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Benjamin J. Apelberg
Assistant Scientist
Academic Degrees
PHD, MHS
Departmental Affiliation
Epidemiology
Joint Departmental Affiliations
Health, Behavior and Society
Departmental Address
627 N. Washington St., 2nd floor
Baltimore, MD 21205
Phone: 410-614-4962
Keywords

Epidemiology, tobacco, smoking, environmental health

Honors and Awards

Recipient of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco New Investigator Award - 2009 Joint Conference of SRNT and SRNT-Europe, April, 2009, Dublin, Ireland

Selected Publications

Apelberg BJ, Onicescu G., Avila-Tang E., Samet J.M. Estimating the Risks and Benefits of Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Smoking Cessation in the U.S. Amer J Public Health (in press)

Colquhoun DR, Goldman LR, Cole RN, Gucek M, Mansharamani M, Witter FR, Apelberg BJ, Halden RU. Global Screening of Human Cord Blood Proteomes for Biomarkers of Toxic Exposure and Effect Environ Health Perspect: 2009 May;117(5):832-8. Epub 2008 Dec 2

Herbstman J.B., Sjödin A., Apelberg B.J., Witter F.R., Halden R.U., Patterson D.G., Panny S.R., Needham L.L., Goldman L.R.. Birth delivery mode modifies the associations between prenatal polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) and neonatal thyroid hormone levels. Environ Health Perspect. 2008 Oct;116(10):1376-82. Epub 2008 May 27.

Avila-Tang E., Apelberg B.J., Yamaguchi N., Katanoda K., Sobue T., Samet J.M. Modeling the Health Benefits of Smoking Cessation in Japan. Tob Control. 2008 Aug 26. [Epub ahead of print]

Apelberg B.J., Goldman L.R., Halden R.U., Witter F.R., Herbstman J.B., Needham L.L. Perfluoroalkane acids: Apelberg et al. Respond. Environ Health Perspect. 2008 Jun;116(6):A238-9.

Herbstman J., Apelberg B.J., Witter F.R., Panny S., Goldman L.R. Maternal, infant and delivery factors associated with neonatal thyroid hormone status. Thyroid 2008 Jan;18(1):67-76.

Herbstman J.B, Sjödin A., Apelberg B.J., Witter F.R., Patterson D.G., Jr., Halden R.U., Jones R.S., Park A., Zhang Y., Heidler J., Needham L.L., Goldman L.R. Determinants of prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in an urban population. Environ Health Perspect 2007 Dec;115(12):1794-800.

Apelberg B.J., Witter F.R., Herbstman J.B., Calafat A.M., Halden R.U., Needham L.L., Goldman L.R. Cord serum concentrations of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) in relation to weight and size at birth. Environ Health Perspect. 2007 Nov;115(11):1670-1676.

Apelberg B.J., Goldman L.R., Calafat A.M., Herbstman J.B., Kuklenyik Z., Heidler J., Needham L.L., Halden R.U., Witter F.R. Determinants of fetal exposure to polyfluoroalkyl compounds in Baltimore, Maryland. Environ Sci Technol 2007 Jun 1;41(11):3891-7.

Apelberg B.J., Buckley, T.J., White R.H. Socioeconomic and racial disparities in cancer risk from air toxics in Maryland. Environ Health Perspect 2005 Jun;113(6):693-9.

McCubbin D.R., Apelberg B.J., Roe S., Divita F. Jr. Livestock ammonia management and particulate-related health benefits. Environ Sci Technol 2002 Mar 15;36(6):1141-6

Apelberg B., Aoki Y., Jaakkola J. Systematic review: Exposure to pets and risk of asthma or asthma-like symptoms. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2001 Mar;107(3):455-60

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