ETHICS | The Tobacco Industry and Pesticide Regulations: Case Studies from Tobacco Industry Archives
Patricia A. McDaniel, Gina Solomon, and Ruth E. Malone
p. 1659 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

HUMAN TOXICOLOGY | Comparison of the Use of a Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Model and a Classical Pharmacokinetic Model for Dioxin Exposure Assessments
Claude Emond, Joel E. Michalek, Linda S. Birnbaum, and Michael J. DeVito
p. 1666 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT | A Critical Review of Biomarkers Used for Monitoring Human Exposure to Lead: Advantages, Limitations, and Future Needs
Fernando Barbosa Jr., José Eduardo Tanus-Santos, Raquel Fernanda Gerlach, and Patrick J. Parsons
p. 1669 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY | Evidence of Detrimental Effects of Environmental Contaminants on Growth and Reproductive Physiology of White Sturgeon in Impounded Areas of the Columbia River
Grant W. Feist, Molly A.H. Webb, Deke T. Gundersen, Eugene P. Foster, Carl B. Schreck, Alec G. Maule, and Martin S. Fitzpatrick
p. 1675 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

HUMAN TOXICOLOGY | Folate, Homocysteine, and Arsenic Metabolism in Arsenic-Exposed Individuals in Bangladesh
Mary V. Gamble, Xinhua Liu, Habibul Ahsan, J. Richard Pilsner, Vesna Ilievski, Vesna Slavkovich, Faruque Parvez, Diane Levy, Pam Factor-Litvak, and Joseph H. Graziano
p. 1683 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT | Body Burdens of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers among Urban Anglers
Kimberly B. Morland, Philip J. Landrigan, Andreas Sjödin, Alayne K. Gobeille, Richard S. Jones, Ernest E. McGahee, Larry L. Needham, and Donald G. Patterson Jr.
p. 1689 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE | Effects of Particle Size Fractions on Reducing Heart Rate Variability in Cardiac and Hypertensive Patients
Kai-Jen Chuang, Chang-Chuan Chan,Nan-Ting Chen, Ta-Chen Su, and Lian-Yu Lin
p. 1693 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

CARCINOGENESIS | Leukotoxin Diols from Ground Corncob Bedding Disrupt Estrous Cyclicity in Rats and Stimulate MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cell Proliferation
Barry M. Markaverich, Jan R. Crowley, Mary A. Alejandro, Kevin Shoulars, Nancy Casajuna, Shaila Mani, Andrea Reyna, and John Sharp
p. 1698 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY | Household Disposal of Pharmaceuticals as a Pathway for Aquatic Contamination in the United Kingdom
Jonathan P. Bound and Nikolaos Voulvoulis
p. 1705 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT | Influence of Geographic Location in Modeling Blood Pesticide Levels in a Community Surrounding a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Superfund Site
Shannon H. Gaffney, Frank C. Curriero, Paul T. Strickland, Gregory E. Glass, Kathy J. Helzlsouer, and Patrick N. Breysse
p. 1712 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

TOXICOGENOMICS | Acute Ozone-Induced Differential Gene Expression Profiles in Rat Lung
Srikanth S. Nadadur, Daniel L. Costa, Ralph Slade, Robert Silbjoris, and Gary E. Hatch
p. 1717 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE | The Association between Fatal Coronary Heart Disease and Ambient Particulate Air Pollution: Are Females at Greater Risk?
Lie Hong Chen, Synnove F. Knutsen, David Shavlik, W. Lawrence Beeson, Floyd Petersen, Mark Ghamsary, and David Abbey
Also see Science Selections, p. A838
p. 1723 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE | Effect of Lead Exposure and Ergonomic Stressors on Peripheral Nerve Function
Margit L. Bleecker, D. Patrick Ford, Christopher G. Vaughan, Karen N. Lindgren, Michael J. Tiburzi, and Karin Scheetz Walsh
Also see Science Selections, p. A838
p. 1730 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT | Evaluation of Exposure to Arsenic in Residential Soil
Joyce S. Tsuji, Maria D. Van Kerkhove, Rhonda S. Kaetzel, Carolyn G. Scrafford, Pamela J. Mink, Leila M. Barraj, Eric A. Crecelius, and Michael Goodman
p. 1735 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

RESPIRATORY DISEASE | Associations between Health Effects and Particulate Matter and Black Carbon in Subjects with Respiratory Disease
Karen L. Jansen, Timothy V. Larson, Jane Q. Koenig, Therese F. Mar, Carrie Fields, Jim Stewart, and Morton Lippmann
p. 1741 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

