CCCEH Scientific Papers
Northern Manhattan / South Bronx Study
Adibi JJ, Hauser R, Williams PL, Whyatt RM, Calafat AM, Nelson H, Herrick, R. Swan S. Urinary metabolites of di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate in pregnant women in relationship to the timing of labor in a U.S. multi-center pregnancy cohort, Am J Epidemol, in press.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fullilove M. Links between the social and physical environments. Pediatric Clinics of North America, review, 48(5):1253-66, 2001.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lovasi, G., Quinn, J., Rauh, V., Perera, F., Andrews, H., Garfinkel, R., Hoepner, L., Whyatt, R., Rundle, A. Urban Residential Environment Characteristics and Chlorpyrifos as Determinants of Early Childhood Neurodevelopment. Environmental Health Perspectives, submitted 2008.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Miller RL, Herbstman J. Epigenetic mechanisms in asthma, In: Epigenetics Nutrition and Environmental Health. Wiley Publishers, 2009, in press.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. Children are Likely to Suffer Most from our Fossil Fuel Addiction. Environmental Health Perspectives. 116(8): 987–990. August 2008.
Perera FP. Molecular epidemiology: On the path to prevention? Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 92(8):602-12, 2000.
Perera FP and Herbstman JB. Emerging technology in molecular epidemiology: what epidemiologists need to know. Epidemiology, 2008, 19(2):350-2.
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.
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 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, 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.
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, 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.
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.
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.
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.
Perera FP, Weinstein IB. Molecular epidemiology: Recent advances and future directions. Carcinogenesis, 21(3):517-24, 2000.
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 ownershipis 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).
Perzanowski MS, Miller RL, Thorne PS, Barr RG, Divjan A, Sheares BJ, Garfinkel RS, Goldstein IF, Perera FP, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. 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.
Wallace R, Wallace RG. Immune cognition and vaccine strategy: Beyond genomics. Microbes Infect, 4:521-7, April 2002
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, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
World Trade Center
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, 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).
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, 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.
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.
Krakow, Poland
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.
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.
Jedrychowski W. Environmental respiratory health in Central and Eastern Europe. Central European Journal of Public Health, 8(1):33-9, 2000.
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.
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, 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, 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.
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.
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, 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, 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.
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.
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.
Chongqing, China
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, published online July 14, 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, in press, 2006.
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.