Perspectives

Editorial

• Marine Pollution: The Future Challenge Is to Link Human and Wildlife Studies
  Bjørn Munro Jenssen
  p. A 198

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• Comment on "Sexual Maturation in Relation to Polychlorinated Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Sharpe and Skakkebaek's Hypothesis Revisited"
• "Sexual Maturation in Relation to Polychlorinated Aromatic Hydrocarbons...": Den Hond et al.'s Response
• Declaring Chemicals "Not Carcinogenic to Humans" Requires Validation, Not Speculation
  p. A 202

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Environews

Forum

• EPA: Funding and Pollution Problems Persist
• Is Sewage Destroying Coral?
• Plastic Bags--Prolific Problems
• Hot Nights in the City
• EHPnet: American Boating Association Clean Boating and Environmental Stewardship
• The Beat
  p. A 206

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• Bringing Science to Justices
• Coming Together for Children
• Headliners: Understanding Effects of Organic Diesel Exhaust Particles
  p. A 210

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• The Environmental Pain of Pleasure Boating
• Ocean Centers to Dive into the Mysteries of the Deep
  p. A 216

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Spheres of Influence

• Messenger from the White House: Council on Environmental Quality
  p. A 224

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Innovations

• Fuel Damage from Flooding: Finding a Fix
  p. A 228

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• Estrogens in Coastal Waters
• Childhood Leukemia
• A Diet Rich in Fish
  p. A 232

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Research

Review

• Cancer and Developmental Exposure to Endocrine Disruptors
  Linda S. Birnbaum and Suzanne E. Fenton
  p. 389

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• Altered Profiles of Spontaneous Novelty Seeking, Impulsive Behavior, and Response to d-Amphetamine in Rats Perinatally Exposed to Bisphenol A
  Walter Adriani, Daniele Della Seta, Francesco Dessì-Fulgheri, Francesca Farabollini, and Giovanni Laviola
  p. 395

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• Inhalation of Concentrated Ambient Air Particles Exacerbates Myocardial Ischemia in Conscious Dogs
  Gregory A. Wellenius, Brent A. Coull, John J. Godleski, Petros Koutrakis, Kazunori Okabe, Sara T. Savage, Joy E. Lawrence, G. G. Krishna Murthy, and Richard L. Verrier
  p. 402

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• Serum Levels of 2,2´,4,4´,5,5´-Hexachlorobiphenyl (CB-153) in Relation to Markers of Reproductive Function in Young Males from the General Swedish Population
  Jonas Richthoff, Lars Rylander, Bo A. G. Jönsson, Heléne Åkesson, Lars Hagmar, Peter Nilsson-Ehle, Mats Stridsberg, and Aleksander Giwercman
  p. 409

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• Geographic Differences in Semen Quality of Fertile U.S. Males
  Shanna H. Swan, Charlene Brazil, Erma Z. Drobnis, Fan Liu, Robin L. Kruse, Maureen Hatch, J. Bruce Redmon, Christina Wang, James W. Overstreet, and The Study for Future Families Research Group
  p. 414

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• Inequalities in Health: The Value of Sex-Related Indicators
  Romualdo Benigni
  p. 421

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• The Biocide Tributyltin Reduces the Accumulation of Testosterone as Fatty Acid Esters in the Mud Snail (Ilyanassa obsoleta)
  Meredith P. Gooding, Vickie S. Wilson, Leroy C. Folmar, Dragoslav T. Marcovich, and Gerald A. LeBlanc
  p. 426

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• Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Reproductive Hormones in Female Polar Bears at Svalbard
  Marte Haave, Erik Ropstad, Andrew E. Derocher, Elisabeth Lie, Ellen Dahl, Øystein Wiig, Janneche U. Skaare, and Bjørn Munro Jenssen
  p. 431

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• Assessing Human Polychlorinated Biphenyl Contamination for Epidemiologic Studies: Lessons from Patterns of Congener Concentrations in Canadians in 1992
  Beth C. Gladen, Josée Doucet, and Larry G. Hansen
  p. 437

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• The Role of Transgenic Mouse Models in Carcinogen Identification
  John B. Pritchard, John E. French, Barbara J. Davis, and Joseph K. Haseman
  p. 444

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• Ultrafine Particulate Pollutants Induce Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial Damage
  Ning Li, Constantinos Sioutas, Arthur Cho, Debra Schmitz, Chandan Misra, Joan Sempf, Meiying Wang, Terry Oberley, John Froines, and Andre Nel
  p. 455

