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Howard Hu, MD, MPH, ScD

Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

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Howard Hu, MD, MPH, ScD, is Professor of Preventive Medicine (tenured, on sabbatical from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025) in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, at the University of Southern California. From July 1, 2020-June 30, 2024, he was the Flora L. Thornton Chair of the Department. Dr. Hu is a physician-scientist, internist and preventive medicine specialist, with a doctoral degree in epidemiology. Prior to coming to USC, he had been Professor of Occupational & Environmental Medicine (tenured), Founding Director of the NIH/NIEHS Center for Children’s Environmental Health, Director of the Occupational Medicine Residency at the Harvard School of Public Health and Associate Physician in the Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston (1988- 2006); the NSF International Endowed Chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Professor of Environmental Health, Epidemiology and Medicine (tenured), Founding Director of the NIH/NIEHS Environmental Health Core Sciences Center, and Associate Physician at the University of Michigan and University of Michigan Health System (2006-2012); and Professor of Environmental Health, Epidemiology, Global Health, and Medicine (tenured) and the Founding Dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto (2012-2018). In 2018-2020, Dr. Hu was a Visiting scholar and then an Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington School of Public Health.

Since 1990, Dr. Hu has led multi-institutional and international teams of scientists, students and fellows devoted to investigating the environmental, nutritional, social, psychosocial, genetic and epigenetic determinants of chronic disease and impaired child development in birth cohort and aging cohort studies in the U.S., Mexico, India, China, and elsewhere around the world. His team’s work has generated over 350 publications and won a number of awards. In 2016, Dr. Hu was elected to the Fellowship in the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.

Dr. Hu currently continues his work co-leading NIH-funded environmental birth cohort research through the Early Life Exposures in Mexico to Environmental Toxicants project (ELEMENT); co-leads the USC COVID Pandemic Research Center; co-leads the USC Sustainability & Healthcare initiative; and co-leads the Global Burden of Disease Pollution & Climate initiative. The latter aims to improve understanding of pollution’s “footprint” on the global burden of disease.

In 1999-2000, Dr. Hu was a Senior Faculty Fulbright Scholar in India. He served on the Board of Directors and on four fact-finding missions for Physicians for Human Rights (Nobel Peace Prize co-winner, 1997); on the Board of Population and Public Health Practice of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences; on the Board of Environmental Studies and Toxicology of the National Research Council; on the External Advisory Council of the U.S. National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences; and as the Chair of the Research Commission for the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (Nobel Peace Prize, 1985). In the latter capacity, he and colleagues published “Nuclear Wastelands”, which was nominated for the U.S. National Book Award in 1996. Dr. Hu currently chairs the Scientific Advisory Board of the Marilyn Brachman Hoffman Foundation, co-Chairs the Research Council of the Public Health Foundation of India, serves on the Board of Pure Earth, and serves on the Advisory Council of Physicians for Human Rights.

