ALLMedicine™ Environmental Health Center

Apr 4th, 2021 - Human exposure to parabens is very common in daily life, and prenatal exposure to these chemicals is associated with poor birth outcomes. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of glutathione S-transferase (GST) polymorphis...

Mar 7th, 2021 - Training in environmental health (EH) engages and inspires youth to tackle health promotion and policy change. Yet, there is little guidance on how to successfully nurture and sustain youth engagement. This paper compares four case studies of yout...

Jan 10th, 2021 - Inclusion of environmental health (EH) in medical education serves as a catalyst for preparing future physicians to address issues as complex as climate change and health, water pollution and lead contamination. However, previous research has foun...

Nov 25th, 2020 - Environmental health (EH) is influenced by complex interactions between health and the built and natural environments, there being little research on its specificities in urban settings. The use of suitable indicators to monitor and assess EH is f...

Oct 8th, 2020 - The Westlawn Partnership for a Healthier Environment (WPHE) is a longstanding group of community stakeholders that was formed over a decade ago to identify, prioritize, and address environmental health (EH) concerns in a low-income, predominantly ...

Apr 14th, 2015 - The aims of the Community Organizing Network for Environmental Health are to: share with community groups and organizations the findings from data collected through household and air quality research of the CAAA project; identify and engage existi...

Mar 30th, 2012 - March 30, 2012 — Prenatal exposure to common urban air pollutants known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) may lead to behavioral problems, including poor attention, anxiety, and depression, in young children, new research suggests. In a f...

Mar 30th, 2012 - March 30, 2012 — Prenatal exposure to common urban air pollutants known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) may lead to behavioral problems, including poor attention, anxiety, and depression, in young children, new research suggests. In a f...

Patients and Methods The source population was the membership of Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC). KPNC is a prepaid, integrated healthcare delivery system that serves approximately 4 million members. All aspects of medical care provid...

Materials and Methods The present cohort study is being conducted by the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) (Perera et al. 2003). The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Columbia University. Domin...