Columbia University
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Mailman School of Public Health
60 Haven Ave., B-1
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212-305-1678
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Chen, Yu, Pam Factor-Litvak, Geoffrey R. Howe, Joseph H. Graziano, Paul W. Brandt-Rauf, Faruque Parvez, Alexander F. Van Geen, and Habibul Ahsan. 2007. Arsenic exposure from drinking water, dietary intakes of B vitamins and folate, and risk of high blood pressure in Bangladesh: A population-based, cross-sectional study. American Journal of Epidemiology. (http://www.aje.oupjournals.org/) 165(5):541-552.
Chen, Yu, Marnie Hall, Joseph H. Graziano, Vesna Slavkovich, Alexander F. Van Geen, Faruque Parvez, and Habibul Ahsan. 2007. A prospective study of blood selenium levels and the risk of arsenic-related premalignant skin lesions. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. (http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/) 16(2):207-213.
Chen, Yu, Marnie Hall, Joseph H. Graziano, Vesna Slavkovich, Alexander F. Van Geen, Faruque Parvez, and Habibul Ahsan. 2007. A prospective study of blood selenium levels and the risk of arsenic-related premalignant skin lesions. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. (http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/) 16(2):207-213.
Chen, Yu, Alexander F. Van Geen, Joseph H. Graziano, Alexander Pfaff, Malgosia Madajewicz, Faruque Parvez, AZM Iftikhar Hussain, Vesna Slavkovich, Tariqul Islam, and Habibul Ahsan. 2007. Reduction in urinary arsenic levels in response to arsenic mitigation efforts in Araihazar, Bangladesh. Environmental Health Perspectives. 115(6):917923.
Gamble, Mary V., X. Liu, Vesna Slavkovich, J. Richard Pilsner, Vesna Ilievski, Pam Factor-Litvak, Diane Levy, S. Alam, Mohammad N. Islam, Faruque Parvez, Habibul Ahsan, and Joseph H. Graziano. 2007. Folic acid supplementation lowers blood arsenic. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. (http://www.ajcn.org/) (in press)
Gamble, Mary V., Vesna Slavkovich, Xin-hua Liu, Diane Levy, Zhongqi Cheng, Alexander F. Van Geen, M. Yunus, M. Rahman, J. Richard Pilsner, and Joseph H. Graziano. 2007. Determinants of arsenic metabolism: blood arsenic metabolites, plasma folate, cobalamin, and homocysteine concentrations in maternal-newborn pairs. Environmental Health Perspectives. 115(10):1503-1509.
Heck, J. and Joseph H. Graziano. 2007. Factors Associated with Anemia in an Arsenic-Exposed Population in Bangladesh. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. (http://www.joem.org/) (in press)
Heck, J., Joseph H. Graziano, Mary V. Gamble, Yu Chen, Vesna Slavkovich, and Faruque Parvez. 2007. Consumption of folate-related nutrients and metabolism of arsenic in Bangladesh. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. (http://www.ajcn.org/) 85(5):1367-1374.
Li, Y., Yu Chen, Vesna Slavkovich, Habibul Ahsan, Faruque Parvez, Joseph H. Graziano, and Paul W. Brandt-Rauf. 2007. Serum levels of the extracellular domain of the epidermal growth factor receptor in individuals exposed to arsenic in drinking water in Bangladesh. Biomarkers. (http://tandf.catchword.com/titles/1354750x.ht m) 12:256-265.
Madajewicz, Malgosia, Alexander Pfaff, Alexander F. Van Geen, Joseph H. Graziano, I. Hussein, Hassina Momotaj, R. Sylvi, and Habibul Ahsan. 2007. Can information alone both improve awareness and change behavior? Response to arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh. Development Economics. 84:731-754.
Opar, Alisa, Alexander Pfaff, Ashraf Ali Seddique, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Joseph H. Graziano, and Alexander F. Van Geen. 2007. Responses of 6500 households to arsenic mitigation in Araihazar, Bangladesh. Health & Place. (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/issn/13538292) 13(1):164-172.
Pilsner, J.Richard, Xin-hua Liu, Habibul Ahsan, Vesna Ilievski, Vesna Slavkovich, Diane Levy, Pam Factor-Litvak, Joseph H. Graziano, and Mary V. Gamble. 2007. Genomic methylation of peripheral blood leukocyte DMA: influences of arsenic and folate in Bangladeshi adults. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. (http://www.ajcn.org/) 86(4):1179-1186.
Wasserman, Gail A., Xin-hua Liu, Faruque Parvez, Habibul Ahsan, Pam Factor-Litvak, Jennie K. Kline, Alexander F. Van Geen, Vesna Slavkovich, Nancy J. Lolacono, Diane Levy, Zhongqi Cheng, and Joseph H. Graziano. 2007. Water arsenic exposure and ntellectual function in six-year-old children in Araihazar, Bangladesh. Environmental Health Perspectives. 115(2):285-289.
