Frederica P. Perera
Columbia University
416 Papers
3.3K Citations
Frederica P. Perera is an academic researcher from Columbia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Environmental exposure & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 95, co-authored 389 publications. Previous affiliations of Frederica P. Perera include Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai & Natural Resources Defense Council.
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Papers
Fish Intake During Pregnancy and Mercury Level in Cord and Maternal Blood at Delivery: An Environmental Study in Poland
Wieslaw Jedrychowski,Frederica P. Perera,Virginia Rauh,Elzbieta Flak,Elzbieta Mroz,Agnieszka Pac,Zbigniew Skolicki,Irena Kaim +7 more
TL;DR: The study shows that in Poland, babies are exposed to moderate levels of mercury prior to birth and that fish eating in pregnancy significantly contributes to prenatal Hg exposure, and the level of cord blood Hg should not be used for describing inter-individual differences in maternal exposure to Hg.
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Prenatal exposure to pesticide ingredient piperonyl butoxide and childhood cough in an urban cohort.
Bian Liu,Kyung Hwa Jung,Megan K. Horton,David Camann,Xinhua Liu,Ann Marie Reardon,Matthew S. Perzanowski,Hanjie Zhang,Frederica P. Perera,Robin M. Whyatt,Rachel L. Miller +10 more
TL;DR: Prenatal PBO exposure was associated with childhood cough, and it is unclear whether the observed effect is due mainly to PBO itself or residential pyrethroids of which PBO is an indicator.
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Vinyl flooring in the home is associated with children’s airborne butylbenzyl phthalate and urinary metabolite concentrations
Allan C. Just,Rachel L. Miller,Matthew S. Perzanowski,Andrew Rundle,Qixuan Chen,Kyung Hwa Jung,Lori Hoepner,David Camann,Antonia M. Calafat,Frederica P. Perera,Robin M. Whyatt +10 more
TL;DR: Vinyl flooring in the home may be an important source of children’s exposure to BBzP via indoor air, and indoor air DEHP was not associated with flooring type nor with its urinary metabolite concentrations.
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons impair function of β2-adrenergic receptors in airway epithelial and smooth muscle cells.
Phillip Factor,Alexander T. Akhmedov,Jacob D. McDonald,Anna Qu,Jie Wu,Hong Jiang,Trisha Dasgupta,Reynold A. Panettieri,Frederica P. Perera,Rachel L. Miller +9 more
TL;DR: The hypothesis that environmentally relevant PAHs can impede β(2)AR-mediated airway relaxation is supported, and a new paradigm where air pollutants not only contribute to the pathogenesis of childhood asthma, but also diminish responsiveness to standard therapy is suggested.
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Effect of Gene‐environment Interactions on Mental Development in African American, Dominican, and Caucasian Mothers and Newborns
Shuang Wang,Stephen J. Chanock,Deliang Tang,Zhigang Li,Susan Edwards,Wieslaw Jedrychowski,Wieslaw Jedrychowski,Frederica P. Perera +7 more
TL;DR: The effects of interactions between prenatal PAH exposure and 21 polymorphisms or haplotypes in these genes on MDI at 12, 24, and 36 months among 547 newborns and 806 mothers from three different ethnic groups are explored.