Philip J. Landrigan
Boston College
524 Papers
4.8K Citations
Philip J. Landrigan is an academic researcher from Boston College. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Environmental exposure. The author has an hindex of 80, co-authored 500 publications. Previous affiliations of Philip J. Landrigan include United States Public Health Service & Boston Children's Hospital.
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Papers
The World Trade Center Disaster and the Health of Workers: Five Year Assessment of a Unique Medical Screening Program
Robin Herbert,Jacqueline Moline,Gwen Skloot,Kristina Metzger,Sherry Baron,Benjamin J. Luft,Steven M. Markowitz,Iris Udasin,Denise Harrison,Diane Stein,Andrew C. Todd,Paul L. Enright,Jeanne Mager Stellman,Philip J. Landrigan,Stephen M. Levin +14 more
TL;DR: WTC responders had exposure-related increases in respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function test abnormalities that persisted up to 2.5 years after the attacks, and lessons learned should guide future responses to civil disasters.
A Tiered Framework for Risk-Relevant Characterization and Ranking of Chemical Exposures: Applications to the National Children’s Study (NCS)
Panagiotis Georgopoulos,Christopher J. Brinkerhoff,Sastry S. Isukapalli,Michael Dellarco,Philip J. Landrigan,Paul J. Lioy +5 more
TL;DR: A new "Tiered Exposure Ranking" (TiER) framework, developed to support various aspects of risk-relevant exposure characterization, is described here, with examples demonstrating its application to the NCS.
Chronic Effects of Toxic Environmental Exposures on Children's Health
Philip J. Landrigan,Anjali Garg +1 more
TL;DR: Children have unusual patterns of exposure to environmental chemicals, and they have vulnerabilities that are quite distinct from those of adults.
Textbook of children's environmental health.
Philip J. Landrigan,Ruth A. Etzel +1 more
- 01 Dec 2013
TL;DR: This book ranges from cutting-edge science to trenchant policy analysis, with a dream team of expert editors and authors, and is the definitive work on the subject.
•Journal Article
Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk and Their Impacts on Children's Health: An Overview. (Chemical Contaminants in Breast Milk: Mini-Monograph)
TL;DR: There is a need for a carefully planned and conducted national breast milk monitoring effort in the United States and current risk assessment methods need to be expanded to include consideration of the potential risks posed to infants and children by exposures to chemical residues in breast milk.