2006
Ahsan, Habibul, Yu Chen, Faruque Parvez, Maria Argos, AZM Iftikhar Hussain, Hassina Momotaj, Diane Levy, Alexander F. Van Geen, Geoffrey R. Howe, and Joseph H. Graziano. 2006. Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study (HEALS): Description of a multidisciplinary epidemiologic investigation. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. (http://www.nature.com/jes/index.html) 16:191-205.
Ahsan, Habibul, Yu Chen, Faruque Parvez, Lydia Zablotska, Maria Argos, AZM Iftikhar Hussain, Hassina Momotaj, Diane Levy, Zhongqi Cheng, Vesna Slavkovich, Alexander F. Van Geen, Geoffrey R. Howe, and Joseph H. Graziano. 2006. Arsenic exposure from drinking water and risk of premalignant Skin lesions in Bangladesh: Baseline results from the health effects of arsenic longitudinal study. American Journal of Epidemiology. (http://www.aje.oupjournals.org/) 163(12):1138-1148.
Chen, Yu, Joseph H. Graziano, Faruque Parvez, AZM Iftikhar Hussain, Hassina Momotaj, Alexander F. Van Geen, Geoffrey R. Howe, and Habibul Ahsan. 2006. Modification of Risk of Arsenic-Induced Skin Lesions by Sunlight Exposure, Smoking, and Occupational Exposures in Bangladesh. Epidemiology. (http://www.epidem.com/) 17(4):456-467.
Gamble, Mary V., Xin-hua Liu, Habibul Ahsan, J. Richard Pilsner, Vesna Ilievski, Vesna Slavkovich, Faruque Parvez, Yu Chen, Diane Levy, Pam Factor-Litvak, and Joseph H. Graziano. 2006. Folate and arsenic metabolism: a double-blind, placebo controlled folic acid supplementation trial in Bangladesh. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. (http://www.ajcn.org/) 84(5):1094-1101.
Gamble, Mary V., J. Richard Pilsner, Xin-hua Liu, Habibul Ahsan, Vesna Ilievski, Vesna Slavkovich, Faruque Parvez, Pam Factor-Litvak, and Joseph H. Graziano. 2006. Methylation of arsenic and DNA: A double-blind, placebo controlled trial of folic acid supplementation in Gangladesh. In: Proceedings of the FASEB (Federation of American Societies) Summer Conferenence Folic Acid, B12 and One Carbon Metabolism, August 5-10. Indian Wells, CA.
Hall, Marnie, Yu Chen, Habibul Ahsan, Vesna Slavkovich, Alexander F. Van Geen, Faruque Parvez, and Joseph H. Graziano. 2006. Blood arsenic as a biomarker of arsenic exposure: results from a prospective study. Toxicology. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/ 0300483X) 225(2-3):225-233.
Parvez, Faruque, Yu Chen, Maria Argos, AZM Iftikhar Hussain, Hassina Momotaj, Ratan K. Dhar, Alexander F. Van Geen, Joseph H. Graziano, and Habibul Ahsan. 2006. Prevalence of Arsenic Exposure from Drinking Water and Awareness of Its Health Risks in a Bangladeshi Population: Results from a Large Population-Based Study. Environmental Health Perspectives. 114(3):355-359.
Wasserman, Gail A., Xin-hua Liu, Faruque Parvez, Habibul Ahsan, Diane Levy, Pam Factor-Litvak, Jennie K. Kline, Alexander F. Van Geen, Vesna Slavkovick, Nancy J. Lolacono, Zhai Cheng, Yan Zheng, and Joseph H. Graziano. 2006. Water Manganese Exposure and Children's Intellectual Function in Araihazar, Bangladesh. Environmental Health Perspectives. 114(1):124-129.
2005
Gamble, Mary V., Habibul Ahsan, Pam Factor-Litvak, Vesna Ilievski, Vesna Slavkovich, Faruque Parvez, and Joseph H. Graziano. 2005. Folate and cobalamin deficiencies and hyperhomocysteinemia in Bangladesh. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. (http://www.ajcn.org/) 81(6):1372-1377.
Gamble, Mary V., Xin-hua Liu, Habibul Ahsan, J. Richard Pilsner, Vesna Ilievski, Vesna Slavkovich, Faruque Parvez, Diane Levy, Pam Factor-Litvak, and Joseph H. Graziano. 2005. Folate, homocysteine, and arsenic metabolism in arsenic-exposed individuals in Bangladesh. Environmental Health Perspectives. 113(12):1683-1688.
Verret, Wendy J., Yu Chen, Alaudinn Ahmed, Tariqul Islam, Faruque Parvez, Muhammad G. Kibriya, Joseph H. Graziano, and Habibul Ahsan. 2005. A randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial evaluating the effects of vitamin E and selenium on arsenic-induced skin lesions in Bangladesh. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. (http://www.joem.org/) 47(10):1026-35.
