Environmental Exposure

"Environmental Exposure" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The exposure to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents in the environment or to environmental factors that may include ionizing radiation, pathogenic organisms, or toxic chemicals.

Descriptor ID	D004781
MeSH Number(s)	N06.850.460.350
Concept/Terms	Environmental Exposure Environmental Exposure Exposure, Environmental Environmental Exposures Exposures, Environmental

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Health Care [N]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Environmental Pollution [N06.850.460]
Environmental Exposure [N06.850.460.350]

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Bar chart showing 51 publications over 22 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2009

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	0	1	1
2000	0	1	1
2002	1	1	2
2003	2	1	3
2004	0	1	1
2006	0	1	1
2007	1	0	1
2008	0	2	2
2009	3	3	6
2010	2	1	3
2011	1	0	1
2012	1	2	3
2013	2	2	4
2014	1	3	4
2015	3	1	4
2016	0	1	1
2017	1	1	2
2019	1	0	1
2020	1	2	3
2023	0	2	2
2024	1	2	3
2025	2	0	2

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Trembley JH, Barach P, Tom?ka JM, Poole JT, Ginex PK, Miller RF, Sandri BJ, Szema AM, Gandy K, Siddharthan T, Kirkness JP, Nixon JP, Torres RL, Klein MA, Nurkiewicz TR, Butterick TA. Veterans Affairs Military Toxic Exposure Research Conference: Veteran-centric Approach and Community of Practice. Mil Med. 2025 09 01; 190(9-10):231-237.

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Anderson WA, Domingo-Relloso A, Galvez-Fernandez M, Schilling K, Glabonjat RA, Basu A, Nigra AE, Gutierrez OM, Scherzer R, Goldsmith J, Sarnak MJ, Bonventre JV, Kimmel PL, Vasan RS, Ix JH, Shlipak MG, Navas-Acien A. Uranium exposure and kidney tubule biomarkers in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Environ Res. 2025 Apr 15; 271:121060.

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Brooks AW, Sandri BJ, Nixon JP, Nurkiewicz TR, Barach P, Trembley JH, Butterick TA. Neuroinflammation and Brain Health Risks in Veterans Exposed to Burn Pit Toxins. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Sep 10; 25(18).

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Glabonjat RA, Schilling K, Slavkovich VN, Izuchukwu CN, Balac O, Dubey S, Nandakumar R, Galvez-Fernandez M, Anderson WA, Spaur MS, Sobel MH, Nigra AE, Sanchez TR, Jones MR, Navas-Acien A. Arsenic speciation analysis in human urine for long term epidemiological studies: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Environ Res. 2024 Dec 01; 262(Pt 1):119833.

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Wen T, Puett RC, Liao D, Kanter J, Mittleman MA, Lanzkron SM, Yanosky JD. Short-term air pollution levels and sickle cell disease hospital encounters in South Carolina: A case-crossover analysis. Environ Res. 2024 07 01; 252(Pt 1):118766.

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Gherasim A, Bielory L. The use of environmental exposure chambers in studies related to ocular surface effects. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2023 10 01; 23(5):409-414.

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Hill DT, Jandev V, Petroni M, Atallah-Yunes N, Bendinskas K, Brann LS, Heffernan K, Larsen DA, MacKenzie JA, Palmer CD, Parsons PJ, Gump BB, Collins MB. Airborne levels of cadmium are correlated with urinary cadmium concentrations among young children living in the New York state city of Syracuse, USA. Environ Res. 2023 04 15; 223:115450.

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Hill DT, Petroni M, Larsen DA, Bendinskas K, Heffernan K, Atallah-Yunes N, Parsons PJ, Palmer CD, MacKenzie JA, Collins MB, Gump BB. Linking metal (Pb, Hg, Cd) industrial air pollution risk to blood metal levels and cardiovascular functioning and structure among children in Syracuse, NY. Environ Res. 2021 02; 193:110557.

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Salisbury ML, Hewlett JC, Ding G, Markin CR, Douglas K, Mason W, Guttentag A, Phillips JA, Cogan JD, Reiss S, Mitchell DB, Wu P, Young LR, Lancaster LH, Loyd JE, Humphries SM, Lynch DA, Kropski JA, Blackwell TS. Development and Progression of Radiologic Abnormalities in Individuals at Risk for Familial Interstitial Lung Disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 05 15; 201(10):1230-1239.

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Steffen JE, Tran T, Yimam M, Clancy KM, Bird TB, Rigler M, Longo W, Egilman DS. Serous Ovarian Cancer Caused by Exposure to Asbestos and Fibrous Talc in Cosmetic Talc Powders-A Case Series. J Occup Environ Med. 2020 02; 62(2):e65-e77.

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