Awards

  • Canadian Academy of Health Sciences: Election to Fellowship, 2016-2016
  • International Society for Environmental Epidemiology: John R. Goldsmith Award for Outstanding Contributions to Environmental Epidemiology, 2015-2015
  • American Public Health Association: Award for Excellence (Research), 2011-2011
  • American College for the Advancement of Medicine: Linus Pauling Award for Lifetime Achievements, 2009-2009
  • New England College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine: Harriett Hardy Award, 2006-2006
  • OEM Residency, Harvard School of Public Health: Teacher of the Year, 2005-2006
  • American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine: Adolph G. Kammer Merit in Authorship, 2005-2005
  • US Department of State: Senior Faculty Fulbright, 2000-2001
  • NIH/National Institute Environemntal Health Sciences: Progress & Achievement Award (Research), 1999-1999
  • Danon Institute: First Prize, Infant Nutrition Research, 1998-1998

Publications

  • Change in depression and anxiety symptoms among university students, staff, and faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic: Trojan pandemic response initiative J Am Coll Health. 2024 Dec 12; 1-11. . View in PubMed
  • Correlates of COVID-19 vaccination status among college students J Am Coll Health. 2024 Dec; 72(9):3136-3138. . View in PubMed
  • Fluoride content in table salt from the Element Project in Mexico City Salud Publica Mex. 2024 Nov 27; 67(1 (ene-feb)):48-55. . View in PubMed
  • COVID-19 Is a Coronary Artery Disease Risk Equivalent and Exhibits a Genetic Interaction With ABO Blood Type Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2024 11; 44(11):2321-2333. . View in PubMed
  • Environmental pollutant risk factors for worse COVID-19 related clinical outcomes in predominately hispanic and latino populations Environ Res. 2024 Jul 01; 252(Pt 4):119072. . View in PubMed
  • Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) Access, Use, and Eligibility Among Adults with COVID-19 in Los Angeles County: The LA Pandemic Surveillance Cohort Study J Gen Intern Med. 2024 May; 39(6):1081-1083. . View in PubMed
  • Do we underestimate risk of cardiovascular mortality due to lead exposure? Sci Total Environ. 2024 May 01; 923:171511.. View in PubMed
  • Maternal Urinary Fluoride and Child Neurobehavior at Age 36 Months JAMA Netw Open. 2024 May 01; 7(5):e2411987. . View in PubMed
  • Predicting the Climate Impact of Healthcare Facilities Using Gradient Boosting Machines Clean Environ Syst. 2024 Mar; 12. . View in PubMed
  • Structured expert judgement approach of the health impact of various chemicals and classes of chemicals PLoS One. 2024; 19(6):e0298504. . View in PubMed
  • Association between levels of receptor binding domain antibodies of SARS-CoV-2, receipt of booster and risk of breakthrough infections: LA pandemic surveillance cohort study Sci Rep. 2023 11 25; 13(1):20761. . View in PubMed
  • Urinary fluoride levels and metal co-exposures among pregnant women in Los Angeles, California Environ Health. 2023 10 26; 22(1):74. . View in PubMed
  • Characteristics associated with attitudes and behaviors towards mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic: The Trojan Pandemic Response Initiative BMC Public Health. 2023 10 11; 23(1):1968. . View in PubMed
  • Lasting Adverse Effects of Low-Level Lead Exposure on Cognition and Heritable Susceptibilities JAMA Netw Open. 2023 10 02; 6(10):e2339446. . View in PubMed
  • What Long COVID Prevention Strategies Suggest About Its Pathophysiology Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Oct; 10(10):ofad466. . View in PubMed
  • Early Lead Exposure Associated with Molar Hypomineralization Pediatr Dent. 2023 Sep 15; 45(5):427-433. . View in PubMed
  • Invited Perspective: An Argument for Changing the Reporting Units for Lead in Blood Environ Health Perspect. 2023 09; 131(9):91303. . View in PubMed
  • Altered Tumor Necrosis Factor Response in Neurologic Postacute SARS-CoV-2 Syndrome J Interferon Cytokine Res. 2023 07; 43(7):307-313. . View in PubMed
