Larry L. Needham

42.1k citations

409 papers · 34.1k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 100

Impact in

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis top 0.01%
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
Environmental Chemistry top 0.05%
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research

Papers in

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 282
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact 195
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals 170
- Air Quality and Health Impacts 54
Cancer Research 134
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment 134

Co-authors: Antonia M. Calafat John A. Reidy Dana Boyd Barr Xiaoyun Ye Zsuzsanna Kuklenyik Donald G. Patterson Lee‐Yang Wong Manori J. Silva
Journals: Environmental Health Perspectives (77 papers)Chemosphere (32 papers)Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology (28 papers)Journal of Chromatography B (18 papers)Epidemiology (18 papers)
Partner nations: United States Italy China

In The Last Decade

Larry L. Needham

406 papers receiving 32.9k citations

Hit Papers

8 papers align trajectories log scale

Prenatal Exposure to PBDEs and Neurodevelopment 2010 · 544 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2010 Environmental Health Perspectives
2007 Environmental Health Perspectives
2007 Environmental Health Perspectives
2007 Environmental Health Perspectives
2004 Environmental Health Perspectives
2003 Environmental Health Perspectives
1998 JAMA
1989 Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Larry L. Needham, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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1	Pilot study investigating the prevalence of oral Human Papilloma Viral (HPV) infection in young adults Public Health ·Gillian Knight, Larry L. Needham, Rafsanjani Zainal, Sally Roberts	2016	6
2	O-015 Epidemiology ·Olorunfemi Adetona, D. Kevin Horton, 添田成美, Кучеренко Дария Ефимовна, Try Adi Sucipto, John E. Vena, Larry L. Needham, Luke P. Naeher	2012	1
3	Dioxin Exposure and Cancer Risk in the Seveso Women’s Health Study Environmental Health Perspectives ·Marcella Warner, Paolo Mocarelli, Steven J. Samuels, Larry L. Needham, Paolo Brambilla, Brenda Eskenazi	2011	104
4	Low Dose of Some Persistent Organic Pollutants Predicts Type 2 Diabetes: A Nested Case–Control Study Environmental Health Perspectives ·Duk‐Hee Lee, Michael W. Steffes, Andreas Sjödin, Richard S. Jones, Larry L. Needham, David R. Jacobs	2010	280
5	What Additional Factors Beyond State-of-the-Art Analytical Methods Are Needed for Optimal Generation and Interpretation of Biomonitoring Data? Environmental Health Perspectives ·Antonia M. Calafat, Larry L. Needham	2009	63
6	Prenatal Exposure to PBDEs and Neurodevelopment Epidemiology ·Julie B. Herbstman, Andreas Sjödin, Rebecca L. Jones, Syafrida Nurrachmi Febriyanti, Seth Lederman, Virginia Rauh, Larry L. Needham, Kumar Lakshman, Frederica P. Perera	2008	2
7	Strategic Biomonitoring Initiatives: Moving the Science Forward Toxicological Sciences ·J. Angerer, Michael G. Bird, Thomas A. Burke, Nancy G. Doerrer, Larry L. Needham, Steven H. Robison, Linda Sheldon, Lynn Stemmy Woerner	2006	72
8	Concentration of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in Household Dust from Various Countries Is Dust a Major Source of Human Exposure Organohalogen compounds ·Andreas Sjödin, Olaf Päpke, Jean‐François Focant, Richard S. Jones, Tanja Pless‐Mulloli, Leisa‐Maree Toms, Thomas Hermann, Jochen F. Mueller, Larry L. Needham, Donald G. Patterson	2006	4
9	Concentration of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in House Hold Dust from Various Countries - Inhalation a Potential Route of Human Exposure Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) ·E Feluś, Olaf Päpke, Hunter Marshall, Richard S. Jones, Jean‐François Focant, Tanja Pless‐Mulloli, Leisa‐Maree Toms, Toru Yamagaki, Yalin Zhang, Larry L. Needham, Thomas Hermann, Donald G. Patterson	2004	27
10	Children’s Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds as Determined by Longitudinal Measurements in Blood Environmental Health Perspectives ·Ken Sexton, John L. Adgate, Timothy R. Church, David L. Ashley, Larry L. Needham, Gurumurthy Ramachandran, Ann L. Fredrickson, Andrew D. Ryan	2004	72
11	Retrospective time-trend study of polybrominated diphenyl ether and polybrominated and polychlorinated biphenyl levels in human serum from the United States. Environmental Health Perspectives ·Andreas Sjödin, Richard S. Jones, Jean-François Focant, Chester R. Lapeza, Richard Y. Wang, Ernest McGahee, Yalin Zhang, Wayman E. Turner, Souza Campos, Larry L. Needham, Donald G. Patterson	2004	266
