Recent Publications

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1. Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2024) “How will severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and lead (Pb) exposure interact in the cardiovascular system?”   International Public Health Journal 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11321597/

2. Obeng-Gyasi, E, Obeng-Gyasi, B. (2024)Association of Combined Lead, Cadmium, and Mercury with Systemic Inflammation . Frontiers in Public Health https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1385500 

3. *Odediran, A, Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2024) Association Combined Metals and PFAS Exposure with Dietary Patterns: A Preliminary Study. Environments https://doi.org/10.3390/environments11060127

4. *Adetunji, A, Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2024) Investigating the Interplay of Toxic Metals and Essential Elements in Liver disease. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21060762

5. Ferguson, AC., Adelabu F., Solo-Gabriele H., Obeng-Gyasi, E., Fayad Martinez, C., Gidley M., Honan J., Ogunseye O., Beamer, P (2024) Methodologies for the Collection of Parameters to Estimate Dust/Soil Ingestion for Young Children. Frontiers in Public Health https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1357346

6. *Sackey, WD,Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2024) A review on the potential lead pollution in domestic water use in the State of Mississippi. International Public Health Journal (Accepted)

7. *Ayodele, A,Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2024) How combined PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) and metals may contribute to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. International Public Health Journal(Accepted)

8. Obeng-Gyasi E., Merrick, J. (2024)Understanding the impact of environmental pollutants on Public Health. International Public Health Journal(Accepted) 

9. *Barbee, E,Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2024) Association of arsenic exposure with allostatic load and cardiovascular disease risk. International Public Health Journal (Accepted)

10. *Howard, H,Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2024) Association of mercury exposure with allostatic load and cardiovascular disease risk. International Public Health Journal (Accepted)

11. *Balogun, M, Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2024) Association of combined PFOA, PFOS, Metals and Allostatic Load on Hepatic Disease Risk. Journal of Xenobiotics https://doi.org/10.3390/jox14020031

12. *Haruna, I, Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2024) Association of Combined Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Metals with Chronic Kidney Disease. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21040468

13. *Hill, M, Mostafa S, Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2024) Chronic Stress Indicator: A Novel Tool for Comprehensive Stress Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21030302

14. *Ayodele, A, Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2024) Exploring the Potential Link between PFAS Exposure and Endometrial Cancer: A Review of Environmental and Sociodemographic Factors. Cancers https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16050983

15. *Adetunji, A, Obeng-Gyasi, E, (2024)Occupational Determinants of Health . International Public Health Journal (Accepted)

16. *Marfo, A., Obeng-Gyasi, E (2024). Empowering communities: The role of wearable devices in environmental justice. International Public Health Journal (Accepted)

17. *Boafo, Y. S., Mostafa, S., & Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2023). Association of Combined Metals and PFAS with Cardiovascular Disease Risk. Toxics

https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11120979--> Article selected as Editor’s Choice

18. *Babekir, A., Mustafa, S., Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2023) “The Association of Toxoplasma gondii with the Combination of Cardiovascular Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, or Chronic Liver Disease: A Preliminary Study” Medical Sciences  https://doi.org/10.3390/medsci11040065

19. *Boafo, Y., Mostafa,S, Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2023) Association of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances with Allostatic Load Stratified by Herpes Simplex Virus 1 and 2 Exposure. Toxics https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11090745

20. Obeng, C., Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2023) Activities that early care educators are implementing in their childcare environments during the COVID-19 era. Frontiers in Education https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.1255172

21. *Hill, M, Mostafa, S., Muganda, P.M, Jeffers-Francis, L.K,Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2023) “The Association of Cytomegalovirus and Allostatic Load by Country of Birth and Length of Time in the United States” Diseases 11(3) https://doi.org/10.3390/diseases11030101 

22. *Bashir, T., Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2023) “Combined Effects of Multiple Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Exposure on Allostatic Load using Bayesian Kernel Machine Regression”International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health https://doi.org/10.3390/diseases11010052

23. Obeng, C., Jackson, F., Amissah-Essel, S., Nsia Asamoah, C., Perry, C., Gonzalez-Casanova, I., Obeng-Gyasi, E (2023) “Women's Perspectives on Human Milk Banking in Ghana: Results from a Preliminarily Cross-sectional Study” Frontiers in Public Health https://doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1128375 

