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Robin M. Whyatt is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and specializes in the field of Environmental Science. Their research predominantly focuses on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, with additional work in Plant Science, Cancer Research, Pollution, and Energy Engineering and Power Technology.

The primary topics of investigation in their work include:

  • Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts

Robin M. Whyatt has published extensively, with a notable number of their works available through UNC Libraries. Their recent papers cover a range of environmental health topics and include:

  • "Neurotoxicity of Ortho-Phthalates: Recommendations for Critical Policy Reforms to Protect Brain Development in Children," 2021, American Journal of Public Health
  • "Prenatal and early childhood exposure to phthalates and childhood behavior at age 7 years," 2020, Environment International
  • "A cluster randomised trial of cookstove interventions to improve infant health in Ghana," 2021, BMJ Global Health
  • "Prenatal exposure to organophosphate and pyrethroid insecticides and the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and size at birth in urban pregnant women," 2021, Environmental Research
  • "Predictors of Urinary Pyrethroid and Organophosphate Compound Concentrations among Healthy Pregnant Women in New York," 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

They have collaborated frequently with a range of co-authors, with consistent partnerships including:

  • Stephanie M. Engel
  • Bruce P. Lanphear
  • Mary S. Wolff
  • Russ Hauser
  • Antonia M. Calafat

Publication venues for their research encompass journals and platforms such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • American Journal of Public Health
  • Environment International
  • BMJ Global Health
  • Environmental Research

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • Prenatal exposure to antibiotics, cesarean section and risk of childhood obesity

    N T Mueller;R Whyatt;L Hoepner;S Oberfield

  • Prenatal airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure and child IQ at age 5 years.

    Frederica P. Perera;Zhigang Li;Robin Whyatt;Lori Hoepner

  • Molecular epidemiologic research on the effects of environmental pollutants on the fetus.

    F P Perera;W Jedrychowski;V Rauh;R M Whyatt

  • Characterization of Phthalate Exposure among Pregnant Women Assessed by Repeat Air and Urine Samples

    Jennifer J. Adibi;Robin M. Whyatt;Paige L. Williams;Antonia M. Calafat

  • Prenatal exposures to phthalates among women in New York City and Krakow, Poland.

    Jennifer J Adibi;Frederica P Perera;Wieslaw Jedrychowski;David E Camann

  • Contemporary-use pesticides in personal air samples during pregnancy and blood samples at delivery among urban minority mothers and newborns

    Robin M Whyatt;Dana B Barr;David E Camann;Patrick L Kinney

  • DNA damage from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons measured by benzo[a]pyrene-DNA adducts in mothers and newborns from Northern Manhattan, the World Trade Center Area, Poland, and China.

    Frederica Perera;Deliang Tang;Robin Whyatt;Sally Ann Lederman

  • Maternal Prenatal Urinary Phthalate Metabolite Concentrations and Child Mental, Psychomotor, and Behavioral Development at 3 Years of Age

    Robin M. Whyatt;Xinhua Liu;Virginia A. Rauh;Antonia M. Calafat

  • Determination of 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine by an immunoaffinity chromatography-monoclonal antibody-based ELISA.

    Baoyun Yin;Robin M. Whyatt;Frederica P. Perera;Mary C. Randall

  • International studies of prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and fetal growth.

    Hyunok Choi;Wieslaw Jedrychowski;John Spengler;David E. Camann

  • Recent Developments in Molecular Epidemiology: A Study of the Effects of Environmental Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on Birth Outcomes in Poland

    Frederica P. Perera;Robin M. Whyatt;Wieslaw Jedrychowski;Virginia Rauh

  • A summary of recent findings on birth outcomes and developmental effects of prenatal ETS, PAH, and pesticide exposures

    F. P. Perera;V. Rauh;R. M. Whyatt;D. Tang

  • Association of Childhood Obesity With Maternal Exposure to Ambient Air Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons During Pregnancy

    Andrew Rundle;Lori Hoepner;Abeer Hassoun;Sharon Oberfield

  • Residential pesticide use during pregnancy among a cohort of urban minority women.

    Robin M Whyatt;David E Camann;Patrick L Kinney;Andria Reyes

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

    V A. Rauh;R Garfinkel;R Perera;H Andrews

Frequent Co-Authors

Frederica P. Perera
Frederica P. Perera Columbia University
David Camann
David Camann Southwest Research Institute
Virginia Rauh
Virginia Rauh Columbia University
Rachel L. Miller
Rachel L. Miller Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Patrick L. Kinney
Patrick L. Kinney Boston University
Antonia M. Calafat
Antonia M. Calafat Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dana B. Barr
Dana B. Barr Emory University
Andrew Rundle
Andrew Rundle Columbia University
Xinhua Liu
Xinhua Liu Beihang University
Steven N. Chillrud
Steven N. Chillrud Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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