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Ericson, B., Hariojati, N., Susilorini, B., Crampe, L.F., Fuller, R., Taylor, M.P. and Caravanos, J., 2018. Assessment of the prevalence of lead-based paint exposure risk in Jakarta, Indonesia. Science of The Total Environment. Dec 2018

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April 12, 2017 /
  1. Ericson, B., Hariojati, N., Susilorini, B., Crampe, L.F., Fuller, R., Taylor, M.P. and Caravanos, J., 2018. Assessment of the prevalence of lead-based paint exposure risk in Jakarta, Indonesia. Science of The Total Environment. Dec 2018
  2. Sharma P, McCartor A, Guin P, Taylor MP, Fuller R; A Meta-Analysis of Blood Lead Levels in India and the Attributable Burden of Disease; Environment International, Sept 2018
  3. Landrigan PJ, Fuller R, Hu H, Caravanos J, Cropper ML, Hanrahan D, Sandilya K, Chiles T, Kumar P and Suk WA; Pollution and Global Health – An Agenda for Prevention, Environmental Health Perspectives, July 2018
  4. Heacock, M., Trottier, B., Adhikary, S., Asante, K.A., Basu, N., Brune, M.N., Caravanos, J., Carpenter, D., Cazabon, D., Chakraborty, P. and Chen, A., Prevention-intervention strategies to reduce exposure to e-waste. Reviews on Environmental Health, https://doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2018-0014, May 2018
  5. Caravanos J, Risks and Management of Airborne Mercury Levels at Artisanal Gold Processing Shops in the Peruvian Amazon, Occupational and Environmental Medicine; 75:A317, May 2018
  6. Fuller R, Rahona E, Fisher S, Caravanos J, Webb D, Kass D, Matte T, Landrigan PJ; “Pollution and Non-Communicable disease: Time to End the Neglect”; The Lancet Planetary Health, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196 (18)30020-2, March 2018
  7. Ericson B, Caravanos J, Depratt C, Santos C, Cabral M, Fuller R, Taylor M; “Cost Effectiveness of Environmental Lead Risk Mitigation in Low and Middle Income Countries”, GeoHealth, DOI: 10.1002/2017GH000109, February 2018
  8. Johnson G, Pavilonis B, Caravanos J, and Grassman J; “Geo-spatial Characterization of Soil Mercury and Arsenic at a High-Altitude Bolivian Gold Mine”; Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-017-2213-4, November 2017
  9. Bose-O’Reilly S, Yabe J, Makuma J, Schutzmeier P, Ericson B, Caravanos J; Lead Intoxicated Children in Kabwe, Zambia; Environmental Research; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2017.10.024, October 2017
  10. Estrada-Sánchez D, Ericson B, Arturo Juárez-Pérez CA, Aguilar-Madrid G, Hernández L, Gualtero S, and Caravanos J;”Loss of IQ in children of Mexican potters.” Medical Journal of the Mexican Social Security Institute [Online], 55.3 (2017): 292-299.  8 May 2017
  11. Caravanos J. “Environmental Contamination in Nigeria.” Journal of Health and Pollution 7.13 (2017): 1-1
  12. Pavilonis B, Grassman J, Johnson G, Diaz Y, Caravanos J; “Characterization and Risk of Exposure to Metals from Artisanal Gold Mining Operations in the Bolivian Andes”, Environmental Research, Vol 154, (2017)
  13. Ericson B, Landrigan P, Taylor MP, Frostad J, Caravanos J, Keith J, and Fuller R; (2016). The Global Burden of Lead Toxicity Attributable to Informal Used Lead-Acid Battery (ULAB) Sites. Annals of Global Health November 2016
  14. Dowling R, Caravanos J, Grigsby P, Rivera A, Ericson B, Amoyaw-Osai Y, Akuffo B, Fuller R; “Estimating the Prevalence of Toxic Waste Sites in Low- and Middle-Income Countries”, Annals of Global Public Health, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2016.07.008 August 2016
  15. Caravanos J, Carrelli J, Dowling R, Pavilonis B, Ericson B, Fuller R; “Burden of Disease Resulting from Lead Exposures at Toxic Waste Sites in Argentina, Mexico and Uruguay”, Environmental Health; DOI: 1186/s12940-016-0151-y June 2016
  16. Hanrahan D, Ericson B, Caravanos J; “Protecting Communities by Remediating Polluted Sites Worldwide”, ICE, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, UK, (Jan 2016), doi:10.1680/jcien.15.00034
  17. Sharov P, Dowling R, Gogishvilli M, Jones B, Caravanos J, McCartor A, Kashdan Z; “The Prevalence of Toxic Hotspots in Former Soviet Countries”, Environmental Pollution (Jan 2016) pp. 346-353, doi:0.1016/j.envpol.2016.01.019
  18. Dowling R, Ericson B, Caravanos J, Grigsby P, Amoyaw-Osei, Y, “Spatial Associations between Contaminated land and Socio Demographics in Ghana”, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Oct 2015, 12(10), 13587-13601; doi:10.3390/10.3390/ijerph121013587
  19. Forouzanfar, Mohammad H., et al. “Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.” The Lancet (2015)
  20. Téllez-Rojo MM and Caravanos, J. “Exposición a plomo: una tarea pendiente en México. (Lead exposure: a pending task in Mexico.)” Salud Pública de México 57.2 (2015): 115-116.