  • SARS-CoV-2 viral variants can rapidly be identified for clinical decision making and population surveillance using a high-throughput digital droplet PCR assay Sci Rep. 2023 05 10; 13(1):7612. . View in PubMed
  • Surveillance of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 and Variants Using Digital Droplet Polymerase Chain Reaction at a Large University and Healthcare System in California Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Apr; 10(4):ofad147. . View in PubMed
  • Trust in science and scientists among university students, staff, and faculty of a large, diverse university in Los Angeles during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trojan Pandemic Response Initiative BMC Public Health. 2023 03 30; 23(1):601. . View in PubMed
  • Quantification of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Binding Antibody Levels To Assess Infection and Vaccine-Induced Immunity Using WHO Standards Microbiol Spectr. 2023 02 14; 11(1):e0370922. . View in PubMed
  • Predicting cumulative lead (Pb) exposure using the Super Learner algorithm Chemosphere. 2023 Jan; 311(Pt 2):137125. . View in PubMed
  • Early life exposure to lead and its association with parent-reported aggression and conduct problems during childhood and adolescence Neurotoxicology. 2022 12; 93:265-271. . View in PubMed
  • Communities, Mistrust, and Implementation: Addressing a Large Gap in the National Strategy for COVID-19 and Future Pandemics Am J Public Health. 2022 12; 112(12):1713-1715. . View in PubMed
  • Role of renal function in the association of drinking water fluoride and plasma fluoride among adolescents in the United States: NHANES, 2013-2016 Environ Res. 2022 10; 213:113603. . View in PubMed
  • Maternal urinary fluoride during pregnancy and birth weight and length: Results from ELEMENT cohort study Sci Total Environ. 2022 Sep 10; 838(Pt 3):156459. . View in PubMed
  • Domain-specific effects of prenatal fluoride exposure on child IQ at 4, 5, and 6-12 years in the ELEMENT cohort Environ Res. 2022 08; 211:112993. . View in PubMed
  • COVID-19 booster vaccine attitudes and behaviors among university students and staff in the United States: The USC Trojan pandemic research Initiative Prev Med Rep. 2022 Aug; 28:101866. . View in PubMed
  • Pollution and health: a progress update Lancet Planet Health. 2022 06; 6(6):e535-e547. . View in PubMed
  • Characteristics associated with COVID-19 vaccination status among staff and faculty of a large, diverse University in Los Angeles: The Trojan Pandemic Response Initiative Prev Med Rep. 2022 Jun; 27:101802. . View in PubMed
  • Am J Ind Med. 2022 04; 65(4):231-241. . View in PubMed
  • Dietary Influences on Urinary Fluoride over the Course of Pregnancy and at One-Year Postpartum Biol Trace Elem Res. 2022 Apr; 200(4):1568-1579. . View in PubMed
  • A Benchmark Dose Analysis for Maternal Pregnancy Urine-Fluoride and IQ in Children Risk Anal. 2022 03; 42(3):439-449. . View in PubMed
  • Prenatal maternal pesticide exposure in relation to sleep health of offspring during adolescence Environ Res. 2022 03; 204(Pt A):111977. . View in PubMed
  • Serum antioxidant status and mortality from influenza and pneumonia in US adults Public Health Nutr. 2022 Jan 10; 1-10. . View in PubMed
  • Seroprevalence of Antibodies Specific to Receptor Binding Domain of SARS-CoV-2 and Vaccination Coverage Among Adults in Los Angeles County, April 2021: The LA Pandemic Surveillance Cohort Study JAMA Netw Open. 2022 01 04; 5(1):e2144258. . View in PubMed
  • Factors associated with parents’ willingness to vaccinate their children against COVID-19: The LA pandemic surveillance cohort study AIMS Public Health. 2022; 9(3):482-489. . View in PubMed
  • Associations of exposure to cadmium, antimony, lead and their mixture with gestational thyroid homeostasis Environ Pollut. 2021 Nov 15; 289:117905. . View in PubMed
  • In Utero Exposure to Mercury Is Associated With Increased Susceptibility to Liver Injury and Inflammation in Childhood Hepatology. 2021 09; 74(3):1546-1559. . View in PubMed
