February 2013 | Volume 121 | Number 2
News
Focus
Carol Potera | A48-A53
Bacteriophages, or phages for short, are natural viral predators that target bacteria but leave mammalian and plant cells unscathed. Before the widespread use of antibiotics, physicians successfully treated a variety of infections with phages. Today, faced with the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, researchers are reinvestigating phages as a potential solution for a variety of medical, agricultural, and environmental problems.
Forum
Bob Weinhold | A44
Rebecca Fairfax Clay | A45
Adrian Burton | A46
Erin E. Dooley | A47
Spheres of Influence
Rebecca Kessler | A54-A57
Leaded aviation gasoline (avgas) is one of the few fuels in the United States to still contain lead, and it’s the single largest source of lead emissions in the country. An appropriate replacement fuel has remained surprisingly elusive, but the search for a replacement got a boost in 2012, when a committee of the Federal Aviation Administration issued recommendations and criteria for identifying and approving an unleaded avgas.
Science Selections
Kellyn S. Betts | A58
Tanya Tillett | A59
Wendee Nicole | A60
Julia R. Barrett | A61
Commentaries
Randall Lutter, Craig Barrow, Christopher J. Borgert, James W. Conrad Jr., Debra Edwards, and Allan Felsot | 145-148
Lynn R. Goldman and Ellen K. Silbergeld | 149-152
Reviews
Hongyu Wu, Kimberly A. Bertrand, Anna L. Choi, Frank B. Hu, Francine Laden, Philippe Grandjean, and Qi Sun | 153-161
Michele La Merrill, Claude Emond, Min Ji Kim, Jean-Philippe Antignac, Bruno Le Bizec, Karine Clément, Linda S. Birnbaum, and Robert Barouki | 162-169
Mamta Behl, Deepa Rao, Kjersti Aagaard, Terry L. Davidson, Edward D. Levin, Theodore A. Slotkin, Supriya Srinivasan, David Wallinga, Morris F. White, Vickie R. Walker, Kristina A. Thayer, and Alison C. Holloway | 170-180
Research
Aimin Chen, Stephani S. Kim, Ethan Chung, and Kim N. Dietrich | 181-186
Magnus Akerstrom, Gerd Sallsten, Thomas Lundh, and Lars Barregard | 187-191
Jaime Madrigano, Itai Kloog, Robert Goldberg, Brent A. Coull, Murray A. Mittleman, and Joel Schwartz | 192-196
Sharon L. Harlan, Juan H. Declet-Barreto, William L. Stefanov, and Diana B. Petitti | 197-204
Margaret T. Hicken, Gilbert C. Gee, Cathleen Connell, Rachel C. Snow, Jeffrey Morenoff, and Howard Hu | 205-209
Huiyan Xie, Zhibin Yao, Yonghui Zhang, Yanjun Xu, Xiaojun Xu, Tao Liu, Hualiang Lin, Xiangqian Lao, Shannon Rutherford, Cordia Chu, Cunrui Huang, Scott Baum, and Wenjun Ma | 210-216
Mette Sørensen, Zorana J. Andersen, Rikke B. Nordsborg, Thomas Becker, Anne Tjønneland, Kim Overvad, and Ole Raaschou-Nielsen | 217-222
Marcela Rivera, Xavier Basagaña, Inmaculada Aguilera, Maria Foraster, David Agis, Eric de Groot, Laura Perez, Michelle A. Mendez, Laura Bouso, Jaume Targa, Rafael Ramos, Joan Sala, Jaume Marrugat, Roberto Elosua,> and Nino Künzli | 223-230
Germaine M. Buck Louis, Rajeshwari Sundaram, Enrique F. Schisterman, Anne M. Sweeney, Courtney D. Lynch, Robert E. Gore-Langton, José Maisog, Sungduk Kim, Zhen Chen, and Dana B. Barr | 231-236
Yongyong Hou, Peng Xue, Courtney G. Woods, Xia Wang, Jingqi Fu, Kathy Yarborough, Weidong Qu, Qiang Zhang, Melvin E. Andersen, and Jingbo Pi | 237-243
Kathryn A. Ramsey, Anthony Bosco, Katherine L. McKenna, Kim W. Carter, John G. Elliot, Luke J. Berry, Peter D. Sly, Alexander N. Larcombe, and Graeme R. Zosky | 244-250
Children’s Health
Randi J. Bertelsen, Karin C. Lødrup Carlsen, Antonia M. Calafat, Jane A. Hoppin, Geir Håland, Petter Mowinckel, Kai-Håkon Carlsen, and Martinus Løvik | 251-256
Luisa Torres-Sánchez, Lourdes Schnaas, Stephen J Rothenberg, Mariano E. Cebrián, Erika Osorio-Valencia, María del Carmen Hernández, Rosa María García-Hernández, and Lizbeth López-Carrillo | 263-268
Jeniffer Dantas Ferreira, Arnaldo Cézar Couto, Maria S. Pombo-de-Oliveira, Sergio Koifman, and the Brazilian Collaborative Study Group of Infant Acute Leukemia | 269-275
Brenda Eskenazi, Jonathan Chevrier, Stephen A. Rauch, Katherine Kogut, Kim G. Harley, Caroline Johnson, Celina Trujillo, Andreas Sjödin, and Asa Bradman | 257-262
Neela Guha, Mary H. Ward, Robert Gunier, Joanne S. Colt, C. Suzanne Lea, Patricia A. Buffler, and Catherine Metayer | 276-282
Perspectives
Editorials
Linda S. Birnbaum | A40
Hugh A. Tilson | A41
Podcast
Ashley Ahearn
Correspondence
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