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1992 Survey of health complaints in office buildings

About Dioxins, General Information -- Summary "Information About Dioxins" is a fact sheet for the public....
Acute health effects due to a large sulfuric acid release in Richmond, California. Phase I Report -- Describes the public health impact and the characteristics of the illnesses suffered as a consequence of a sudden uncontrolled venting of oleum from a railroad tank car during unloading....
Acute Health Effects Due to a Large Sulfuric Acid Release in Richmond, California. Phase II Report -- Describes the public health impact and the characteristics of the illnesses suffered as a consequence of a sudden uncontrolled venting of oleum from a railroad tank car during unloading....
Acute health effects of the Cantara Metam-Sodium spill: An epidemiologic assessment
Adipose levels of dioxins and risk of breast cancer -- Objective: Our objective was to evaluate the breast cancer risk associated with body burden levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs)....
Age at Menarche in Relation to Maternal Use of Tobacco, Alcohol, Coffee, and Tea during Pregnancy -- To investigate the potential effects of common early life exposures on age at menarche, the authors examined data collected in a follow-up study of pregnancies that occurred during the 1960s in California....
Analysis of a Cluster of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Walnut, California -- In an ongoing study of pregnancy outcomes around the B.K.K....
Antenatal Ultrasound and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders -- Since being introduced into obstetrical care in the 1970s, antenatal ultrasound examinations have become widely accepted in obstetrical practice as a routine, non-invasive tool for determining the size,...
Approaches to disease cluster investigations in a state health department -- Classical tests for clustering rarely have a major role in the investigation of disease clusters at the neighborhood level performed by a health department....
Asbestos in Alviso, Epidemiological Studies and Surveillance Section
An assessment of error in parental occupation from the birth certificate -- This study used data obtained through interview with the mother to determine whether parental occupations from the California birth certificate were representative of maternal occupations during the first...
Asthma in California: BRFSS Points of Interest
Asthma in California: Laying the Foundation for a Statewide Strategy -- Report on a Conference Sponsored by the California Policy Research Center and the California Department of Health Services, May 29, 1998 (Richard Kreutzer, Michael Lipsett, Julie Von Behren, and Eileen...
Autism Spectrum Disorders in Relation to Distribution of Hazardous Air Pollutants in the San Francisco Bay Area -- OBJECTIVE: To explore possible associations between autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and environmental exposures, we linked the California autism surveillance system to estimated hazardous air pollutant...
Autism Spectrum Disorders in Relation to Distribution of Hazardous Air Pollutants in the San Francisco Bay Area -- OBJECTIVE: To explore possible associations between autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and environmental exposures, we linked the California autism surveillance system to estimated hazardous air pollutant...
Autism Spectrum Disorders in Relation to Parental Occupation in Technical Fields -- A previous study reported that fathers of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) were more likely to work as engineers, requiring "systemizing skills," and suggesting a distinct phenotype, but...

Bioaerosols and Green-Waste Composting in California -- Review of medical literature regarding biological agents and their metabolic or degradation products that are produced during the composting of yard waste (grass clippings, shrubbery, leaves, etc.)....
Biological Monitoring and Health Interview Study Among Residents of an Area with Pentachlorophenol Contaminated Groundwater -- Biological monitoring and health interview study initially conducted in 1985-85 among residents of an area south of Oroville, California, whose household wells were contaminated with the wood preservative...
Biological monitoring for mercury within a community with soil and fish contamination
Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Autism: Maternal and Infant Peripheral Blood Levels in the Early Markers for Autism (EMA) Study -- To investigate levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in mid-pregnancy and neonatal blood specimens as early biologic markers for autism, we conducted a population-based case-control study...

