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Overview

Dana B. Barr is affiliated with Emory University in the United States and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their research focuses significantly on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Environmental Chemistry, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Plant Science.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) exposure, maternal metabolomic perturbation, and fetal growth in African American women: A meet-in-the-middle approach, 2021, Environment International
  • Design and Rationale of the HAPIN Study: A Multicountry Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess the Effect of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Stove and Continuous Fuel Distribution, 2020, Environmental Health Perspectives
  • Pesticide use in Thailand: Current situation, health risks, and gaps in research and policy, 2020, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment An International Journal
  • Newborn metabolomic signatures of maternal per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance exposure and reduced length of gestation, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Serum per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) concentrations and predictors of exposure among pregnant African American women in the Atlanta area, Georgia, 2020, Environmental Research

Dana B. Barr's frequent co-authors include Parinya Panuwet, P. Barry Ryan, Anne L. Dunlop, Donghai Liang, and Stephanie M. Eick.

Key publication venues where Barr has frequently contributed are:

  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • Environmental Research
  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Environmental Health Perspectives

The scientist's main fields of study are Environmental Science, with notable specialization in the following subfields:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Pollution
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Plant Science

Their research covers several central topics including:

  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Birth, Development, and Health

Best Publications

  • Urinary creatinine concentrations in the U.S. population: implications for urinary biologic monitoring measurements.

    Dana B. Barr;Lynn C. Wilder;Samuel P. Caudill;Amanda J. Gonzalez

  • Urinary levels of seven phthalate metabolites in the U.S. population from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2000.

    Manori J Silva;Dana B Barr;John A Reidy;Nicole A Malek

  • Impact of Prenatal Chlorpyrifos Exposure on Neurodevelopment in the First 3 Years of Life Among Inner-City Children

    Virginia A. Rauh;Robin Garfinkel;Frederica P. Perera;Howard F. Andrews

  • Organophosphate Pesticide Exposure and Neurodevelopment in Young Mexican-American Children

    Brenda Eskenazi;Amy R. Marks;Asa Bradman;Kim Harley

  • Prenatal Exposure to Organophosphate Pesticides and IQ in 7-Year Old Children

    Maryse F. Bouchard;Jonathan Chevrier;Kim G. Harley;Katherine Kogut

  • Effects of transplacental exposure to environmental pollutants on birth outcomes in a multiethnic population.

    Frederica P. Perera;Virginia Rauh;Wei Yann Tsai;Patrick Kinney

  • Seven-Year Neurodevelopmental Scores and Prenatal Exposure to Chlorpyrifos, a Common Agricultural Pesticide

    Virginia Rauh;Srikesh Arunajadai;Megan Horton;Frederica Perera

  • Prenatal Insecticide Exposures and Birth Weight and Length among an Urban Minority Cohort

    Robin M. Whyatt;Virginia Rauh;Dana B. Barr;David E. Camann

  • Organic Diets Significantly Lower Children’s Dietary Exposure to Organophosphorus Pesticides

    Chensheng Lu;Kathryn Toepel;Rene Irish;Richard A. Fenske

  • Effect of prenatal exposure to airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on neurodevelopment in the first 3 years of life among inner-city children.

    Frederica P. Perera;Virginia Rauh;Robin M. Whyatt;Wei Yann Tsai;Wei Yann Tsai

  • Phthalate exposure and human semen parameters.

    Susan M. Duty;Manori J. Silva;Dana B. Barr;John W. Brock

  • Association of in Utero Organophosphate Pesticide Exposure and Fetal Growth and Length of Gestation in an Agricultural Population

    Brenda Eskenazi;Kim Harley;Asa Bradman;Erin K Weltzien

  • Brain anomalies in children exposed prenatally to a common organophosphate pesticide.

    Virginia A. Rauh;Frederica P. Perera;Megan K. Horton;Robin M. Whyatt

  • Semen Quality in Relation to Biomarkers of Pesticide Exposure

    Shanna H. Swan;Robin L. Kruse;Fan Liu;Dana B. Barr

  • Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1, and cognitive development in childhood.

    Stephanie M. Engel;James Wetmur;Jia Chen;Chenbo Zhu

  • Organophosphate Pesticide Exposure and Attention in Young Mexican-American Children: The CHAMACOS Study

    Amy R. Marks;Kim Harley;Asa Bradman;Katherine Kogut

  • Urinary concentrations of metabolites of pyrethroid insecticides in the general U.S. population: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2002.

    Dana Boyd Barr;Anders O. Olsson;Lee Yang Wong;Simeon Udunka

  • The relationship between environmental exposures to phthalates and DNA damage in human sperm using the neutral comet assay.

    Susan M. Duty;Narendra P Singh;Manori J Silva;Dana B Barr

  • Variability and Predictors of Urinary Bisphenol A Concentrations during Pregnancy

    Joe M. Braun;Amy E. Kalkbrenner;Antonia M. Calafat;John T. Bernert

  • ASSOCIATION OF IN UTERO ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE EXPOSURE AND FETAL GROWTH AND LENGTH OF GESTATION IN AN AGRICULTURAL POPULATION

    L Fenster;B Eskenazi;M Anderson;A Bradman

Frequent Co-Authors

Asa Bradman
Asa Bradman University of California, Berkeley
Brenda Eskenazi
Brenda Eskenazi University of California, Berkeley
Robin M. Whyatt
Robin M. Whyatt Columbia University
Germaine M. Buck Louis
Germaine M. Buck Louis George Mason University
Frederica P. Perera
Frederica P. Perera Columbia University
Antonia M. Calafat
Antonia M. Calafat Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
John R. Barr
John R. Barr Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Virginia Rauh
Virginia Rauh Columbia University
David Camann
David Camann Southwest Research Institute
Thomas A. Arcury
Thomas A. Arcury Wake Forest University

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