This study compared susceptibility to respiratory morbidity in a cohort of 9-year-old children exposed congenitally and postnatally to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) to susceptibility in a cohort...
The serious environmental problems caused by decades of Communist mismanagement of natural resources in countries of Central and Eastern Europe have been brought to light in recent years. All...
Relationship between ambient air pollution and DNA damage in Polish mothers and newborns.
Whyatt, R M, Santella, R M, Jedrychowski, W, Garte, S J, Bell, D A, Ottman, R, ...
Industrialized regions in Poland are characterized by high ambient pollution, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from coal burning for industry and home heating. In experimental...
Molecular epidemiologic research on the effects of environmental pollutants on the fetus.
Perera, F P, Jedrychowski, W, Rauh, V, Whyatt, R M
Evidence shows that fetuses and infants are more affected than adults by a variety of environmental toxicants because of differential exposure, physiologic immaturity, and a longer lifetime over...
Jedrychowski, W, Flak, E, Mróz, E
The main purpose of our study was to assess the effect of low concentrations of ambient air pollution on lung function growth in preadolescent children. We accounted for height velocity over the...
Jedrychowski, W, Krzyzanowski, M
The analysis carried out earlier in Cracow showed that the high level of SO2 and particulate matter (PM) alone cannot be responsible for an excess of chronic chest symptoms and faster lung function...
This study compared susceptibility to respiratory morbidity in a cohort of 9-year-old children exposed congenitally and postnatally to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) to susceptibility in a cohort...
The serious environmental problems caused by decades of Communist mismanagement of natural resources in countries of Central and Eastern Europe have been brought to light in recent years. All...
Relationship between ambient air pollution and DNA damage in Polish mothers and newborns.
Whyatt, R M, Santella, R M, Jedrychowski, W, Garte, S J, Bell, D A, Ottman, R, ...
Industrialized regions in Poland are characterized by high ambient pollution, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from coal burning for industry and home heating. In experimental...
Molecular epidemiologic research on the effects of environmental pollutants on the fetus.
Perera, F P, Jedrychowski, W, Rauh, V, Whyatt, R M
Evidence shows that fetuses and infants are more affected than adults by a variety of environmental toxicants because of differential exposure, physiologic immaturity, and a longer lifetime over...
Jedrychowski, W, Flak, E, Mróz, E
The main purpose of our study was to assess the effect of low concentrations of ambient air pollution on lung function growth in preadolescent children. We accounted for height velocity over the...
Jedrychowski, W, Krzyzanowski, M
The analysis carried out earlier in Cracow showed that the high level of SO2 and particulate matter (PM) alone cannot be responsible for an excess of chronic chest symptoms and faster lung function...
Sickness absence caused by chest diseases in relation to smoking and chronic bronchitis symptoms.
The relationship between sickness absence caused by chest diseases, smoking habit, and symptoms of chronic bronchitis among the workers of a fertilizer factory in Karaków is examined. The analysis...
Occupational exposures and changes in pulmonary function over 13 years among residents of Cracow.
Krzyzanowski, M, Jedrychowski, W, Wysocki, M
In a 13 year follow up study conducted among residents of Cracow the relation of annual rate of decline in FEV1 to occupational exposures was analysed. The study group consisted of 696 men and 983...
Becher, H, Jedrychowski, W, Wahrendorf, J, Basa-Cierpialek, Z, Flak, E, Gomola, K
A population based case-control study was performed in Cracow, Poland, to determine the effect of occupational air pollutants on various histological types of lung cancer. Male cases and controls...
A five-year follow-up study in an industrial population showed that the prevalence and development of chest symptoms in men was related mainly to their smoking habits and, to a lesser degree, to age....
A case-control study of lung cancer with special reference to the effect of air pollution in Poland.
Jedrychowski, W, Becher, H, Wahrendorf, J, Basa-Cierpialek, Z
STUDY OBJECTIVE--The aim of the study was to assess the affect of inhaled pollutants on lung cancer risk. DESIGN--The study was a retrospective case-control survey of lung cancer deaths over a six...