  • Prenatal Lead (Pb) Exposure and Peripheral Blood DNA Methylation (5mC) and Hydroxymethylation (5hmC) in Mexican Adolescents from the ELEMENT Birth Cohort Environ Health Perspect. 2021 06; 129(6):67002. . View in PubMed
  • Dietary fluoride intake over the course of pregnancy in Mexican women Public Health Nutr. 2021 06; 24(9):2388-2396. . View in PubMed
  • Association between cumulative childhood blood lead exposure and hepatic steatosis in young Mexican adults Environ Res. 2021 05; 196:110980. . View in PubMed
  • Response to “Comment on ‘Environmental Cadmium and Mortality from Influenza and Pneumonia in US. Adults'”. Environ Health Perspect. 2021 04; 129(4):48004. . View in PubMed
  • DNA methylation at birth potentially mediates the association between prenatal lead (Pb) exposure and infant neurodevelopmental outcomes Environ Epigenet. 2021; 7(1):dvab005. . View in PubMed
  • Association of Dietary Fluoride Intake and Diet Variables with Dental Caries in Adolescents from the ELEMENT Cohort Study Caries Res. 2021; 55(2):88-98. . View in PubMed
  • Environmental Cadmium and Mortality from Influenza and Pneumonia in US. Adults. Environ Health Perspect. 2020 12; 128(12):127004. . View in PubMed
  • Blood levels of lead and dental caries in permanent teeth J Public Health Dent. 2020 09; 80(4):297-303. . View in PubMed
  • Estimating the causal effect of prenatal lead exposure on prepulse inhibition deficits in children and adolescents Neurotoxicology. 2020 05; 78:116-126. . View in PubMed
  • Prenatal Lead Exposure, Type 2 Diabetes, and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Mexican Children at Age 10-18 Years J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 01 01; 105(1). . View in PubMed
  • Trimester-Specific Associations of Prenatal Lead Exposure With Infant Cord Blood DNA Methylation at Birth Epigenet Insights. 2020; 13:2516865720938669. . View in PubMed
  • Heavy Metals Exposure and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias J Alzheimers Dis. 2020; 76(4):1215-1242. . View in PubMed
  • Association between fluoride exposure and cardiometabolic risk in peripubertal Mexican children Environ Int. 2020 01; 134:105302. . View in PubMed
  • Fluoride Content in Foods and Beverages From Mexico City Markets and Supermarkets Food Nutr Bull. 2019 12; 40(4):514-531. . View in PubMed
  • Effect of Dietary Sodium and Potassium Intake on the Mobilization of Bone Lead among Middle-Aged and Older Men: The Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study Nutrients. 2019 Nov 13; 11(11). . View in PubMed
  • Cumulative Childhood Lead Levels in Relation to Sleep During Adolescence J Clin Sleep Med. 2019 10 15; 15(10):1443-1449. . View in PubMed
  • Improving and Expanding Estimates of the Global Burden of Disease Due to Environmental Health Risk Factors Environ Health Perspect. 2019 10; 127(10):105001. . View in PubMed
  • Early Life Exposure in Mexico to ENvironmental Toxicants (ELEMENT) Project BMJ Open. 2019 08 26; 9(8):e030427. . View in PubMed
  • Early lead exposure and childhood adiposity in Mexico city Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2019 07; 222(6):965-970. . View in PubMed
  • Socio-demographic predictors of prepulse inhibition: A prospective study in children and adolescents from Mexico City Biol Psychol. 2019 07; 145:8-16. . View in PubMed
  • Early lead exposure and pubertal development in a Mexico City population Environ Int. 2019 04; 125:445-451. . View in PubMed
  • Blood lead, bone lead and child attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-like behavior Sci Total Environ. 2019 Apr 01; 659:161-167. . View in PubMed
  • Assessment of neuropsychological performance in Mexico City youth using the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2019 04; 41(3):246-256. . View in PubMed
  • Fluoride exposure and pubertal development in children living in Mexico City Environ Health. 2019 03 29; 18(1):26. . View in PubMed
  • The associations between lead exposure at multiple sensitive life periods and dental caries risks in permanent teeth Sci Total Environ. 2019 Mar 01; 654:1048-1055. . View in PubMed
