RISK CHARACTERIZATION | Causality and the Interpretation of Epidemiologic Evidence
Michael Kundi
p. 969 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

RISK ASSESSMENT | Intersubject Variability of Risk from Perchlorate in Community Water Supplies
Doug Crawford-Brown, Bob Raucher, and Megan Harrod
p. 975 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

POPULATION HEALTH | Integrating Research, Surveillance, and Practice in Environmental Public Health Tracking
Amy D. Kyle, John R. Balmes, Patricia A. Buffler, and Philip R. Lee
p. 980 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

GENE POLYMORPHISM | Paraoxonase Polymorphisms, Haplotypes, and Enzyme Activity in Latino Mothers and Newborns
Nina Holland, Clement Furlong, Maria Bastaki, Rebecca Richter, Asa Bradman, Karen Huen, Kenneth Beckman, and Brenda Eskenazi
p. 985 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE | Diabetes, Obesity, and Hypertension May Enhance Associations between Air Pollution and Markers of Systemic Inflammation
Sara D. Dubowsky, Helen Suh, Joel Schwartz, Brent A. Coull, and Diane R. Gold
p. 992 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT | Organophosphate Pesticide Exposure and Work in Pome Fruit: Evidence for the Take-Home Pesticide Pathway
Gloria D. Coronado, Eric M. Vigoren, Beti Thompson, William C. Griffith, and Elaine M. Faustman
p. 999 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

RISK ASSESSMENT | Cancer Mortality in Workers Exposed to Organochlorine Compounds in the Pulp and Paper Industry: An International Collaborative Study
David McLean, Neil Pearce, Hilde Langseth, Paavo Jäppinen, Irena Szadkowska-Stanczyk, Bodil Persson, Pascal Wild, Reiko Kishi, Elsebeth Lynge, Paul Henneberger, Maria Sala, Kay Teschke, Timo Kauppinen, Didier Colin, Manolis Kogevinas, and Paolo Boffetta
p. 1007 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

RESPIRATORY DISEASE | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Mortality in Diesel-Exposed Railroad Workers
Jaime E. Hart, Francine Laden, Marc B. Schenker, and Eric Garshick
p. 1013 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE | The Effects of Air Pollution on Hospitalizations for Cardiovascular Disease in Elderly People in Australian and New Zealand Cities
Adrian G. Barnett, Gail M. Williams, Joel Schwartz, Trudi L. Best, Anne H. Neller, Anna L. Petroeschevsky, and Rod W. Simpson
p. 1018 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY | PCB-Related Alteration of Thyroid Hormones and Thyroid Hormone Receptor Gene Expression in Free-Ranging Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina)
Maki Tabuchi, Nik Veldhoen, Neil Dangerfield, Steven Jeffries, Caren C. Helbing, and Peter S. Ross
p. 1024 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

INFECTIOUS DISEASE | Isolation of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria from the Air Plume Downwind of a Swine Confined or Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
Shawn G. Gibbs, Christopher F. Green, Patrick M. Tarwater, Linda C. Mota, Kristina D. Mena, and Pasquale V. Scarpino
p. 1032 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

RISK CHARACTERIZATION | Occupational Exposure to Pfiesteria Species in Estuarine Waters Is Not a Risk Factor for Illness
J. Glenn Morris Jr., Lynn M. Grattan, Leslie A. Wilson, Walter A. Meyer, Robert McCarter, Holly A. Bowers, J. Richard Hebel, Diane L. Matuszak, and David W. Oldach
Also see Science Selections, p. A429
p. 1038 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

RESPIRATORY DISEASE | Ozone and PM_2.5 Exposure and Acute Pulmonary Health Effects: A Study of Hikers in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Steven P. Girardot, P. Barry Ryan, Susan M. Smith, Wayne T. Davis, Charles B. Hamilton, Richard A. Obenour, James R. Renfro, Kimberly A. Tromatore, and Gregory D. Reed
p. 1044 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT | Validation and Calibration of a Model Used to Reconstruct Historical Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons for Use in Epidemiologic Studies
Jan Beyea, Maureen Hatch, Steven D. Stellman, Regina M. Santella, Susan L. Teitelbaum, Bogdan Prokopczyk, David Camann, and Marilie D. Gammon
p. 1053 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

