RECENT ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS (2003 -)

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Grandjean, Philippe ; Budtz-Jørgensen, Esben ; Barr, Dana B. ; Needham, Larry L. ; Weihe, Pál ; Heinzow, Birger. Elimination half-lives of polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in children. I: Environmental Science & Technology (Washington). 2008 ; vol. 42, nr. 18, 2008. s. -6991-6996

Choi, Anna L. ; Grandjean, Philippe. Methylmercury exposure and health effects in humans. I: Environmental Chemistry (Print). 2008 ; vol. 5, nr. 2, s. 112-120

Choi, Anna ; Cordier, Sylvaine ; Weihe, Pál ; Grandjean, Philippe. Negative confounding in the evaluation of toxicity: The case of methylmercury in fish and seafood. I: Critical Reviews in Toxicology. 2008 ; vol. 38, nr. 10, 2008. s. 877-893

Coccini, Teresa ; Manzo, Luigi ; Debes, Frodi ; Weihe, Pál ; Grandjean, Philippe. No changes in lymphocyte muscarinic receptors and platelet monoamine oxidase-B examined as surrogate central nervous system biomarkers in a Faroese children cohort prenatally exposed to methylmercury and polychlorinated biphenyls. I: Biomarkers. 2009 ; vol. 14, nr. 2, 2009. s. 67-76

Choi, Anna L ; Weihe, Pál ; Budtz-Jørgensen, Esben ; Jørgensen, Poul Jørgen ; Salonen, Jukka T ; Tuomalainen, Tuomi-Pekka ; Murata, Katsuyuki ; Nielsen, Hans Petur ; Petersen, Maria Skaalum ; Askham, Jorun ; Grandjean, Philippe. Methylmercury exposure and adverse cardiovascular effects in Faroese whalingmen. I: Environmental Health Perspectives. 2009 ; vol. 117, nr. 3, 2009. s. 367-372

Weihe P, Kato K, Calafat AM, Nielsen F, Wanigatunga AA, Needham LL, Grandjean P. Serum concentrations of polyfluoroalkyl compounds in Faroese whale meat consumers. Environ Sci Technol. 2008 Aug 15;42(16):6291-5. PMID: 18767701 [PubMed]

Petersen MS, Weihe P, Choi A, Grandjean P. Increased prenatal exposure to methylmercury does not affect the risk of Parkinson's disease. Neurotoxicology. 2008 Jul;29(4):591-5. Epub 2008 May 4. PMID: 18550173 [PubMed]

Petersen MS, Halling J, Bech S, Wermuth L, Weihe P, Nielsen F, Jorgensen PJ, Budtz-Jorgensen E, Grandjean P. Impact of dietary exposure to food contaminants on the risk of Parkinson's disease. Neurotoxicology. 2008 Jul;29(4):584-90. Epub 2008 Mar 14. PMID: 18455239 [PubMed]

Janja J, Reinert K. Dental caries in Faroese children exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls. Environ. Toxicol. Pharmacol. 25 (2008) 188-191.

Halling J, Petersen MS, Grandjean P, Weihe P, Brosen K. Genetic predisposition to Parkinson's disease: CYP2D6 and HFE in the Faroe Islands. Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2008 Mar;18(3):209-12. PMID: 18300942 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Wermuth L, Bech S, Skaalum Petersen M, Joensen P, Weihe P, Grandjean P. Prevalence and incidence of Parkinson's disease in The Faroe Islands. Acta Neurol Scand. 2008 Aug;118(2):126-31. Epub 2008 Feb 19. PMID: 18294341 [PubMed]

