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David E. Hinton

David E. Hinton

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
15096
World Ranking
7870
National Ranking
3574

Overview

David E. Hinton is a researcher affiliated with Duke University in the United States, specializing in environmental science. Their work primarily addresses issues related to environmental toxicology, pollution, and the impacts of contaminants on aquatic organisms.

The scientist's research spans several subfields within environmental science, including:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Pollution
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Biomedical Engineering

David E. Hinton's research topics notably cover:

  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on the ecological and health impacts of contaminants, especially in aquatic environments. Selected works include:

  • "Chronic microfiber exposure in adult Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes)", 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Microplastics decrease the toxicity of triphenyl phosphate (TPhP) in the marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma) larvae", 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "An augmented reality-based system for improving quality of services operations: a study of educational institutes", 2022, The TQM Journal
  • "PAH-pollution effects on sensitive and resistant embryos: Integrating structure and function with gene expression", 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Single and mixture toxicity of cadmium and copper to swim bladder in early life stages of Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes)", 2024, Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Their collaborative efforts include frequent co-authorship with several researchers, namely:

  • Melissa Chernick
  • Wu Dong
  • Lingtian Xie
  • Alan R. Kennedy
  • Treye Thomas

David E. Hinton publishes regularly in various scientific venues, with publications distributed among:

  • PLoS ONE
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • The TQM Journal
  • Environmental Geochemistry and Health
  • Environmental Science Nano

Best Publications

  • The Toxicology of Fishes

    Richard T. Di Giulio;David E. Hinton

  • Mouse liver cell culture. I. Hepatocyte isolation.

    James E. Klaunig;Peter J. Goldblatt;David E. Hinton;Michael M. Lipsky

  • The fish embryo toxicity test as an animal alternative method in hazard and risk assessment and scientific research.

    Michelle R. Embry;Scott E. Belanger;Thomas A. Braunbeck;Malyka Galay-Burgos

  • Histopathologic biomarkers in feral freshwater fish populations exposed to different types of contaminant stress

    Swee J. Teh;S.M. Adams;David E. Hinton

  • Liver structural alterations accompanying chronic toxicity in fishes: Potential biomarkers of exposure

    D.E. Hinton;D.J. Lauren;T.L. Holliday;C.S. Giam

  • Selenium biotransformations into proteinaceous forms by foodweb organisms of selenium-laden drainage waters in California.

    Teresa W.-M Fan;Swee J Teh;David E Hinton;Richard M Higashi

  • Ascites, premature emergence, increased gonadal cell apoptosis, and cytochrome P4501A induction in pink salmon larvae continuously exposed to oil-contaminated gravel during development

    Gary D. Marty;David E. Hinton;Jeffrey W. Short;Ronald A. Heintz

  • The use of bioindicators for assessing the effects of pollutant stress on fish

    S.M. Adams;K.L. Shepard;M.S. Greeley;B.D. Jimenez

  • Microplastics in Small Waterbodies and Tadpoles from Yangtze River Delta, China

    Lingling Hu;Lingling Hu;Melissa Chernick;David E. Hinton;Huahong Shi

  • In vitro modulation of 17-β-estradiol-induced vitellogenin synthesis: Effects of cytochrome P4501A1 inducing compounds on rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) liver cells

    Michael J. Anderson;Michael R. Miller;David E. Hinton

  • Diazinon and chlorpyrifos in urban waterways in northern California, USA.

    Howard C. Bailey;Linda Deanovic;Emilie Reyes;Tom Kimball

  • Diagnostic Criteria for Degenerative, Inflammatory, Proliferative Nonneoplastic and Neoplastic Liver Lesions in Medaka (Oryzias latipes): Consensus of a National Toxicology Program Pathology Working Group:

    Gary A. Boorman;Suzanne Botts;Tracie E. Bunton;John W. Fournie

  • Sublethal effects of the (Exxon Valdez) oil spill on herring embryos and larvae: morphological, cytogenetic, and histopathological assessments, 19891991

    J E Hose;M D McGurk;G D Marty;D E Hinton

  • Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus, Ichthyophonus hoferi, and other causes of morbidity in Pacific herring Clupea pallasi spawning in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA.

    Gary D. Marty;Ellen F. Freiberg;Theodore R. Meyers;John Wilcock

  • Determining the sensitive developmental stages of intersex induction in medaka (Oryzias latipes) exposed to 17β-estradiol or testosterone

    C. S. Koger;Swee J Teh;D. E. Hinton

  • Downstream gradients in bioindicator responses: Point source contaminant effects on fish health

    S M Adams;K D Ham;M S Greeley;R F LeHew

  • Silver Nanoparticle Behavior, Uptake, and Toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans: Effects of Natural Organic Matter

    Xinyu Yang;Chuanjia Jiang;Heileen Hsu-Kim;Appala Raju Badireddy

  • Biological assessment of bisphenol A degradation in water following direct photolysis and UV advanced oxidation.

    Pei-Jen Chen;Karl G. Linden;David E. Hinton;Shosaku Kashiwada

  • In VivoModulation of 17β-Estradiol-Induced Vitellogenin Synthesis and Estrogen Receptor in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Liver Cells by β-Naphthoflavone

    Michael J. Anderson;Hugh Olsen;Fumio Matsumura;David E. Hinton

  • Histological and histochemical changes in the digestive tract of white sturgeon larvae during ontogeny

    A. Gawlicka;Swee J Teh;S. S O Hung;D. E. Hinton

Frequent Co-Authors

Swee J. Teh
Swee J. Teh University of California, Davis
Benjamin F. Trump
Benjamin F. Trump University of Maryland, Baltimore
Richard T. Di Giulio
Richard T. Di Giulio Duke University
John J. Stegeman
John J. Stegeman Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Thomas Braunbeck
Thomas Braunbeck Heidelberg University
Heather M. Stapleton
Heather M. Stapleton Duke University
Karl G. Linden
Karl G. Linden University of Colorado Boulder
Joel N. Meyer
Joel N. Meyer Duke University
Bruce D. Hammock
Bruce D. Hammock University of California, Davis
Jie Liu
Jie Liu Duke University

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