IMMUNOLOGY | Propanil Exposure Induces Delayed but Sustained Abrogation of Cell-Mediated Immunity through Direct Interference with Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Effectors
James M. Sheil, Marc A. Frankenberry, Todd D. Schell, Kathleen M. Brundage, and John B. Barnett
p. 1059 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

IMMUNOLOGY | Evaluation of Serum Immunoglobulins among Individuals Living Near Six Superfund Sites
Dhelia M. Williamson, Mary C. White, Charles Poole, David Kleinbaum, Robert Vogt, and Kari North
p. 1065 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

KIDNEY DISEASE | Benchmark Dose for Cadmium-Induced Renal Effects in Humans
Yasushi Suwazono, Salomon Sand, Marie Vahter, Agneta Falk Filipsson, Staffan Skerfving, Jonas Lidfeldt, and Agneta Åkesson
p. 1072 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

RISK ASSESSMENT | Arsenic Cancer Risk Confounder in Southwest Taiwan Data Set
Steven H. Lamm, Arnold Engel, Cecilia A. Penn, Rusan Chen, and Manning Feinleib
p. 1077 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION | Uncoupling of ATP-Mediated Calcium Signaling and Dysregulated Interleukin-6 Secretion in Dendritic Cells by Nanomolar Thimerosal
Samuel R. Goth, Ruth A. Chu, Jeffrey P. Gregg, Gennady Cherednichenko, and Isaac N. Pessah
Also see Science Selections, p. A429
p. 1083 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT | Does Living Near a Superfund Site Contribute to Higher Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Exposure?
Anna L. Choi, Jonathan I. Levy, Douglas W. Dockery, Louise M. Ryan, Paige E. Tolbert, Larisa M. Altshul, and Susan A. Korrick
p. 1092 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE | Satratoxin G from the Black Mold Stachybotrys chartarum Evokes Olfactory Sensory Neuron Loss and Inflammation in the Murine Nose and Brain
Zahidul Islam, Jack R. Harkema, and James J. Pestka
Also see Science Selections, p. A428
p. 1099 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

POPULATION HEALTH | Meeting Report: National Workshops for the Communication of Air Pollution and Health Information: Summary of Four Workshops in Different Regions of Europe
Eric Gordon Sanderson, Nina Fudge, Annike Irene Totlandsdal, Ingrid Hovelynck, Herbert Korbee, Edith Rameckers, Bert Brunekreef, and Leendert van Bree
p. 1108 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

CANCER | Potential Residential Exposure to Toxics Release Inventory Chemicals during Pregnancy and Childhood Brain Cancer
Hannah S. Choi, Youn K. Shim, Wendy E. Kaye, and P. Barry Ryan
Also see Science Selections, p. A428
p. 1113 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

NEURODEVELOPMENT | The CHARGE Study: An Epidemiologic Investigation of Genetic and Environmental Factors Contributing to Autism
Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Lisa A. Croen, Robin Hansen, Carrie R. Jones, Judy van de Water, and Isaac N. Pessah
p. 1119 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

RESPIRATORY DISEASE | Coal Home Heating and Environmental Tobacco Smoke in Relation to Lower Respiratory Illness in Czech Children, from Birth to 3 Years of Age
Rebecca J. Baker (posthumous), Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Miroslav Dostál, Jean A. Keller, Jiri Nozicka, Frantisek Kotesovec, Jan Dejmek (posthumous), Dana Loomis, and Radim J. Srám
p. 1126 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH | Persistent Pesticides in Human Breast Milk and Cryptorchidism
Ida N. Damgaard, Niels E. Skakkebæk, Jorma Toppari, Helena E. Virtanen, Heqing Shen, Karl-Werner Schramm, Jørgen H. Petersen, Tina K. Jensen, Katharina M. Main, and the Nordic Cryptorchidism Study Group
p. 1133 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]