PMID- 20412024
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100824
LR  - 20161125
IS  - 1464-5033 (Electronic)
IS  - 0301-4460 (Linking)
VI  - 37
IP  - 3
DP  - 2010 Jun
TI  - Pollution and human biology.
PG  - 347-66
LID - 10.3109/03014461003705511 [doi]
AB  - Industrial pollution is a relatively new component of the environment of humans 
      and may constitute biological challenges to human adaptation. Extensive 
      laboratory research shows that many pollutants are capable of modifying 
      physiological systems in mammals. Studies of human populations provide 
      substantial evidence that some pollutants can affect biological outcomes of 
      traditional interest to human biologists (e.g. mortality, morbidity, growth, 
      reproduction). Air pollution has been linked to increases in mortality and 
      morbidity, and specific pollutants such as lead and persistent organic pollutants 
      (POPs) have been associated with decreases in measures of sperm quality, changes 
      in the character of menses, increased obesity and diabetes, and altered rates of 
      sexual maturation, as well as other effects. However, the evidence is far from 
      homogeneous. Nevertheless, to achieve the comprehensive and holistic approach 
      characteristic of human biological research, investigators should include 
      measures of pollutant exposure in their multicausal models.
FAU - Schell, Lawrence M
AU  - Schell LM
AD  - Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY 12222, USA. 
      LMSchell@albany.edu
FAU - Burnitz, Kristopher K
AU  - Burnitz KK
FAU - Lathrop, Patrick W
AU  - Lathrop PW
LA  - eng
GR  - 1P20MD003373-01/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - 5RDMD001120/PHS HHS/United States
GR  - ES10904-06/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
PT  - Review
PL  - England
TA  - Ann Hum Biol
JT  - Annals of human biology
JID - 0404024
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Adaptation, Biological
MH  - Air Pollutants/*adverse effects
MH  - *Biological Evolution
MH  - Diabetes Mellitus/etiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Industry
MH  - Infertility/chemically induced
MH  - Obesity/etiology
MH  - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/adverse effects/analysis
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Sexual Maturation/physiology
RF  - 115
EDAT- 2010/04/24 06:00
MHDA- 2010/08/25 06:00
CRDT- 2010/04/24 06:00
PHST- 2010/04/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/04/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/08/25 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.3109/03014461003705511 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ann Hum Biol. 2010 Jun;37(3):347-66. doi: 10.3109/03014461003705511.