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| On The Cover:Although the physicians' creed is "first, do no
harm," the facilities they work in may not be following suit. The Focus
article examines the environmental hazards of health care facilities
that may be hindering healing or even causing illness in patients and
health care workers alike.
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- Hidden Hazards of Health Care Facilities p. A
370
- Economic Incentives, Environmental Payoff p. A
378
- Low-Dose Pesticides: A Change of Thought p. A 386
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Perspectives
Editorial
- To BaP or Not to BaP? That Is the Question
Lawrence S. Goldstein
p. A 356
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Correspondence
- Comments on "In Vitro and in Vivo Estrogenicity of UV Screens"
- "In Vitro and in Vivo Estrogenicity of UV Screens": Response
- The Full Circle: From the Minamata Disaster to the Sick Building Syndrome
p. A 358
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Environews
Forum
- Wildfires Ignite Concern
- Clothing Spreads Spores
- The Soot Factor
- A Million Women Get Hormonal
- The Beat
- EHPnet: Environmental Defense Scorecard: Environmental Justice
p. A 364
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NIEHS News
- Sister Study Hopes to Answer Breast Cancer Questions
NTP Technical Report Update
p. A 368
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Focus
- Making Health Care Healthier: A Prescription for Change
p. A 370
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Spheres of Influence
- The Market for Pollution
p. A 378
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Innovations
- SCORR One for the Environment
p. A 382
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Science Selections
- Pondering on Pesticides
- Lead in Your Body
- Mice Beat Rats
p. A 386
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Research
Review
- Vaccine-Induced Antibody Responses as Parameters of the Influence of Endogenous
and Environmental Factors
Henk Van Loveren, Jan G. C. Van Amsterdam, Rob J. Vandebriel, Tjeerd G.
Kimman, Hans C. Rümke, Peter S. Steerenberg, and Jeff G. Vos
p. 757
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Articles
- Comparison of Gas-Phase Free-Radical Populations in Tobacco Smoke and
Model Systems by HPLC
Thomas M. Flicker and Sarah A. Green
p. 765
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- A Randomized, Blinded, Controlled Trial Investigating the Gastrointestinal
Health Effects of Drinking Water Quality
Margaret E. Hellard, Martha I. Sinclair, Andrew B. Forbes, and Christopher
K. Fairley
p. 773
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- Assessing Elemental Mercury Vapor Exposure from Cultural and Religious
Practices
Donna M. Riley, C. Alison Newby, Tomas O. Leal-Almeraz, and Valerie
M. Thomas
p. 779
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- The OECD Program to Validate the Rat Uterotrophic Bioassay to Screen
Compounds for in Vivo Estrogenic Responses: Phase 1
Jun Kanno, Lesley Onyon, Joseph Haseman, Penelope Fenner-Crisp, John
Ashby, and William Owens
p. 785
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- Increased Expression of Matrix Metalloproteinase in Clara Cell-Ablated
Mice Inhaling Crystalline Silica
Kazuhiro Yatera, Yasuo Morimoto, Heung-Nam Kim, Hiroshi Yamato, Isamu
Tanaka, and Masamitsu Kido
p. 795
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- The Immortalized UROtsa Cell Line as a Potential Cell Culture Model
of Human Urothelium
Michael R. Rossi, John R. W. Masters, Seongmi Park, John H. Todd, Scott
H. Garrett, Mary Ann Sens, Seema Somji, Joginder Nath, and Donald A.
Sens
p. 801
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- Measurement of Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure among Adults with
Asthma
Mark D. Eisner, Patricia P. Katz, Edward H. Yelin, S. Katharine Hammond,
and Paul D. Blanc
p. 809
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- Effects of Physical Interventions on House Dust Mite Allergen Levels
in Carpet, Bed, and Upholstery Dust in Low-Income, Urban Homes
Patrick J. Vojta, Sandra P. Randels, James Stout, Michael Muilenberg,
Harriet A. Burge, Henry Lynn, Herman Mitchell, George T. O'Connor, and
Darryl C. Zeldin
p. 815
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- The Immature Mouse Is a Suitable Model for Detection of Estrogenicity
in the Uterotropic Bioassay
Elizabeth Padilla-Banks, Wendy N. Jefferson, and Retha R. Newbold
p. 821
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- The -Aminolevulinic
Acid Dehydratase (ALAD) Polymorphism and Bone and Blood Lead Levels
in Community-Exposed Men: The Normative Aging Study
Howard Hu, Ming-Tsang Wu, Yawen Cheng, David Sparrow, Scott Weiss, and
Karl Kelsey
p. 827
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- Variability in Aflatoxin-Albumin Adduct Levels and Effects of Hepatitis
B and C Virus Infection and Glutathione S-transferase M1
and T1 Genotype
Habibul Ahsan, Li-Yu Wang, Chien-Jen Chen, Wei-Yann Tsai, and Regina
M. Santella
p. 833
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- Neuropsychologic Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Pesticides: Results
from the French Phytoner Study
Isabelle Baldi, Laurent Filleul, Brahim Mohammed-Brahim, Colette Fabrigoule,
Jean-François Dartigues, Sandrine Schwall, Jean-Philippe Drevet,
Roger Salamon, and Patrick Brochard
p. 839
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- Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) as a Marker of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
(AhR) Function in Developing Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Carolyn J. Mattingly, John A. McLachlan, and William A. Toscano, Jr.
p. 845
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Children's Health
- An Exploratory Analysis of the Effect of Pesticide Exposure on the Risk
of Spontaneous Abortion in an Ontario Farm Population
Tye E. Arbuckle, Zhiqiu Lin, and Leslie S. Mery
p. 851
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- Predictors of Airborne Endotoxin in the Home
Ju-Hyeong Park, Donna L. Spiegelman, Diane R. Gold, Harriet A. Burge,
and Donald K. Milton
p. 859
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Grand Rounds
- Severe 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) Intoxication:
Clinical and Laboratory Effects
Alexandra Geusau, Klaus Abraham, Klaus Geissler, Michael O. Sator, Georg
Stingl, and Erwin Tschachler
p. 865
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- Extramurally Speaking
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