Table of Contents Volume 1, 2004
International
Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
(ISSN 1660-4601)
Issue 1 (March 2004) pages 1-73

Editorial: Environmental Research and Public
Health.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
2004, 1, 1-2.
Molecular
Toxicology Research Laboratory, NIH-Center for Environmental Health,
School of
Science and Technology, Jackson State University, 1400 Lynch Street,
P.O. Box
18540, Jackson, Mississippi, USA.
*Correspondence
to Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou. Email: paul.b.tchounwou@jsums.edu
Research Papers
Coumestrol,
Bisphenol-A, DDT, and
TCDD Modulation of Interleukin-2 Expression in
Activated CD+4 Jurkat T Cells.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
2004, 1, 3-11.
1Molecular
Toxicology Research Laboratory,
NIH-Center for Environmental Health,
Email:
paul.b.tchounwou@jsums.edu
2Rheumatology
Section, G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery
V.A. Hospital and Division of Rheumatology and Molecular Immunology,
Department
of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson,
Mississippi
39216, USA.
*Correspondence
to Dr. Robert W. McMurray. Email:
rmcmurray@medicine.umsmed.edu
Cytotoxicity and Transcriptional Activation of
Stress
Genes in Human Liver Carcinoma (HepG2) Cells Exposed to
Iprodione.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
2004, 1, 12-20.
1Molecular
Toxicology Research Laboratory, NIH-Center for Environmental Health,
*Correspondence
to Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou. Email: paul.b.tchounwou@jsums.edu
Liver and Renal Function Tests in
Artisans
Occupationally Exposed to Lead in Mechanic Village in Nnewi, Nigeria.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
2004, 1, 21-25.
1Department
of Chemical Pathology,
2Toxicology
Unit, Department of Pharmacology, College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi
Azikiwe
University, P.M.B 5001, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.
3Dept of
Human Biochemistry, College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe
University,
P.M.B 5001, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria.*Correspondence to
Dr.
Orish Orisakwe. Email: eorish@aol.com
Changes in Soil Chemical Properties
and
Microbial Activities in Response to the Fungicide Ridomil Gold Plus
Copper. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
2004, 1, 26-34.
Joseph
Demanou 1, Adolphe Monkiédjé 1*, Thomas Njiné 1,
Samuel M. Foto 1, Moise Nola 1, Serges H.
Zebaze Togouet
1, and Norbert Kemka 1
1Laboratory
of General Biology. Department of Animal
Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Science,
*Correspondence to Dr. Adolphe Monkiédjé. Email: monkiedje@yahoo.com
Toxicity of a Mixture of
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic
Acid and Monosoduim Methanearsonate to the Red Swamp Crawfish, Procambarus
clarkii. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
2004, 1, 35-38.
Rosalind
M.
Green 1 and Assaf A. Abdelghani 1*
1Department
of Environmental Health Sciences,
*Correspondence
to Dr. Assaf A. Abdelghani. Email:
assafa@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu
Invited Review
Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms
Associated
with Autoimmune Diseases. Int. J. Eniron. Res. Public
Health
2004, 1, 39-74.
1Cellomics
and
Toxicogenomics Research Laboratory, NIH-Center for Environmental
Health,
College of Science, Engineering, and Technology, Jackson State
University, 1400
Lynch Street, Box 18540, Jackson, Mississippi 39217, USA.
2Rheumatology
Section, G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery V.A. Hospital, and Division of
Rheumatology
and Molecular Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of
Mississippi
Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216, USA.
*Correspondence to Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou. Email: paul.b.tchounwou@jsums.edu
Issue 2 (September 2004) pages 74-137
Research Papers

Association of Clinical
Complications
with Nutritional Status and the Prevalence of Leukopenia among Arsenic
Patients
in Bangladesh. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
2004, 1(2),
74-82.
Laila N. Islam1*, AHM Nurun
Nabi1,
M Mahfuzur Rahman1, Monsur A. Khan1, and
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
2Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
(BCSIR),
*Correspondence to Dr. Laila N. Islam. E-mail: lailanislam@yahoo.com

