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Environmental Research 107 (2008) III–VI

Contents ofVolume 107

Number 1, May 2008

Special Issue: Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant:Human Health and Exposure to Methylmercury

Guest Editors: HenryA. Anderson and Lars BarregIŁ rd

INTRODUCTIONS1 Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP): Human health and

exposure to methylmercuryHenryA. Anderson

4 Exposure to inorganic mercury: From dental amalgam to artisanal gold miningLars Barregard

SPECIAL ISSUEARTICLES6 Somatosensory disturbance by methylmercury exposure

Shigeru Takaoka, Yoshinobu Kawakami, Tadashi Fujino, Fumihiro Oh-ishi, Fukuo Motokura,Yoshio Kumagai and Tetsu Miyaoka

20 Methylmercury and omega-3 fatty acids: Co-occurrence of dietary sources with emphasis on ¢shand shell¢sh

Kathryn R. Maha¡ey, Robert P. Clickner and Rebecca A. Je¡ries30 Methylmercury exposure assessment using dietary and biomarker data among frequent seafood

consumers in France: CALIPSO studyVe¤ ronique Sirot,Thierry Gue¤ rin,Yves Mauras, Herve¤ Garraud, Jean-LucVolatierand Jean-Charles Leblanc

39 Scalp hair as a biomarker in environmental and occupational mercury exposed populations:Suitable or not?

Yu-Feng Li, Chunying Chen, Bai Li, JiangxueWang,Yuxi Gao,Yuliang Zhao and Zhifang Chai45 Selenium as a potential protective factor against mercury developmental neurotoxicity

Anna L. Choi, Esben Budtz-J�rgensen, Poul J. J�rgensen, Ulrike Steuerwald, Frodi Debes, Pa¤ l Weiheand Philippe Grandjean

53 Mercury exposure and antioxidant defenses inwomen: A comparative study in theAmazonM.C.N. Pinheiro, B.M. Macchi, J.L.F. Vieira, T. Oikawa, W.W. Amoras, G.A. Guimara‹ es, C.A. Costa,M.E. Crespo-Lo¤ pez, A.M. Herculano, L.C.L. Silveira and J.L.M. do Nascimento

60 A possible approach for setting amercury risk-based action level based on tribal ¢sh ingestion ratesBarbara L. Harper and Stuart G. Harris

69 Blood and urine mercury levels in adult amalgam patients of a randomized controlled trial:Interaction of Hg species in erythrocytes

S. Halbach, S.Vogt,W. K˛hler, N. Felgenhauer, G.Welzl, L. Kremers,T. Zilker and D. Melchart79 Scalp hair and urine mercury content of children in the Northeast United States:The New England

Children’s AmalgamTrialJulie E. Dunn, Felicia L.Trachtenberg, Lars Barregard, David Bellinger and Sonja McKinlay

89 Mercury as a serious health hazard for children in gold mining areasStephan Bose-O’Reilly, Beate Lettmeier, Ra¡aella Matteucci Gothe, Christian Beinho¡, Uwe Siebertand Gustav Drasch

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98 Mercury toxicity in Amazon gold miners: Visual dysfunction assessed by retinal and corticalelectrophysiology

Genilma M. da Costa, Laiza M. dos Anjos, Givago S. Souza, Bruno D. Gomes, Ce¤ zar A. Saito,Maria da Conceic-a‹ o N. Pinheiro, Dora F.Ventura, Manoel da Silva Filho and Luiz Carlos L. Silveira

108 Mercury exposures and symptoms in smelting workers of artisanal mercury mines in Wuchuan,Guizhou, China

Ping Li, Xinbin Feng, Guangle Qiu, Zhonggen Li, Xuewu Fu, Minishi Sakamoto, Xiaojie Liuand DingyongWang

115 Glutathione level after long-term occupational elemental mercury exposureAlfred Bogomir Kobal, Marija Prezelj, Milena Horvat, Mladen Krsnik, Darija Gibicarand Josko Osredkar

124 Visual ¢eld losses inworkers exposed tomercury vaporMirella Telles Salgueiro Barboni, Marcelo Fernandes da Costa, Ana Laura de Arau¤ jo Moura,Cla¤ udia Feitosa-Santana, Mirella Gualtieri, Marcos Lago, Marc|¤ lia de Arau¤ jo Medrado-Faria,Luiz Carlos de Lima Silveira and Dora FixVentura

132 Electrophysiological evidence for impairment of contrast sensitivity inmercury vapor occupationalintoxication

Marcelo Fernandes Costa, Sandra Tomaz, John Manuel de Souza, Luiz Carlos de Lima Silveiraand Dora FixVentura

