Abdul
K. Mohamed 1, Mark G. Hardy2, and Paul B.
Tchounwou 3,*
1
Dean Emeritus and Director; 2 Dean; 3 Associate Dean and Deputy
Director, National Institutes of Health RCMI-Center for Environmental
Health, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Jackson
State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USA.
*Correspondence to Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou; Email:
paul.b.tchounwou@jsums.edu
Editorial: Fourth International Symposium on
Recent Advances in Environmental Health Research
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public
Health 2008, 5(1), 1-3 (PDF format 31K)
Rosemarie G.
Ramos and Kenneth Olden *
Laboratory
of Molecular Carcinogenesis, National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human
Services, MD- NH04, Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
27709
*Correspondence to Dr. Kenneth Olden: Email: olden@niehs.nih.gov
Received: 30 October 2007 / Accepted:
29 February 2008 / Published: 30 March 2008
Full Research Paper: Gene-Environment Interactions in
the Development of Complex Disease Phenotypes
Int. J. Environ.
Res. Public
Health 2008, 5(1), 4-11 (PDF format 85K)
K. F. Soto 1,2, L. E. Murr
1,* and K. M. Garza 3
1 Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, the University
of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968 USA
2 Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth, TX 76101, USA
3 Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at El
Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA
* Correspondence to Dr. L. E Murr: Email: lemurr@utep.edu
Received: 30 October 2007 / Accepted:
29 February 2008 / Published: 30 March 2008
Full Research Paper: Cytotoxic
Responses and Potential Respiratory Health Effects of Carbon and
Carbonaceous Nanoparticulates in the Paso del Norte Airshed Environment
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public
Health 2008, 5(1), 12-25 (PDF format 729K)
Jun-Jie
Yin 1, Qingsu Xia 2, Shu-Hui Cherng 2, I-Wah Tang 2, Peter P. Fu 2, Ge Lin 3, Hongtao Yu 4 and Diógenes Herreño Sáenz 5,*
1 Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug
Administration, College Park, MD 20740, USA
2 National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA
3 Department of Pharmacology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Shatin, Hong Kong, SAR
4 Department of Chemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217,
USA
5
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine,
University of Puerto Rico, P.O. Box 365067, San Juan, Puerto Rico
00936-5067
*Corresponding to Dr. Diógenes Herreño Sáenz;
Email: dherreno@rcm.upr.edu
Received: 30 October 2007 / Accepted:
29 February 2008 / Published: 30 March 2008
Full Research Paper:
UVA Photoirradiation of
Oxygenated Benz[a]anthracene and
3-Methylcholanthene - Generation of Singlet Oxygen and Induction of
Lipid Peroxidation
Int. J. Environ.
Res. Public
Health 2008, 5(1), 26-31 (PDF format 102K)
Anthony E. Archibong 1,*, Aramandla Ramesh 2, Mohammad S. Niaz 1, Cynthia M. Brooks 1, Shannon I. Roberson 1 and Donald D. Lunstra 3
1 Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Meharry Medical College,
Nashville, TN 37208, USA
2 Department of Cancer Biology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN
37208, USA
3 U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, USDA, ARS, Clay Center, NE, 68933,
USA
* Correspondence to Dr. Anthony E. Archibong: Email: aarchibong@mmc.edu
Received: 30 October 2007 / Accepted:
29 February 2008 / Published: 30 March 2008
Full Research Paper: Effects of Benzo(a)pyrene on
Intra-testicular Function in F-344 Rats
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public
Health 2008, 5(1), 32-40 (PDF format 193K)
Deacqunita L. Harris 1, Darryl B. Hood 2 and Aramandla Ramesh 1,*
