CCCEH Scientific Papers

Northern Manhattan / South Bronx Study

2011

Bookman, E.B., K. McAllister, E. Gillanders, K. Wanke, D. Balshaw, J. Rutter, J. Reedy, D. Shaughnessy, T. Agurs-Collins, D. Paltoo, A. Atienza, L. Bierut, P. Kraft, M.D. Fallin, F. Perera, E. Turkheimer, J. Boardman, M.L. Marazita, S.M. Rappaport, E. Boerwinkle, S.J. Suomi, N.E. Caporaso, I. Hertz-Picciotto, K.C. Jacobson, W.L. Lowe, L.R. Goldman, P. Duggal, M.R. Gunnar, T.A. Manolio, E.D. Green, D.H. Olster, and L.S. Birnbaum, Gene-environment interplay in common complex diseases: forging an integrative model-recommendations from an NIH workshop. Genet Epidemiol, 2011

Factor, P., A.T. Akhmedov, J.D. McDonald, A. Qu, J. Wu, H. Jiang, T. Dasgupta, R.A. Panettieri Jr, F. Perera, and R.L. Miller, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Impair {beta}2AR Function in Airway Epithelial and Smooth Muscle Cells. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol, 2011.

Horton, M., A. Rundle, D. Camann, D. Barr, V. Rauh, and R. Whyatt, Impact of prenatal exposure to piperonyl butoxide and permethrin on 36-month neurodevelopment. Pediatrics, 2011.

Jung, K.H., K. Bernabe, K. Moors, B. Yan, S.N. Chillrud, R. Whyatt, D. Camann, P.L. Kinney, F.P. Perera, and R.L. Miller, Effects of Floor Level and Building Type on Residential Levels of Outdoor and Indoor Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Black Carbon, and Particulate Matter in New York City. Atmosphere (Basel), 2011.

Olmedo, O., I.F. Goldstein, L. Acosta, A. Divjan, A.G. Rundle, G.L. Chew, R.B. Mellins, L. Hoepner, H. Andrews, S. Lopez-Pintado, J.W. Quinn, F.P. Perera, R.L. Miller, J.S. Jacobson, and M.S. Perzanowski, Neighborhood differences in exposure and sensitization to cockroach, mouse, dust mite, cat, and dog allergens in New York City. J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2011.

Patel, M., J. Quinn, K. Jung, L. Hoepner, D. Diaz, M. Perzanowski, A. Rundle, P.L. Kinney, F.P. Perera, R.L. Miller, Traffic density and stationary sources of air pollution associated with wheeze, asthma, and immunoglobulin E from birth to age 5 years among New York City children. Environmental Research, 2011. In press

Perera, F. Cancer: the big questions to address in coming years. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 2011.

Perera, F. Molecular epidemiology, prenatal exposure and prevention of cancer. Environ Health, 2011.

Perera, F. and J. Herbstman, Prenatal Environmental Exposures, Epigenetics, and Disease. Reprod Toxicol, 2011.

Reyes M., Perzanowski M.S., Whyatt R.M., Kelvin E.A., Rundle A.G., Diaz D.M., Hoepner L., Perera F.P., Rauh V., Miller R.L. Relationship between maternal demoralization, wheeze, and immunoglobulin E among inner-city children. Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology: official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology, 2011.

Perera, F., S. Wang, J. Vishnevetsky, B. Zhang, KJ Cole, D. Tang, V. Rauh, DH Philips, PAH/Aromatic DNA Adducts in Cord Blood and Behavior Scores in New York City Children. Environ Health Perspect, 2011.

Perera, F.P., T.Y. Li, C. Lin, D. Tang, S.G. Gilbert, S.K. Kang, and M. Aschner, Current needs and future directions of occupational safety and heath in a globalized world. Neurotoxicology, 2011.

Rauh, V., Aurunajadai, S., Horton, M., Perera, F., Hoepner, L., Barr, D., Whyatt, R. 7-Year Neurodevelopmental Scores and Prenatal Exposure to Chlorpyrifos, a Common Agricultural Pesticide. Environ Health Perspect, 2011.

Weiland, K., Neidell, M., Rauh, V., Perera, F. Cost of Developmental Delay from Prenatal Exposure to Airborne Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. J Health Care Poor Underserved, 2011. 22(1): p. 320-9

Whyatt, R.M., X. Liu, V.A. Rauh, A.C. Just, L. Hoepner, D. Diaz, J. Quinn, J. Adibi, F.P. Perera. Maternal Prenatal Urinary Phthalate Metabolite Concentrations and Child Mental and Psychomotor Development and Behavioral Development at Age Three Years. Environmental Health Perspective, 2011. In press

Yan, B., D. Kennedy, R.L. Miller, J.P. Cowin, K.H. Jung, M. Perzanowski, M. Balletta, F.P. Perera, P.L. Kinney, and S.N. Chillrud, Validating a nondestructive optical method for apportioning colored particulate matter into black carbon and additional components. Atmos Environ, 2011.

2010

Adibi, J.J., R.M. Whyatt, R. Hauser, H.K. Bhat, B.J. Davis, A.M. Calafat, L.A. Hoepner, F.P. Perera, D. Tang, and P.L. Williams, Transcriptional biomarkers of steroidogenesis and trophoblast differentiation in the placenta in relation to prenatal phthalate exposure. Environ Health Perspect, 2010. 118(2): p. 291-6.

Chang, C., K. Gauvey-Kern, A. Johnson, E. Kelvin, G. Chew, F. Perera, and R. Miller, Cord blood versus age 5 mononuclear cell proliferation on IgE and asthma. Clinical and Molecular Allergy, 2010. 8(1): p. 11.

Choi, H. and F.P. Perera, Sources of greater fetal vulnerability to airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons among African Americans. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2010.

Horton MK, Jacobson JB, McKelvey W, Holmes D, Fincher B, Quantano A, Diaz BP, Shabbazz F, Shepard P, Rundle A, Whyatt RM. Characterization of residential pest control products used in inner city communities in New York City. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, published online June 16, 2010.

Jung KH, Patel MM, Moors K, Kinney PL, Chillrud SN, Whyatt R, Hoepner L, Garfinkel R, Yan B, Ross J, Camann D, Perera FP, Miller RL. Effects of heating season on residential indoor and outdoor polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, black carbon, and particulate matter in an urban birth cohort. Atmospheric Environment, 44:4545-4552, 2010.