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• Disruption of Androgen Regulation in the Prostate by the Environmental Contaminant Hexachlorobenzene
  Jody L. Ralph, Marie-Claire Orgebin-Crist, Jean-Jacques Lareyre, and Colleen C. Nelson
  p. 461

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• DNA Damage Associated with Ultrastructural Alterations in Rat Myocardium after Loud Noise Exposure
  Paola Lenzi, Giada Frenzilli, Marco Gesi, Michela Ferrucci, Gloria Lazzeri, Francesco Fornai, and Marco Nigro
  p. 467

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• The Upper Airway Response to Pollen Is Enhanced by Exposure to Combustion Particulates: A Pilot Human Experimental Challenge Study
  Russ Hauser, Timothy M. Rice, G. G. Krishna Murthy, Matt P. Wand, Daniel Lewis, Toni Bledsoe, and Joseph Paulauskis
  p. 472

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• Effects of Submicrometer Particle Compositions on Cytokine Production and Lipid Peroxidation of Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells
  Song-Lih Huang, Miao-Kan Hsu, and Chang-Chuan Chan
  p. 478

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• Emission of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Their Carcinogenic Potencies from Cooking Sources to the Urban Atmosphere
  Chun-The Li, Yuan-Chung Lin, Wen-Jhy Lee, and Perng-Jy Tsai
  p. 483

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• Environmental Estrogens Alter Early Development in Xenopus laevis
  Cassandra L. Bevan, Donna M. Porter, Anita Prasad, Marthe J. Howard, and Leslie P. Henderson
  p. 488

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• Effects of a Diphenyl Ether-type Herbicide, Chlornitrofen, and Its Amino Derivative on Androgen and Estrogen Receptor Activities
  Hiroyuki Kojima, Mitsuru Iida, Eiji Katsura, Akio Kanetoshi, Yoshihiro Hori, and Kunihiko Kobayashi
  p. 497

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• Antiandrogenic Activity and Metabolism of the Organophosphorus Pesticide Fenthion and Related Compounds
  Shigeyuki Kitamura, Tomoharu Suzuki, Shigeru Ohta, and Nariaki Fujimoto
  p. 503

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• Phosphorylation of p53 Protein in A549 Human Pulmonary Epithelial Cells Exposed to Asbestos Fibers
  Masato Matsuoka, Hideki Igisu, and Yasuo Morimoto
  p. 509

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• Arsenic-Induced Dysfunction in Relaxation of Blood Vessels
  Moo-Yeol Lee, Byung-In Jung, Seung-Min Chung, Ok-Nam Bae, Joo-Young Lee, Jung-Duck Park, Ji-Sun Yang, Hyomin Lee, and Jin-Ho Chung
  p. 513

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• Ecologic Analysis of Some Immune-Related Disorders, Including Type 1 Diabetes, in Australia: Latitude, Regional Ultraviolet Radiation, and Disease Prevalence
  udith A. Staples, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Lynette L-Y. Lim, and Anthony J. McMichael
  p. 518

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• Alteration of Pulmonary Immunity to Listeria monocytogenes by Diesel Exhaust Particles (DEPs). II. Effects of DEPs on T-Cell-Mediated Immune Responses in Rats
  Xue-Jun Yin, Rosana Schafer, Jane Y. C. Ma, James M. Antonini, Jenny R. Roberts, David N. Weissman, Paul D. Siegel, and Joseph K. H. Mai
  p. 524

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• Estrogens from Sewage in Coastal Marine Environments
  Shannon Atkinson, Marlin J. Atkinson, and Ann M. Tarrant
  p. 531

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• Fetal Chlorpyrifos Exposure: Adverse Effects on Brain Cell Development and Cholinergic Biomarkers Emerge Postnatally and Continue into Adolescence and Adulthood
  Dan Qiao, Frederic J. Seidler, Charlotte A. Tate, Mandy M. Cousins, and Theodore A. Slotkin
  p. 536

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• Interaction of Organophosphate Pesticides and Related Compounds with the Androgen Receptor
  Hiroto Tamura, Hiromichi Yoshikawa, Kevin W. Gaido, Susan M. Ross, Robert K. DeLisle, William J. Welsh, and Ann M. Richard
  p. 545

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• Effects of Chinese Domestic Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) on Gonadal Differentiation in Xenopus laevis
  Zhan-Fen Qin, Jing-Ming Zhou, Shao-Gang Chu, and Xiao-Bai Xu
  p. 553