Arsenic-Induced
Genotoxic and Cytotoxic
Effects in Human Keratinocytes, Melanocytes and Dendritic Cells. Int.
J.
Environ. Res. Public Health 2004, 1(2), 83-89.
Barbara Graham-Evans1, Hari H. P. Cohly2,
Hongtao Yu3
and Paul B. Tchounwou1*
1Molecular Toxicology Research Laboratory,
NIH-Center for
Environmental Health, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USA
2Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical
Center,
Jackson, MS 39216, USA
3Department of Chemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson,
MS
39217, USA
*Correspondence to Dr. Paul Tchounwou. E-mail: paul.b.tchounwou@jsums.edu

Pentachlorophenol-Induced
Cytotoxic,
Mitogenic, and Endocrine-Disrupting Activities in Channel Catfish, Ictalurus
punctatus. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2004, 1(2),
90-99.
Waneene C. Dorsey1, 2 and Paul B. Tchounwou1*
1Molecular Toxicology Research Laboratory, NIH -
Center
for Environmental Health, School of Science and Technology, Jackson
State
University, 1400 Lynch Street, P.O. Box 18540, Jackson, Mississippi,
USA.
2 Wildlife Biology Unit,
*Correspondence to Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou. Email: paul.b.tchounwou@jsums.edu

Mitogenic
and Cytotoxic Effects
of
Pentachlorophenol to AML 12 Mouse Hepatocytes. Int. J.
Environ. Res.
Public Health 2004, 1(2), 100-105.
Waneene C. Dorsey 1*, Paul B. Tchounwou 2
and Dwayne
Sutton 2
1Wildlife Biology Unit,
2Molecular Toxicology Research Laboratory, NIH - Center for
Environmental Health,
*Correspondence to Dr. Waneene C. Dorsey. Email: dorseywc2002@yahoo.com

Investigation
into the
Nephrotoxicity of
Nigerian Bonny Light Crude Oil in Albino Rats. Int. J.
Environ. Res.
Public Health 2004, 1(2), 106-110.
E. Orisakwe 1*, A. A. Njan 2, O. J. Afonne 2,
Akumka D. D 2, V. N. Orish 1, O. O. Udemezue
3
1Toxicology Unit, Department of Pharmacology, College of Health
Sciences,
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus, P.M.B 5001, Nnewi, Anambra
State,
Nigeria.
2Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Institute for
Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Idu, Abuja, Nigeria,
3 Department of Anatomy, College of Health Sciences, Abia State
University,
Uturu, Nigeria
*Correspondence to Dr. Orish Ebere Orisakwe. E-mail: eorish@aol.com

Freshwater
Microcosms-Based
Assessment of
Eco-toxicological Effects of a Chemical Effluent from the Pilcam
Industry in
Cameroon. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2004, 1(2),
111-123.
A. Monkiedje 1*, T. Njine 1, A. L. Meyabeme
Elono 1,
S. H. Zebazel, N. Kemka 1, P. B. Tchounwou 2,
and J. E.
Djomo 3
1Laboratory of General Biology, Department of Animal Biology and
Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde I, P.O. Box 812,
Cameroon
2Molecular Toxicology Research Laboratory, NIH-Center for Environmental
Health,
College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Jackson State
University, 1400
Lynch Street, P.O. Box 18540, Jackson, Mississippi, USA.
3Laboratory of Animal Biology,
*Correspondence to Dr Adolphe Monkiedje. E-mail: monkiedje@yahoo.com

Effects of Long-Term Exposure of
the Red
Swamp Crawfish Procambarus clarkii to a Mixture of Two
Herbicides,
2,4-Dichloro-phenoxyacetic Acid and Monosodium Methanearsonate, and
Associated
Human Health Risks. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
2004, 1(2),
124-131
Rosalind M. Green and Assaf A. Abdelghani *
Department of Environmental Health Sciences,
*Correspondence to Dr. Assaf A. Abdelghani. Email: assafa@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu

Metal Ion
Effect on BOD Exertion
at
Different Temperatures. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
2004, 1(2), 132-137.
Susheel K Mitta 1*, Siloni Goel and Ajay Sharma
School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Thapar Institute of Engineering
&
Technology (Deemed University) Patiala, India
*Correspondence to Dr. Susheel K. Mittal. Email: smittal@tiet.ac.in
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