Grandjean P. Late insights into early origins of disease. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol. 2008 Feb;102(2):94-9. Review. PMID: 18226061 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Grandjean P, Bellinger D, Bergman A, Cordier S, Davey-Smith G, Eskenazi B, Gee D, Gray K, Hanson M, van den Hazel P, Heindel JJ, Heinzow B, Hertz-Picciotto I, Hu H, Huang TT, Jensen TK, Landrigan PJ, McMillen IC, Murata K, Ritz B, Schoeters G, Skakkebaek NE, Skerfving S, Weihe P. The faroes statement: human health effects of developmental exposure to chemicals in our environment. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol. 2008 Feb;102(2):73-5. No abstract available.PMID: 18226057 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Grandjean P, Weihe P. Developmental origins of environmentally induced disease and dysfunction. International Conference on Foetal Programming and Developmental Toxicity, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, 20-24 May, 2007. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol. 2008 Feb;102(2):71-2. No abstract available. PMID: 18226056 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Choi AL, Budtz-Jørgensen E, Jørgensen PJ, Steuerwald U, Debes F, Weihe P, Grandjean P. Selenium as a potential protective factor against mercury developmental neurotoxicity. Environ Res. 2008 May;107(1):45-52. Epub 2007 Sep 12. PMID: 17854796 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Petersen MS, Halling J, Damkier P, Nielsen F, Grandjean P, Weihe P, Brøsen K. Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) induction of CYP3A4 enzyme activity in healthy Faroese adults. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2007 Oct 15;224(2):202-6. Epub 2007 Jul 14. PMID: 17692354 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Frodi Debes, Esben Budtz-Jørgensen, Pal Weihe, Roberta F. White, and Philippe Grandjeance. Impact of prenatal methylmercury exposure on neurobehavioral function at age 14 years. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2006; 28(3): 363–375.

Grandjean P, Budtz-Jørgensen E. Total imprecision of exposure biomarkers: implications for calculating exposure limits. Am J Ind Med. 2007 Oct;50(10):712-9. Erratum in: Am J Ind Med. 2008 Mar;51(3):229. PMID: 17492658 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Murata K, Grandjean P, Dakeishi M. Neurophysiological evidence of methylmercury neurotoxicity. Am J Ind Med. 2007 Oct;50(10):765-71. Review. PMID: 17450510 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Budtz-Jørgensen E, Keiding N, Grandjean P, Weihe P. Confounder selection in environmental epidemiology: Assessment of health effects of prenatal mercury exposure. Ann Epidemiol 2007;17:27-35.

Heilmann C, Grandjean P, Weihe P, Nielsen F, Budtz-Jorgensen E. Reduced antibody responses to vaccinations in children exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls. PloS Med 3(8); e311: 1352-59.

Grandjean P. Methylmercury toxicity and functional programming. Reprod Toxicol. 2007 Apr-May;23(3):414-20. Epub 2007 Mar 12. Review. PMID: 17408921 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Grandjean P, Landrigan PJ. Developmental neurotoxicity of industrial chemicals. Lancet. 2006 Dec 16;368(9553):2167-78. Review.PMID: 17174709 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Budtz-Jørgensen E, Grandjean P, Weihe P. Separation of risks and benefits of seafood intake. Environ Health Perspect. 2007 Mar;115(3):323-7. Epub 2006 Dec 14. PMID: 17431478 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Petersen MS, Halling J, Damkier P, Nielsen F, Grandjean P, Weihe P, Brosen K. Caffeine N3-demethylation (CYP1A2) in a population with an increased exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 2006 Dec;62(12):1041-8. Epub 2006 Nov 7.

Debes F, Budtz-Jørgensen E, Weihe P, White RF, Grandjean P. Impact of prenatal methylmercury toxicity on neurobehavioral function at age 14 years. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2006; 28: 363-375. Manuscript (PDF)

Barr DB, Weihe P, Davis MD, Needham LL, Grandjean P. Serum polychlorinated biphenyl and organochlorine insecticide concentrations in a Faroese birth cohort. Chemosphere 2006; 62: 1167-82. Manuscript (PDF)

Grandjean P, Budtz-Jørgensen E, Jørgensen PJ, Weihe P. Umbilical cord mercury concentration as biomarker of prenatal exposure to methylmercury. Environ Health Perspect 2005; 113: 905-8.

Fängström B, Strid A, Grandjean P, Weihe P, Bergman C. A retrospective study of PBDEs and PCBs in human milk from the Faroe Islands. Environ Health 2005; 4: 12.

Weihe P, Grandjean P, Jørgensen PJ. Application of hair-mercury analysis to determine the impact of a seafood advisory. Environ Res 2005; 97: 200-7.Manuscript (PDF)

Fängström B, Hovander L, Bignert A, Athanassiadis I, Linderholm L, Grandjean P, Weihe P, Bergman C. Concentrations of PBDEs, PCBs, and OH-PCBs in serum from seven-year-old children and their mothers during pregnancy. Environ Sci Technol 2005; 39: 9457-63. Manuscript (PDF)

Britta Fängström, Maria Athanasiadou, Ioannis Athanassiadis, Anders Bignert, Philippe Grandjean, Pál Weihe and Åke Bergman. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and traditional organochlorine pollutants in fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) from the Faroe Islands. Chemosphere 2005; 60: 836-43. Manuscript (PDF)

K Murata and M Dakeishi. Neurodevelopmental effects from prenatal exposure to methylmercury in the Seychellois and faroes cohorts and the critical concentration:aA review. Nippon Eiseigaku Zasshi 1 Jan 2005 60(1): p. 4.

