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Animal Sentinels for Environmental and Public Health [PDF]

Public Health Reports®, 2011
Studies of the effects of environmental exposures on domestic and wild animals can corroborate or inform epidemiologic studies in humans. Animals may be sensitive indicators of environmental hazards and provide an early warning system for public health intervention, as exemplified by the iconic canary in the coal mine.
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Public health implications of environmental exposures.

Environmental Health Perspectives, 1998
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is a public health agency with responsibility for assessing the public health implications associated with uncontrolled releases of hazardous substances into the environment. The biological effects of low-level exposures are a primary concern in these assessments. One of the tools used by the
C T, De Rosa, H R, Pohl, M, Williams, A A, Ademoyero, C H, Chou, D E, Jones   +5 more
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Long‐Term Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution Is Associated With 30‐Day Readmissions and Hospital Visits Among Patients With Heart Failure

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background Long‐term air pollution exposure is a significant risk factor for inpatient hospital admissions in the general population. However, we lack information on whether long‐term air pollution exposure is a risk factor for hospital readmissions ...
Cavin K. Ward‐Caviness,, Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi,, Joshua Moyer,, Anne M. Weaver,, Wayne E. Cascio,, Qian Di,, Joel D. Schwartz,, David Diaz‐Sanchez,   +7 more
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Serum metabolome and liver transcriptome reveal acrolein inhalation-induced sex-specific homeostatic dysfunction

Scientific Reports, 2023
Acrolein, a respiratory irritant, induces systemic neuroendocrine stress. However, peripheral metabolic effects have not been examined. Male and female WKY rats were exposed to air (0 ppm) or acrolein (3.16 ppm) for 4 h, followed by immediate serum and ...
Devin I. Alewel, Katherine M. Rentschler, Thomas W. Jackson, Mette C. Schladweiler, Anna Astriab-Fisher, Paul A. Evansky, Urmila P. Kodavanti   +6 more
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A National strategy to revitalize environmental public health services [PDF]

"The process of developing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) National Strategy to Revitalize Environmental Public Health Services required input from stakeholders representing all areas of environmental public health.

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Platelet Mitochondrial DNA Methylation as Epigenetic Biomarker of Short-Term Air Pollution Exposure in Healthy Subjects

Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2022
Air pollution exposure is now considered a growing concern for global public health. RNA or DNA methylation changes caused by air pollution may be related to the development of cardiovascular disease.
Huimin Sun, Yanting Li, Jianzhong Zhang, Teng Shi, Xin Li, Xue Cao, Tao Wang, Nan Kong, Yaxian Pang, Tsendmaa Bold, Yuxin Zheng, Rong Zhang, Jinglong Tang   +12 more
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Defining Environmental Health Literacy

, 2021
Environmental Health Literacy (EHL) is embraced as important for improving public health by preventing disability and disease from our environment.
Melissa Manoogian, Manoogian, Melissa, Ben, Richmond, Chen, S.-R., Lindsey, M., Ben, R., Lindsey, Marti, Manoogian, M., Chen, Shaw-Ree, Marti Lindsey, Shaw-Ree Chen, Jordan Spradlin, Spradlin, Jordan, Spradlin, J., Richmond Ben   +14 more
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Factors associated with self-reported health: implications for screening level community-based health and environmental studies

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Advocates for environmental justice, local, state, and national public health officials, exposure scientists, need broad-based health indices to identify vulnerable communities.
Jane E. Gallagher, Adrien A. Wilkie, Alissa Cordner, Edward E. Hudgens, Andrew J. Ghio, Rebecca J. Birch, Timothy J. Wade   +6 more
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International environmental law and global public health

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2002
The environment continues to be a source of ill-health for many people, particularly in developing countries. International environmental law offers a viable strategy for enhancing public health through the promotion of increased awareness of the ...
Schirnding Yasmin von, Onzivu William, Adede Andronico O.   +2 more
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Associations of essential trace metals with telomere length in general population: a cross-sectional study

Scientific Reports
This study investigated the relationship between essential plasma metals (Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Mo, Se, Zn) and telomere length in 2,194 Chinese adults aged ≥ 30 years.
Jiahui Rong, Qiumei Liu, Tiantian Zhang, Yufu Lu, Zeyan Ye, Kaisheng Teng, Lei Luo, Songju Wu, Linhai Zhao, Wenjia Jin, Qinyi Guan, You Li, Jian Qin, Jiansheng Cai, Zhiyong Zhang   +14 more
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