Project 5: Publications and Presentations

Publications

Straughen JK*, Loveless I, Chen Y, Burmeister C, Lamerato L, Lemke LD, O’Leary BF, Reiners JJ, Sperone FG*, Levin AM, et al. The impact of environmental benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene exposure on blood-based DNA methylation profiles in pregnant African American women from Detroit. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2024; 21(3):256. doi:10.3390/ijerph21030256.

Partha DB, Cassidy-Bushrow AE, Huang Y. Global preterm births attributable to BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene) exposure. Science of the Total Environment. 838(4). September 10, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156390

Cassidy-Bushrow AE, Burmeister C, Birbeck J, Chen Y, Lamerato L, Lemke LD, Li J, Mor G, O'Leary BF, Peters RM, Reiners JJ Jr, Sperone FG, Westrick J, Wiewiora E, Straughen JK. Ambient BTEX exposure and mid-pregnancy inflammatory biomarkers in pregnant African American women. J Reprod Immunol. 2021 Jun;145:103305. doi: 10.1016/j.jri.2021.103305. Epub 2021 Mar 9. PMID: 33725526  

Cassidy-Bushrow AE, Burmeister C, Lamerato L, Lemke LD, Mathieu M, O'Leary BF, Sperone FG, Straughen JK, Reiners JJ Jr. Prenatal airshed pollutants and preterm birth in an observational birth cohort study in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Environ Res. 2020 Oct;189:109845. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109845. Epub 2020 Jul 3. PMID: 32678729