Budtz-Jørgensen E, Keiding N, Grandjean P. Effects of exposure imprecision on estimation of the benchmark dose. Risk Anal 2004; 24: 1689-96. Manuscript (PDF)

Budtz-Jørgensen E, Grandjean P, Jørgensen PJ, Weihe P, Keiding N. Association between mercury concentrations in blood and hair in methylmercury-exposed subjects at different ages Environ Res 2004; 95: 385-93.

Murata K, Weihe P, Budtz-Jørgensen E, Jørgensen PJ, Grandjean P. Delayed brainstem auditory evoked potential latencies in 14-year-old children exposed to methylmercury. J Pediatr 2004; 144: 177-83. Manuscript (PDF)

Grandjean P, Murata K, Budtz-Jørgensen E, Weihe P. Cardiac autonomic activity in methylmercury neurotoxicity: 14-year follow-up of a Faroese birth cohort. J Pediatr 2004; 144: 169-76. Manuscript (PDF)

Weihe P. Prenatal methylmercury exposure in the Seychelles. Lancet 2003; 362: 665.

Keiding N, Budtz-Jørgensen E, Grandjean P. Prenatal methylmercury exposure in the Seychelles (letter). Lancet 2003; 362: 664-5.

Grandjean P, Budtz-Jørgensen E, Keiding N, Weihe P. Underestimation of risk due to exposure misclassification. Eur J Oncol 2003; Suppl. 2: 165-72.

Grandjean P. Implications of the Precautionary Principle for public health practice and research. Eur J Oncol 2003; Suppl.2: 17-9.

Budtz-Jørgensen E, Keiding N, Grandjean P, Weihe P, White RF. Statistical Methods for the Evalution of Health Effects of Prenatal Mercury Exposure. Environmetrics 2003; 14: 105-20.(PDF)

Grandjean, Philippe MD, PhD; White, Roberta F. PhD; Weihe, Pal MD; Jørgensen, Poul J. MSc Neurotoxic Risk Caused by Stable and Variable Exposure to Methylmercury from Seafood. Ambul Pediatr 2003; 3: 18-23.(PDF)

Budtz-Jørgensen E, Keiding N, Grandjean P, Weihe P, White RF. Consequences of exposure measurement error for confounder identification in environmental epidemiology. Stat Med 2003; 22: 3089-100.

Rasmussen TH, Nielsen F, Andersen HR, Nielsen JB, Weihe P, Grandjean P. Assessment of xenoestrogenic exposure by a biomarker approach: application of the E-screen bioassay to determine estrogenic response of serum extracts. Environ Health 2003; 2: 12.

Barr DB, Weihe P, Needham LL, Davis MD, Roman W, Hurtz D III, Sclafani A, Thomas A, Preau J Jr, Grandjean P. PCBs and organochlorine pesticide concentrations in a Faroe Island 14-year old cohort: Measurement using new methodology and evaluation of correlations and patterns. Organohalogen Comp 2003; 63: 385-8. 23rd International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and POPs, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, August 24-29, 2003.

Grandjean P. Adverse health effects of PCBs: Interpreting the epidemiological evidence. Organohalogen Comp 2003. 23rd International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and POPs, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, August 24-29, 2003.

Grandjean P, Budtz-Jørgensen E, Steuerwald U, Heinzow B, Needham LL, Jørgensen PJ, and Weihe P. Attenuated growth of breast-fed children exposed to increased concentrations of methylmercury and polychlorinated biphenyls. FASEB J (online)

Grandjean P, Weihe P. Arachidonic acid status during pregnancy is associated with polychlorinated biphenyl exposure. Am J Clin Nutr 2003; 77: 715-19.

Heilmann C, Grandjean P, Weihe P. Decreased childhood vaccine response in children exposed to PCBs from maternal seafood diet. Organohalogen Comp 2003; 63: 397-400. 23rd International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and POPs, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, August 24-29, 2003

Murata K, Dakeishi M, Iwata T. A lesson from the Faroese birth cohort study. Jpn J Environ Sci 2004; 17(3): 169-80.