Scientific Publications

View a selection of recent and past publications from PEHSU experts and other collaborators related to specific chemical exposures, their clinical implications, and patient communication. The PEHSU does not conduct research, though our clinicians and scientists often do conduct research in their work in areas such as childhood asthma and air quality, heavy metal and chemical exposures, reproductive environmental health, and neurodevelopmental disorders. Publications are listed with most recent at the top:

Exposure to polyoxyethylene tallow amines (POEAs), glyphosate co-formulation surfactants, in a US pregnant population and their potential endocrine disrupting effects

Forever Chemicals (PFAS): An Overview for Maternity and Pediatric Health Care Professionals

Early-Life Factors and Body Mass Index Trajectories Among Children in the ECHO Cohort

Associations of placental lncRNA expression with maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and infant birthweight in two birth cohorts

Prescriptions (Rx) for Prevention: Clinical Tools for Integrating Environmental Health into Pediatric Clinical Care

Take the Lead on Lead: Feasibility of a Telemedicine-Based Clinic for Lead Poisoning Prevention and Management

Early-Life Ozone Exposure and Asthma and Wheeze in Children

An assessment of organophosphate ester mixtures and the placental transcriptome

Periods of susceptibility for associations between phthalate exposure and preterm birth: Results from a pooled analysis of 16 US cohorts

Wildfire Smoke Exposure is Associated with Decreased Sperm Concentration and Total Motile Sperm Count

Child Opportunity Index at birth and asthma with recurrent exacerbations in the US ECHO program

Prenatal ozone exposure and child lung function: Exploring effect modification by oxidative balance score

Practical considerations for using low-cost sensors to assess wildfire smoke exposure in school and childcare settings

An Update on Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units: Activities and Impacts, 2015-19

Poison Centers and Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units: Productive Two-Way Partnerships

Potential impacts of synthetic food dyes on activity and attention in children: a review of the human and animal evidence

Developing and implementing core competencies in children’s environmental health for students, trainees and healthcare providers: a narrative review

Children’s environmental health and disaster resilience in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

Ambient Air Pollution: Health Hazards to Children

Health effects of wildfire smoke in children and public health tools: a narrative review

We can and we must do better to protect children from drinking water contaminants.

Home visits for pediatric asthma – A strategy for comprehensive asthma management through prevention and reduction of environmental asthma triggers in the home

Doc, can you test me for “toxic metals”? Challenges of testing for toxicants in patients with environmental concerns

Do we know how best to disinfect child care sites in the United States? A review of available disinfectant efficacy data and health risks of the major disinfectant classes.

Childhood Ingestions of Environmental Toxins: What Are the Risks?

Childhood leukemia incidence in California: High and rising in the Hispanic population

A Multimedia E-Book-A Story of Health: Filling a Gap in Environmental Health Literacy for Health Professionals.

Thyroid Hormones and Moderate Exposure to Perchlorate during Pregnancy in Women in Southern California.

Children’s Cancer and Environmental Exposures: Professional Attitudes and Practices

Arsenic and Rice: Translating Research to Address Health Care Providers’ Needs.

First trimester phthalate exposure and anogenital distance in newborns

Acute gastrointestinal illness following a prolonged community-wide water emergency. Epidemiol Infect.

Toxic environmental chemicals: the role of reproductive health professionals in preventing harmful exposures.

Environmental exposures: how to counsel preconception and prenatal patients in the clinical setting

Practical guidelines for evaluating lead exposure in children with mental health conditions: molecular effects and clinical implications.

Impact of environmental chemicals on lung development.

Development of the pediatric environmental health specialty unit network in North America