Number 2, June 2008

EXPOSURE139 Simultaneous detection of airborne A£atoxin, Ochratoxin and Zearalenone in a poultry house by

immunoa⁄nity clean-up and high-performance liquid chromatographyYalingWang,Tongjie Chai, Guozhong Lu, Chunsan Quan, Huiyong Duan, MeilingYao,Bert-Andree Zucker and Gerd Schlenker

145 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in edible grain: A pilot study of agricultural crops as a humanexposure pathway for environmental contaminants using wheat as a model crop

Reiko Kobayashi, Robert A. Okamoto, Randy L. Maddalena and NormanY. Kado152 An interlaboratory study of per£uorinated alkyl compound levels in human plasma

Matthew P. Longnecker, Cynthia S. Smith, Grace E. Kissling, Jane A. Hoppin, John L. Butenho¡,Emily Decker, David J. Ehresman, Mark E. Ellefson, John Flaherty, Michael S. Gardner, Eric Langlois,Alain LeBlanc, Andrew B. Lindstrom,William K. Reagen, Mark J. Strynar andWilliam B. Studabaker

160 Uptake of cadmium from Paci¢c oysters (Crassostrea gigas) in British Columbia oyster growersRay Copes, Nina Annika Clark, Karen Rideout, Jan Palaty and KayTeschke

TOXICOLOGY: INVITRO170 Age-related lung cell response to urban Buenos Aires air particle soluble fraction

Agust|¤ n Ostachuk, Pablo Evelson, Susana Martin, Laura Dawidowski, J. Sebastia¤ nYakisichand Deborah R.Tasat

178 E¡ects of diesel exhaust inhalation on heart rate variability in human volunteersAlon Peretz, Joel D. Kaufman, Carol A.Trenga, Jason Allen, Chris Carlsten, Mary R. Aulet, Sara D. Adarand Je¡rey H. Sullivan

185 Stimulatory e¡ects of a microbially dechlorinated polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) mixture on ratuterine contraction in vitro

TaekoTsuneta, Rita Loch-Caruso, John F. Quensen III, Stephen A. Boyd, Mona Hannaand Carmen Grindatti

ECOTOXICOLOGY194 Biomonitoring of Lake Garda: Identi¢cation of ciliate species and symbiotic algae responsible for

the ‘‘black-spot’’ bloom during the summer of 2004Sandra Pucciarelli, Federico Buonanno, Giovanna Pellegrini, Sabrina Pozzi, Patrizia Ballariniand Cristina Miceli

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201 Spatial variations in biomarkers of Mytilus edulis mussels at four polluted regions spanning theNorthern Hemisphere

F. Gagne¤ ,T. Burgeot, J. Hellou, S. St-Jean, E¤. Farcy and C. Blaise218 Metal concentrations in three species of passerine birds breeding in the Hackensack Meadowlands

of NewJerseyNellie Tsipoura, Joanna Burger, Ross Feltes, Janet Yacabucci, David Mizrahi, Christian Jeitnerand Michael Gochfeld

229 Heavy metals in £amingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) from Italian wetlands: The problem of ingestionof lead shot

Stefania Ancora, Nicola Bianchi, Claudio Leonzio and Aristeo Renzoni

EPIDEMIOLOGYANDHUMANSTUDIES237 Socioeconomic disparities in air pollution-associated mortality

Chun-Quan Ou, Anthony J. Hedley, Roger Y. Chung, Thuan-Quoc Thach, Yuen-Kwan Chau,King-Pan Chan, LinYang, Sai-Yin Ho, Chit-MingWong andTai-Hing Lam

245 Relationship between insulin sensitivity and exposure to dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls inpregnant women

Jein-Wen Chen, Shu-LiWang, Po-Chi Liao, HsiaoYen Chen,Ying-Ching Ko and Ching-Chang Lee254 Fish consumption and PCB-associated health risks in recreational ¢shermen on the James River,

VirginiaShelleyA. Harris and Jennifer L. Jones

264 A plateau detected in lead accumulation in subsurface deciduous enamel from individuals exposedto lead may be useful to identify children and regions exposed to higher levels of lead

Glauce Regina Costa deAlmeida, Carolina de Souza Guerra, Jose¤ EduardoTanus-Santos,Fernando Barbosa Jr. and Raquel Fernanda Gerlach

271 Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to tri£uralin in the Agricultural HealthStudy