24. *Olarewaju, E., Obeng-Gyasi, E., (2023) “Cadmium, Lead, Chronic Physiological Stress and Endometrial Cancer: How Environmental Policy can Alter the Exposure of At-Risk Women in the United States” Healthcare https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11091278 

25. *Bashir, T., Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2022) “The Association of Combined Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and Metals with Allostatic Load using Bayesian Kernel Machine Regression”Diseases 11(1), 52 https://doi.org/10.3390/diseases11010052

26. Obeng, C., Jackson, F., Golzarri-Arroyo, L., Allison, H., Byrd, J., Obeng-Gyasi, E (2023) “Men’s breastfeeding perceptions: need for targeted intervention among male sub-populations” International Public Health Journal 

27. *Hill M., Obeng-Gyasi, E., (2022) “The Association of Cytomegalovirus IgM and Allostatic Load” (2022) Diseases  https://doi.org/10.3390/diseases10040070 

28. Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2022). “Sources of Lead Exposure in West Africa.” Sci 4(3), 33 https://doi.org/10.3390/sci4030033 

29. *Bashir, T., Asiseh, F., Jefferson-Moore K., Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2022) “The Association of Per– and polyfluoroalkyl substances Serum Levels and Allostatic Load by Country of Birth and the Length of Time in the United States” International Journal of  Environmental Research and Public Health  https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159438  

30. Obeng-Gyasi, E., Tarver, W., Obeng-Gyasi, S., (2022) “Allostatic load and Breast 

Cancer: A Systematic Review of the Literature” Current Breast Cancer Reports https://doi.org/10.1007/s12609-022-00459-x 

31. Obeng, C., Slaughter, M., Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2022) “Childcare Issues and the Pandemic: Working Women’s Experiences in the face of COVID-19” Societies https://doi.org/10.3390/soc12040103  

32. Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2022) “Factors associated with Elevated Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances serum levels in Older Adults”Aging and Health Research https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahr.2022.100086  

33. *Babekir, A., Mustafa, S., Minor R., Williams L., Harrison S., Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2022) 

“The Association of Toxoplasma gondii IgG and Liver Injury in US Adults” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127515 

34. Obeng, C., Amissah-Essel, S., Jackson, F., Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2022) “Preschool Environment: Teacher Experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ghana” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127286 

35. *Bashir, T., Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2022)“The Association of multiple Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances serum levels with Allostatic Load” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095455  

36. *Bashir, T., Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2022) “Interaction of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Allostatic Load among Adults in Various Occupations” Diseases https://doi.org/10.3390/diseases10020026 

37. Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2022) “Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Toxic Chemicals of Concern in North Carolina” North Carolina Medical Journal https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.83.2.90 

38. Obeng-Gyasi, E., Antwi, G., Obeng, C. (2022) “Immigrant parents' perspectives on the healthful nature and suitability of lunches and snacks served to their children in the school environment” International Public Health Journal 

39. *Babekir, A., Mustafa, S., Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2022) “The Association of Toxoplasma gondii IgG Antibody and Chronic Kidney Disease Biomarkers” Microorganisms  https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10010115  Article selected as Editor’s Choice

40. Obeng-Gyasi, E, Ferguson, A., Stamatakis, K Province, M . (2021).  “Combined Effect of Lead Exposure and Allostatic Load on Cardiovascular Disease Mortality—A 

Preliminary Study” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 

https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136879  

41. Armijos, R., Weigel, M., Obeng-Gyasi, E. Racines-Orbe, M (2021).  “Elevated blood lead and metal/metalloid levels and environmental exposure sources in urban Ecuadorian school-age children and mothers. International Journal of Hygiene  and  Environmental Health., 235(113770). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113770 

42. *Babekir, A., Mustafa, S., Obeng-Gyasi, E. 2021 “The Association of Toxoplasma gondii IgG and Cardiovascular biomarkers”  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health  https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094908 

43. Obeng-Gyasi ,E., Roostaeri, J, Gibson JM (2021) . Lead Distribution in Urban Soil in a Medium-Sized City: Household-Scale Analysis. Environmental Science & Technology https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c07317 

44. Ferguson, A., Dwivedi, A., Adelabu, F., Ehindero, E., Lamssali, M., Obeng-Gyasi, E., 

Mena, K. and Solo-Gabriele, H., (2021) . Quantified Activity Patterns for Young Children in Beach Environments Relevant for Exposure to Contaminants. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(6), p.3274. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063274 

45. Ferguson, A., Rattler, K., Perone, H., Dwivedi, A.K., Obeng-Gyasi, E., Mena, K.D. and Solo-Gabriele, H., (2021). Soil–skin adherence measures from hand press trials in a gulf study of exposures. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, pp.112. 