Jung, K.H., B. Yan, S.N. Chillrud, F.P. Perera, R. Whyatt, D. Camann, P.L. Kinney, and R.L. Miller, Assessment of Benzo(a)pyrene-equivalent Carcinogenicity and Mutagenicity of Residential Indoor versus Outdoor Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Exposing Young Children in New York City. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2010. 7(5): p. 1889-900.

Just AC, Adibi JJ, Rundle AG, Calafat AM, Camann DE, Hauser R, Silva MJ, Whyatt RM. Urinary and air phthalate concentrations and self-reported use of personal care products among minority pregnant women in New York City. J Expos Sci Environ Epidemiol 2010.

Kurisakose, J.S. and R.L. Miller, Environmental Epigenetics and Allergic Diseases: Recent Advances. Clin Exp Allergy. 40(11): p. 1602-10.

Lin, L., H. Zhu, C. Quan, G. Grunig, M. Ballaney, X. Jin, F.P. Perera, P.H. Factor, L.C. Chen, and R.L. Miller, Prenatal allergen and diesel exhaust exposure and their effects on allergy in adult offspring mice. Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol, 2010. 6(1): p. 7.

Lovasi GS, Quinn JW, Rauh VA, Perera FP, Andrews HF, Garfinkel R, Hoepner L, Whyatt R, Rundle A. Chlorpyrifos Exposure and Urban Residential Environment Characteristics as Determinants of Early Childhood Neurodevelopment. American Journal of Public Health, published online March 18, 2010.

Miller, R.L., R. Garfinkel, C. Lendor, L. Hoepner, Z. Li, L. Romanoff, A. Sjodin, L. Needham, F.P. Perera, and R.M. Whyatt, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolite levels and pediatric allergy and asthma in an inner-city cohort. Pediatr Allergy Immunol, 2010. 21(2 Pt 1): p. 260-7.

Orjuela, M.A., X. Liu, D. Warburton, A.L. Siebert, C. Cujar, D. Tang, V. Jobanputra, and F.P. Perera, Prenatal PAH exposure is associated with chromosome-specific aberrations in cord blood. Mutation Research, 2010.

Perzanowski, M.S., R.L. Miller, D. Tang, D. Ali, R.S. Garfinkel, G.L. Chew, I.F. Goldstein, F.P. Perera, and R.G. Barr, Prenatal acetaminophen exposure and risk of wheeze at age 5 years in an urban low- income cohort. Thorax, 2010. 65(2): p. 118-23.

Rauh, VA., MK Horton, RL Miller, RM Whyatt, F Perera Neonatology and the Environment: Impact of Early Exposure to Airborne Environment Toxicants on Infant and Child Development. Neoreviews, 2010. 11: 363-369.

Ricceri, F., R.W. Godschalk, M. Peluso, D. Phillips, A. Agudo, P.A. Georgiadis, S. Loft, A.M. Tjonneland, O. Raaschou-Nielsen, D. Palli, F. Perera, R. Vermeulen, E. Taioli, R.J. Sram, A. Munnia, F. Rosa, A. Allione, G. Matullo, and P.P. Vineis, Bulky DNA adducts in white blood cells: a pooled analysis of 3600 subjects. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 2010.

Rosa, M.J., A. Divjan, L. Hoepner, B.J. Sheares, D. Diaz, K. Gauvey-Kern, F.P. Perera, R.L. Miller, and M.S. Perzanowski, Fractional exhaled nitric oxide exchange parameters among 9-year-old inner-city children. Pediatric Pulmonology, 2010.

Rosa, M.J., K.H. Jung, M.S. Perzanowski, E.A. Kelvin, K.W. Darling, D.E. Camann, S.N. Chillrud, R.M. Whyatt, P.L. Kinney, F.P. Perera, and R.L. Miller, Prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, environmental tobacco smoke and asthma. Respir Med, 2010.

Wang, S., S. Chanock, D. Tang, Z. Li, S. Edwards, W. Jedrychowski, and F.P. Perera, Effect of gene- environment Interactions on mental development in African American, Dominican, and Caucasian mothers and newborns. Ann Hum Genet, 2010. 74(1): p. 46-56.

Whyatt, R.M., J.J. Adibi, A.M. Calafat, D.E. Camann, V. Rauh, H.K. Bhat, F.P. Perera, H. Andrews, A.C. Just, L. Hoepner, D. Tang, and R. Hauser, Prenatal di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate exposure and length of gestation among an inner-city cohort. Pediatrics, 2010. 124(6): p. e1213-20.

2009

Adibi JJ, Hauser R, Williams PL, Whyatt RM, Calafat AM, Nelson H, Herrick, R. Swan S. Maternal Urinary Metabolites of Di-(2-Ethylhexyl) Phthalate in Relation to the Timing of Labor in a US Multicenter Pregnancy Cohort Study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 169: 1015-1024, 2009.

Kass D, McKelvey W, Carlton E, Hernandez M, Chew G, Nagle S, Garfinkel R, Clarke B, Tiven J, Espino C, Evans D. Effectiveness of an Integrated Pest Management Intervention in Controlling Cockroaches, Mice and Allergens in New York City Public Housing. Environmental Health Perspectives, published online April 16, 2009.

Kwak, E.S., A. Just, R. Whyatt, and R.L. Miller, Phthalates, Pesticides, and Bisphenol-A Exposure and the Development of Nonoccupational Asthma and Allergies: How Valid Are the Links? Open Allergy J, 2009. 2: p. 45-50.

Miller RL, Garfinkel R, Lendor C, Hoepner L, Li Z, Romanoff L, Sjodin A, Needham L, Perera FP, Whyatt RM. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolite levels and pediatric allergy and asthma in an inner-city cohort. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 2009.

Patel MM, Hoepner L, Garfinkel R, Chillrud S, Reyes A, Quinn JW, Perera F, and Miller RL. Ambient Metals, Elemental Carbon, and Wheeze and Cough in New York City Children through 24 Months of Age. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine, Vol 180:1107–1113, 2009.

