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Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Environmental Epidemiology & Spatial Epidemiology

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 1882

Special Issue Editors

Dr. David Carpenter

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Institute for Health and the Environment, University at Albany, 5 University Pl., Rm. A217, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA
Interests: persistent organic pollutants; environmental causes of human disease; air pollution; diabetes; cardiovascular disease
Prof. Dr. Fabrizio Bianchi

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Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, 56124 Pisa, Italy
Interests: environmental epidemiology; statistics; environment and health research; reproductive epidemiology; clinical epidemiology; medical statistics; diseases registries; public health surveillance
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Dr. Peter Whittaker

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Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, 43 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HG, UK
Interests: cost-effectiveness analysis; epidemiology; environmental epidemiology; systematic reviews; meta-analysis; quasi-experimental methods; outcomes research; anticoagulation; myocardial infarction
Dr. Eric Delmelle

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Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
Interests: persistent organic pollutants; environmental causes of human disease; air pollution; diabetes; cardiovascular disease
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce this Collection titled “Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Environmental Epidemiology & Spatial Epidemiology”. This issue will be a collection of papers from researchers invited by the Editorial Board Members. The aim is to provide a venue for networking and communication between IJERPH and scholars in the field of Environmental Epidemiology & Spatial Epidemiology. We are committed to collecting a variety of research, including spatial modeling and mapping, evaluating environmental exposures (including ionizing radiation, climate change, air pollution, electromagnetic fields, and occupational exposures) associated with chronic health outcomes, and examining the intersection between mind, body, environment and health. All papers will be published with fully open access after peer review.

Dr. David Carpenter
Prof. Dr. Fabrizio Bianchi
Dr. Peter Whittaker
Dr. Eric Delmelle
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • environmental epidemiology
  • environmental exposures
  • spatial epidemiology
  • spatial modeling and mapping
  • climate change

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Mixture Effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Three Organochlorine Pesticides on Cognitive Function in Mohawk Adults at Akwesasne
by Nozomi Sasaki, Laura E. Jones, Gayle S. Morse, David O. Carpenter and on behalf of the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(2), 1148; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021148 - 09 Jan 2023
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The Mohawks at Akwesasne have been highly exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), via releases from three aluminum foundries located near the reserve. They are also exposed to organochlorine pesticides, namely hexachlorobenzene (HCB), dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), and mirex. Previous studies have demonstrated reduced cognition in [...] Read more.
The Mohawks at Akwesasne have been highly exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), via releases from three aluminum foundries located near the reserve. They are also exposed to organochlorine pesticides, namely hexachlorobenzene (HCB), dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), and mirex. Previous studies have demonstrated reduced cognition in relation to total PCBs, but the effects of the mixtures of different PCB congener groups, HCB, DDE, and mirex on cognitive function have not been studied. Therefore, cognitive performance for executive function, scored via the digit symbol substitution test (DSST), in Mohawk adults aged 17–79 years (n = 301), was assessed in relation to serum concentrations of low-chlorinated PCBs, high-chlorinated PCBs, total PCBs, HCB, DDE, and mirex. We used mixture models employing the quantile-based g-computation method. The mixture effects of low-chlorinated PCBs, high-chlorinated PCBs, HCB, DDE, and mirex were significantly associated with 4.01 DSST scores decrements in the oldest age group, 47–79 years old. There were important contributions to mixture effects from low-chlorinated PCBs, high-chlorinated PCBs, and total PCBs, with smaller contributions of HCB and DDE. Our findings indicate that exposures to both low- and high-chlorinated PCBs increase the risk of cognitive decline in older adults, while DDE and HCB have less effect. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Environmental Epidemiology & Spatial Epidemiology)
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