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Your Environment. Your Health.

Project Publications: University of Albany - SUNY: PCBs and the Well-being of Mohawk Children and Youth, Growth, Development and Cognitive Behavioral Functioning

Superfund Research Program

PCBs and the Well-being of Mohawk Children and Youth, Growth, Development and Cognitive Behavioral Functioning

Project Leader: Lawrence M. Schell
Grant Number: P42ES004913
Funding Period: 1995 - 2000

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Publications

2017

  • Behforooz B, Newman J, Gallo MV, the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment, Schell LM. 2017. PCBs and measures of attention and impulsivity on a continuous performance task of young adults. Neurotoxicol Teratol 64:29-36. doi:10.1016/j.ntt.2017.08.004 PMID:28882586

2000

  • Denham M, Schell LM, Gallo M, the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment. 2000. Relationship between body size, body composition, and sexual maturation among Akwesasne Mohawk youth. American Journal of Human Biology 12:265.
  • Gallo M, Schell LM, Newman J, DeCaprio AP, the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment. 2000. Relationship of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Akwesasne Mohawk Nation youth and maternal fish consumption before and during pregnancy. American Journal of Human Biology 12:266-267.
  • Schell LM, DeCaprio AP, Gallo M, Hubicki L, the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment. 2000. Polychlorinated biphenyls and thyroid function in adolescents of the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne. In: Proceedings of IX International Congress of Auxology: Human Growth From Conception to Maturity. Turin, Italy. Smith-Gordon, London,

1999

  • Denham M, Schell LM, Choh A, Gallo M, Newman J, the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment. 1999. Sexual maturation of Akwesasne Mohawk youth. American Journal of Human Biology 11:109.
  • Gallo M, Schell LM, Newman J, the Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment. 1999. Growth of the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation youth. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 108(S28):132.
  • Schell LM, Stark AD. 1999. Pollution and child health. In: Urbanism, Health and Human Biology in Industrialized Countries. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, MA. pp.136-157.
  • Stewart P, Darvil T, Lonky E, Reihman J, Pagano JJ, Bush B. 1999. Assessment of prenatal exposure to PCBs from maternal consumption of Great Lakes fish: an analysis of PCB pattern and concentration. Environ Res 80:S87-S96. PMID:10092422

1998

  • Fitzgerald EF, Schell LM, Marshall EG, Carpenter DO, Suk WA, Zejda J. 1998. Environmental pollution and child health in central and eastern Europe. Environ Health Perspect 106:307-311. PMID:9618345
  • Newman J, Campbell K. 1998. Effects of PCBs on children's growth and social/cognitive functioning. In: Handbook of Health-Related Disorders in Children. APA Publications, Washington, DC. pp.514-518.
  • Schell LM. 1998. Environmental factors influencing birth-weight. In: Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth and Development. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. pp.291-296.
  • Schell LM. 1998. Environmental toxicants. In: Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Growth and Development. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. pp.343-345.
  • Schell LM. 1998. Using patterns of child growth and development to assess community-wide effects of low-level exposure to toxic materials. In: Hazardous Waste: Impacts on Human and Ecological Health (Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Hazardous Waste). Princeton Scientific, Princeton, NJ. pp.478-483.
  • Schell LM, Czerwinski S. 1998. Environmental health, social inequality and biologic difference. In: Human Biology of Social Inequality. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp.114-131.
  • Schell LM, Tarbell A. 1998. A partnership study of PCBs and the health of Mohawk youth: Lessons from our past and guidelines for our future. Environ Health Perspect 106:833-840. PMID:9646046

1996

  • Fitzgerald EF, Brix KA, Deres DA, Hwang S, Bush B, Lambert G, Tarbell A. 1996. Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethylene (DDE) exposure among Native American men from contaminated Great Lakes fish and wildlife. Toxicol Ind Health 12(3-4):361-368. doi:10.1177/074823379601200308 PMID:8843553

1995

  • Fitzgerald EF, Hwang S, Brix KA, Bush B, Cook K, Worswick P. 1995. Fish PCB concentrations and consumption patterns among Mohawk women at Akwesasne. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 5(1):1-19. PMID:7663146
  • . 1995. Exposure to PCBs from Hazardous Waste among Mohawk Women and Children at Akwesasne. In: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Atlanta, GA.
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