California Asthma Facts December 2003: Meeting the Challenge of Healthy People 2010 -- This issue of the California Asthma Facts focuses on California's progress towards meeting Healthy People 2010 asthma mortality and hospitalization goals....
California Asthma Facts May 2006, Asthma and Obesity: Results from the California Healthy Kids Survey 2001-2003 -- This issue of California Asthma Facts explores the relationship between asthma and obesity in adolescents
California Asthma Facts October 2004, Asthma in Schools: Results from the California Healthy Kids Survey 2001-2003 -- This issue details some of the findings from the California Healthy Kids Survey completed by 7th, 9th, and 11th grade students as well as those from nontraditional settings....
California Asthma Facts, August 2004: Work-Related Asthma -- This issue of California Asthma Facts focuses on work-related asthma in California....
California Asthma Facts, March 2004: Asthma Disparities Among African Americans -- This issue of California Asthma Facts focuses on disparities in asthma prevalence, hospitalizations, and mortality among African Americans in California....
California Asthma Facts, May 2003: Asthma Hospitalizations in California, 2000 -- This issue of California Asthma Facts documents asthma hospitalizations in California for the year, 2000 by race/ethinicity and by county among all ages and children 0 to 14 years.
California County Asthma Hospitalization Chart Book, August 2000 -- This report presents hospitalization rates for asthma in California counties for 1995 through 1997....
California County Asthma Hospitalization Chart Book, September 2003 -- This report presents asthma hospitalization rates in California counties for 1998 through 2000....
California County Asthma Mortality Chart Book -- Asthma is a chronic disease that can present on a spectrum of severity....
California Environmental Health Indicators Report -- An environmental health indicator is a measure of health, environmental quality, or sociodemographics which is important for monitoring the overall health of the population of California....
The California Environmental Health Tracking Program: New Online GIS Tools for Investigating Diseases and the Environment -- Diseases, such as asthma, are related to environmental risk factors, which have a large spatial component....
California Superfund sites: insights from a computerized database -- A computerized database of 93 California state Superfund waste sites was created to assess the feasibility of using such a system for a variety of public health purposes....
California's New Environmental Health Tracking Programs -- In the wake of 9/11, renewed resources and attention have been given to the nation's public health infrastructure, especially in the areas of surveillance of acute infectious illnesses and monitoring the...
Cancer in California School employees, 1988-1992 -- Periodic concerns about excesses of cancer among teachers in California schools prompted our examination of cancer incidence in California school employees....
Cancer Incidence in Sand Canyon: A Review of Cases Ascertained by Local Residents -- The California Department of Health Services (DHS) reviewed a list of cancer cases ascertained by Sand Canyon residents to assess persistent concerns that contaminants from the Space Ordnance Systems (SOS)...
Cancer Incidence Near the Santa Susana Field Laboratory: 1978-1989 -- This report is a follow-up to a preliminary analysis of cancer incidence near Rocketdyne's Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) released by the California Department of Health Services (CDHS) in January...
A Case-Control Study of Malignant Melanoma Among Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Employees -- In April 1980, the California Department of Health Services released the results of a study that established that, for the period 1972-1977, employees of the Lawrence Livermore National laboratory had...
Changes in the spatial pattern of low birth weight in a southern California County: The role of individual and neighborhood level factors -- Individual-level maternal risk factors have been able to explain only a small proportion of low birth weight (LBW) births in the US to date and neighborhood-level factors have not been recognized as...
The Changing Prevalence of Autism in California
Childhood asthma at the U.S./Mexico border: Trends in hospitalizations and air quality for two California counties. -- Since the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1993, there has been an increasing need to monitor environmental health trends that may be related to the rapid industrialization of the...
Childhood cancer incidence rates and hazardous air pollutants in California: an exploratory analysis -- Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) are compounds that have been shown to cause cancer or other adverse health effects in laboratory animal or occupational health studies....
Chlorination By-Products in Drinking Water and Menstrual Cycle Function -- We analyzed data from a prospective study of menstrual cycle function and early pregnancy loss to explore further the effects of trihalomethanes (THM) on reproductive end points....
Community-Based Health Survey Following the Cantara Metam-Sodium Spill -- An interviewer-administered survey was conducted in Dunsmuir nine months after 19,000 gallons of the herbicide metam sodium spilled into the Sacramento River on July 14, 1991....
Congenital malformations reported on the California certificate of birth: Some observations of urban and rural differences in rates of congenital malformations
Correlating agricultural use of organophosphates with outdoor air concentrations: a particular concern for children -- Correlating agricultural use of organophosphates with outdoor air concentrations: a particular concern for children Martha Harnly,1 Robert McLaughlin,1
Del Amo Fact Sheet (English) -- CDHS conducted a public health assessment (PHA)....
Del Amo Fact Sheet (Espanõl) -- CDHS ha llevado a cabo una Evaluación de Salud Pública (PHA, por sus siglas en inglés)....
Del Amo-Montrose health effects study
Delta Fish Project Needs Assessment Final Report -- Executive Summary Mercury, a potent neurotoxin, bioaccumulates in fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and tributaries...
Developmental and reproductive effects of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke
Dioxins in Backyard Chicken Eggs: Reducing Risks -- Summary Dioxins, a group of toxic chemicals, have been found in many animal food products including meat, milk, cheese, eggs, and fish....
Dioxins: Technical Information for California Health Officials -- Dioxin and dioxin-like chemicals have the potential to cause harm to public health....
Distribution of persistent, lipid-soluble chemicals in breast and abdominal adipose tissues: Lessons learned from a breast cancer study -- Objectives: We sought to determine differences between concentrations of persistent, lipid-soluble chemical contaminants in breast and abdominal adipose tissues and to explore whether concentrations measured...

