androgenic and Estrogenic Activity in Water Bodies Receiving Cattle Feedlot Effluent in Eastern Nebraska, USA
Soto et al.
p. 346
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Endocrine-Disrupting Effects of Cattle Feedlot Effluent on an Aquatic Sentinel Species, the Fathead Minnow
Orlando et al.
p. 353
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Abnormal Bone Composition in Female Juvenile American Alligators from a Pesticide-Polluted Lake (Lake Apopka, Florida)
Lind et al.
p. 359
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Thyroid Toxicants: Assessing Reproductive Health Effects
Jahnke et al.
p. 363
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Environmental Medicine

Effects of Particulate Air Pollution on Blood Pressure and Heart Rate in Subjects with Cardiovascular Disease: A Multicenter Approach
Ibald-Mulli et al.
p. 369
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Latex Allergy and Occupational Asthma in Health Care Workers: Adverse Outcomes
Amr and Bollinger
p. 378
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Children's Health

Agricultural and Residential Pesticides in Wipe Samples from Farmworker Family Residences in North Carolina and Virginia
Quandt et al.
p. 382
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In Utero Pesticide Exposure, Maternal Paraoxonase Activity, and Head Circumference
Berkowitz et al.
p. 388
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Children's Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke: Using Diverse Exposure Metrics to Document Ethnic/Racial Differences
Sexton et al.
p. 392
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Toward the Effective Surveillance of Hypospadias
Dolk et al.
p. 398
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Announcements

• NIEHS Extramural Update
  p. A 183
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• Fellowships, Grants, & Awards
  p. A 184
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• Book Review/New Books
  p. A 196
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