2004
Wasserman, Gail A., Su-Xian Liu, Faruque Parvez, Habibul Ahsan, Pam Factor-Litvak, Alexander F. Van Geen, Vesna Slavkovick, Nancy J. Lolacono, Zhai Cheng, AZM Iftikhar Hussain, Hassina Momotaj, and Joseph H. Graziano. 2004. Water Arsenic Exposure and Children's Intellectual Function in Araihazar, Bangladesh. Environmental Health Perspectives. 112(13):1329-1333.
2003
Ahsan, Habibul, Yi Chen, Muhammad G. Kibriya, Mohammad N. Islam, Vesna Slavkovick, Joseph H. Graziano, and Regina M. Santella. 2003. Susceptibility to arsenic-induced hyperkeratosis and oxidative stress genes myeloperoxidase and catalase. Cancer Letters. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/ 03043835) 201(1):57-65.
Ahsan, Habibul, Yu Chen, Qiao Wang, Vesna Slavkovick, Joseph H. Graziano, and Regina M. Santella. 2003. DNA repair gene XPD and susceptibility to arsenic-induced hyperkeratosis. Toxicology Letters. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/ 03784274) 143(2):123-131.
Van Geen, Alexander F., Yan Zheng, Roelof J. Versteeg, Martin Stute, Allen H. Horneman, Ratan K. Dhar, Michael S. Steckler, Andrew E. Gelman, Christopher Small, Habibul Ahsan, Joseph H. Graziano, AZM Iftikhar Hussain, and Kazi Matin Ahmed. 2003. Spatial variability of arsenic in 6000 tube wells in a 25 km2 area of Bangladesh. Water Resources Management. 39(5):1140-1151.
Wasserman, Gail A., Pam Factor-Litvak, Xin-hua Liu, Andrew C. Todd, Jennie K. Kline, Vesna Slavkovich, Dusan Popovac, and Joseph H. Graziano. 2003. The relationship between blood lead, bone lead and child intelligence. Child Neuropsychology (Neuropsychology, Development and Cognition: Section C). (http://www.citeulike.org/journal/psych-chin) 9(1):22-34.
Wasserman, Gail A., Pam Factor-Litvak, Xin-hua Liu, Andrew C. Todd, Jennie K. Kline, Vesna Slavkovick, Dusan Popovac, and Joseph H. Graziano. 2003. The relationship between blood lead, bone lead and child intelligence. Child Neuropsychology (Neuropsychology, Development and Cognition: Section C). (http://www.citeulike.org/journal/psych-chin) 9(1):22-34.
2002
Van Geen, Alexander F., Habibul Ahsan, Allen H. Horneman, Ratan K. Dhar, Yan Zheng, I. Hussein, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Andrew E. Gelman, Martin Stute, H. James Simpson, S. Wallace, Christopher Small, Faruque Parvez, Vesna Slavkovick, Nancy J. Lolacono, Marck Becker, Zhai Cheng, Hassina Momotaj, M. Shahnewaz, V. Seddique, and Joseph H. Graziano. 2002. Promotion of well-switching to mitigate the current arsenic crisis in Bangladesh. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 80(9):732-737.
2001
Do, Tamara, Habibul Ahsan, Faruque Parvez, Abul Hasnat Milton, Joseph H. Graziano, and Paul W. Brandt-Rauf. 2001. Transforming growth factor-expression, urinary arsenic and arsenic-induced skin lesions in Bangladesh. Biomarkers. (http://tandf.catchword.com/titles/1354750x.ht m) 6(2):127-132.
Do, Tamara, Angela Gambelunghe, Habibul Ahsan, Joseph H. Graziano, Mary Perrin, Vesna Slavkovick, Faruque Parvez, Abul Hasnat Milton, and Paul W. Brandt-Rauf. 2001. Urinary transforming growth factor-alpha in individuals exposed to arsenic in drinking water in Bangladesh. Biomarkers. (http://tandf.catchword.com/titles/1354750x.ht m) 6(2):127-132.
Graziano, Joseph H., Nancy J. Lolacono, M. Maddaloni, and Conrad B. Blum. 2001. Assessing the oral bioavailability of lead in soil in humans. The Toxicologist. (http://www.toxicology.org/ai/pub/journals.asp #toxicologist) 60(1):331.
2000
Ahsan, Habibul, Mary Perrin, Atiqur Rahman, Faruque Parvez, Martin Stute, Yan Zheng, Abul Hasnat Milton, Paul W. Brandt-Rauf, Alexander F. Van Geen, and Joseph H. Graziano. 2000. Associations Between Drinking Water and Urinary Arsenic Levels and Skin Lesions in Bangladesh. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. (http://www.joem.org/) 42:1195-1201.
1999
Zheng, Yan, Martin Stute, Alexander F. Van Geen, H. James Simpson, Joseph H. Graziano, Habibul Ahsan, and Paul W. Brandt-Rauf. 1999. An integrated study of sources, transport and health effects of AS in Bangladesh. In: Proceedings of the Conference on Arsenic in Bangladesh Ground Water. February 27-29. Wagner College, New York City, NY.