Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

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Otitis, rhinitis, and atopy in relation to domestic endotoxin and β-glucan exposure among children in Singapore

Lynne Lim Hsueh Yee, Amilia Wee Li Yan, Ragnar Rylander

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine > 2010 > 15 > 5 > 271-275

Background Exposure to microbial cell wall agents (MCWAs) has been related to the risk for atopy, otitis, and rhinitis. Objectives To relate domestic exposure to two important MCWAs—β-glucan and endotoxin—to the risk for otitis, rhinitis, atopy, and allergy in a sample of children from Singapore. Methods Subjects (n = 98) were recruited from July 2006 to December 2008. Blood samples were taken...

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Abstracts from Nippon Eiseigaku Zasshi (Japanese Journal of Hygiene) vol. 65 no. 3

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine > 2010 > 15 > 5 > 331-332

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DNA damage and estrogenic activity induced by the environmental pollutant 2-nitrotoluene and its metabolite

Chigusa Watanabe, Takashi Egami, Kaoru Midorikawa, Yusuke Hiraku, more

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine > 2010 > 15 > 5 > 319-326

Objectives The environmental pollutant 2-nitrotoluene (2-NO₂-T) is carcinogenic and reproductively toxic in animals. In this study, we elucidated the mechanisms of its carcinogenicity and reproductive toxicity. Methods We examined DNA damage induced by 2-NO₂-T and its metabolite, 2-nitrosotoluene (2-NO-T), using ³²P-5′-end-labeled DNA. We measured 8-oxo-7, 8-dihydro-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG),...

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Repressive coping and alexithymia in idiopathic environmental intolerance

Sine Skovbjerg, Robert Zachariae, Alice Rasmussen, Jeanne Duus Johansen, more

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine > 2010 > 15 > 5 > 299-310

Objective To examine if the non-expression of negative emotions (i.e., repressive coping) and differences in the ability to process and regulate emotions (i.e., alexithymia) is associated with idiopathic environmental intolerance (IEI). Methods The study included participants who had previously participated in a general population-based study and reported symptoms of environmental intolerance (n...

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Consumer reactions to risk information on bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Japan

Kumiko Ogoshi, Hideo Yasunaga, Naoya Obana, Toshio Ogawa, more

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine > 2010 > 15 > 5 > 311-318

Objectives To investigate the impact of information on foodborne disease on consumers, we quantified consumers’ anxiety, purchasing behaviors, and willingness-to-pay (WTP) in response to the reading of newspaper articles published in 2001 that documented the first cow in Japan to be infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Methods An online questionnaire survey of 993 females aged 20–59 years...

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The current status of occupational health in China

Xueyan Zhang, Zhongxu Wang, Tao Li

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine > 2010 > 15 > 5 > 263-270

Objective This study aimed to summarize the major health problems among Chinese workers, the strategies and measures for occupational hazards control, the network and organizations of occupational health administration, and the achievements and current challenges of occupational health in China. Results The situation of occupational health was found to be still serious in China. Enterprises with...

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Examining commute routes: applications of GIS and GPS technology

Hannah M. Badland, Mitch J. Duncan, Melody Oliver, J. Scott Duncan, more

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine > 2010 > 15 > 5 > 327-330

Objective The application of geographic information systems (GIS) to describe commute route elements is commonplace, yet the accuracy of GIS-estimated commute routes is not clear. This study compared GIS-estimated commute routes against actual routes traveled as measured using global positioning systems (GPS) to examine differences in urban form surrounding travel routes across different buffer sizes...

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Association between the incidence of premature rupture of membranes in pregnant women and seismic intensity of the Noto Peninsula earthquake

Naomi Sekizuka, Akemi Sakai, Kouya Aoyama, Takafumi Kohama, more

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine > 2010 > 15 > 5 > 292-298

Objectives The Noto Peninsula earthquake struck the coast of the Noto Peninsula, Japan on March 25, 2007, resulting in the death of one woman and injury to 356 people. A total of 684 houses were totally destroyed by this earthquake, and more than 2,500 people were forced to live at shelters. In this study, we have evaluated the association between the incidence of peripartum abnormalities and seismic...

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On the application of structural equation modeling for the construction of a health index

Ferra Yanuar, Kamarulzaman Ibrahim, Abdul Aziz Jemain

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine > 2010 > 15 > 5 > 285-291

Objective The health of an individual is influenced by many factors. These could include factors that are related to the economy and the environment, as well as social and biological factors. Many studies have been carried out to study the effect of these factors on health, in terms of the individual factors or combined factors. The main purpose of this study was to demonstrate the value of structural...

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Dampness, food habits, and sick building syndrome symptoms in elementary school pupils

Yasuaki Saijo, Yoshihiko Nakagi, Toshihiro Ito, Yoshihiko Sugioka, more

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine > 2010 > 15 > 5 > 276-284

Objectives We investigated dampness/mold in schools and dwellings, and food habits and subjective symptoms in elementary school pupils, in order to clarify the effect of dampness and food habits on subjective symptoms in elementary school pupils. Methods Questionnaires were used to investigate dampness in classrooms and dwellings in Hokkaido, Japan, and its effect on subjective symptoms in 1,077...

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Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Otitis, rhinitis, and atopy in relation to domestic endotoxin and β-glucan exposure among children in Singapore

Abstracts from Nippon Eiseigaku Zasshi (Japanese Journal of Hygiene) vol. 65 no. 3

DNA damage and estrogenic activity induced by the environmental pollutant 2-nitrotoluene and its metabolite

Repressive coping and alexithymia in idiopathic environmental intolerance

Consumer reactions to risk information on bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Japan

The current status of occupational health in China

Examining commute routes: applications of GIS and GPS technology

Association between the incidence of premature rupture of membranes in pregnant women and seismic intensity of the Noto Peninsula earthquake

On the application of structural equation modeling for the construction of a health index

Dampness, food habits, and sick building syndrome symptoms in elementary school pupils

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