Elevated symptom prevalence associated with ventilation type in office buildings -- The California Health Building Study was designed to assess relations between ventilation system type and office worker symptoms in a set of U.S....
An Epidemiological Comparison of Patterns of DBCP Drinking Water Contamination with Mortality Rates from Selected Cancers in Fresno County, California
The Epidemiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders -- Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are complex, lifelong, neurodevelopmental conditions of largely unknown cause....
The Epidemiology of Mental Retardation of Unknown Cause -- OBJECTIVE: To describe selected infant and maternal characteristics for children with mild and severe mental retardation (MR) of unknown cause....
Estimating epidemiologic parameters by regression -- Wilcosky and Chambless (J Chron Dis 1985; 38:849) discussed using regression techniques to produce both stratum-specific and "directly" adjusted rates and ratio measures....
Examining associations between childhood asthma and traffic flow using a geographic information system.
Executive Summary for Citizen illness reports following aerial malathion application, Corona and Norco, Riverside County, California, February-May 1994
Exposure to Organochlorine Compounds and Effects on Ovarian Function -- Background: Some chemicals appear to have hormonally active properties in animals, but data in humans are sparse....

Feedback Letter to Site Directors with Results -- Findings from Child Care Site Director and Staff Understanding Asthma Surveys
Fish contamination in Richmond harbor channel -- In 1994, EHIB conducted a study of fish contamination in the Richmond harbor channel, a part of the San Francisco Bay....
A follow-up study of the community near the McColl waste disposal site -- To assess the effect of interim clean-up measures on the current health of a community near the McColl waste disposal site, we conducted a follow-up survey of 193 residents living nearby and a comparison...
Four County Study of Childhood Cancer Incidence: Interim Report 2
The Four County Study of childhood cancer: Clusters in context -- Observations of childhood 'cancer clusters' in small communities in central California prompted us to examine the distribution of childhood cancer in communities throughout the region to see if the overall...
Fungi and Indoor Air Quality -- Four-page article describes types of molds commonly found indoors in home and office environments and the physical conditions that encourage their growth....

The genetic toxicity of malathion: Results of an epidemiologic study in agricultural workers and in vitro laboratory studies

Health Concerns Related to Nitrate and Nitrite in Private Well Water -- Click to view the Nitrate Fact Sheet (pdf format) En Español: Boletín Informativo "Posibles Efectos en la Salud Relacionados con Nitratos y Nitritos en Agua de Pozos Privados" (formato pdf) Health Concerns...
Health Consultation: Proposed Process to Address the Historic Distribution of Sewage Sludge Containing Plutonium Released from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (11/1/2002) -- In 1989, the Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry (ATSDR) completed a Preliminary Public Health Assessment that recommended that environmental data be reviewed to assess the potential that human...
Health Consultation: Review of Health Studies Relevant to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Surrounding Community (30/9/2003) -- The report summarizes information about Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) employee health and Livermore community health....
Health effects of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin and related compounds
Health Effects of Toxin-Producing Molds in California -- Short article designed for health professionals describing what is known about health effects of toxin-producing molds in the indoor environment, especially Stachybotrys chartarum....
Health risk assessment of aerial application of Malathion-Bait
Hierarchical modeling of spatio-temporally misaligned data: Relating traffic density to pediatric asthma hospitalizations. -- See abstract provided in link to Environmetrics journal below
High body burdens of 2,2',4,4'-tetrabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-47) in California women -- Following our first report on elevated polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) concentrations in California women, we expanded our investigation to include diverse groups of local women....

