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Environmental Exposure - Adverse effects
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Definition of 'Environmental Exposure'The exposure to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents in the environment or to environmental factors that may include ionizing radiation, pathogenic organisms, or toxic chemicals. Common names: Environmental Exposure; Exposure, Environmental; Environmental Exposures; Exposures, Environmental |
Monday, November 23, 2009
19 Oct 2009 
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) are compounds that do not occur in nature but have been widely used since World War II and persist indefinitely in the environment. They are present in the serum of Americans with ... Read more...
13 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: This ecological study describes and quantifies the association between ambient ultraviolet (UV) radiation levels, including daily winter vitamin D effective UV radiation levels and the incidence of the 3 antineutrophil cytoplasmic ... Read more...
Environmental mercury exposure and blood pressure among Nunavik Inuit adults.
3 Oct 2009 Epidemiological evidence suggests a negative impact of methylmercury on the cardiovascular system, but findings regarding the effect on blood pressure (BP) are not consistent. We aimed to study the impact of mercury levels on BP among Nunavik Inuit ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Environmental Exposure - Adverse effects'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Sarcoidosis: epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, and genetics.
30 Oct 2009 - Association of perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate with serum lipids among adults living near a chemical plant. 19 Oct 2009
- Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitides: could geographic patterns be explained by ambient ultraviolet radiation? 13 Oct 2009
- Environmental mercury exposure and blood pressure among Nunavik Inuit adults. 3 Oct 2009
- Traffic exposure--heart attack trigger? 29 Sep 2009
- Familial factors do not confound the association between birth weight and childhood asthma. 26 Sep 2009
- Seasonality of mortality: the September phenomenon in Mediterranean countries. 19 Sep 2009
- Declines in acute myocardial infarction after smoke-free laws and individual risk attributable to secondhand smoke. 19 Sep 2009
- Impact of chlorinated swimming pool attendance on the respiratory health of adolescents. 12 Sep 2009
- Lead poisoning cases spark riots in China. 10 Sep 2009
- Environmental toxins and Parkinson's disease: what have we learned from pesticide-induced animal models? 31 Aug 2009
- Nasal physiological reactivity of subjects with nonallergic rhinitis to cold air provocation: a pilot comparison of subgroups. 30 Aug 2009
- Environmental factors promoting bladder cancer. 30 Aug 2009
- Peridomestic Lyme disease prevention: results of a population-based case-control study. 30 Aug 2009
- Human exposure to endocrine disruptors and breast milk. 30 Aug 2009
- Occurrence of frostbite in the general population--work-related and individual factors. 30 Aug 2009
- Environmental risk factors for diarrhoea among male schoolchildren in Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia. 30 Aug 2009
- Risk factors, prevention and early detection of prostate cancer. 30 Aug 2009
- Asbestos production increases despite WHO opposition. 30 Aug 2009
- Trigger factors in childhood migraine: a clinic-based study from eastern India. 23 Aug 2009
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Technical information about 'Environmental Exposure'
Definition: The exposure to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents in the environment or to environmental factors that may include ionizing radiation, pathogenic organisms, or toxic chemicals.
Descriptor UI: D004781
Alternative terms: Environmental Exposure; Exposure, Environmental; Environmental Exposures; Exposures, Environmental;
Related Mesh Headings: Environmental Monitoring; Environmental Pollutants; Occupational Exposure; Multiple Chemical Sensitivity; Environmental Illness; Persian Gulf Syndrome;
Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; analysis; classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control; standards; statistics & numerical data; ethics;
Tree Number: N06.850.460.350;
History Note: 74(67)
Technical Notes: may or may not result in a disease; coord IM with specific substance (IM); DF: ENVIR EXPOSURE