RISK ASSESSMENT | Does Rapid Metabolism Ensure Negligible Risk from Bisphenol A?
Gary Ginsberg and Deborah C. Rice
1639 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

RISK ASSESSMENT | Basic Exploratory Research versus Guideline-Compliant Studies Used for Hazard Evaluation and Risk Assessment: Bisphenol A as a Case Study
Rochelle W. Tyl
1644 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

RISK ASSESSMENT | A Clash of Old and New Scientific Concepts in Toxicity, with Important Implications for Public Health
John Peterson Myers, R. Thomas Zoeller, and Frederick S. vom Saal
1652 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

POPULATION HEALTH | Global Status of DDT and Its Alternatives for Use in Vector Control to Prevent Disease
Henk van den Berg
1656 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

RISK ASSESSMENT | A Reexamination of the PPAR-α Activation Mode of Action as a Basis for Assessing Human Cancer Risks of Environmental Contaminants
Kathryn Z. Guyton, Weihsueh A. Chiu, Thomas F. Bateson, Jennifer Jinot, Cheryl Siegel Scott, Rebecca C. Brown, and Jane C. Caldwell
1664 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

POPULATION HEALTH | Environmental Health Indicators of Climate Change for the United States: Findings from the State Environmental Health Indicator Collaborative
Paul B. English, Amber H. Sinclair, Zev Ross, Henry Anderson, Vicki Boothe, Christine Davis, Kristie Ebi, Betsy Kagey, Kristen Malecki, Rebecca Shultz, and Erin Simms
Also see Science Selections, p. A504
1673 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

TOXICOLOGY | Comparative Toxicity of Size-Fractionated Airborne Particulate Matter Collected at Different Distances from an Urban Highway
Seung-Hyun Cho, Haiyan Tong, John K. McGee, Richard W. Baldauf, Q. Todd Krantz, and M. Ian Gilmour
1682 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EXPOSURE SCIENCE | Spatial Modeling of PM₁₀ and NO₂ in the Continental United States, 1985–2000
Jaime E. Hart, Jeff D. Yanosky, Robin C. Puett, Louise Ryan, Douglas W. Dockery, Thomas J. Smith, Eric Garshick, and Francine Laden
1690 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EPIDEMIOLOGY | Chronic Fine and Coarse Particulate Exposure, Mortality, and Coronary Heart Disease in the Nurses’ Health Study
Robin C. Puett, Jaime E. Hart, Jeff D Yanosky, Christopher Paciorek, Joel Schwartz, Helen Suh, Frank E Speizer, and Francine Laden
1697 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

TOXICOLOGY | The Short-Chain Fatty Acid Methoxyacetic Acid Disrupts Endogenous Estrogen Receptor-α–Mediated Signaling
Derek V. Henley, Stephanie Mueller, and Kenneth S. Korach
1702 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EXPOSURE SCIENCE | Exposure to Hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs) via Dust Ingestion, but Not Diet, Correlates with Concentrations in Human Serum: Preliminary Results
Laurence Roosens, Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah, Stuart Harrad, Hugo Neels, and Adrian Covaci
1707 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EPIDEMIOLOGY | Saliva Cortisol and Exposure to Aircraft Noise in Six European Countries
Jenny Selander, Gösta Bluhm, Töres Theorell, Göran Pershagen, Wolfgang Babisch, Ingeburg Seiffert, Danny Houthuijs, Oscar Breugelmans, Federica Vigna-Taglianti, Maria Chiara Antoniotti, Emmanuel Velonakis, Elli Davou, Marie-Louise Dudley, and Lars Järup, for the HYENA Consortium
1713 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EPIDEMIOLOGY | Lung Cancer in a U.S. Population with Low to Moderate Arsenic Exposure
Julia E. Heck, Angeline S. Andrew, Tracy Onega, James R. Rigas, Brian P. Jackson, Margaret R. Karagas, and Eric J. Duell
1718 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EPIDEMIOLOGY | Influence of Cobalamin on Arsenic Metabolism in Bangladesh
Megan N. Hall, Xinhua Liu, Vesna Slavkovich, Vesna Ilievski, Zhongyuan Mi, Shafiul Alam, Pam Factor-Litvak, Habibul Ahsan, Joseph H. Graziano, and Mary V. Gamble
1724 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