Identifying Environmental Contributions to Autism: Provocative Clues and False Leads -- The potential role of environmental factors in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is an area of emerging interest within the public and scientific communities....
Illness concerns at the San Rafael PG&E
Informacion Acerca de las Exposiciones al Aire Provenientes de Abex/Remco, 1963-1995
Information About Air Exposures from Abex/Remco, 1963-1995
An Introductory Guide to Disease Mapping. (Book Review) -- This is a review of "An Introductory Guide to Disease Mapping" by A.B....
Investigating Non-Infectious Disease Clusters
Investigation of Possible Butte County Disease Cluster
Investigation of the Earlimart Childhood Cancer Cluster
Investigation of the Montecito leukemia and lymphoma cluster, final report

Lead paint in California migrant housing camps: Results of childhood lead screening, Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology Section

Maternal and Paternal Age and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders -- OBJECTIVE: To explore the association between maternal and paternal age and risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in offspring....
Maternal Autoimmune Diseases, Asthma and Allergies, and Childhood Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Case-Control Study -- OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between physician-documented diagnoses of maternal autoimmune diseases, allergies, and asthma around the time of pregnancy and subsequent diagnoses of autism in...
Maternal Mid-Pregnancy Autoantibodies to Fetal Brain Protein: The Early Markers for Autism Study -- BACKGROUND: Immune dysfunction has been associated with autism, yet whether maternal immune status during pregnancy plays a causal role remains to be clarified....
Maternal Residence Near Agricultural Pesticide Applications and Autism Spectrum Disorders Among Children in the California Central Valley -- Background: Ambient levels of pesticides ("pesticide drift") are detectable at residences near agricultural field sites....
Maternal Rh D Status, Anti-D Immune Globulin Exposure During Pregnancy, and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders -- OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to investigate the association between maternal Rh D status, prenatal exposure to anti-D immune globulin, and the risk of autism in the offspring....
McFarland Child Health Screening Project
Mercury in Fish brochure -- Some fish contain large amounts of mercury that can harm you or your baby’s health....
Mercury in Fish brochure (Other Languages) -- Mercury in Fish brochures are currently available in Spanish and Chinese....
Micronucleated erythrocytes as an index of cytogenetic damage in humans: demographic and dietary factors associated with micronucleated erythrocytes in splenectomized subjects -- Erythrocytes containing micronuclei serve as an indicator of genotoxic exposure in individuals who lack splenic function....
Misinterpretation of Stachybotrys Serology -- This four-page fact sheet is designed for health professionals and describes the current status (December, 2000) of biomonitoring for human exposure to the fungus Stachybotrys chartarum....
¿Moho en Mi Casa: Que Hago? -- Un sumario conciso e informativo sobre los problemas relacionados con la exposicion al moho y recomendaciones para como removerlo y prevenir su regreso....
Monte Vista High School Cancer Cluster Investigation - Danville, California
Montecito childhood leukemia and lymphoma cluster: supplementary report.
Montecito Union School Magnetic Field Survey

Naturally Occurring Asbestos: A Needs Assessment of Local Health Agencies -- Large regions of the western United States, including most counties in California, contain abundant naturally occurring asbestos (NOA) deposits....

On the Twin Risk in Autism -- Autism is considered by many to be the most strongly genetically influenced multifactorial childhood psychiatric disorder....
Operating Industries, Inc. Health Effects Study -- The Operating Industries, Inc (OII) waste disposal site located in Monterey Park, CA, opened in 1948 as a municipal landfill and began accepting hazardous materials from 1976 until operations ended in...
Oroville Area Dioxin Advisory -- This letter is for people who eat eggs or meat from chickens raised on soil in the greater Oroville area....

