Review of acellular assays of ambient particulate matter oxidative potential: methods and relationships with composition, sources, and health effects

JT Bates, T Fang, V Verma, L Zeng… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Oxidative stress is a potential mechanism of action for particulate matter (PM) toxicity and
can occur when the body's antioxidant capacity cannot counteract or detoxify harmful effects …

Micronuclei and other nuclear anomalies in buccal smears: methods development

PE Tolbert, CM Shy, JW Allen - Mutation Research/Environmental …, 1992 - Elsevier
Laboratory work aimed at improving the epidemiologic utility of an innovative genotoxicity
assay is described. The exfoliated cell micronucleus assay involves microscopic analysis of …

Ambient air pollution and respiratory emergency department visits

JL Peel, PE Tolbert, M Klein, KB Metzger… - …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Background: A number of emergency department studies have corroborated findings from
mortality and hospital admission studies regarding an association of ambient air pollution …

Short-term associations between ambient air pollutants and pediatric asthma emergency department visits

MJ Strickland, LA Darrow, M Klein… - American journal of …, 2010 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Certain outdoor air pollutants cause asthma exacerbations in children. To
advance understanding of these relationships, further characterization of the dose–response …

Ambient air pollution and cardiovascular emergency department visits

KB Metzger, PE Tolbert, M Klein, JL Peel… - …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Background: Despite evidence supporting an association between ambient air pollutants
and cardiovascular disease (CVD), the roles of the physicochemical components of …

Fine particle sources and cardiorespiratory morbidity: an application of chemical mass balance and factor analytical source-apportionment methods

JA Sarnat, A Marmur, M Klein, E Kim… - Environmental …, 2008 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background Interest in the health effects of particulate matter (PM) has focused on
identifying sources of PM, including biomass burning, power plants, and gasoline and diesel …

Oils and cancer

PE Tolbert - Cancer Causes & Control, 1997 - Springer
Epidemiologic evidence on the relationship between mineral oil exposure and cancer is
reviewed. The review is restricted to occupations involving substantial dermal and …

Reactive oxygen species generation linked to sources of atmospheric particulate matter and cardiorespiratory effects

JT Bates, RJ Weber, J Abrams, V Verma… - … science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
Exposure to atmospheric fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) is associated with cardiorespiratory
morbidity and mortality, but the mechanisms are not well understood. We assess the …

Age at menarche and tanner stage in girls exposed in utero and postnatally to polybrominated biphenyl

HM Blanck, M Marcus, PE Tolbert, C Rubin… - …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
Accidental contamination of the Michigan food chain with polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs)
led to the exposure of more than 4,000 individuals in 1973. Because PBB exposure is …

Micronuclei and other nuclear anomalies in buccal smears: a field test in snuff users

PE Tolbert, CM Shy, JW Allen - American Journal of …, 1991 - academic.oup.com
A revised protocol for the exfoliated cell micronucleus assay was field-tested in a population
exposed to a genotoxic agent, snuff, at levels associated with a significant increase in …