Patel MM and Miller RL. Air pollution and childhood asthma: Recent advances and future directions. Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 2009, in press.

Perera FP, Li Z, Whyatt R, Hoepner L, Wang S, Camann D, Rauh V. Prenatal Airborne Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Exposure and Child IQ at Age 5. Pediatrics, published online July 20, 2009.

Perera F, Tang W-Y, Herbstman J, Tang D, Levin L, et al. Relation of DNA Methylation of 59-CpG Island of ACSL3 to Transplacental Exposure to Airborne Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Childhood Asthma. PLoS ONE 4(2): e4488. February, 2009.

Perzanowski MS, Miller RL, Tang D, Ali D, Garfinkel RS, Chew GL, Goldstein IF, Perera FP, Barr RG. Prenatal acetaminophen exposure and risk of wheeze at age 5 years in an urban, low income cohort. Thorax, published online October 22, 2009.

Whyatt RM, Adibi JJ, Calafat AM, Camann DE, Rauh V, Bhat HK, Perera FP, Andrews H, Just AC, Hoepner L, Tang D, Hauser R. Prenatal di(2ethylhexyl) phthalate exposure and length of gestation among an inner city cohort. Pediatrics, 124: e1213-e1220, 2009.

Whyatt RM, Garfinkel R, Hoepner LA, Andrews H, Holmes D, Williams MK, Reyes A, Diaz D, Perera FP. A biomarker validation study of prenatal chlorpyrifos exposure with in inner-city cohort during pregnancy, Environmental Health Perspectives, in press, 2009.

2008

Adibi JJ, Whyatt RM, Williams PL, Calafat AM, Camann D, Herrick R, Nelson H, Bhat HK, Perera FP, Silva MJ, Hauser R. Characterization of phthalate exposure among pregnant women assessed by repeat air and urine samples.Environmental Health Perspectives, 116(4):467-73. April 2008.

Choi H., V. Rauh, R. Garfinkel, Y Tu, FP Perera. Prenatal exposure to airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and risk of intrauterine growth restriction. Environmental Health Perspectives, 116(5):658-65. May 2008.

Donohue KM, Al-alem U, Perzanowski MS, Chew GL, Johnson A, Divjan A, Kelvin EA, Hoepner LA, Perera FP, Miller RL. Anti-cockroach and anti-mouse IgE are associated with early wheeze and atopy in an inner-city birth cohort. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 122(5):914-20, November 2008.

Lendor C., Johnson A., Perzanowski M, Chew G., Goldstein I., Kelvin E., Perera FP, Miller RL. Effects of winter birth season and prenatal indoor allergen exposure on indoor allergen- specific cord blood cell proliferation and cytokine production, Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, 101(2):193-9, 2008.

Liu J, Ballaney M, Al-alem U, Quan C, Jin X, Perera F, Chen LC, Miller RL. Combined inhaled diesel exhaust particles and allergen exposure alter methylation of T helper genes and IgE production in vivo. Toxicological Sciences, 102(1), 76-81, 2008.

Miller RL, Ho, S.-m. Environmental epigenetics and asthma: current concepts and call for studies. Am J. Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, 177(567-573), 2008.

Miller RL, Ho S.-m. Epigenetic studies should focus on specific cell types. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 178:883-883, 2008, letter.

Miller RL. Prenatal maternal diet and asthma risk. The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 118(10):3265-3268, 2008.

Narvaez, Rafael F., Lori Hoepner, Steven N. Chillrud, Beizhan Yan, Robin Garfinkel, Robin Whyatt, David Camann, Frederica P. Perera, Patrick L. Kinney, Rachel L. Miller. Spatial and temporal trends of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and other traffic-related airborne pollutants in New York City, Environmental Science and Technology, 42:7330-35, 2008.

Perera FP. Children are Likely to Suffer Most from our Fossil Fuel Addiction. Environmental Health Perspectives. 116(8): 987–990. August 2008.

Perera FP and Herbstman JB. Emerging technology in molecular epidemiology: what epidemiologists need to know. Epidemiology, 2008, 19(2):350-2.

Perzanowski, M.S., Chew, G.L., Divjan, A., Johnson, A., Goldstein, I.F., Garfinkel, R.S., Hoepner, L.A., Platts-Mills, TAE, Perera, FP, and Miller, RL. Cat ownership is a risk factor for the development of anti-cat IgE but not current wheeze at age 5 years in an inner-city cohort. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (April 2008).

Rauh, VA., PJ Landrigan, L. Claudio. Housing and health: intersection of poverty and environmental exposures. Ann N Y Acad Sci. , 1136:276-88, 2008.

Veglia F, Loft S, Matullo G, Peluso M, Munnia A, Perera F, Phillips DH, Tang D, Autrup H, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Tjonneland A, Vineis P, Genair-EPIC Investigators. DNA adducts and cancer risk in prospective studies: a pooled analysis and meta-analysis. Carcinogenesis, 29(5), 932-6, May 2008.

Williams, M., Rundle, A., Holmes, D., Reyes, M., Hoepner, L., Barr, D., Camann, D., Perera, F., Whyatt M. Changes in pest infestation levels, self-reported pesticides use and permethrin exposure during pregnancy following the 2000-01 US EPA restriction of organophosphates, Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol 116, 1681-8, 2008.

2007

Miller RL, Daswani M, Lendor C. Prenatal exposure to air pollution and respiratory outcomes in children. Passive Smoking and Health Research, Editor: N.A. Jeorgenson, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Chapt 12, 283-296, 2007.

Narvaez R., Moors K, Ramirez M, Miller RL Risks in using non-rigorous Spanish translations of asthma questionnaires. Chest, 131(4): 1271-2, 2007, letter.

Perzanowski MS, Miller RL, Thorne PS, Barr RG, Divjan A, Sheares BJ, Garfinkel RS, Goldstein IF, Perera FP, Rastogi D., Wang C, Mao X, Lendor C, Rothman PB, Miller RL. Antigen-specific immune responses to influenza vaccine in utero. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 117 (6):1637-46, 2007.

Vineis P, Perera F. Molecular epidemiology and biomarkers in etiologic cancer research: the new in light of the old. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 16(10), 1954-65, October 2007.