Palos Verdes Shelf Outreach And Education Pilot Project Report -- This report provides background information on the Palos Verdes Shelf fish contamination issue, and describes and evaluates the accomplishments of the Palos Verdes Shelf Education Project.
Parental and birth characteristics in relation to testicular cancer risk among males born between 1960 and 1995 in California (United States). -- Objective: We explored birth and parental risk factors for testicular cancer, examining risk factors for all testicular cancers and by histologic type....
Pesticide Exposure in Women of Imperial County -- EHIB and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted a study of women living in Imperial County called Pesticide Exposure in Women of Reproductive Age: A U.S.-Mexico Border Study....
Pesticide food poisoning from contaminated watermelons in California -- Aldicarb, a carbamate pesticide, is the most potent pesticide in the market, and has an LD50 of 1 mg/kg....
Pesticide Use in California: US/Mexico Border Region, Final Report -- Analytical Procedures, Methodologies, and Field Protocols to Monitor and Determine Environmental Contaminants To assist the U.S....
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and dibenzofuran contamination at metal recovery facilities, open burn sites, and a railroad car incineration facility
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and polychlorinated dibenzofuran contamination in soil and home-produced chicken eggs near pentachlorophenol sources
Post office box addresses: a challenge for geographic information system-based studies -- Background: Geographic information system (GIS)-based health studies require information on the physical location of data points, such as subject addresses....
Potassium Iodide (KI) Dose Factsheets -- Potassium iodide (abbreviated as KI), taken under the direction of your county health officer, may prevent exposure of the thyroid gland to radioactive iodine....
Pregnancy Outcomes around the BKK Landfill, West Covina, California: An Analysis by Address -- In 1963, the BKK Landfill, located on the slopes of the hills in the city of West Covina, CA, was permitted to accept hazardous materials....
Pregnancy outcomes in Mexican and U.S.-born Hispanics
Pregnancy outcomes in Santa Clara County 1980-1985
Prenatal Active or Passive Tobacco Smoke Exposure and the Risk of Preterm Delivery or Low Birth Weight -- We examined the association of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke with birth weight and gestational age in a large, prospective study....
Profile of mortality from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake using coroner and medical examiner reports -- Mortality patterns from earthquakes in the United States may differ from those observed in other parts of the world....
Progress in Pediatric Asthma Surveillance I: The Application of Health Care Use Data in Alameda County, California -- Introduction: The ability to conduct community-level asthma surveillance is increasingly crucial for public health programming and child health advocacy....
Progress in Pediatric Asthma Surveillance II: Geospatial Patterns of Asthma in Alameda County, California -- Introduction: As with many diseases, the epidemic of asthma among children over the past few decades has been shaped by a social and environmental context that is becoming progressively more evident....
Public Health Assessment: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale (9/16/1993)
Public Health Assessment: Cooper Drum Company, South Gate (6/8/2004)
Public Health Assessment: Del Amo Superfund Site, Montrose (7/29/04)
Public Health Assessment: Evaluation of Exposure to Historic Air Releases from the Abex/Remco Hydraulics Facility, Willits (7/2004)
Public Health Assessment: Evaluation of Exposures to Contaminants from the Former Abex/Remco Hydraulics Facility, Willits (8/2/06)
Public Health Assessment: McCormick & Baxter Creosoting Company, Stockton (4/6/1995)
Public Health Assessment: Ralph Gray Trucking Company, Westminster (6/18/1993)
Public Health Impacts of Climate Change in California: Community Vulnerability Assessments and Adaptation Strategies -- Climate change is a major cross-cutting public health issue that will significantly increase disease burden in California....

Questions and Answers About Childhood Cancer in Rosamond -- The California Department of Health Services (CDHS) has developed this fact sheet to answer questions about childhood cancer in the Rosamond area....
Questions and Answers: Women's Reproductive Health Study, Drinking Water Contaminants and Menstrual Cycles Fact Sheet -- In 2003, the California Department of Health Services (CDHS), in cooperation with the U.S....

