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Pam Factor-Litvak
Researcher at Columbia University
Publications - 226
Citations - 12733
Pam Factor-Litvak is an academic researcher from Columbia University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Environmental exposure & Pregnancy. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 209 publications receiving 10804 citations. Previous affiliations of Pam Factor-Litvak include University of California, San Francisco & Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
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Folate Deficiency, Hyperhomocysteinemia, Low Urinary Creatinine, and Hypomethylation of Leukocyte DNA Are Risk Factors for Arsenic-Induced Skin Lesions
J. Richard Pilsner,Xinhua Liu,Habibul Ahsan,Vesna Ilievski,Vesna Slavkovich,Diane Levy,Pam Factor-Litvak,Joseph H. Graziano,Mary V. Gamble +8 more
TL;DR: F folate deficiency, hyperhomocysteinemia, and low urinary creatinine, each associated with decreased As methylation, are risk factors for As-induced skin lesions among Bangladeshi adults.
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A cross-sectional study of well water arsenic and child IQ in Maine schoolchildren
Gail A. Wasserman,Gail A. Wasserman,Xinhua Liu,Nancy J. LoIacono,Jennie Kline,Jennie Kline,Pam Factor-Litvak,Alexander van Geen,Jacob L. Mey,Jacob L. Mey,Diane Levy,Richard Abramson,Amy Schwartz,Joseph H. Graziano +13 more
TL;DR: The magnitude of the association between WAs and child IQ raises the possibility that levels of WAs, levels that are not uncommon in the United States, pose a threat to child development.
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Elevation of blood β-carboline alkaloids in essential tremor
Elan D. Louis,Wei Zheng,Eva C. Jurewicz,Dryden Watner,Johnson Chen,Pam Factor-Litvak,Michael K. Parides +6 more
TL;DR: Blood concentrations of harmane were measured in ET cases compared with controls and were elevated in cases with and without a family history of ET, suggesting that high concentrations of β-carboline alkaloids are associated with essential tremor.
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Oxidative Stress Biomarkers in Sporadic ALS
Hiroshi Mitsumoto,Regina M. Santella,Xinhua Liu,Mikhail B. Bogdanov,Jennifer Zipprich,Hui-Chen Wu,Julie Mahata,Mary Kilty,Kate Bednarz,Daniel Bell,Paul H. Gordon,Mady Hornig,Mahsa Mehrazin,Ali Naini,M. Flint Beal,Pam Factor-Litvak +15 more
TL;DR: Using ELISA, it is confirmed that certain oxidative stress biomarkers were elevated in SALS participants and may be reliable and thus useful in epidemiology studies requiring large numbers of samples to determine the significance of increased oxidative stress markers in S ALS.
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The Yugoslavia Prospective Lead Study: contributions of prenatal and postnatal lead exposure to early intelligence.
Gail A. Wasserman,Xinhua Liu,Dusan Popovac,Pam Factor-Litvak,Jennie Kline,C Waternaux,Nancy J. LoIacono,Joseph H. Graziano +7 more
TL;DR: Elevations in both prenatal and postnatal BPb were associated with small decrements in young children's intelligence.