Environmental Health Perspectives
Volume 107, Number 8 August 1999
On The Cover: Chrysotile asbestos continues to be utilized in widely used products (see Harrison et al., p. 607) in spite of its recognized toxicity when inhaled into the lungs.
Table of Contents
Perspectives
Editorial
What Is a Tumor Promoter?
Correspondence Environews
Raymond Tennant
p. A 390
Forum
NIEHS NewsThe Path to DNA Repair
Focus Spheres of Influence Innovations
p. A 402Plasma Jet Takes Off
Commentary
p. A 414
Comparative Hazards of Chrysotile Asbestos and Its Substitutes: A European Perspective
Research Highlights
Paul T.C. Harrison, Leonard S. Levy, Graham Patrick, Geoffrey H. Pigott, and Lewis L. Smith
p. 607
Mortality and Air Pollution: Associations Persist with Continued Advances in Research Methodology
Research
C. Arden Pope III
p. 613
(See Neas et al., p. 629; Lee and Schwartz, p. 633; and Fairley, p. 637)Relationship between Ozone and Respiratory Health in College Students: A 10-Year Study
Jane Q. Koenig
p. 614
(See Galizia and Kinney, p. 675)
Review
Emergency Planning and the Acute Toxic Potency of Inhaled Ammonia
Articles
Robert A. Michaels
p. 617A Case-Crossover Analysis of Air Pollution and Mortality in Philadelphia
Children's Health
Lucas M. Neas, Joel Schwartz, and Douglas Dockery
p. 629Reanalysis of the Effects of Air Pollution on Daily Mortality in Seoul, Korea: A Case-Crossover Design
Jong-Tae Lee and Joel Schwartz
p. 633Daily Mortality and Air Pollution in Santa Clara County, California: 1989-1996
David Fairley
p. 637Flame Retardant Exposure: Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Blood from Swedish Workers
Andreas Sjödin, Lars Hagmar, Eva Klasson-Wehler, Kerstin Kronholm-Diab, Eva Jakobsson, and Åke Bergman
p. 643Radiation and Mortality of Workers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Positive Associations for Doses Received at Older Ages
David B. Richardson and Steve Wing
p. 649Effects of Weight Loss and Exercise on the Distribution of Lead and Essential Trace Elements in Rats with Prior Lead Exposure
Shenggao Han, Wenjie Li, Uzma Jamil, Kyle Dargan, Michelle Orefice, Francis W. Kemp, and John D. Bogden
p. 657Excretion of Arsenic in Urine as a Function of Exposure to Arsenic in Drinking Water
Rebecca L. Calderon, Edward Hudgens, X. Chris Le, Dina Schreinemachers, and David J. Thomas
p. 663The Adverse Effect of Low Levels of Ambient Air Pollutants on Lung Function Growth in Preadolescent Children
Workshop Summary
Wieslaw Jedrychowski, Elzbieta Flak, and Elzbieta Mróz
p. 669Long-Term Residence in Areas of High Ozone: Associations with Respiratory Health in a Nationwide Sample of Nonsmoking Young Adults
Audrey Galizia and Patrick L. Kinney
p. 675Application of DNA Arrays to Toxicology
Grand Rounds
John C. Rockett and David J. Dix
p. 681
Arsenic-Related Bowen's Disease, Palmar Keratosis, and Skin Cancer
Meltem Çöl, Cavit Çöl, Atilla Soran, Bekir S. Sayli, and Selma Öztürk
p. 687
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