  • Prenatal lead exposure modifies the association of maternal self-esteem with child adaptive ability Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2019 01; 222(1):68-75. . View in PubMed
  • Dietary patterns, bone lead and incident coronary heart disease among middle-aged to elderly men Environ Res. 2019 01; 168:222-229. . View in PubMed
  • Dentine biomarkers of prenatal and early childhood exposure to manganese, zinc and lead and childhood behavior Environ Int. 2018 12; 121(Pt 1):148-158. . View in PubMed
  • Extending Tests of Random Effects to Assess for Measurement Invariance in Factor Models Stat Biosci. 2018 Dec; 10(3):634-650. . View in PubMed
  • Environ Int. 2018 12; 121(Pt 1):658-666. . View in PubMed
  • Low-Level Cumulative Lead and Resistant Hypertension: A Prospective Study of Men Participating in the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 11 06; 7(21):e010014. . View in PubMed
  • Retraction notice to “Paraoxonase I polymorphisms and attention/hyperactivity in school-age children from Mexico City, Mexico” Environmental Research (2014) 342 -349 Environ Res. 2018 11; 167:776. . View in PubMed
  • New Initiative aims at expanding Global Burden of Disease estimates for pollution and climate Lancet Planet Health. 2018 10; 2(10):e415-e416. . View in PubMed
  • Children’s Blood Lead Concentrations from 1988 to 2015 in Mexico City: The Contribution of Lead in Air and Traditional Lead-Glazed Ceramics Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 09 30; 15(10). . View in PubMed
  • Corrigendum to “APOE e4 allele modifies the association of lead exposure with age-related cognitive decline in older individuals” [EnvironRes. 151 (2016) 101-105]. Environ Res. 2018 08; 165:504. . View in PubMed
  • Bone Lead Levels and Risk of Incident Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: The VA Normative Aging Study Environ Health Perspect. 2018 08; 126(8):087002. . View in PubMed
  • Pollution and Global Health – An Agenda for Prevention Environ Health Perspect. 2018 08; 126(8):084501. . View in PubMed
  • Lagged kernel machine regression for identifying time windows of susceptibility to exposures of complex mixtures Biostatistics. 2018 07 01; 19(3):325-341. . View in PubMed
  • Uncovering neurodevelopmental windows of susceptibility to manganese exposure using dentine microspatial analyses Environ Res. 2018 02; 161:588-598. . View in PubMed
  • Bisphenol A and other environmental risk factors for prostate cancer in Hong Kong Environ Int. 2017 10; 107:1-7. . View in PubMed
  • Prenatal Fluoride Exposure and Cognitive Outcomes in Children at 4 and 6-12 Years of Age in Mexico Environ Health Perspect. 2017 09 19; 125(9):097017. . View in PubMed
  • A Western Diet Pattern Is Associated with Higher Concentrations of Blood and Bone Lead among Middle-Aged and Elderly Men J Nutr. 2017 07; 147(7):1374-1383. . View in PubMed
  • Antinuclear antibody prevalence in a general pediatric cohort from Mexico City: discordance between immunofluorescence and multiplex assays Clin Epidemiol. 2017; 9:1-8. . View in PubMed
  • Associations of cumulative Pb exposure and longitudinal changes in Mini-Mental Status Exam scores, global cognition and domains of cognition: The VA Normative Aging Study Environ Res. 2017 Jan; 152:102-108. . View in PubMed
  • APOE e4 allele modifies the association of lead exposure with age-related cognitive decline in older individuals Environ Res. 2016 11; 151:101-105. . View in PubMed
  • Urinary and plasma fluoride levels in pregnant women from Mexico City Environ Res. 2016 10; 150:489-495. . View in PubMed
  • Adolescent epigenetic profiles and environmental exposures from early life through peri-adolescence Environ Epigenet. 2016 Aug; 2(3):dvw018. . View in PubMed
  • Childhood Blood Lead Levels and Symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Cross-Sectional Study of Mexican Children Environ Health Perspect. 2016 06; 124(6):868-74. . View in PubMed
  • Lead in candy consumed and blood lead levels of children living in Mexico City Environ Res. 2016 May; 147:497-502. . View in PubMed