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-020-00269-2 

46. Obeng-Gyasi, E., (2020). Cumulative Effects of Low-Level Lead Exposure and Chronic Physiological Stress on Hepatic Dysfunction—A Preliminary Study. Medical Sciences, 8(3), p.30. 

https://doi.org/10.3390/medsci8030030 

47. Obeng-Gyasi, E. and Obeng-Gyasi, B., (2020). Chronic Stress and Cardiovascular Disease among Individuals Exposed to Lead: A Pilot Study. Diseases, 8(1), p.7. https://doi.org/10.3390/diseases8010007 

48. Obeng-Gyasi, E., (2020). Chronic cadmium exposure and cardiovascular disease in adults. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, pp.1-4. 

https://doi.org/10.1080/10934529.2020.1737459 

49. Obeng-Gyasi, E., Antwi, G. and Obeng, C., (2020). “Food is Environmentally and Culturally Specific!”: A Preliminary Qualitative Study on US Immigrant Parents’ Perceptions of School Lunch. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 10(1), pp.240-249. 

https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe10010019 

50. Obeng, C., Antwi, G., Obeng-Gyasi B., Obeng-Gyasi E., (2020). Immigrants’ reported health status and the kind of home remedies from their native countries: A preliminary study. Journal of Alternative Medicine Research, 11(2) https://search.proquest.com/docview/2438617028 

51. Obeng-Gyasi, E., (2019). Lead Exposure and Cardiovascular Disease among Young and Middle-Aged Adults. Medical Sciences, 7(11), p.103. 

https://doi.org/10.3390/medsci7110103  

52. Ferguson, A., Del Donno, C., Obeng-Gyasi, E.,Mena, K., Kaur Altomare, T., Guerrero, R., Gidley, M., Montas, L. and Solo-Gabriele, H.M., (2019).Children Exposure-Related Behavior Patterns and Risk Perception Associated with Recreational Beach Use. International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(15), p.2783.  

https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16152783 

53. Obeng-Gyasi, E., (2019). Cholesterol and Oxidative Stress in US Pregnant Women Exposed to Lead. Medical Sciences, 7(3), p.42. 

https://doi.org/10.3390/medsci7030042  

54. Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2019) Sources of Lead Exposure in Various Countries. Reviews on Environmental Health  https://doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2018-0037 

55. Obeng-Gyasi, E., & Obeng-Gyasi, B. (2018). Blood Pressure and Oxidative Stress among US Adults Exposed to Lead in Military Environments—A Preliminary Study. Diseases, 6(4), 97. https://doi.org/10.3390/diseases6040097  

56. Obeng-Gyasi, E., Weinstein, M., Hauser, J., and Obeng, C.S. (2018)“Teachers’ Strategies in Combating Diseases in Preschools Environment.” Children. https://doi.org/10.3390/children5090117  

57. Obeng-Gyasi, E. (2018). “Lead Exposure and Oxidative Stress-A Life Course Approach in US Adults.” Toxics, 6(3).  https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics6030042 

58. Obeng-Gyasi, E., Armijos, R.X., Weigel, M.M., Filippelli, G.M. and Sayegh, M.A. (2018). “Cardiovascular-Related Outcomes in US Adults Exposed to Lead.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(4), p.759. 

https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15040759 

59. Obeng-Gyasi, E., Armijos, R.X., Weigel, M.M., Filippelli, G. and Sayegh, M.A. (2018). 

“Hepatobiliary-Related Outcomes in US Adults Exposed to Lead.” Environments, 5(4), p.46. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments5040046 

60. Obeng-Gyasi, E., Weigel, M., Armijos, R., Cevallos, W. and Puebla, E. (2017). Traditional and Conventional Treatment for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an Endemic 

Rainforest Area of Northern Ecuador. Annals of Global Health, 83(1).http://doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2017.03.358