Background Epidemiologic studies on associations between metals and insulin resistance
and β-cell dysfunction have been cross-sectional and focused on individual metals …

Understanding the relationships between exposure and disease incidence is an important
problem in environmental epidemiology. Typically, a large number of these exposures are …

Quantitative characterization of the health impacts associated with exposure to chemical
mixtures has received considerable attention in current environmental and epidemiological …

Estimating the joint effect of a multivariate, continuous exposure is crucial, particularly in
environmental health where interest lies in simultaneously evaluating the impact of multiple …

In brief Exposure to phthalates, known endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), is
ubiquitous, but the effects on women's reproductive health are largely unknown. This review …

Environmental health studies are increasingly measuring multiple pollutants to characterize
the joint health effects attributable to exposure mixtures. However, the underlying dose …

This study introduces a nonparametric definition of interaction and provides an approach to
both interaction discovery and efficient estimation of this parameter. Using stochastic shift …

The analysis of environmental mixtures is of growing importance in environmental
epidemiology, and one of the key goals in such analyses is to identify exposures and their …

Housing instability within the New York City (NYC) area significantly affects the community's
well-being. As a robust and growing city, many families in the low-income bracket face the …