Whyatt RM, Garfinkel R, Hoepner, LA, Holmes D, Borjas M, Williams MK, Reyes A, Rauh V, Perera F, Camann DE. Within- and between-home variability in indoor-air insecticide levels during pregnancy among an inner-city cohort from New York City. Environmental Health Perspectives, 115(3), pp. 383-9, March 2007.

2006

Chew GL. Endotoxin in inner-city homes and the association with atopy and wheeze in the first two years of life. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 117(5):1082-1089, May 2006.

Chew G, Carlton E, Kass D, Hernandez M, Clarke B, Tiven J, Garfinkel R, Nagle S, Evans D. Determinants of cockroach and mouse exposure and associations with asthma among families and the elderly living in New York City public housing. Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, 2006.

Choi H, Jedrychowski W, Spengler J, Camann DE, Whyatt RM, Rauh V, Tsai W-Y, and Perera FP. International studies of prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and fetal growth Environ Health Perspect, 114:1744-1750, 2006

Mense SM, Sengupta A, Lan C, Zhou M, Bentsman G, Volsky DJ, Whyatt RM, Perera FP, Zhang L. Cyfluthrin, like chlorpyrifos, alters the expression of a subset of genes with diverse function in primary human astrocytes, Toxicol Science, 93:125-135, 2006.

Miller T, Rauh VA, Glied S, Hattis D, Rundle AG, Andrews H, Perera FP. The economic impact of early life environmental tobacco smoke exposure: early intervention for developmental delay. Published Online, Environmental Health Perspectives, July 11, 2006.

Perera FP, Rauh VA, Whyatt RM, Tsai WY, Tang D, Diaz D, Hoepner L, Barr DB, Tu YH, Camann DE, Kinney PL. Effect of prenatal exposure to airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on neurodevelopment in the first three years of life among inner-city children. Environmental Health Perspectives, 114(8):1287-92, August, 2006.

Perera FP, Viswanathan S, Whyatt R, Tang D, Miller RL, Rauh V. Children’s Environmental Health Research — Highlights from the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health. Ann. New York Academy of Sciences, 1076:15-28, 2006.

Rauh VA, Garfinkel R, Perera FP, Andrews H, Barr D, Whitehead D, Tang D, Whyatt RM. Impact of prenatal chlorpyrifos exposure on neurodevelopment in the first three years of life among inner-city children. Pediatrics, 2006.

Williams MK, Barr DB, Camann DE, Cruz LA, Carlton EJ, Borjas M, Reyes A, Evans D, Kinney PL, Whitehead Jr., RD, Matseoane S, Whyatt RM. An intervention to reduce residential insecticide exposure during pregnancy among an inner-city cohort. Published Online, Environmental Health Perspectives, July 27, 2006.

Vásquez VB, Minkler M, Shepard P. Promoting environmental health policy through community based participatory research: A case study from Harlem, New York. Journal of Urban Health, 83(1):101-110, 2006.

2005

Bradman A, Whyatt RM. Characterizing exposures to non-persistent pesticides during pregnancy and early childhood in the National Children’s Study: A review of monitoring and measurement methodologies. Environmental Health Perspectives, 113:1092-9, August, 2005.

Bocskay KA, Tang D, Orjuela MA, Liu X, Warburton DP, Perera FP. Chromosomal aberrations in cord blood are associated with prenatal exposure to carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 14(2):506-11, February, 2005.

Dietrich KN, Eskenazi B, Schantz S, Yolton K, Rauh VA, Johnson CB, Alkon A, Canfield RL, Pessah IN, Berman RF. Principles and practices of neurodevelopmental assessment in children: Lessons learned from the Centers for Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention research. Environmental Health Perspectives, 113:1437-46, October, 2005.

Eggleston PA, Diette G, Lipsett M, Lewis T, Tager I, McConnell R, Chrischilles E, Lanphear B, Miller R, and Krishnan J. Lessons learned for the study of childhood asthma from the Centers for Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research, Environmental Health Perspectives, 113 (10): 1430-1436, 2005.

Eskenazi B, Gladstone EA, Berkowitz GS, Drew CH, Faustman EM, Holland NT, Lanphear B, Meisel SJ, Perera FP, Rauh VA, Sweeney A, Whyatt RM, Yolton K. Mini-Monograph: Methodologic and logistic issues in conducting longitudinal birth cohort studies: Lessons learned from the Centers for Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research. Environmental Health Perspectives, published online, June 24, 2005.

Fenske RA, Bradman A, Whyatt RM, Wolff MS, Barr DB. Lessons learned for the assessment of children’s pesticide exposure: Critical sampling and analytical issues for future studies. Environmental Health Perspectives, 113:1455-62, October, 2005.

Gilliland F, Avol E, Kinney P, Jerrett M, Dvonch T, Lurmann F, Buckley T, Breysse P, Keeler G, de Villiers T, McConnell R. Air pollution exposure assessment for epidemiologic studies of pregnant women and children: Lessons learned from the Centers for Children’s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention research. Environmental Health Perspectives, 113: 1447-54, October, 2005.

Goldstein IF, Perzanowski MS, Lendor C, Garfinkel RS, Hoepner LA, Chew GL, Perera FP, Miller RL. Prevalence of allergy symptoms and total IgE in a New York City cohort and their association with birth order. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology, 137(3):249-257, June 16, 2005.

Mooney LA, Madsen AM, Tang D, Orjuela MA, Tsai WY, Garduno ER, Perera FP. Antioxidant vitamin supplementation reduces benzo[a]pyrene-DNA adducts and potential cancer risk in female smokers. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, 14(1):237-42, 2005.

Özkaynak H, Whyatt R, Needham LL, Akland G, Quackenboss J. Mini-Monograph: Exposure assessment implications for the design and implementation of the National Children's Study. Environmental Health Perspectives, published online May 12, 2005.

Perera FP, Rauh V, Whyatt RM, Tang D, Tsai WY, Bernert JT, Tu YH, Andrews H, Barr DB, Camann DE, Diaz D, Dietrich J, Reyes A, Kinney PL. A summary of recent findings on birth outcomes and developmental effects of prenatal ETS, PAH, and pesticide exposures. Neurotoxicology, 26:573-87, August, 2005.

