Kang, D.H., Rothman, N., Poirier, M.C., Greenberg, A., Hsu, C.H., Schwartz, B.S., ...
Biological markers of internal dose and macromolecular dose from PAHs provide a potential means of assessing environmental exposure to PAHs through inhalation, ingestion and percutaneous absorption....
Platelet consumption is a prominent feature of disseminated intravascular coagulation. We investigated whether monocyte procoagulant activity (PCA) might play a role in platelet consumption...
Levy, G A, Schwartz, B S, Curtiss, L K, Edgington, T S
The Shwartzman reaction is a classic biologic response in which the coagulation system is activated in vivo. Cellular initiation of the extrinsic coagulation protease cascade can be mediated by one...
The present study explores the interactions between lymphocytes and monocytes that are required for expression of procoagulant activity (PCA) by monocytes in response to purified protein derivative...
Schwartz, B S, Reitnauer, P J, Hank, J A, Sondel, P M
A panel of human purified protein derivative of the tubercle bacillus (PPD)-reactive T cell clones was derived by cloning out of soft agar followed by cultivation on inactivated feeder cells in the...
Idell, S, James, K K, Levin, E G, Schwartz, B S, Manchanda, N, Maunder, R J, ...
To determine the possible mechanism(s) promoting alveolar fibrin deposition in the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), we investigated the initiation and regulation of both fibrinolysis and...
Schwartz, B S, Lee, B K, Lee, G S, Stewart, W F, Simon, D, Kelsey, K, ...
A cross-sectional study was performed to evaluate the influence of polymorphisms in the [delta]-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) and vitamin D receptor (VDR) genes on blood lead, tibia lead,...
Links, J M, Schwartz, B S, Simon, D, Bandeen-Roche, K, Stewart, W F
We present a theoretical approach to analysis of toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics using linear systems theory. In our approach, we define two impulse response functions that characterize the kinetic...
Lee, B K, Lee, G S, Stewart, W F, Ahn, K D, Simon, D, Kelsey, K T, ...
Evidence suggests that lead and selected genes known to modify the toxicokinetics of lead--namely, those for the vitamin D receptor (VDR) and delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD)--may...
Olfactory function in chemical workers exposed to acrylate and methacrylate vapors.
Schwartz, B S, Doty, R L, Monroe, C, Frye, R, Barker, S
An investigation of the olfactory function of 731 workers at a chemical facility which manufacturers acrylates and methacrylates was undertaken using a standardized quantitative test. In a...
Lyme disease in New Jersey outdoor workers: a statewide survey of seroprevalence and tick exposure.
Goldstein, M D, Schwartz, B S, Friedmann, C, Maccarillo, B, Borbi, M, Tuccillo, R
To evaluate the spread of Lyme disease in New Jersey, we conducted a statewide cross-sectional study of Lyme disease seroprevalence in a high-risk occupational group of outdoor employees. Of the 689...
Lyme borreliosis in an inner-city park in Baltimore.
Schwartz, B S, Hofmeister, E, Glass, G E, Arthur, R R, Childs, J E, Cranfield, M R
Environmental risk factors for Lyme disease identified with geographic information systems.
Glass, G E, Schwartz, B S, Morgan, J M, Johnson, D T, Noy, P M, Israel, E
OBJECTIVES. A geographic information system was used to identify and locate residential environmental risk factors for Lyme disease. METHODS. Data were obtained for 53 environmental variables at the...
Schwartz, B S, Stewart, W F, Kelsey, K T, Simon, D, Park, S, Links, J M, ...
We evaluated associations of tibial lead levels with polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) in 504 former organolead manufacturing workers with past exposure to lead. In this cross-sectional...
Childs, J E, Schwartz, B S, Ksiazek, T G, Graham, R R, LeDuc, J W, Glass, G E
Leptospiral antibody prevalence was 16% in residents of Baltimore. Seropositivity was associated with age, gender, race, and bird ownership, reduced the antibody risk associated with age and race...
Antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi and tick salivary gland proteins in New Jersey outdoor workers.
Schwartz, B S, Goldstein, M D, Childs, J E
In 1990, a second cross-sectional study of outdoor workers (n = 758) at high risk for Lyme disease was conducted. A questionnaire was administered, and antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi and tick...
Platelet consumption is a prominent feature of disseminated intravascular coagulation. We investigated whether monocyte procoagulant activity (PCA) might play a role in platelet consumption...
Levy, G A, Schwartz, B S, Curtiss, L K, Edgington, T S
The Shwartzman reaction is a classic biologic response in which the coagulation system is activated in vivo. Cellular initiation of the extrinsic coagulation protease cascade can be mediated by one...
The present study explores the interactions between lymphocytes and monocytes that are required for expression of procoagulant activity (PCA) by monocytes in response to purified protein derivative...
Schwartz, B S, Reitnauer, P J, Hank, J A, Sondel, P M
A panel of human purified protein derivative of the tubercle bacillus (PPD)-reactive T cell clones was derived by cloning out of soft agar followed by cultivation on inactivated feeder cells in the...