12	Serum Dioxin Concentrations and Age at Menarche Environmental Health Perspectives ·Marie Pichel Warner, Steven J. Samuels, Paolo Mocarelli, Pier Mario Gerthoux, Larry L. Needham, Donald G. Patterson, Brenda Eskenazi	2004	45
13	Retrospective time trend study of brominated flame retardants and polychlorinated biphenyls in human serum from various regions of the United States, 1985-2002 Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège) ·Andreas Sjödin, Richard S. Jones, Chester R. Lapeza, Jean‐François Focant, Thomas J. Wang, Wayman E. Turner, Larry L. Needham, Donald G. Patterson	2003	6
14	MATERNAL SERUM DIOXIN LEVELS AND BIRTH OUTCOMES IN WOMEN OF SEVESO, ITALY Epidemiology ·Brenda Eskenazi, Yuhei Kuwamoto, Paolo Mocarelli, Josefine Erkens, Pier Mario Gerthoux, S Samuels, Larry L. Needham, D.S.P. Patterson	2003	2
15	PCBs AND ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE CONCENTRATIONS IN A FAROE ISLAND 14-YEAR OLD COHORT: MEASUREMENT USING NEW METHODOLOGY AND EVALUATION OF CORRELATIONS AND PATTERNS University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark) ·Dana Boyd Barr, Pál Weihe, Larry L. Needham, Mark Davis, Jenifer Kasmir, Yacine Djaziri, 中島晴人, 美香青木, James L. Preau, Philippe Grandjean, Débora Milano	2003	6
16	Pharmacokinetics of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in Seveso adults and veterans of operation Ranch Hand. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology ·Joel Michalek, James L. Pirkle, Larry L. Needham, Donald G. Patterson, Samuel P. Caudill, Ram C. Tripathi, Paolo Mocarelli	2002	45
17	Profiles of Great Lakes critical pollutants: a sentinel analysis of human blood and urine. The Great Lakes Consortium. Environmental Health Perspectives ·Henry A. Anderson, Andrea Coloma Santos, Lawrence P. Hanrahan, Fawaz Al-Ibrahim, Virlyn W. Burse, Larry L. Needham, Dan Paschal, David Patterson, Robert H. Hill	1998	72
18	Identification of decomposition products of 1,1′-ethylidenebis [L-tryptophan], a compound associated with eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology ·William J. Driskell, David L. Ashley, James Grainger, Sarath R. Sirimanne, Eugene P. Mazzola, Pooja Kumari, Larry L. Needham, Robert H. Hill	1992	7
19	Current Serum Levels of 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p- dioxin in Phenoxy Acid Herbicide Applicators and Characterization of Historical Levels JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute ·Eric S. Johnson, William Barclay Parsons, Clarice R. Weinberg, D Shore, John D. Mathews, David Patterson, Larry L. Needham	1992	13
20	Medical evaluation of subjects with known body levels of 2,3,7,8,— tetrachlorodibenzo‐p‐dioxin Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health ·Paulo Cesar Balseca Cobos, R. Gregory Evans, Alan P. Knutsen, Stanford T. Roodman, JoséL. Rodríguez-Sanromán, W Schramm, Barbara Anne Evans, John S. Andrews, Larry L. Needham, Donald G. Patterson	1989	37

About Larry L. Needham

Larry L. Needham is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Cancer Research, Pollution, Chemical Health and Safety and Environmental Chemistry, having authored 409 papers that have together received 34.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (195 papers), Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (170 papers), Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (134 papers), Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity (63 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (54 papers), Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (31 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (28 papers) and Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety (27 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (26.1k citations), Environmental Chemistry (4.8k citations), Cancer Research (7.1k citations), Pollution (4.1k citations) and Chemical Health and Safety (114 citations). Larry L. Needham has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Italy and China. Frequent co-authors include Antonia M. Calafat, John A. Reidy, Dana Boyd Barr, Xiaoyun Ye, Zsuzsanna Kuklenyik, Donald G. Patterson, Lee‐Yang Wong, Manori J. Silva, Samuel P. Caudill and Andreas Sjödin. Their work appears in journals such as Environmental Health Perspectives, Chemosphere, Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, Journal of Chromatography B and Epidemiology.

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