Lung function in adults following in utero and childhood exposure to arsenic in drinking water: preliminary findings.

CGPH FACULTY: Allan H Smith DATE OF PUBLICATION: August 2011 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Dauphiné DC, Ferreccio C, Guntur S, Yuan Y, Hammond SK, Balmes J, Smith AH, Steinmaus C. Lung function in adults following in utero and childhood exposure to arsenic in drinking water: preliminary findings. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2011 Aug;84(6):591-600. doi:

Health education for microcredit clients in Peru: a randomized controlled trial.

CGPH FACULTY: Lia Fernald DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2011 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Hamad R, Fernald LCh, Karlan DS. Health education for microcredit clients in Peru: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 2011 Jan 24;11(1):51. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-51.” SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Poverty, lack of female empowerment, and lack of education are major risk factors for childhood illness

Does alleviating poverty affect mothers’ depressive symptoms? A quasi-experimental investigation of Mexico’s Oportunidades programme.

CGPH FACULTY: Emily Ozer, Lia Fernald DATE OF PUBLICATION: July 2011 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Ozer EJ, Fernald LC, Weber A, Flynn EP, VanderWeele TJ. Does alleviating poverty affect mothers’ depressive symptoms? A quasi-experimental investigation of Mexico’s Oportunidades programme.Int J Epidemiol. 2011 Dec;40(6):1565-76. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyr103. Epub 2011 Jul 7. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: ” Depression is a major

Long-term association of economic inequality and mortality in adult Costa Ricans.

CGPH FACULTY: William Dow DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2011 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Modrek S, Dow WH, Rosero-Bixby L. Long-term association of economic inequality and mortality in adult Costa Ricans. Soc Sci Med. 2012 Jan;74(2):158-66. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.10.034. Epub 2011 Dec 6. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Despite the large number of studies, mostly in developed economies, there is limited

Factors associated with compliance among users of solar water disinfection in rural Bolivia.

CGPH FACULTY: John Colford DATE OF PUBLICATION: April 2011 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Christen A, Duran Pacheco G, Hattendorf J, Arnold BF, Cevallos M, Indergand S, Colford JM, Mäusezahl D. Factors associated with compliance among users of solar water disinfection in rural Bolivia. BMC Public Health. 2011 Apr 4;11:210. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-210. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Diarrhoea is the

Reporting diarrhoea through a vernacular term in Quechua-speaking settings of rural Bolivia.

CGPH FACULTY: John Colford DATE OF PUBLICATION: December 2011 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Pacheco GD, Christen A, Arnold B, Hattendorf J, Colford JM Jr, Smith TA, Mäusezahl D. Reporting diarrhoea through a vernacular term in Quechua-speaking settings of rural Bolivia. J Health Popul Nutr. 2011 Dec;29(6):552-9. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Field studies often use caregiver-reported diarrhoea and related

Lung function in adults following in utero and childhood exposure to arsenic in drinking water: preliminary findings.

CGPH FACULTY: John Balmes, Allan H Smith DATE OF PUBLICATION: August 2011 REGION: Latin America, Africa REFERENCE: Dauphiné DC, Ferreccio C, Guntur S, Yuan Y, Hammond SK, Balmes J, Smith AH, Steinmaus C. Lung function in adults following in utero and childhood exposure to arsenic in drinking water: preliminary findings. Int Arch Occup Environ Health.

Impact of reduced maternal exposures to wood smoke from an introduced chimney stove on newborn birth weight in rural Guatemala.

CGPH FACULTY: Brenda Eskenazi, Kirk R. Smith DATE OF PUBLICATION: October 2011 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Thompson LM, Bruce N, Eskenazi B, Diaz A, Pope D, Smith KR. Impact of reduced maternal exposures to wood smoke from an introduced chimney stove on newborn birth weight in rural Guatemala. Environ Health Perspect. 2011 Oct;119(10):1489-94. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1002928.

Effect of reduction in household air pollution on childhood pneumonia in Guatemala (RESPIRE): a randomised controlled trial.

CGPH FACULTY: Kirk R. Smith, John Balmes DATE OF PUBLICATION: November 2011 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Smith KR, McCracken JP, Weber MW, Hubbard A, Jenny A, Thompson LM, Balmes J, Diaz A, Arana B, Bruce N. Effect of reduction in household air pollution on childhood pneumonia in Guatemala (RESPIRE): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2011

Neurodevelopmental performance among school age children in rural Guatemala is associated with prenatal and postnatal exposure to carbon monoxide, a marker for exposure to woodsmoke.

CGPH FACULTY: Brenda Eskenazi, John Balmes, Kirk R. Smith DATE OF PUBLICATION: September 2011 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Dix-Cooper L, Eskenazi B, Romero C, Balmes J, Smith KR. Neurodevelopmental performance among school age children in rural Guatemala is associated with prenatal and postnatal exposure to carbon monoxide, a marker for exposure to woodsmoke. Neurotoxicology. 2012

Inverse association between Lancefield group G Streptococcus colonization and sore throat in slum and nonslum settings in Brazil.

CGPH FACULTY: Lee Riley DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2011 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Tartof SY, Farrimond F, de Matos JA, Reis JN, Ramos RT, Andrade AN, dos Reis MG, Riley LW. Inverse association between Lancefield group G Streptococcus colonization and sore throat in slum and nonslum settings in Brazil. J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Jan;49(1):409-12. doi:

Incidence of herpes simplex virus type 2 in young reproductive age women in Mysore, India.

CGPH FACULTY: Art Reingold DATE OF PUBLICATION: January – March 2011 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Madhivanan P, Chen YH, Krupp K, Arun A, Klausner JD, Reingold AL. Incidence of herpes simplex virus type 2 in young reproductive age women in Mysore, India. Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2011 Jan-Mar;54(1):96-9. doi: 10.4103/0377-4929.77336. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: CONTEXT: There are sparse