"Environmental Pollutants" 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.
Substances or energies, for example heat or light, which when introduced into the air, water, or land threaten life or health of individuals or ECOSYSTEMS.
| Descriptor ID |
D004785
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.888.284
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Environmental Pollutants" by people in Profiles.
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Lead exposure in the home environment: An overview of risks from cottage industries in Africa. Neurotoxicology. 2020 12; 81:34-39.
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Environmental lead exposure and pubertal trajectory classes in South African adolescent males and females. Sci Total Environ. 2018 Jul 01; 628-629:1437-1445.
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The effect of metal pollution on the life history and insecticide resistance phenotype of the major malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae). PLoS One. 2018; 13(2):e0192551.
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Mycotoxin contamination of home-grown maize in rural northern South Africa (Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces). Food Addit Contam Part B Surveill. 2016; 9(1):38-45.
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Hazards identified and the need for health risk assessment in the South African mining industry. Hum Exp Toxicol. 2015 Dec; 34(12):1212-21.
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Trends in lead exposure in a rural mining town in South Africa, 1991-2008. S Afr Med J. 2015 Jul; 105(7):515.
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Response to: Bouwman, H. et al. Hallogenated pollutants in terrestrial and aquatic bird eggs: converging patterns of pollutant profiles, and impacts and risks from higher levels Environ. Res. (2013) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2013.06.003. Environ Res. 2014 Jul; 132:457-8.
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Lead exposure is associated with a delay in the onset of puberty in South African adolescent females: findings from the Birth to Twenty cohort. Sci Total Environ. 2010 Oct 01; 408(21):4949-54.
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Prenatal and adolescent blood lead levels in South Africa: child, maternal and household risk factors in the Birth to Twenty cohort. Environ Res. 2010 May; 110(4):355-62.
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Lead-based paint on playground equipment in public children's parks in Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni. S Afr Med J. 2009 Nov; 99(11):819-21.