Perera FP, Tang D, Whyatt RM, Lederman SA, Jedrychowski W. DNA damage from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons measured by benzo[a]pyrene-DNA adducts in mothers and newborns from Northern Manhattan, the World Trade Center area, Poland, and China. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, 14(709-714), March 2005.

Whyatt RM, Camann D, Perera FP, Rauh VA, Tang D, Kinney PL, Garfinke1 R, Andrews H, Hoepner L, Barr DB. Biomarkers in assessing residential insecticide exposures during pregnancy and effects on fetal growth. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 206(2):246-254, August 15, 2005.

2004

Carlton E, Moats HL, Feinberg M, Shepard P, Garfinkel R, Whyatt RM, Evans D. Pesticide sales in low-income, minority neighborhoods. Journal of Community Health, 29(3):231-244, 2004.

Miller RL, Garfinkel R, Horton M, Camann D, Perera FP, Whyatt R, Kinney sPL. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, environmental tobacco smoke, and respiratory symptoms in an inner-city birth cohort. Chest, 136, 1071-78, 2004.

Perera FP, Rauh V, Whyatt RM, Tsai WY, Bernert JT, Tu YH, Andrews H, Ramirez J, Qu L, Tang D. Molecular evidence of an interaction between prenatal environmental exposures on birth outcomes in a multiethnic population. Environmental Health Perspectives, 112(5):626-30, 2004.

Rauh VA, Whyatt RM, Garfinkel R, Andrews H, Hoepner L, Reyes A, Diaz D, Camann D, Perera FP. Developmental effects of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and material hardship among inner-city children. Journal of Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 26(3):373-85, 2004.

Sax SN, Bennett DH, Chillrud SN, Kinney PL, Spengler JD. Differences in source emission rates of volatile organic compounds in inner-city residences of New York City and Los Angeles. Journal of Exposure Anal Environmental Epidemiology, 14(1):S95-109, 2004.

Tonne CC, Whyatt RM, Camann DE, Perera FP, Kinney PL. Predictors of personal polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposures among pregnant minority women in New York City. Environmental Health Perspectives, 112(6):754-9, 2004.

Wallace, R. Comorbidity in psychiatric and chronic physical disease: Autocognitive developmental disorders of structured psychosocial stress. Acta Biotheor, 52:71-93, 2004.

Wallace R, Wallace, RG. Adaptive chronic infection, structured stress, and medical magic bullets: Do reductionist cures select for holistic diseases? Biosystems, 77:93-108, November, 2004.

Whyatt RM, Rauh VA, Barr DB, Camann DE, Andrews HF, Garfinkel R, Hoepner LA, Diaz D, Dietrich D, Reyes A, Tang D, Kinney PL, Perera FP. Prenatal insecticide exposures, birth weight and length among an urban minority cohort. Environmental Health Perspectives, 112(10):1125-32, 2004.

2003

Adibi J, Perera FP, Jedrychowski W, Camaan D, Barr D, Whyatt RM. Prenatal exposures to phthalates in New York City and Krakow, Poland. Environmental Health Perspectives, 111(14):1719-22, 2003.

Chew GL, Perzanowski MS, Miller RL, Correa JC, Hoepner LA, Jusino CM, Becker MG, Kinney PL. Distribution and determinants of mouse allergen exposure in low-income New York City apartments. Environmental Health Perspectives, 111(10):1348-51, August 2003.

Meyer IH, Whyatt RM, Perera FP, Ford JG. Risk for asthma in one-year-old infants residing in New York City high-risk neighborhoods. Journal of Asthma, 40(5):545-50, 2003.

Perera FP, Rauh V, Tsai WY, Kinney PL, Camann DE, Barr DB, Garfinkel R, Tu Y-H, Diaz D, Dietrich J, Whyatt RM. Effects of transplacental exposure to environmental pollutants on birth outcomes in a multi-ethnic population. Environmental Health Perspectives, 111(2): 201-5, February 2003.

Rauh VA, Lamb Parker F, Andrews H, Garfinkel R. Community-level effects on school performance of inner-city Head Start children. Journal of Community Psychology, 31(3): 1-24, 2003.

Wallace D, Wallace R, Rauh V. Community stress, demoralization and body mass index: evidence for social signal transduction. Social Science and Medicine, 56(12):2467-78, 2003.

Whyatt RM, Barr DB, Camann DE, Kinney, PL, Barr JR, Andrews HF, Hoepner LA, Garfinkel R, Hazi Y, Reyes A, Ramirez J, Cosme Y, Perera FP. Contemporary-use pesticides in personal air samples during pregnancy and blood samples at delivery among urban minority mothers and newborns. Environmental Health Perspectives, 111(5):749-56, 2003.

2002

Adibi J, Whyatt RM, Camann DE, Peki K, Jedrychowski W, Perera FP. Personal air monitoring of phthalate diesters in two urban populations. In: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Volume IV; Ed. Hal Levin, 2002.

Barr DB, Barr JR, Maggio VL, Whitehead RD, Sadowski MA, Whyatt RM, Needham LL. A multi-analyte method for the quantification of contemporary pesticides in human serum and plasma using high resolution mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography B: Biomedical Sciences, 778(1-2):99-111, 2002.

Evans D, Fullilove MT, Green L, Levison M. Awareness of environmental risks and protective actions among minority women in Northern Manhattan. Environmental Health Perspectives, 110(Supp2):271-5, 2002.

Green L, Fullilove M, Evans D, Shepard P. “Hey, Mom, Thanks!”: Use of focus groups in the development of place-specific materials for a community environmental action campaign. Environmental Health Perspectives, 110(Supp2):265-9, April 2002.

Kinney PL, Chillrud SN, Ramstrom S, Ross J, Spengler JD. Exposures to multiple air toxics in New York City. Environmental Health Perspectives, 110(4):539-46, August, 2002.

Kinney PL, Northridge M, Gronning E, Joseph E, Frantz S, Prakash S. On the front lines of environmental interventions to reduce asthma. American Journal of Public Health, 92:1-3, 2002.

Perera FP, Illman SM, Kinney PL, Whyatt RM, Kelvin EA, Shepard P, Evans D, Fullilove M, Ford JG, Miller RL, Meyer I, Rauh V. The challenge of preventing environmentally related disease in young children: Community-based research in New York City. Environmental Health Perspectives, 110(2):197-204, 2002.