1 Department of Cancer Biology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN
37208, USA
2
Department of Neurobiology & Neurotoxicology, Center for Molecular
and Behavioral Neuroscience, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN
37208, USA
* Correspondence to Dr. Aramandla Ramesh: Email: aramesh@mmc.edu
Received: 30
October 2007 / Accepted: 29 February 2008 / Published: 30 March 2008
Full Research Paper: Vehicle-Dependent Disposition
Kinetics of Fluoranthene in Fisher-344 Rats
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public
Health 2008, 5(1), 41-48 (PDF format 168K)
Jimmy Thomas Efird 1,*
and Susan Searles Nielsen 2
1
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii and John A. Burns School of Medicine,
651 Ilalo Street, Biosciences Bldg. 320-B, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA.
2
Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research
Center, Cancer Epidemiology Research Cooperative, POB 19024, 1100
Fairview Ave North, MS M4-C308, Seattle, WA 98109-1024 USA.
* Correspondence to Dr. Jimmy Thomas Efird. E-mail:
jimmy.efird@stanfordalumni.org
Received: 9 September 2007 /
Accepted: 29 February 2008 / Published: 30 March 2008
Full Research Paper: A Method to Model Season of Birth
as a Surrogate Environmental Risk Factor for Disease
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public
Health 2008, 5(1), 49-53 (PDF format 119K)
Yaw
A. Twumasi 1 and
Edmund C. Merem 2,*
1 Department of Advanced
Technologies, Alcorn State University, MS 39096 USA.
2 Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Jackson State University,
Jackson, MS 39211 USA
* Correspondence to Dr. Edmund C. Merem: Email: edmund.c.merem@jsums.edu
Received: 30 October 2007 / Accepted:
29 February 2008 / Published: 30 March 2008
Full Research Paper: Geospatial Information Systems
Analysis of Regional Environmental Change along the Savannah River
Basin of Georgia
Int. J. Environ.
Res. Public
Health 2008, 5(1), 54-67 (PDF format 358K)
Innocent Takougang 1,*, Phillipe Barbazan 2, Paul B. Tchounwou 3 and Emmanuel Noumi 4
1 Department of
Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University
of Yaounde I, P.O. Box 1364, Cameroon
2 Centre Pasteur du Cameroon, P.O. Box 1274 Yaounde, Cameroon
3
NIH-RCMI Center for Environmental Health, College of Science,
Engineering and Technology, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
39217, USA
4 Department of Biological Sciences, Higher Teachers Training College,
University of Yaounde I, P.O. Box 47 Yaounde, Cameroon
* Correspondence to Dr. Innocent Takougang. E-mail: itakougang@yahoo.com
Received: 30 October 2007 / Accepted:
29 February 2008 / Published: 30 March 2008
Full Research Paper:
The Value of the Freshwater
Snail Dip Scoop Sampling Method in
Macroinvertebrates Bioassessment of Sugar Mill Wastewater Pollution in
Mbandjock, Cameroon
Int. J. Environ.
Res. Public
Health 2008, 5(1), 68-75 (PDF format 344K)
Yoshinaga Ishibashi 1, Hideki Ohno 1, Shuji Oh-ishi 2, Takeshi Matsuoka 2, Takako Kizaki 1 and Kunio Yoshizumi 3,*
1
Department of Molecular Predictive Medicine and Sport Science, Kyorin
University, School of Medicine, 6-20-2 Shinkawa, Mitaka, Tokyo
181-8611, Japan
2 Fifth Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo
Medical University Kasumigaura Hospital, 3-20-1 Chuou, Ami, Inashiki,
Ibarki, 300-0395, Japan
3 Faculty of Human Ecology, Kyoritsu Women’s University, 2-2-1
Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8433, Japan
* Correspondence to Dr. Kunio Yoshizumi. E-mail:
yoshizumi@s1.kyoritsu-wu.ac.jp
Received: 18 January 2007 / Accepted:
21 March 2007 / Published: 30 March 2008
Full Research Paper: Characterization of Pollen
Dispersion in the Neighborhood of Tokyo, Japan in the Spring of 2005
and 2006
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public
Health 2008, 5(1), 76-85 (PDF format 541K)