TOXICOGENOMICS | Discrimination of Vanadium from Zinc Using Gene Profiling in Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells
Zhuowei Li, Jackie Stonehuerner, Robert B. Devlin, and Yuh-Chin T. Huang
p. 1747 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT | Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor-Independent Toxicity of Weathered Crude Oil during Fish Development
John P. Incardona, Mark G. Carls, Hiroki Teraoka, Catherine A. Sloan, Tracy K. Collier, and Nathaniel L. Scholz
p. 1755 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY | Aflatoxin Contamination of Commercial Maize Products during an Outbreak of Acute Aflatoxicosis in Eastern and Central Kenya
Lauren Lewis, Mary Onsongo, Henry Njapau, Helen Schurz-Rogers, George Luber, Stephanie Kieszak, Jack Nyamongo, Lorraine Backer, Abdikher Mohamud Dahiye, Ambrose Misore, Kevin DeCock, Carol Rubin, and the Kenya Aflatoxicosis Investigation Group
p. 1763 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT | Workgroup Report: Workshop on Source Apportionment of Particulate Matter Health Effects--Intercomparison of Results and Implications
George D. Thurston, Kazuhiko Ito, Therese Mar, William F. Christensen, Delbert J. Eatough, Ronald C. Henry, Eugene Kim, Francine Laden, Ramona Lall, Timothy V. Larson, Hao Liu, Lucas Neas, Joseph Pinto, Matthias Stölzel, Helen Suh, and Philip K. Hopke
p. 1768 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

RESPIRATORY DISEASE | Acute Effects of a Fungal Volatile Compound
Robert Wålinder, Lena Ernstgård, Gunnar Johanson, Dan Norbäck, Per Venge, and Gunilla Wieslander
p. 1775 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

HUMAN TOXICOLOGY | Case-Control Study of an Acute Aflatoxicosis Outbreak, Kenya, 2004
Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Kimberly Lindblade, Karen Gieseker, Helen Schurz Rogers, Stephanie Kieszak, Henry Njapau, Rosemary Schleicher, Leslie F. McCoy, Ambrose Misore, Kevin DeCock, Carol Rubin, Laurence Slutsker, and the Aflatoxin Investigative Group
Also see Science Selections, p. A836
p. 1779 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

HUMAN TOXICOLOGY | Case Report: The Clinical Toxicity of Dimethylamine Borane
Yu-Tse Tsan, Kai-Yu Peng, Dong-Zong Hung, Wei-Hsiung Hu, and Dar-Yu Yang
p. 1784 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

RESPIRATORY DISEASE | Prenatal Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) and Asthma in Children
Jordi Sunyer, Maties Torrent, Laura Muñoz-Ortiz, Núria Ribas-Fitó, Daniel Carrizo, Joan Grimalt, Josep M. Antó, and Paul Cullinan
Also see Science Selections, p. A836
p. 1787 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

ASTHMA | Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Children with Asthma and Short-Term PM_2.5 Exposure in Seattle
Therese F. Mar, Karen Jansen, Kristen Shepherd, Thomas Lumley, Timothy V. Larson, and Jane Q. Koenig
p. 1791 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT | Association of Housing Disrepair Indicators with Cockroach and Rodent Infestations in a Cohort of Pregnant Latina Women and Their Children
Asa Bradman, Jonathan Chevrier, Ira Tager, Michael Lipsett, Jaqueline Sedgwick, Janet Macher, Ana B. Vargas, Elvia B. Cabrera, Jose M. Camacho, Rosana Weldon, Katherine Kogut, Nicholas P. Jewell, and Brenda Eskenazi
p. 1795 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT | Organophosphate Urinary Metabolite Levels during Pregnancy and after Delivery in Women Living in an Agricultural Community
Asa Bradman, Brenda Eskenazi, Dana B. Barr, Roberto Bravo, Rosemary Castorina, Jonathan Chevrier, Katherine Kogut, Martha E. Harnly, and Thomas E. McKone
p. 1802 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

FETAL DEVELOPMENT | Late Pregnancy Exposures to Disinfection By-products and Growth-Related Birth Outcomes
Alison F. Hinckley, Annette M. Bachand, and John S. Reif
p. 1808 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE | Evolving Partnerships in Community
Shobha Srinivasan and Gwen W. Collman
p. 1814 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE | Social and Physical Environments and Disparities in Risk for Cardiovascular Disease: The Healthy Environments Partnership Conceptual Model
Amy J. Schulz, Srimathi Kannan, J. Timothy Dvonch, Barbara A. Israel, Alex Allen III, Sherman A. James, James S. House, and James Lepkowski
p. 1817 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE | Health Disparities and Toxicant Exposure of Akwesasne Mohawk Young Adults: A Partnership Approach to Research
Lawrence M. Schell, Julia Ravenscroft, Maxine Cole, Agnes Jacobs, Joan Newman, and Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment
p. 1826 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE | Exploration of Work and Health Disparities among Black Women Employed in Poultry Processing in the Rural South
Hester J. Lipscomb, Robin Argue, Mary Anne McDonald, John M. Dement, Carol A. Epling, Tamara James, Steve Wing, and Dana Loomis
p. 1833 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]