Rauh V, Chew G, Garfinkel R. Deteriorated housing contributes to high cockroach allergen levels in inner-city households. Environmental Health Perspectives, 110 (suppl.2):323-327, 2002.

Strunk RC, Ford JG, Taggart VT et al. [including Rauh and 6 other authors]. Reducing Disparities in Asthma Care: Priorities for Research-National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Workshop Report. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 109(2):229-37, 2002.

Wallace R. Adaptation, punctuation and information: A rate-distortion approach to non-cognitive ‘learning plateaus’ in evolutionary process. Acta Biotheor, 50:101-16, 2002

Wallace R, Wallace RG. Immune cognition and vaccine strategy: Beyond genomics. Microbes Infect, 4:521-7, April 2002.

Whyatt RM, Camann DE, Barr DB, Barr JR, Andrews HF, Kinney PL, Perera FP. Pesticide levels in 48-hour personal air samples during pregnancy and in blood samples at delivery from urban minority mothers and newborns. In: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Volume IV; Ed. Hal Levin, pp. 877-882, 2002.

Whyatt RM, Camann DE, Kinney PL, Reyes A, Ramirez J, Dietrich J, Diaz D, Holmes D, Perera FP. Residential pesticide use during pregnancy among a cohort of urban minority women. Environmental Health Perspectives, 110(5): 507-15, 2002.

2001

Fullilove M. Links between the social and physical environments. Pediatric Clinics of North America, review, 48(5):1253-66, 2001.

Miller RL, Chew G, Bell CA, Biedermann SA, Aggarwal M, Kinney PL, Tsai WY, Whyatt RM, Perera FP, Ford JG. Prenatal exposure, maternal sensitization, and sensitization in utero to indoor allergens in an inner-city cohort. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 164(995-1001), 2001.

Rauh V, Andrews H, Garfinkel R. The contribution of maternal age to racial disparities in birthweight: a multi-level perspective. American Journal of Public Health, 91(11):1815-1824, November 2001.

Whyatt RM, Barr DB. Measurement of organophosphate metabolites in postpartum meconium as a potential biomarker of prenatal exposure: A validation study. Environmental Health Perspectives, 109:417-420, 2001.

Whyatt RM, Jedrychowski W, Hemminki K, Santella RM, Tsai WY, Yong K, Perera FP. Biomarkers of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-DNA damage and cigarette smoke exposures in paired maternal and newborn blood samples as a measure of differential susceptibility. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 10(6):581-8, 2001.

2000

Perera FP. Molecular epidemiology: On the path to prevention? Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 92(8):602-12, 2000.

Perera FP, Weinstein IB. Molecular epidemiology: Recent advances and future directions. Carcinogenesis, 21(3):517-24, 2000.

Whyatt RM, Perera FP, Jedrychowski W, Santella RM, Garte SJ, Bell DA. Association between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-DNA adduct levels in maternal and newborn white blood cells and Glutathione S-Transferase P1 and CYP1A1 Polymorphisms. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 9:207-212, 2000.

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World Trade Center

2010

Herbstman JB, Sjodin A, Kurzon M, Lederman SA, Jones RS, Rauh V, Needham LL, Tang D, Niedzwiecki M, Wang RY, Perera F. Prenatal Exposure to PBDEs and Neurodevelopment. Published Online, Environmental Health Perspecitves, January 4, 2010.

2007–2009

Lederman, SA, Jones, RL, Caldwell, KL, Rauh, V, Sheets, SE, Tang, D, Viswanathan, S, Becker, M, Stein, JL, Wang, RY, and Perera, FP. Relation between cord blood mercury levels and early child development in a World Trade Center cohort. Environmental Health Perspectives (2008).

Perera FP, Tang D, Rauh VA, Tu YH, Tsai WY, Becker M, Stein JL, King J, Del Priore G, and Lederman SA.  Relationship between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-DNA adducts, environmental tobacco smoke, and child development in the World Trade Center cohort. Environmental Health Perspectives, 115(10); 1497-1502, 2007.

Sheets, S., L. Weiss, D. Tang, S.A. Lederman, J. Stein, F.P. Perera, and M. Becker, Modeling exposure to air pollution from the WTC disaster based on reports of perceived air pollution. Risk analysis, 2008. 28(2): p. 287-301.

2004–2006

Landrigan PJ, Lioy PJ, Thurston G, Berkowitz G, Chen LC, Chillrud SN, Gavett SH, Georgopoulos PG, Geyh AS, Levin S, Perera F, Rappaport SM, Small C; NIEHS World Trade Center Working Group. Health and environmental consequences of the World Trade Center disaster. Environmental Health Perspectives, 112(6):731-9. Review, May 2004.

Lederman SA, Rauh VA, Weiss L, Stein JL, Hoepner LA, Garfinkel R, Becker M, Perera FP. The Effects of the World Trade Center event on birth outcomes among term deliveries at three lower Manhattan hospitals. Environmental Health Perspectives, 112(17):1772-78, 2004.

Perera FP, Tang D, Rauh V, Lester K, Tsai WY, Tu YH, Weiss L, Hoepner L, King J, Del Priore G, Lederman SA. Relationships Among Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-DNA Adducts, Proximity to the World Trade Center and Effects on Fetal Growth. Environmental Health Perspect, 2005; 113(8):1062-7.

Perera FP, Tang D, Whyatt RM, Lederman SA, Jedrychowski W. DNA damage from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons measured by benzo[a]pyrene-DNA adducts in mothers and newborns from Northern Manhattan, the World Trade Center area, Poland, and China. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, 14(709-714), March 2005.

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Krakow, Poland

2011

Jedrychowski, W., F.P. Perera, D. Tang, L. Stigter, E. Mroz, E. Flak, J. Spengler, D. Budzyn-Mrozek, I. Kaim, and R. Jacek, Impact of barbecued meat consumed in pregnancy on birth outcomes accounting for personal prenatal exposure to airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Birth cohort study in Poland. Nutrition, 2011.

Jedrychowski, W., F. Perera, J. Jankowski, M. Butscher, E. Mroz, E. Flak, I. Kaim, I. Lisowska-Miszczyk, A. Skarupa, and A. Sowa, Effect of exclusive breastfeeding on the development of children's cognitive function in the Krakow prospective birth cohort study. Eur J Pediatr, 2011.