Patrick Hayumbu 1,2,*, Thomas G. Robins 1 and Rosa Key-Schwartz 3
1
University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Department of
Environmental Health Sciences, 1420 Washington Heights Ann Arbor, MI
48109-2029, USA
2 National Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research, International Airport Road, P.O. Box 310158, Lusaka, Zambia
3 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS-R7, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
*Correspondence to Dr. Patrick Hayumbu. E-mail: trobins@umich.edu & phayumbu@umich.edu
Received: 17 September 2007 / Accepted: 30 April 2008 / Published: 30 June 2008
Article: Cross-Sectional Silica Exposure Measurements at Two Zambian Copper Mines of Nkana and MufuliraInt. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2008, 5(2), 86-90 (PDF format 103K); DOI: 10.3390/ijerph2008050010

Roberto Gutiérrez, L. 1, Hector Rubio-Arias 1,*, Ray Quintana 1, Juan Angel Ortega 1 and Melida Gutierrez 2
1
College of Zootechnology, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Mexico,
Periferico Francisco R. Almada, Km. 1 carretera Chihuahua-Cuahtemoc,
Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico.
2 Missouri State University,
Department of Geography, Geology and Planning, 901 S. National Avenue,
Springfield Missouri 65897, USA.
* Correspondence to Dr. Hector Rubio-Arias. E-mail: rubioa1105@hotmail.com
Received: 29 October 2007 / Accepted: 30 April 2008 / Published: 30 June 2008
Article: Heavy metals in water of the San Pedro River in Chihuahua, Mexico and its potential health riskInt. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2008, 5(2), 91-98 (PDF format 626K); DOI: 10.3390/ijerph2008050011

Ran An 1, Yadong Li 2,*, Xiaojun Niu 3 and Hongtao Yu 1
1 Department of Chemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USA
2 Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USA
3 School of Environmental Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, P. R. China
* Correspondence to Dr. Yadong Li. Email: yadong.li@jsums.edu
Received: 30 October 2007 / Accepted: 30 April 2008 / Published: 30 June 2008
Article: Responses of Antioxidant Enzymes in Catfish Exposed to Liquid Crystals from E-Waste
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2008, 5(2), 99-103 (PDF format 225K); DOI: 10.3390/ijerph2008050012

Debora C. Ladner 1, Paul B. Tchounwou 1,* and Gary W. Lawrence 2
1
Environmental Toxicology Research Laboratory, College of Science,
Engineering and Technology, Jackson State University, Jackson,
Mississippi 39217, USA
2 Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, MS 39762, USA.
* Correspondence to Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou; Email: paul.b.tchounwou@jsums.edu
Received: 25 October 2007/ Accepted: 30 April 2008 / Published: 30 June 2008
Article: Evaluation of the Effect of Ecologic on Root Knot Nematode, Meloidogyne incognita, and Tomato Plant, Lycopersicon esculenum
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2008, 5(2), 104-110 (PDF format 64K); DOI: 10.3390/ijerph2008050013

T. Dwight McGee 1, Jesse Edwards 1,* and Adrian E. Roitberg 2
1Department of Chemistry, Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, FL, 32307, USA
2Department of Chemistry and Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
* Correspondence to Dr. Jesse Edwards. Email: jesse.edwards@famu.edu
Received: 29 October 2007 / Accepted: 30 April 2008 / Published: 30 June 2008
Article: Preliminary Molecular Dynamic Simulations of the Estrogen Receptor Alpha Ligand Binding Domain from Antagonist to Apo
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2008, 5(2), 111-114 (PDF format 49K); DOI: 10.3390/ijerph2008050014

Hari H. P. Cohly 1,*, Raphael Isokpehi 1 and Rajendram V. Rajnarayanan 2
1 Department of Biology, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi 39217, USA
2 Department of Chemistry, Tougaloo College, Jackson, Mississippi 39174, USA
* Correspondence to Dr. Hari H. P. Cohly. E-mail: hari.cohly@jsums.edu
Received: 25 October 2007 / Accepted: 30 April 2008 / Published: 30 June 2008
Article: Compartmentalization of Aquaporins in the Human Intestine
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2008, 5(2), 115-119 (PDF format 109K); DOI: 10.3390/ijerph2008050015

Devi M. Mamatha 1, Vijaya K. Kanji 1, Hari H.P.Cohly 2 and M. Rajeswara Rao 1,*
1Division of Sericulture, Department of Zoology, S. V. University, Tirupati-517 502, A. P., India.
2Department of Biology, Jackson State University,1400 J.R. Lynch street, Jackson MS, 39217, USA
*Correspondence to Prof. M. Rajeswara Rao. E-mail: rajeswararao_m@hotmail.com
Received: 26 October 2007 / Accepted: 30 April 2008 / Published: 30 June 2008
Article: Juvenile Hormone Analogues, Methoprene and Fenoxycarb Dose-Dependently Enhance Certain Enzyme Activities in the Silkworm Bombyx Mori (L)
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2008, 5(2), 120-124 (PDF format 103K); DOI: 10.3390/ijerph2008050016