Idell, S, James, K K, Levin, E G, Schwartz, B S, Manchanda, N, Maunder, R J, ...
To determine the possible mechanism(s) promoting alveolar fibrin deposition in the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), we investigated the initiation and regulation of both fibrinolysis and...
Schwartz, B S, Lee, B K, Lee, G S, Stewart, W F, Simon, D, Kelsey, K, ...
A cross-sectional study was performed to evaluate the influence of polymorphisms in the [delta]-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) and vitamin D receptor (VDR) genes on blood lead, tibia lead,...
Links, J M, Schwartz, B S, Simon, D, Bandeen-Roche, K, Stewart, W F
We present a theoretical approach to analysis of toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics using linear systems theory. In our approach, we define two impulse response functions that characterize the kinetic...
Lee, B K, Lee, G S, Stewart, W F, Ahn, K D, Simon, D, Kelsey, K T, ...
Evidence suggests that lead and selected genes known to modify the toxicokinetics of lead--namely, those for the vitamin D receptor (VDR) and delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD)--may...
Olfactory function in chemical workers exposed to acrylate and methacrylate vapors.
Schwartz, B S, Doty, R L, Monroe, C, Frye, R, Barker, S
An investigation of the olfactory function of 731 workers at a chemical facility which manufacturers acrylates and methacrylates was undertaken using a standardized quantitative test. In a...
Lyme disease in New Jersey outdoor workers: a statewide survey of seroprevalence and tick exposure.
Goldstein, M D, Schwartz, B S, Friedmann, C, Maccarillo, B, Borbi, M, Tuccillo, R
To evaluate the spread of Lyme disease in New Jersey, we conducted a statewide cross-sectional study of Lyme disease seroprevalence in a high-risk occupational group of outdoor employees. Of the 689...
Lyme borreliosis in an inner-city park in Baltimore.
Schwartz, B S, Hofmeister, E, Glass, G E, Arthur, R R, Childs, J E, Cranfield, M R
Environmental risk factors for Lyme disease identified with geographic information systems.
Glass, G E, Schwartz, B S, Morgan, J M, Johnson, D T, Noy, P M, Israel, E
OBJECTIVES. A geographic information system was used to identify and locate residential environmental risk factors for Lyme disease. METHODS. Data were obtained for 53 environmental variables at the...
Schwartz, B S, Stewart, W F, Kelsey, K T, Simon, D, Park, S, Links, J M, ...
We evaluated associations of tibial lead levels with polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) in 504 former organolead manufacturing workers with past exposure to lead. In this cross-sectional...
Childs, J E, Schwartz, B S, Ksiazek, T G, Graham, R R, LeDuc, J W, Glass, G E
Leptospiral antibody prevalence was 16% in residents of Baltimore. Seropositivity was associated with age, gender, race, and bird ownership, reduced the antibody risk associated with age and race...
Antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi and tick salivary gland proteins in New Jersey outdoor workers.
Schwartz, B S, Goldstein, M D, Childs, J E
In 1990, a second cross-sectional study of outdoor workers (n = 758) at high risk for Lyme disease was conducted. A questionnaire was administered, and antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi and tick...
Schwartz, B S, McGrail, M P, Stewart, W, Pluth, T
OBJECTIVES--To describe 6 h urinary lead excretion (6 h PbU) after 1 g intravenous ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) in organolead manufacturing workers with mixed exposure to organic and...
Balbus-Kornfeld, J M, Stewart, W, Bolla, K I, Schwartz, B S
OBJECTIVES--To evaluate the current evidence that cumulative exposure to inorganic lead is associated with decreased performance in neurobehavioural tests in adults. METHODS--21 unique studies were...
Provocative chelation with DMSA and EDTA: evidence for differential access to lead storage sites.
Lee, B K, Schwartz, B S, Stewart, W, Ahn, K D
OBJECTIVES--To validate a provocative chelation test with 2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) by direct comparison with the standard ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) test in the same subjects;...
Schwartz, B S, Lee, B K, Stewart, W, Sithisarankul, P, Strickland, P T, Ahn, K D, ...
OBJECTIVES: Previous research suggests that binding of lead by delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) may vary by ALAD genotype. This hypothesis was tested by examining whether ALAD genotype...
Schwartz, B. S., Stewart, W. F., Todd, A. C., Links, J. M.
OBJECTIVES: To identify predictors of tibial and dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) chelatable lead in 543 organolead manufacturing workers with past exposure to organic and inorganic lead. METHODS: In...
Kelsey, K. T., Ross, D., Traver, R. D., Christiani, D. C., Zuo, Z. F., Spitz, M. R., ...
The NAD(P)H quinone oxidoreductase (NQO1:EC 1.6.99.2) is an important biotransformation enzyme system that is also known to metabolize important novel chemotherapeutic compounds. The gene that codes...