  21. Caravanos J, Fuller R, Robinson S; Severe Environmental Contamination and Elevated Blood Lead Levels Among Children – Zambia, 2014; Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, CDC, Nov 7, 2014
  22. Caravanos J, Gutiérrez-Hernandez L, Ericson B, Fuller R; Comparison of Burden of Disease from Toxic Waste Sites with other Recognized Public Health Threats in India, Indonesia and the Philippines; Journal of Health and Pollution, Vol. 4 Issue 7, October 2014
  23. Caravanos J, Dowling R, Tellez-Rojo MM, Cantoral A, Kobrosly R, Estrada D, Orjuela M, Gualtero S, Ericson B, Rivera A, Fuller R; Blood Lead Levels in Mexico and Pediatric Burden of Disease, Annals of Global Health, Volume 80, Issue 4, Pages 278–2851, 0.1016/j.aogh.2014.09.001, July–August 2014 (published in English and Spanish)
  24. Caravanos J, Gualtero S, Dowling R, Ericson B, Keith J, Hanrahan D, Fuller R; A Simplified Risk Ranking System for Prioritizing Toxic Pollution Sites in Low- and Middle-Income Countries; Annals of Global Health, Volume 80, Issue 4, doi:10.1016/j.aogh.2014.08.002, July–August 2014
  25. Chatham-Stephens K, Caravanos J, Ericson B, Sunga-Amparo J, Susilorini B, Sharma P, Landrigan PJ, Fuller; The Pediatric Burden of Disease from Lead Exposure at Toxic Waste Sites in Low and Middle Income Countries in 2010; Environmental Research, Volume 132, Pages 379-383, July 2014
  26. Kwame-Aboh IJ, Sampson M, Atiemo M, Nyaab M, Abra-Kom L, Caravanos J, Kuranchie-Mensah, H. (2013). Assessing Levels of Lead Contamination in Soil and Predicting Pediatric Blood Lead Levels in Tema, Ghana. Journal of Health and Pollution, 3(5). May 2013
  27. Chatham-Stephens K, Caravanos J, Ericson B, Sunga-Amparo J, Susilorini B, Sharma P, Landrigan PJ, Fuller R. Burden of Disease from Toxic Waste Sites in India, Indonesia, and the Philippines in 2010, Environ Health Perspectives; .doi:10.1289/ehp.1206127, May 2013
  28. Jones DE, Pérez MC, Ericson B, Sánchez DE, Gualtero S, Smith-Jones A, Caravanos J; Childhood Blood Lead Reductions Following Removal of Leaded Ceramic Glazes in Artisanal Pottery Production: A Success Story, Journal of Health and Pollution, 3(4), pp23-29, 2013
  29. Ericson BC, Caravanos J, Chatham-Stephens K, Landrigan PJ; Approaches to Systematic Assessment of Environmental Exposures Posed at Hazardous Waste Sites in the Developing World: The Toxic Sites Identification Project, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment; Volume 185, Issue 2, pp1755-1766, February 2013
  30. Caravanos J, Chatham-Stephens K, Ericson BC, Landrigan PJ, Fuller R; The Burden of Disease from Pediatric Lead Exposure at Hazardous Waste Sites in 7 Asian Countries, Environmental Research, Volume 120, Pages 119–125, January 2013
  31. Caravanos J, Clarke EE, Osei CS, Amoyaw-Osei Y; Exploratory Health Assessment of Chemical Exposures at an e-Waste Recycling and Scrapyard Facility in Accra, Ghana, Journal of Health and Pollution, 3.4, 2013
  32. Caravanos J, Ericson B, Ponce-Canchihuamán J, Hanrahan D, Block M, Susilorini B; Rapid Assessment of Environmental Health Risks Posed by Mining Operations in Low and Middle Income Countries: Select Case Studies, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-8 2012
  33. Rosen M, Caravanos J, Udasin I, Milek D, An Innovative Approach to Interdisciplinary Occupational Safety and Health Education, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 54(7): 515-20, July 2011
  34. Caravanos J, Clarke E, Lambertson C, Assessing the Exposure Risks and Potential Health Effects from Chemical Contamination at an Electronic and Electrical Recycling and Waste Site in Accra, Ghana; Journal of Health and Pollution, Vol 1, No 1, February 2011
  35. Vargas, GG García, M. Rubio Andrade, MG Rosales González, R. Goytia Acevedo, G. García, J. L. Arenas, R. Meza Velazquez, and Caravanos. “Contaminacion por Metales en Suelos de la Ciudad de Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico (Metal Contamination in Soil of the City of Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico)” Revista Chapingo Serie Zonas Aridas 6 (2007): 165-168.
  36. Weiss A, Caravanos J, Blaise M , Jaeger R; Distribution of lead in urban roadway grit and its association with elevated steel structures; Chemosphere, Vol 65: pp 1762-1771; December 2006
  37. Caravanos J, Weiss A, Jaeger R; Long Term Exterior Dust Lead Loadings in New York City; Environmental Research, Vol 100(2): pp 159-164; February 2006
  38. Caravanos J, Weiss A, Blaise M, Jaeger R; A Survey of Spatially Distributed Exterior Dust Lead Loadings in New York City; Environmental Research, Vol 100(2): pp 165-172; February 2006
  39. Klitzman S, J. Caravanos J, C. Belanoff, L. Rothenberg; A multi-hazard, multi-strategy approach to home remediation. Environmental Research, Vol 99(3): pp 294-306; Nov. 2005
  40. Klitzman, J. Caravanos, D. Deitcher, L. Rothenberg, Belanoff, R. Kramer, L Cohen;  Prevalence and Predictors of Residential Health Hazards: Results of a Pilot Study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, Vol 2: pp 293-301; June 2005
  41. Caravanos, Sewell G.H., and Shen T.T.; Validation of Mathematical Models Predicting the Emission Rates of Volatile Chemicals from Contaminated Soils; Air Pollution Control Association 78th Annual Conference Proceedings; Detroit, 1985

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