  • Urinary 3-phenoxybenzoic acid (3-PBA) levels among pregnant women in Mexico City: Distribution and relationships with child neurodevelopment Environ Res. 2016 May; 147:307-13. . View in PubMed
  • Prenatal Maternal Occupational Exposure and Postnatal Child Exposure to Elemental Mercury Pediatr Emerg Care. 2016 Mar; 32(3):175-9. . View in PubMed
  • Lead-Related Genetic Loci, Cumulative Lead Exposure and Incident Coronary Heart Disease: The Normative Aging Study PLoS One. 2016; 11(9):e0161472. . View in PubMed
  • Differential association of lead on length by zinc status in two-year old Mexican children Environ Health. 2015 Dec 30; 14:95. . View in PubMed
  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Lancet. 2015 Dec 05; 386(10010):2287-323. . View in PubMed
  • Prenatal Lead Exposure Modifies the Impact of Maternal Self-Esteem on Children’s Inattention Behavior J Pediatr. 2015 Aug; 167(2):435-41. . View in PubMed
  • Cumulative lead exposure is associated with reduced olfactory recognition performance in elderly men: The Normative Aging Study Neurotoxicology. 2015 Jul; 49:158-64. . View in PubMed
  • Effect modification by vitamin D receptor genetic polymorphisms in the association between cumulative lead exposure and pulse pressure: a longitudinal study Environ Health. 2015 Jan 13; 14:5. . View in PubMed
  • Quality control and statistical modeling for environmental epigenetics: a study on in utero lead exposure and DNA methylation at birth Epigenetics. 2015; 10(1):19-30. . View in PubMed
  • Effect of calcium supplementation on bone resorption in pregnancy and the early postpartum: a randomized controlled trial in Mexican women Nutr J. 2014 Dec 16; 13(1):116. . View in PubMed
  • Mercury levels in pregnant women, children, and seafood from Mexico City Environ Res. 2014 Nov; 135:63-9. . View in PubMed
  • Lead exposure, B vitamins, and plasma homocysteine in men 55 years of age and older: the VA normative aging study Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Oct; 122(10):1066-74. . View in PubMed
  • RETRACTED: Paraoxonase I polymorphisms and attention/hyperactivity in school-age children from Mexico City, Mexico Environ Res. 2014 07; 132:342-9. . View in PubMed
  • Relationships between lead biomarkers and diurnal salivary cortisol indices in pregnant women from Mexico City: a cross-sectional study Environ Health. 2014 Jun 10; 13(1):50. . View in PubMed
  • Parent-adolescent interaction and risk of adolescent internet addiction: a population-based study in Shanghai BMC Psychiatry. 2014 Apr 15; 14:112. . View in PubMed
  • Occupational determinants of cumulative lead exposure: analysis of bone lead among men in the VA normative aging study J Occup Environ Med. 2014 Apr; 56(4):435-40. . View in PubMed
  • Urinary 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol (TCPY) in pregnant women from Mexico City: distribution, temporal variability, and relationship with child attention and hyperactivity Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2014 Mar; 217(2-3):405-12. . View in PubMed
  • Lead exposure and rate of change in cognitive function in older women Environ Res. 2014 Feb; 129:69-75. . View in PubMed
  • Antioxidant vitamins and magnesium and the risk of hearing loss in the US general population Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 Jan; 99(1):148-55. . View in PubMed
  • Determining prenatal, early childhood and cumulative long-term lead exposure using micro-spatial deciduous dentine levels PLoS One. 2014; 9(5):e97805. . View in PubMed
  • Modifying roles of glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms on the association between cumulative lead exposure and cognitive function Neurotoxicology. 2013 Dec; 39:65-71. . View in PubMed
  • Effect modification by transferrin C2 polymorphism on lead exposure, hemoglobin levels, and IQ Neurotoxicology. 2013 Sep; 38:17-22. . View in PubMed
  • Prenatal urinary phthalate metabolites levels and neurodevelopment in children at two and three years of age Sci Total Environ. 2013 Sep 01; 461-462:386-90. . View in PubMed
