Ecotoxicology and environmental safety
Jul 14, 2025
BACKGROUND: Although the relationship between environmental pollutants and respiratory health has received widespread attention, no studies have explored the association between volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and preserved ratio impaired spirometr...
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety
Jul 12, 2025
Lead exposure poses substantial long-term health risks, accounting for over 900,000 annual deaths worldwide and impairing cognitive development in more than 800 million children. Recent studies have indicated elevated soil lead contamination levels o...
BACKGROUND: Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are classified as important endocrine disruptors and persistent organic pollutants; nevertheless, there is no comprehensive investigation to evaluate the association between BFRs and hyperuricemia, and t...
This study investigates temperature impacts on preterm birth (PTB) using residential address GPS coordinates for 311,972 pregnant women in Wuhan, China, coupled with daily environmental data. We developed a machine learning model to analyze the impac...
The Adverse Outcome Pathway (AOP) concept leverages existing data to formalize and disseminate knowledge and is a well-accepted concept in chemical risk assessment. However, it does not handle the socio-economic impact that environmentally-induced di...
BACKGROUND: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) affects approximately 697.5 million people worldwide. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are emerging as potential risk factors, but their complex relationships with CKD may be underestimated by traditional lin...
BACKGROUND: Plastic-containing medical devices are commonly used in critical care units and other patient care settings. Patients are often exposed to xenobiotic agents that are leached out from plastic-containing medical devices, including bisphenol...
BACKGROUND: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition with increasing prevalence worldwide. Air pollution may be a major contributor to the rise in ASD cases. This study investigated how the risk of ASD associated with prenatal...
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety
Jun 6, 2025
Environmental chemicals are increasingly recognized as important contributors to obesity, yet the number of studies evaluating this relationship remains insufficient. This study aimed to investigate these associations using interpretable machine lear...
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety
Jun 5, 2025
Soil heavy metal contamination poses serious health risks, but few studies have quantitatively assessed disparities in these risks between urban and rural populations. To address this gap, we introduce a novel framework integrating machine learning a...
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