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)....
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,...
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...
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.)....
The Burden of Asthma in California: A Surveillance Report
-- This report presents a comprehensive picture of the burden of asthma in the state and serves to provide a framework for asthma education, interventions, and policy in California.
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....
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 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...
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....
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...
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....
Health Alert! Mercury in Skin Creams
-- The Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control (DEODC) has been investigating several cases of mercury poisoning due to an unlabeled face cream from Mexico....
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 Effects Study: Del Amo, Montrose
-- In 1984 an epidemiological investigation was carried out in communities near the Del Amo and Montrose hazardous waste sites in Los Angeles by the Epidemiological Studies and Surveillance Section....
Investigation of the Montecito Leukemia and Lymphoma Cluster
-- In April 1989, Montecito citizens concerned about what they believed to be an unusually high number of cancer cases among neighborhood children contacted the Santa Barbara County Health Department for...
McFarland Child Health Screening Project
-- The McFarland Child Health Screening Project was conducted by the California Department of Health Services in response to community concerns about adverse childhood health conditions in McFarland, California,...
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....
Montecito Union School Magnetic Field Survey
-- In September 1989, California Department of Health Services (DHS) staff conducted a survey of magnetic field levels at Montecito Union School as part of the DHS Leukemia and Lymphoma Cluster Investigation...
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.
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....
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 in Mexican and U.S.-born Hispanics
-- The objective of this investigation was to evaluate a number of personal, socioeconomic, behavioral, cultural, health care, and environmental factors in explaining differences in birth outcomes between...
Pregnancy outcomes in Santa Clara County 1980-1985
-- In 1981 a leak of solvents from an underground storage tank was detected at the Fairchild Camera Company, an electronics manufacturing company in Santa Clara County....
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....
Sacramento hepatoblastoma cluster investigation
-- In November 1989, the Sacramento press called the California Department of Health Services (DHS) regarding an apparent cluster of hepatoblastoma (a form of liver cancer) cases among Sacramento area children....
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,...
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....
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...
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...
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....
Water exposure and pregnancy outcomes
-- In 1981, a leak of toxic chemicals into a drinking water well in San Jose, California was discovered to have come from an underground waste solvent storage tank at the Fairchild Camera and Instrument Company....
Worldwide trends in DDT levels in human breast milk
-- Concern over human breast milk contamination with the pesticide DDT (1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(chlorodiphenyl)ethane) has prompted numerous studies around the world during the last five decades....