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• Exposure to 4-tert-Octylphenol Accelerates Sexual Differentiation and Disrupts Expression of Steroidogenic Factor 1 in Developing Bullfrogs
  Loretta P. Mayer, Cheryl A. Dyer, and Catherine R. Propper
  p. 557

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• Particulate Matter, Sulfur Dioxide, and Daily Mortality in Chongqing, China
  Scott A. Venners, Binyan Wang, Zhonggui Peng, Yu Xu, Lihua Wang, and Xiping Xu
  p. 562

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• Atrazine-Induced Hermaphroditism at 0.1 ppb in American Leopard Frogs (Rana pipiens): Laboratory and Field Evidence
  Tyrone Hayes, Kelly Haston, Mable Tsui, Anhthu Hoang, Cathryn Haeffele, and Aaron Vonk
  p. 568

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• Hair Analysis: Exploring the State of the Science
  Deanna K. Harkins and Allan S. Susten
  p. 576

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• Consensus Workshop on Methods to Evaluate Developmental Immunotoxicity
  Michael I. Luster, Jack H. Dean, and Dori R. Germolec
  p. 579

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• An Occupational Reproductive Research Agenda for the Third Millennium
  Christina C. Lawson, Teresa M. Schnorr, George P. Daston, Barbara Grajewski, Michele Marcus, Melissa McDiarmid, Eisuke Murono, Sally D. Perreault, Steven M. Schrader, and Michael Shelby
  p. 584

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Environmental Medicine

Commentary

• A Practice Approach for Identifying Previously Unsuspected Environmental Contributors to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Other Complex Diseases
  Morris W. Foster and Christopher E. Aston
  p. 593

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• Evaluation of Recreational Health Risk in Coastal Waters Based on Enterococcus Densities and Bathing Patterns
  David J. Turbow, Nathaniel D. Osgood, and Sunny C. Jiang
  p. 598

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• Mercury Levels in High-End Consumers of Fish
  Jane M. Hightower and Dan Moore
  p. 604

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• Cancer Risks in Naval Divers with Multiple Exposures to Carcinogens
  Elihu D. Richter, Lee S. Friedman, Yuval Tamir, Tamar Berman, Or Levy, Jerome B. Westin, and Tamar Peretz
  p. 609

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• Bone Resorption Is Affected by Follicular Phase Length in Female Rotating Shift Workers
  Pete N. Lohstroh, Jiangang Chen, Jianming Ba, Louise M. Ryan, Xiping Xu, James W. Overstreet, and Bill L. Lasley
  p. 618

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• Evaluation of Mercury in Urine as an Indicator of Exposure to Low Levels of Mercury Vapor
  Joyce S. Tsuji, Pamela R.D. Williams, Melanie R. Edwards, Krishna P. Allamneni, Michael A. Kelsh, Dennis J. Paustenbach, and Patrick J. Sheehan
  p. 623

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• Relationship of Blood and Bone Lead to Menopause and Bone Mineral Density among Middle-Age Women in Mexico City
  Francisco Garrido Latorre, Mauricio Hernández-Avila, Juan Tamayo Orozco, Carlos A. Albores Medina, Antonio Aro, Eduardo Palazuelos, and Howard Hu
  p. 631

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• Methyl Mercury and Inorganic Mercury in Swedish Pregnant Women and in Cord Blood: Influence of Fish Consumption
  K. Ask Björnberg, M. Vahter, K. Petersson-Grawé, A. Glynn, S. Cnattingius, P. O. Darnerud, S. Atuma, M. Aune, W. Becker, and M. Berglund
  p. 637

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Children's Health

Commentary

• The National Children's Study of Environmental Effects on Child Health and Development
  The National Children's Study Interagency Coordinating Committee
  p. 642

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• Asthma Symptoms in Hispanic Children and Daily Ambient Exposures to Toxic and Criteria Air Pollutants
  Ralph J. Delfino, Henry Gong, Jr., William S. Linn, Edo D. Pellizzari, and Ye Hu
  p. 647

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• Presence of Asthma Risk Factors and Environmental Exposures Related to Upper Respiratory Infection-Triggered Wheezing in Middle School-Age Children
  Mark Sotir, Karin Yeatts, and Carl Shy
  p. 657

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• Childhood Cancer Incidence Rates and Hazardous Air Pollutants in California: An Exploratory Analysis
  Peggy Reynolds, Julie Von Behren, Robert B. Gunier, Debbie E. Goldberg, Andrew Hertz, and Daniel F. Smith
  p. 663

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Announcements

• NIEHS Extramural Update
  p. A 237
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