Publications

outbreaks of human trichinellosis caused by consumption of dog meat in china.	dog meat has become an important source of trichinella infection for humans in china. the first documented outbreak of human trichinellosis resulting from the consumption of dog meat occurred in china in 1974. until 1999, the outbreaks with this source of infection occurred mostly in northeast of china (81 cases in five outbreaks in jilin and two in liaoning), beijing (six cases) and henan provinces (two cases). the epidemiological surveys were performed in nine provinces or autonomous regions o ...	2001	11484389
an overview of male reproductive studies of boron with an emphasis on studies of highly exposed chinese workers.	boron treatment of rats, mice, and dogs has been associated with testicular toxicity, characterized by inhibited spermiation at lower dose levels and a reduction in epididymal sperm count at higher dose levels. the no-adverse-effect level for reproductive effects in male rats is 17.5mg b/kg bw/day. earlier studies in human workers and populations have not identified adverse effects of boron exposure on fertility, but outcome measures in these studies were relatively insensitive, based mainly on ...	2010	19850122