  • Cumulative lead exposure in community-dwelling adults and fine motor function: comparing standard and novel tasks in the VA normative aging study Neurotoxicology. 2013 Mar; 35:154-61. . View in PubMed
  • Cumulative exposure to lead and cognition in persons with Parkinson’s disease Mov Disord. 2013 Feb; 28(2):176-82. . View in PubMed
  • Statement in response to asbestos industry efforts to prevent a ban on asbestos in Pakistan: chrysotile asbestos use is not safe and must be banned Arch Environ Occup Health. 2013; 68(4):243-9. . View in PubMed
  • Personal characteristics related to the risk of adolescent internet addiction: a survey in Shanghai, China BMC Public Health. 2012 Dec 22; 12:1106. . View in PubMed
  • A novel look at racial health disparities: the interaction between social disadvantage and environmental health Am J Public Health. 2012 Dec; 102(12):2344-51. . View in PubMed
  • Environmental cadmium and lead exposures and hearing loss in US. adults: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 to 2004. Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Nov; 120(11):1544-50. . View in PubMed
  • Assessing windows of susceptibility to lead-induced cognitive deficits in Mexican children Neurotoxicology. 2012 Oct; 33(5):1040-7. . View in PubMed
  • Relation of cumulative low-level lead exposure to depressive and phobic anxiety symptom scores in middle-age and elderly women Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Jun; 120(6):817-23. . View in PubMed
  • Windows of lead exposure sensitivity, attained height, and body mass index at 48 months J Pediatr. 2012 Jun; 160(6):1044-9. . View in PubMed
  • Association between prenatal lead exposure and blood pressure in children Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Mar; 120(3):445-50. . View in PubMed
  • Occupational noise exposure assessment using O*NET and its application to a study of hearing loss in the US general population Occup Environ Med. 2012 Mar; 69(3):176-83. . View in PubMed
  • Associations of early childhood manganese and lead coexposure with neurodevelopment Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Jan; 120(1):126-31. . View in PubMed
  • Associations of toenail arsenic, cadmium, mercury, manganese, and lead with blood pressure in the normative aging study Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Jan; 120(1):98-104. . View in PubMed
  • Associations of iron metabolism genes with blood manganese levels: a population-based study with validation data from animal models Environ Health. 2011 Nov 10; 10:97. . View in PubMed
  • Prenatal lead exposure and weight of 0- to 5-year-old children in Mexico city Environ Health Perspect. 2011 Oct; 119(10):1436-41. . View in PubMed
  • A dopamine receptor (DRD2) but not dopamine transporter (DAT1) gene polymorphism is associated with neurocognitive development of Mexican preschool children with lead exposure J Pediatr. 2011 Oct; 159(4):638-43. . View in PubMed
  • Lead exposure and visual-motor abilities in children from Chennai, India Neurotoxicology. 2011 Aug; 32(4):465-70. . View in PubMed
  • Statistical methods to study timing of vulnerability with sparsely sampled data on environmental toxicants Environ Health Perspect. 2011 Mar; 119(3):409-15. . View in PubMed
  • Cadmium exposure and cardiovascular disease in the 2005 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Environ Res. 2011 Jan; 111(1):171-6. . View in PubMed
  • Bias correction by use of errors-in-variables regression models in studies with K-X-ray fluorescence bone lead measurements Environ Res. 2011 Jan; 111(1):17-20. . View in PubMed
  • A combined ecological and epidemiologic investigation of metal exposures amongst Indigenous peoples near the Marlin Mine in Western Guatemala Sci Total Environ. 2010 Dec 01; 409(1):70-7. . View in PubMed
  • Association of cumulative lead exposure with Parkinson’s disease Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Nov; 118(11):1609-13. . View in PubMed