Jedrychowski, W., F. Perera, U. Maugeri, D. Mrozek-Budzyn, R.L. Miller, E. Flak, E. Mroz, R. Jacek, and J.D. Spengler, Effects of Prenatal and Perinatal Exposure to Fine Air Pollutants and Maternal Fish Consumption on the Occurrence of Infantile Eczema. Int Arch Allergy Immunol, 2011. 155(3): p. 275-281.

Jedrychowski, W., F. Perera, U. Maugeri, E. Mroz, E. Flak, M. Perzanowski, Wheezing and Asthma may be enhanced by broad spectrum antibiotics use in early childhood. Concept and results of a pharmacoepidemiology study. J Physiol Pharmacol, 2011. 62(2): 189-95

Jedrychowski, W., U. Maugeri, F.P. Perera, L. Stigter, J. Jankowski, M. Butscher, E. Mroz, E. Flak, A. Skarupa, A. Sowa, Cognitive function of 6-year old children exposed to mold-contaminated homes in early postnatal period. Prospective birth cohort study in Poland. Physiology & Behavior, 2011. In Press

2010

Edwards SC, Jedrychowski W, Butscher M, Camann D, Kieltyka A, Mroz E, Flak E, Li Z, Wang S, Rauh V, Perera F. Prenatal Exposure to Airborne Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Children’s Intelligence at Age 5 in a Prospective Cohort Study in Poland. Environmental Health Perspectives, published online April 20, 2010.

Jedrychowski WA, Perera FP, Maugeri U, Mroz E, Klimaszewska-Rembiasz M, Flak E, Edwards S, Spengler JD. Effect of prenatal exposure to fine particulate matter on ventilatory lung function of preschool children of non-smoking mothers. Published online, Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, June 22, 2010.

Jedrychowski, W., U. Maugeri, F.P. Perera, E. Mroz, M. Klimaszewska-Rembiasz, E. Flak, S. Edwards, R. Majewska, and A. Sowa, Early wheeze as reported by mothers and lung function in 4-year-olds. Prospective cohort study in Krakow. Pediatr Pulmonol, 2010. 45(9): p. 919-26.

Jedrychowski, W., F. Perera, U. Maugeri, R.L. Miller, M. Rembiasz, E. Flak, E. Mroz, R. Majewska, and M. Zembala, Intrauterine exposure to lead may enhance sensitization to common inhalant allergens in early childhood. A prospective prebirth cohort study. Environmental Research, 2010.

Jedrychowski, W., F. Perera, D. Mrozek-Budzyn, E. Flak, E. Mroz, E. Sochacka-Tatara, R. Jacek, I. Kaim, Z. Skolicki, and J.D. Spengler, Higher fish consumption in pregnancy may confer protection against the harmful effect of prenatal exposure to fine particulate matter. Ann Nutr Metab, 2010. 56(2): p. 119-26.

Jedrychowski, W., F.P. Perera, J. Jankowski, U. Maugeri, D. Mrozek-Budzyn, E. Mroz, E. Flak, A. Skarupa, S. Edwards, and I. Lisowska-Miszczyk, Early wheezing phenotypes and cognitive development of 3-yr-olds. Community-recruited birth cohort study. Pediatr Allergy Immunol, 2010. 21(3): p. 550- 6.

Jedrychowski, W.A., F.P. Perera, U. Maugeri, D. Mrozek-Budzyn, E. Mroz, M. Klimaszewska-Rembiasz, E. Flak, S. Edwards, J. Spengler, R. Jacek, and A. Sowa, Intrauterine exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, fine particulate matter and early wheeze. Prospective birth cohort study in 4-year olds.Pediatr Allergy Immunol, 2010. 21(4 Pt 2): p. e723-32.

Wang, S., S. Chanock, D. Tang, Z. Li, S. Edwards, W. Jedrychowski, and F.P. Perera, Effect of gene- environment Interactions on mental development in African American, Dominican, and Caucasian mothers and newborns. Ann Hum Genet, 2010. 74(1): p. 46-56.

Wang, S., T. Zheng, S. Chanock, W. Jedrychowski, and F.P. Perera, Methods for detecting interactions between genetic polymorphisms and prenatal environment exposure with a mother-child design. Genet Epidemiol, 2010. 34(2): p. 125-32.

2009

Jedrychowski W, Perera F, Jankowski J, Mrozek D, Mroz E, Flak E, Edwards S, Skarupa A, Lisowska I. Gender specific differences in neurodevelopmental effects of prenatal exposure to very low-lead levels: The prospective cohort study in three-year olds. Early Human Development, 85: 503-10, 2009.

Wang S, Chanock S, Tang D, Li Z, Edwards S, Jedrychowski W, Perera FP. Effect of gene-environment interactions on mental development in African-American, Dominican, and Caucasion mothers and newborns. Annals of Human Genetics, 1-11, 2009.

Kelvin EA, Edwards S, Jedrychowski W, Schleicher RL, Camann D, Tang D, Perera F. Modulation of the effect of prenatal pah exposure on pah-dna adducts in cord blood by plasma antioxidants. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 18(8): 2262-68, August 2009.

2008

Choi H, Perera F, Pac A, Wang L, Flak E, Mroz E, Jacek R, Chai-Onn T, Jedrychowski W, Masters E, Camann D, Spengler J. Hydrocarbons throughout the gestational period based on personal, indoor, and outdoor monitoring. Environmental Health Perspectives, 116(11): 1509-18, November 2008.

Jedrychowski W, Perera F, Maugeri U, Spengler JD, Mroz E, Raugh V. Effect of prenatal exposure to fine particles and postnatal indoor air quality on the occurrence of respiratory symptoms in the first two years of life. International J. Environment and Health, 2(3/4): 314-329, 2008.

2007

Jedrychowski W, Perera FP, Galas A, Flak E, Jacek R, Penar A, Spengler J. Increased burden of respiratory disease in the first six months of life due to prenatal environmental tobacco smoke — Krakow birth cohort study. Early Child Development and Care, 177(4): 369-381, May 2007.

