Environmental Exposure
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

State-specific secondhand smoke exposure and current cigarette smoking among adults - United States, 2008.

11 Nov 2009 Secondhand smoke (SHS) causes immediate and long-term adverse health effects in nonsmoking adults and children, including heart disease and lung cancer, and SHS exposure occurs primarily in homes and workplaces. Smoke-free policies, including not ... Read more...

The Viracept-EMS case: impact and outlook.

10 Nov 2009 This perspective first considers the potential impact of the Viracept-EMS case in the framework of the current understanding of the low-dose effects of DNA-reactive chemicals and the approaches used to estimate health risks from genotoxins occurring ... Read more...

Assessment of exposure to secondhand smoke at outdoor bars and family restaurants in Athens, Georgia, using salivary cotinine.

30 Oct 2009 Exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) in outdoor settings is a growing public health concern due to recent indoor smoking bans. The objective of this study was to measure salivary cotinine, a metabolite of nicotine, in subjects aged 21-30 exposed to ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Environmental Exposure'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• State-specific secondhand smoke exposure and current cigarette smoking among adults - United States, 2008. 11 Nov 2009
• The Viracept-EMS case: impact and outlook. 10 Nov 2009
• Gene-environment interactions and depression. 2 Nov 2009
• Gene-environment interactions and depression. 2 Nov 2009
• Sarcoidosis: epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, and genetics. 30 Oct 2009
• Assessment of exposure to secondhand smoke at outdoor bars and family restaurants in Athens, Georgia, using salivary cotinine. 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
• Perfluorooctane sulphonate and perfluorooctanoic acid in drinking and environmental waters. 11 Oct 2009
• The formation and control of emerging disinfection by-products of health concern. 11 Oct 2009
• The epidemiology and possible mechanisms of disinfection by-products in drinking water. 11 Oct 2009
• Organic contaminants in sewage sludge (biosolids) and their significance for agricultural recycling. 11 Oct 2009
• Environmental mercury exposure and blood pressure among Nunavik Inuit adults. 3 Oct 2009
• Traffic exposure--heart attack trigger? 29 Sep 2009
• Longitudinal assessment of spirometry in World Trade Center responders. 29 Sep 2009
• Fungicide risk assessment for aquatic ecosystems: importance of interspecific variation, toxic mode of action, and exposure regime. 29 Sep 2009
• Perinatal exposure to perchlorate. thiocyanate, and nitrate in New Jersey mothers and newborns. 29 Sep 2009
• Selenium increases expression of HSP70 and antioxidant enzymes to lessen oxidative damage in Fincoal-type fluorosis. 29 Sep 2009
• Association of lifetime cadmium intake or drinking Jinzu River water with the occurrence of renal tubular dysfunction. 29 Sep 2009
• Multiple metals predict prolactin and thyrotropin (TSH) levels in men. 29 Sep 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