  • Critical windows of fetal lead exposure: adverse impacts on length of gestation and risk of premature delivery J Occup Environ Med. 2010 Nov; 52(11):1106-11. . View in PubMed
  • Bisphenol a exposure in Mexico City and risk of prematurity: a pilot nested case control study Environ Health. 2010 Oct 18; 9:62. . View in PubMed
  • Cumulative lead exposure and age-related hearing loss: the VA Normative Aging Study Hear Res. 2010 Oct 01; 269(1-2):48-55. . View in PubMed
  • HFE H63D polymorphism as a modifier of the effect of cumulative lead exposure on pulse pressure: the Normative Aging Study Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Sep; 118(9):1261-6. . View in PubMed
  • HFE gene variants modify the association between maternal lead burden and infant birthweight: a prospective birth cohort study in Mexico City, Mexico Environ Health. 2010 Jul 26; 9:43. . View in PubMed
  • Early postnatal blood manganese levels and children’s neurodevelopment Epidemiology. 2010 Jul; 21(4):433-9. . View in PubMed
  • Maternal MTHFR genotype and haplotype predict deficits in early cognitive development in a lead-exposed birth cohort in Mexico City Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Jul; 92(1):226-34. . View in PubMed
  • Biomarkers of lead exposure and DNA methylation within retrotransposons Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Jun; 118(6):790-5. . View in PubMed
  • Bone lead level prediction models and their application to examine the relationship of lead exposure and hypertension in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey J Occup Environ Med. 2009 Dec; 51(12):1422-36. . View in PubMed
  • Urinary phthalate metabolites in relation to preterm birth in Mexico city Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Oct; 117(10):1587-92. . View in PubMed
  • Influence of prenatal lead exposure on genomic methylation of cord blood DNA Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Sep; 117(9):1466-71. . View in PubMed
  • Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase ( MTHFR) C677T, A1298C and G1793A genotypes, and the relationship between maternal folate intake, tibia lead and infant size at birth Br J Nutr. 2009 Sep; 102(6):907-14. . View in PubMed
  • Fruit, vegetable, and fish consumption and heart rate variability: the Veterans Administration Normative Aging Study Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Mar; 89(3):778-86. . View in PubMed
  • High dietary calcium intake decreases bone mobilization during pregnancy in humans Salud Publica Mex. 2009; 51 Suppl 1:S100-7. . View in PubMed
  • Iron metabolism genes, low-level lead exposure, and QT interval Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Jan; 117(1):80-5. . View in PubMed
  • Effect of calcium supplementation on blood lead levels in pregnancy: a randomized placebo-controlled trial Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Jan; 117(1):26-31. . View in PubMed
  • Variants in iron metabolism genes predict higher blood lead levels in young children Environ Health Perspect. 2008 Sep; 116(9):1261-6. . View in PubMed
  • Association between 24-hour urinary cadmium and pulmonary function among community-exposed men: the VA Normative Aging Study Environ Health Perspect. 2008 Sep; 116(9):1226-30. . View in PubMed
  • Traffic-related particles are associated with elevated homocysteine: the VA normative aging study Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008 Aug 01; 178(3):283-9. . View in PubMed
  • Association of lead exposure with survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Environ Health Perspect. 2008 Jul; 116(7):943-7. . View in PubMed
  • Maternal fish intake during pregnancy, blood mercury levels, and child cognition at age 3 years in a US cohort Am J Epidemiol. 2008 May 15; 167(10):1171-81. . View in PubMed
  • Maternal self-esteem, exposure to lead, and child neurodevelopment Neurotoxicology. 2008 Mar; 29(2):278-85. . View in PubMed
  • Air pollution and heart rate variability: effect modification by chronic lead exposure Epidemiology. 2008 Jan; 19(1):111-20. . View in PubMed
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