Daehee Kang, Sue Kyung Park, Laura Beane-Freeman, Charles F. Lynch, Charles E. Knott,Dale P. Sandler, Jane A. Hoppin, Mustafa Dosemeci, Joseph Coble, Jay Lubin, Aaron Blairand Michael Alavanja

REVIEW277 Radiofrequency electromagnetic ¢eld exposure and non-speci¢c symptoms of ill health:

A systematic reviewMartin R˛˛sli

COMMENTARIES288 Unfounded claims about the e¡ects of electromagnetic ¢elds

Bjorn Cedervall289 Electromagnetic ¢elds as cancer-causing agents

D. Belpomme, P. Irigaray and L. Hardell

Number 3, July 2008

EXPOSURE291 Indoor air particles and bioaerosols before and after renovation of moisture-damaged buildings:

The e¡ect on biological activity and microbial £oraKati Huttunen,Helena Rintala,Maija-RiittaHirvonen, AskoVeps�l�inen, AnneHyv�rinen,TeijaMeklin,MikaToivola and Aino Nevalainen

299 Occurrence of Listeria spp. in mattress dust of farm children in BavariaMelanie Korthals, Markus Ege, Sonja Lick, Erika von Mutius and Johann Bauer

305 Estimated burden of blood lead levelsX5 mg/dl in 1999^2002 and declines from 1988 to 1994Shahed Iqbal, Paul Muntner,Vecihi Batuman and Felicia A. Rabito

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312 Urban gardens: Lead exposure, recontamination mechanisms, and implications for remediationdesign

Heather F. Clark, Debra M. Hausladen and Daniel J. Brabander320 Concentration and pro¢le of 22 urinary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites in the

US populationZheng Li, Courtney D. Sandau, Lovisa C. Romano¡, Samuel P. Caudill, Andreas Sjodin,Larry L. Needham and Donald G. Patterson Jr.

332 Yearly measurements of blood lead in Swedish children since 1978:The declining trend continues inthe petrol-lead-free period 1995^2007

Ulf Str˛mberg,Thomas Lundh and Sta¡an Skerfving336 An observational study of the potential for human exposures to pet-borne diazinon residues

following lawn applicationsMarsha K. Morgan, Daniel M. Stout, Paul A. Jones and Dana B. Barr

343 Biological monitoringof exposure to pyrethrins andpyrethroids in ametropolitanpopulationof theProvince of Quebec, Canada

Marie-Chantale Fortin, Miche' le Bouchard, Gae¤ tan Carrier and Pierre Dumas

ECOTOXICOLOGY351 Evaluation of pollutant exposure by chemical and biological markers in a Mediterranean French

urban stream: A step for in situ calibration of multixenobiotic resistance transporter expression asbiomarker in Chironomidae larvae

G. Saez, L. De Jong, X. Moreau, L. Sarrazin, E. Wafo, T. Schembri, V. Lagadec, C. Diana, J.-L. Monodand A.Thie¤ ry

362 Modulation of steroidogenesis and xenobiotic biotransformation responses in zebra¢sh (Daniorerio) exposed to water-soluble fraction of crude oil

AugustineArukwe,Trond Nordtug,Trond M. Kortner, Anne S. Mortensen and Odd Gunnar Brakstad371 Absorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by Pinus bark: Analytical method and use for

environmental pollution monitoring in the Palermo area (Sicily, Italy)Santino Orecchio, Antonio Gianguzza and Loredana Culotta

EPIDEMIOLOGYANDHUMANSTUDIES380 Gender di¡erences in the e¡ects of organochlorines, mercury, and lead on thyroid hormone levels in

lakeside communities of Quebec (Canada)Nadia Abdelouahab, Donna Mergler, Larissa Takser, Claire Vanier, Melissa St-Jean, Mary Baldwin,Philip A. Spear and Hing Man Chan

393 Environmental exposures and puberty in inner-city girlsMary S.Wol¡, Julie A. Britton, Lisa Boguski, Sarah Hochman, Nell Maloney, Nicole Serra, Zhisong Liu,Gertrud Berkowitz, Signe Larson and Joel Forman

RISK ASSESSMENTANDPOLICY401 Public perception and behavior change in relationship to hot weather and air pollution

Jan C. Semenza, Daniel J. Wilson, Jeremy Parra, Brian D. Bontempo, Melissa Hart, David J. Sailorand Linda A. George

REVIEW412 Cat¢sh consumption as a contributor to elevated PCB levels in a non-Hispanic black subpopulation

MaxWeintraub and Linda S. Birnbaum

418 Author Index

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