RISK ASSESSMENT | A Comparison of the Monetized Impact of IQ Decrements from Mercury Emissions
Charles Griffiths, Al McGartland, and Maggie Miller
841 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT | Household Air Pollution from Coal and Biomass Fuels in China: Measurements, Health Impacts, and Interventions
Junfeng (Jim) Zhang and Kirk R. Smith
848 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT | Massive Microbiological Groundwater Contamination Associated with a Waterborne Outbreak in Lake Erie, South Bass Island, Ohio
Theng-Theng Fong, Linda S. Mansfield, David L. Wilson, David J. Schwab, Stephanie L. Molloy, and Joan B. Rose
856 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

NEURODEVELOPMENT | Neonatal Exposure to Brominated Flame Retardant BDE-47 Reduces Long-Term Potentiation and Postsynaptic Protein Levels in Mouse Hippocampus
Milou M.L. Dingemans, Geert M.J. Ramakers, Fabrizio Gardoni, Regina G.D.M. van Kleef, Åke Bergman, Monica Di Luca, Martin van den Berg, Remco H.S. Westerink, and Henk P.M. Vijverberg
865 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE | Lead Levels and Ischemic Heart Disease in a Prospective Study of Middle-Aged and Elderly Men: the VA Normative Aging Study
Nitin B. Jain, Vijayalakshmi Potula, Joel Schwartz, Pantel S. Vokonas, David Sparrow, Robert O. Wright, Huiling Nie, and Howard Hu
871 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM | Concentrations of Urinary Phthalate Metabolites Are Associated with Increased Waist Circumference and Insulin Resistance in Adult U.S. Males
Richard W. Stahlhut, Edwin van Wijngaarden, Timothy D. Dye, Stephen Cook, and Shanna H. Swan
Also see Science Selections, p. A312
876 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

BONE AND CARTILAGE | Positive Associations of Serum Concentration of Polychlorinated Biphenyls or Organochlorine Pesticides with Self-Reported Arthritis, Especially Rheumatoid Type, in Women
Duk-Hee Lee, Michael Steffes, and David R. Jacobs Jr.
883 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT | Dietary Arsenic Exposure in Bangladesh
Molly L. Kile, E. Andres Houseman, Carrie V. Breton, Thomas Smith, Quazi Quamruzzaman, Mahmuder Rahman, Golam Mahiuddin, and David C. Christiani
889 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT | PBTK Modeling Demonstrates Contribution of Dermal and Inhalation Exposure Components to End-Exhaled Breath Concentrations of Naphthalene
David Kim, Melvin E. Andersen, Yi-Chun E. Chao, Peter P. Egeghy, Stephen M. Rappaport, and Leena A. Nylander-French
894 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

GENE EXPRESSION | Estradiol and Bisphenol A Stimulate Androgen Receptor and Estrogen Receptor Gene Expression in Fetal Mouse Prostate Mesenchyme Cells
Catherine A. Richter, Julia A. Taylor, Rachel L. Ruhlen, Wade V. Welshons, and Frederick S. vom Saal
902 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

NEURODEVELOPMENT | Exposure to Organophosphates Reduces the Expression of Neurotrophic Factors in Neonatal Rat Brain Regions: Similarities and Differences in the Effects of Chlorpyrifos and Diazinon on the Fibroblast Growth Factor Superfamily
Theodore A. Slotkin, Frederic J. Seidler, and Fabio Fumagalli
909 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

POPULATION HEALTH | Reduction in Urinary Arsenic Levels in Response to Arsenic Mitigation Efforts in Araihazar, Bangladesh
Yu Chen, Alexander van Geen, Joseph H. Graziano, Alexander Pfaff, Malgosia Madajewicz, Faruque Parvez, A.Z.M. Iftekhar Hussain, Vesna Slavkovich, Tariqul Islam, and Habibul Ahsan
917 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

NEURODEVELOPMENT | Workgroup Report: Incorporating In Vitro Alternative Methods for Developmental Neurotoxicity into International Hazard and Risk Assessment Strategies
Sandra Coecke, Alan M Goldberg, Sandra Allen, Leonora Buzanska, Gemma Calamandrei, Kevin Crofton, Lars Hareng, Thomas Hartung, Holger Knaut, Paul Honegger, Miriam Jacobs, Pamela Lein, Abby Li, William Mundy, David Owen, Steffen Schneider, Ellen Silbergeld, Torsten Reum, Tomas Trnovec, Florianne Monnet-Tschudi, and Anna Bal-Price
924 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

RESPIRATORY DISEASE | Case Report: Silicatosis in a Carpet Installer
Jaime Szeinuk and Elizabeth J. Wilk-Rivard
932 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

MUTAGENESIS | Does Methylphenidate Cause a Cytogenetic Effect in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?
Susanne Walitza, Birgit Werner, Marcel Romanos, Andreas Warnke, Manfred Gerlach, and Helga Stopper
Also see Science Selections, p. A313
936 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

FETAL DEVELOPMENT | Declines in Sex Ratio at Birth and Fetal Deaths in Japan, and in U.S. Whites but Not African Americans
Devra Lee Davis, Pamela Webster, Hillary Stainthorpe, Janice Chilton, Lovell Jones, and Rikuo Doi
Also see Science Selections, p. A312
941 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EPIDEMIOLOGY | Childhood Leukemia in the Vicinity of the Geesthacht Nuclear Establishments near Hamburg, Germany
Wolfgang Hoffmann, Claudia Terschueren, and David B. Richardson
Also see Science Selections, p. A313
947 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

BUILT ENVIRONMENT | Improving Indoor Environmental Quality for Public Health: Impediments and Policy Recommendations
Felicia Wu, David Jacobs, Clifford Mitchell, David Miller, and Meryl H. Karol
953 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

BUILT ENVIRONMENT | Current State of the Science: Health Effects and Indoor Environmental Quality
Clifford S. Mitchell, Junfeng (Jim) Zhang, Torben Sigsgaard, Matti Jantunen, Paul J. Lioy, Robert Samson, and Meryl H. Karol
958 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

BUILT ENVIRONMENT | Elements That Contribute to Healthy Building Design
Vivian Loftness, Bert Hakkinen, Olaf Adan, and Aino Nevalainen
965 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

BUILT ENVIRONMENT | Childhood Asthma and Environmental Interventions
Felicia Wu and Tim K. Takaro
971 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

BUILT ENVIRONMENT | Linking Public Health, Housing, and Indoor Environmental Policy: Successes and Challenges at Local and Federal Agencies in the United States
David E. Jacobs, Tom Kelly, and John Sobolewski
976 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

BUILT ENVIRONMENT | In Search of a Common European Approach to a Healthy Indoor Environment
Olaf C.G. Adan, Julie Ng-A-Tham, Wojtek Hanke, Torben Sigsgaard, Peter van den Hazel, and Felicia Wu
983 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]