POPULATION HEALTH | Mapping Community Determinants of Heat Vulnerability
Colleen E. Reid, Marie S. O’Neill, Carina J. Gronlund, Shannon J. Brines, Daniel G. Brown, Ana V. Diez-Roux, and Joel Schwartz
1730 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

TOXICOGENOMICS | A Novel Approach Using DNA-Repair–Deficient Chicken DT40 Cell Lines for Screening and Characterizing the Genotoxicity of Environmental Contaminants
Kyunghee Ji, Toshiaki Kogame, Kyungho Choi, Xin Wang, Jinyoung Lee, Yoshihito Taniguchi, and Shunichi Takeda
1737 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

TOXICOGENOMICS | Disruption of MicroRNA Expression in Human Airway Cells by Diesel Exhaust Particles Is Linked to Tumorigenesis-Associated Pathways
Melanie J. Jardim, Rebecca C. Fry, Ilona Jaspers, Lisa Dailey, and David Diaz-Sanchez
Also see Science Selections, p. A504
1745 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EXPOSURE SCIENCE | Healthy Neighborhoods: Walkability and Air Pollution
Julian D. Marshall, Michael Brauer, and Lawrence D. Frank
Also see Science Selections, p. A505
1752 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EXPOSURE SCIENCE | Longitudinal Mercury Monitoring within the Japanese and Korean Communities (United States): Implications for Exposure Determination and Public Health Protection
Ami Tsuchiya, Thomas A. Hinners, Finn Krogstad, Jim W. White, Thomas M. Burbacher, Elaine M. Faustman, and Koenraad Mariën
1760 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EPIDEMIOLOGY | Black Carbon Exposure, Oxidative Stress Genes, and Blood Pressure in a Repeated-Measures Study
Irina Mordukhovich, Elissa Wilker, Helen Suh, Robert Wright, David Sparrow, Pantel S. Vokonas, and Joel Schwartz
1767 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EPIDEMIOLOGY | Association between Local Traffic-Generated Air Pollution and Preeclampsia and Preterm Delivery in the South Coast Air Basin of California
Jun Wu, Cizao Ren, Ralph J. Delfino, Judith Chung, Michelle Wilhelm, and Beate Ritz
Also see Science Selections, p. A505
1773 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EPIDEMIOLOGY | Air Pollution, Aeroallergens, and Emergency Room Visits for Acute Respiratory Diseases and Gastroenteric Disorders among Young Children in Six Italian Cities
Flavia Orazzo, Luigi Nespoli, Kazuhiko Ito, Davide Tassinari, Daniela Giardina, Maurizio Funis, Alessandra Cecchi, Chiara Trapani, Gisella Forgeschi, Massimo Vignini, Luana Nosetti, Sabrina Pigna, and Antonella Zanobetti
1780 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EPIDEMIOLOGY | Anogenital Distance from Birth to 2 Years: a Population Study
Ajay Thankamony, Ken K. Ong, David B. Dunger, Carlo L. Acerini, and Ieuan A. Hughes
1786 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]

EPIDEMIOLOGY | Self-Reported Truck Traffic on the Street of Residence and Symptoms of Asthma and Allergic Disease: A Global Relationship in ISAAC Phase 3
Bert Brunekreef, Alistair W. Stewart, H. Ross Anderson, Christopher K.W. Lai, David P. Strachan, Neil Pearce, and the ISAAC Phase 3 Study Group
1791 [ Abstract ] [ Full ] [ PDF ]