Raising Backyard Chickens in Rosamond/Mojave -- Summary In 2002, EHIB conducted a study of backyard chicken eggs in the Rosamond and South of Mojave....
Real-time surveillance of symptoms and odor complaints during the trial excavation of a toxic waste site -- In the summer of 1990, the U.S....
Regional variations in breast cancer incidence among California women, 1988-1997 -- Background: Internationally, California has some of the highest breast cancer rates; these rates also show substantial regional variations within the state....
Report on the Stringfellow Health Effects Studies -- The Stringfellow Acid Pits is a former industrial waste disposal facility five miles northwest of Riverside, CA, near the community of Glen Avon....
Report on Water Sampling Coyote Hills, Fullerton
Residential Exposure to Traffic in California and Childhood Cancer -- Background: Motor vehicle emissions are a major source of air pollution in California....
Rice burning and asthma hospitalizations, Butte County, California, 1983-1992 -- We investigated the association between rice burning and daily asthma hospitalizations in Butte County, California, from 1983 to 1992....

Sacramento hepatoblastoma cluster investigation, interim status report.
San Francisco Bay Fish Postcard -- This 5.5 by 8.5 inch postcard provides information on the San Francisco Bay fish advisory and how to safely fish, cook, and consume fish caught in San Francisco Bay....
Saugus Schools Environmental Health Consultation Report -- The Environmental Health Investigations Branch of the California Department of Health Services has assessed the concerns about threats to children?s health from inhabiting portable classrooms at Rio Vista,...
Selected Neurotrophins, Neuropeptides, and Cytokines: Developmental Trajectory and Concentrations in Neonatal Blood of Children with Autism or Down Syndrome -- Using a double-antibody immunoaffinity assay (Luminex) and ELISA technology, we measured concentrations of certain neurotrophins, neuropeptides, and cytokines in pooled samples (one to three subjects per...
Semen Quality and Trihalomethanes in Drinking Water -- Summary In 2003, the California Department of Health Services (CDHS) completed a study that looked at the relationship between semen quality and chemicals in drinking water....
Serious mushroom poisonings requiring hospitalization in California, 1990-94
Serum polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans among people eating contaminated home-produced eggs and beef
Soil sampling at schools in Imperial County, California -- The Environmental Health Investigations Branch of the California Department of Health Services, as part of ongoing research on the United States/Mexico Border, previously identified schools in Imperial...
Stachybotrys chartarum (atra) ? a mold that may be found in water-damaged homes -- A fact sheet designed for general audiences describing growth characteristics of the mold, Stachybotrys chartarum....
Strategic Plan for Asthma in California -- The California Department of Health Services (DHS) sponsored the development of this Strategic Plan (Plan) for Asthma in California to set a direction to address this important public health issue over...
Study endpoints, goals, and prioritization for a program in hazardous chemical epidemiology -- Much of traditional environmental epidemiology dealt with subtle physiological effects resulting from some ubiquitous imperceptible pollutant....
A Study of current residents' knowledge of a former environmental health survey of their community -- A follow-up survey of current residents who live near the McColl waste disposal site was conducted to assess community knowledge of an environmental health survey that occurred in the same neighbhorhood...
Summary of environmental data: McFarland childhood cancer cluster investigation

Traffic density in California: socioeconomic and ethnic differences among potentially exposed children -- Motor vehicles are the main source of many hazardous air pollutants in California....
Traffic patterns and childhood cancer incidence rates in California -- Objective: Some studies have suggested that residential proximity to high traffic areas is associated with increased risk of childhood cancer, although the epidemiologic evidence to date has been mixed....
Trends in the sex ratio of California births, 1960–1996 -- Study objective: The male sex ratio at birth (or the proportion of male births in a population) has been suggested as a sentinel environmental health indicator....

Understanding Asthma Focus Groups

Water exposure and pregnancy outcomes
Website: From Exposure to Illness - Community Health Studies and Environmental Contamination -- A community health study can help suggest a link between an environmental exposure and illness....
Worldwide trends in DDT levels in human breast milk -- Concern over human breast milk contamination with the pesticide DDT has prompted numberous studies around the world in the past five decades....