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 105 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2024

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	1	0	1
1999	0	2	2
2000	0	1	1
2002	1	2	3
2003	2	1	3
2004	5	2	7
2005	1	2	3
2006	1	1	2
2007	2	1	3
2008	0	3	3
2009	3	4	7
2010	3	2	5
2011	3	1	4
2012	1	3	4
2013	5	4	9
2014	1	3	4
2015	6	2	8
2016	1	1	2
2017	4	1	5
2018	2	1	3
2019	3	0	3
2020	2	3	5
2021	0	3	3
2023	0	2	2
2024	4	6	10
2025	3	0	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Environmental Exposure" by people in Profiles.

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 Sep 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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Agbaria N, Finkelstein A, Zwas DR, Daoud N. Perceptions of Barriers and Facilitators to Reducing Exposure to Secondhand Smoke in the Home: A Qualitative Study With Palestinian-Arab Women in Israel. Nicotine Tob Res. 2025 Jan 22; 27(2):282-290.

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Vohra V, Yesantharao LV, Stemme R, Seal SM, Morris-Wiseman LF, McAdams-DeMarco M, Mady LJ, Deziel NC, Biswal S, Ramanathan M, Mathur A. Association Between Environmental Air Pollution and Thyroid Cancer and Nodules: A Systematic Review. Thyroid. 2024 12; 34(12):1451-1464.

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Peleman J, Ruan M, Dey T, Chiang S, Dilger A, Mitchell MB, Jung YS, Ramanathan M, Mady L, Yu S, Cramer J, Lee SE. Air pollution exposure and head and neck cancer incidence. Sci Rep. 2024 11 12; 14(1):26998.

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G?mez LF, Kinnee E, Kaufman JD, Young MT, Fitzpatrick AM, Phipatanakul W, Mauger DT, McClure LA, Bilal U, Holguin F, Clougherty JE. Modification of asthma treatment efficacy by healthcare access: A reanalysis of AsthmaNet Step-Up Yellow Zone Inhaled Corticosteroids to Prevent Exacerbations (STICS) clinical trial. Respir Med. 2024 Nov-Dec; 234:107853.

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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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Bloom MS, Clark JM, Pearce JL, Ferguson PL, Newman RB, Roberts JR, Grobman WA, Sciscione AC, Skupski DW, Garcia K, Vena JE, Hunt KJ. Impact of Skin Care Products on Phthalates and Phthalate Replacements in Children: the ECHO-FGS. Environ Health Perspect. 2024 Sep; 132(9):97001.

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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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Fitzpatrick AM, Mohammad AF, Desher K, Mutic AD, Stephenson ST, Dallalio GA, Grunwell JR. Clinical and inflammatory features of traffic-related diesel exposure in children with asthma. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2024 Oct; 133(4):393-402.e4.

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