Jedrychowski W, Perera FP, Whyatt R, Mroz E, Flak E, Jacek R, Penar A, Spengler J, Camann D. Wheezing and lung function measured in subjects exposed to various levels of fine particles and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Central European Journal of Medicine 2(1) 2007 66-78, March 2007.

Masters ET, Jedrychowski W, Schleicher RL, Tsai W, Tu Y, Camann D, Tang D, Perera FP. Relation between prenatal lipid-soluble micronutrient status, environmental pollutant exposure, and birth outcomes. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 86: 1139-45, 2007.

2006

Choi H, Jedrychowski W, Spengler J, Camann DE, Whyatt RM, Rauh V, DE, Whyatt RM, Tsai WY, Perera FP. International studies of prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and fetal growth. Published Online, Environmental Health Perspectives, August 3, 2006.

Choi H., Rauh V, Pac A, Jedrychowski W, Garfinkle R, Tu Y, Perera FP. Prenatal exposure to airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and risks of small-for gestational age and pre term birth. Requested Submission to Environmental Health Perspectives as mini monograph, June 2006.

Choi H, Wieslaw J, Spengler J, Camann DE, Whyatt RM, Rauh V, Tsai W, Perera FP. International studies of prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and fetal growth. Environmental Health Perspectives, 114(11): 1744-50, November 2006.

2005

Jedrychowksi W, Galas A, Pac A, Flak E, Camann D, Rauh VA, Perera FP. Prenatal ambient air exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and the occurrence of respiratory symptoms over the first year of life. European Journal of Epidemiology, 20:775-782, 2005.

Jedrychowski W, Jankowski J, Flak E, Skarupa A, Mroz E, Sochacka-Tatara E, Lisowska Miszczyk I, Szpanowska-Wohn, Rauh V, Caldwell K, Jones R, Skolicki Z, Kaim I, Perera FP. Effects of prenatal exposure to mercury on cognitive and psychomotor function in one-year-old infants: epidemiologic cohort study in Poland. Annals of Epidemiology, published online, November 4, 2005.

Jedrychowski W, Perera FP, Penar A, Jacek R, Whyatt RM, Spengler JD, Dumyahn TS, Sochacka-Tatara E. Variability of total exposure to PM2.5 related to indoor and outdoor pollution sources. Krakow study in pregnant women. Science of the Total Environment, published online, 2005.

Perera FP, Tang D, Whyatt RM, Lederman SA, Jedrychowski W. DNA damage from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons measured by benzo[a]pyrene-DNA adducts in mothers and newborns from Northern Manhattan, the World Trade Center area, Poland, and China. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, 14(709-714), March 2005.

2002–2004

Adibi J, Perera FP, Jedrychowski W, Camaan D, Barr D, Whyatt RM. Prenatal exposures to phthalates in New York City and Krakow, Poland. Environmental Health Perspectives, 111(14):1719-22, 2003.

Jedrychowski W, Bendkowska I, Flak E, Penar A, Jacek R, Kaim I, Spengler JD, Camann D, Perera FP. Estimated risk for altered fetal growth resulting from exposure to fine particles during pregnancy: an epidemiologic prospective cohort study in Poland. Environmental Health Perspectives, 112(14):1398-402, October 2004.

Jedrychowski W, Whyatt RM, Camann DE, Bawle UV, Peki K, Spengler JD, Dumyahn TS, Penar A, and Perera FP. Effect of prenatal PAH exposure on birth outcomes and neurocognitive development in a cohort of newborns in Poland. Study design and preliminary ambient data. International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 16:21-29, 2003.

Jedrychowski W, Whyatt RM, Perera FP, Flak E, Pabian W, Kaim I, Mroz E. Dose-response relationship between maternal involuntary tobacco smoking and various birth outcomes. Central European Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 10:283-294, 2004.

Peki K, Whyatt RM, Jedrychowski W, Camann D, Penar A, Bawle U, Adibi J, Perera FP. Personal, indoor and outdoor monitoring of exposures to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons among a cohort of pregnant women from Krakow, Poland. In: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate: Volume IV; Ed. Hal Levin, 2002.

Perera FP, Hemminki K, Jedrychowski W, Whyatt R, Campbell U, Hsu Y, Santella R, Albertini R, O’Neill JP. In utero DNA damage from environmental pollution is associated with somatic gene mutation in newborns. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 11:1134-37, 2002.

Perera FP, Tang D, Tu YH, Cruz, LA, Borjas M, Bernert T, Whyatt RM. Biomarkers in maternal and newborn blood indicate heightened fetal susceptibility to procarcinogenic DNA damage. Environmental Health Perspectives, 112(10):1133-6, 2004.

1998–2001

Jedrychowski W. Environmental respiratory health in Central and Eastern Europe. Central European Journal of Public Health, 8(1):33-9, 2000.

Perera FP, Jedrychowski W, Rauh V, Whyatt RM. Molecular epidemiologic research on the effects of environmental pollutants on the fetus. Environmental Health Perspectives, 107 (Suppl.3):451-460, 1999.

Perera FP, Whyatt RM, Jedrychowski W, Rauh V, Manchester D, Santella RM, Ottman R. Recent Developments in Molecular Epidemiology: A Study on the Effects of Environmental Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on Birth Outcomes in Poland. American Journal of Epidemiology, 147(3): 309-314, 1998.

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China Studies

Millman, A., D. Tang, and F.P. Perera, Air pollution threatens the health of children in China. Pediatrics, 2008. 122(3): p. 620-8.

Tang D, Li T-y, Liu J, Zhou Z-j, Yuan T, Chen Y-h, Rauh VA, Xie J, Perera FP. Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Coal-Burning Pollutants on Children’s Development in China. Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 116 (5): 674-679, 2008.

Perera FP, Li T-y, Zhou Z-j, Yuan T, Chen Y-h, Qu L, Rauh V, Zhang Y, Tang D. Benefits of Reducing Prenatal Exposure to Coal Burning Pollutants to Children’s Neurodevelopment in China. Environmental Health Perspectives, 116(10):1396-400, October 2008.

Tang D, Li T-y, Liu JJ, Chen Y-h, Qu L, Perera F. PAH-DNA Adducts in Cord Blood and Fetal and Child Development in a Chinese Cohort. Environmental Health Perspectives, 114(8):1297-300, August 2006.

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