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Frederica P. Perera
Researcher at Columbia University
Publications - 411
Citations - 33903
Frederica P. Perera is an academic researcher from Columbia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Environmental exposure & Pregnancy. The author has an hindex of 95, co-authored 389 publications receiving 29553 citations. Previous affiliations of Frederica P. Perera include Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai & Natural Resources Defense Council.
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The Case of Juliana v. U.S. - Children and the Health Burdens of Climate Change.
TL;DR: The Case of Juliana v. U.S. government will hear oral arguments in June in a suit filed by 21 children and adolescents charging that the federal government’s inaction on child sexual exploitation and abuse is unconstitutional.
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Environmental Pollutants and Neurodevelopment: Review of Benefits From Closure of a Coal-Burning Power Plant in Tongliang, China.
TL;DR: Reduced exposure to PAH was associated with beneficial effects on neurodevelopment as well as molecular changes related to improved brain development and health and should encourage further efforts to limit exposure to these toxic pollutants.
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Urinary Naphthol Metabolites and Chromosomal Aberrations in 5-Year-Old Children
Manuela Orjuela,Xinhua Liu,Rachel L. Miller,Dorothy Warburton,Deliang Tang,Vaidehi Jobanputra,Lori Hoepner,Ida Hui Suen,Silvia Diaz-Carreño,Zheng Li,Andreas Sjödin,Frederica P. Perera +11 more
TL;DR: This study is the first to present an association between a marker of naphthalene exposure and a precarcinogenic effect in humans, and shows that markers of exposure to nAPHthalene in children are associated with translocations in a dose-related manner, and that naphhalene may be a clastogen.
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Towards a fuller assessment of the economic benefits of reducing air pollution from fossil fuel combustion: Per-case monetary estimates for children's health outcomes.
TL;DR: This is the first time that the child-specific health outcomes of preterm birth, low birth weight, asthma, autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and IQ reduction have been systematically valued and presented in one place.
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Prevalence of allergy symptoms and total IgE in a New York City cohort and their association with birth order.
Inge F. Goldstein,Matthew S. Perzanowski,Cynthia Lendor,Robin Garfinkel,Lori Hoepner,Ginger L. Chew,Frederica P. Perera,Rachel L. Miller +7 more
TL;DR: Despite a substantially higher prevalence of asthma in the Northern Manhattan community compared with other areas, total IgE levels at ages 24 and 36 months, but not cord blood, are similar to those reported in other areas of the world.