The outdoor air pollution and brain health workshop

ML Block, A Elder, RL Auten, SD Bilbo, H Chen… - Neurotoxicology, 2012 - Elsevier
Accumulating evidence suggests that outdoor air pollution may have a significant impact on
central nervous system (CNS) health and disease. To address this issue, the National …

Review of psychosocial stress and asthma: an integrated biopsychosocial approach

RJ Wright, M Rodriguez, S Cohen - Thorax, 1998 - thorax.bmj.com
Although consensus has emerged from the clinical, social science, psychological, and
biological literature that psychosocial factors aVect asthma morbidity in children, their role in …

The impact of stress on the development and expression of atopy

RJ Wright, RT Cohen, S Cohen - Current opinion in allergy and …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
The impact of stress on the development and expression of at... : Current Opinion in Allergy
and Clinical Immunology The impact of stress on the development and expression of atopy …

Effects of early-life exposure to allergens and bacteria on recurrent wheeze and atopy in urban children

SV Lynch, RA Wood, H Boushey, LB Bacharier… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Wheezing illnesses cause major morbidity in infants and are frequent
precursors to asthma. Objective We sought to examine environmental factors associated …

Community violence and asthma morbidity: the Inner-City Asthma Study

RJ Wright, H Mitchell, CM Visness… - … journal of public …, 2004 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We examined the association between exposure to violence and asthma among
urban children. Methods. We obtained reports from caretakers (n= 851) of violence, negative …

Synergistic effects of traffic-related air pollution and exposure to violence on urban asthma etiology

JE Clougherty, JI Levy, LD Kubzansky… - Environmental …, 2007 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background Disproportionate life stress and consequent physiologic alteration (ie, immune
dysregulation) has been proposed as a major pathway linking socioeconomic position …

Chronic caregiver stress and IgE expression, allergen-induced proliferation, and cytokine profiles in a birth cohort predisposed to atopy

RJ Wright, P Finn, JP Contreras, S Cohen… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2004 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Psychologic stress modifies immune function and cytokine production.
OBJECTIVE: We examined relationships between caregiver stress on the following markers …

Prenatal particulate air pollution and asthma onset in urban children. Identifying sensitive windows and sex differences

HH Leon Hsu, YH Mathilda Chiu, BA Coull… - American journal of …, 2015 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: The influence of particulate air pollution on respiratory health starts in utero. Fetal
lung growth and structural development occurs in stages; thus, effects on postnatal …

Abuse in childhood and adolescence as a predictor of type 2 diabetes in adult women

JW Rich-Edwards, D Spiegelman, ENL Hibert… - American journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Although child abuse is associated with obesity, it is not known whether
early abuse increases risk of type 2 diabetes. PURPOSE: To investigate associations of …

Social determinants: taking the social context of asthma seriously

DR Williams, M Sternthal, RJ Wright - Pediatrics, 2009 - publications.aap.org
Although asthma has emerged as a major contributor to disease and disability among US
children, the burden of this disease is unevenly distributed within the population. This article …