Allan H. Smith, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Epidemiology
PHONE: (510) 843-1736
FAX: (510) 843-5539
LOCATION: 1950 Addison Street, Suite 204
E-MAIL: ahsmith@berkeley.edu
WEB SITE: Arsenic Health Effects Research Program
Research Interests
- U.S. and international studies of the health effects of arsenic in drinking water
- Risk assessment for occupational and environmental exposures
- International health studies
Publications
Hira-Smith MM, Yuan Y, Savarimuthu X, Liaw J, Hira A, Green C, Hore T, Chakraborty P, von Ehrenstein OS, Smith AH (2007). Arsenic concentrations and bacterial contamination in a pilot shallow dugwell program in West Bengal, India. J Environ Sci Health A 42: 89-95.
von Ehrenstein OS, Poddar S, Yuan Y, Guha Mazumder DN, Eskenazi B, Basu A, Hira-Smith M, Ghosh N, Lahiri S, Haque R, Ghosh A, Kalman D, Das S, Smith AH (2007). Children’s intellectual function in relation to arsenic exposure. Epidemiology 18:44-51.
Steinmaus C, Bates MN, Yuan Y, Kalman D, Atallah R, Rey O, Biggs ML, Hopenhayn C, Moore L, Hoang B, Smith AH (2006). Arsenic methylation and bladder cancer risk in case-control studies in Argentina and the United States. J Occup Environ Med. 48:478-88.
Chung JS, Haque R, Guha Mazumder DN, Moore LE, Ghosh N, Samanta S, Mitra S, Hira-Smith MM, von Ehrenstein O, Basu A, Liaw J, Smith AH (2006). Blood concentrations of methionine, selenium, beta-carotene, and other micronutrients in a case-control study of arsenic-induced skin lesions in West Bengal, India. Environ Res 101:230-7.
von Ehrenstein OS, Guha Mazumder DN, Hira-Smith M, Ghosh N, Yuan Y, Windham G, Ghosh A, Haque R, Lahiri S, Kalman D, Das S, Smith AH (2006). Pregnancy outcomes, infant mortality, and arsenic in drinking water in West Bengal, India. Am J Epidemiol 163: 662-9.
Smith AH, Marshall G, Yuan Y, Ferreccio C, Liaw J, von Ehrenstein OS, Steinmaus, Bates MN, and Selvin S (2006). Increased mortality from lung cancer and bronchiectasis in young adults following exposure to arsenic in utero and early childhood. Environ Health Perspect 114:1293-96.
Steinmaus CM, George CM, Kalman DA, Smith AH (2006). The evaluation of two new arsenic field test kits capable of detecting arsenic water concentrations close to 10 μg/l. Environ Sci Technology 40:3362-6.
von Ehrenstein OS, Jenny A, Basu A, Smith KR, Hira-Smith M, Smith AH (2006). Capacity building in environmental health research in India and Nepal. Int J Occup Environ Health12:300-6.
Steinmaus C, Yuan Y, Kalman D, Atallah R, Smith AH (2005). Intra-individual variability in arsenic methylation in a US Population. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:919-24.
Guha Mazumder DN, Steinmaus C, Bhattacharya P, von Ehrenstein O, Ghosh N, Gotway M, Sil A, Balmes J, Haque R, Hira Smith MM, Smith AH (2005). Increased Risk of Bronchiectasis in Persons with Skin Lesions Due to Arsenic in Drinking Water in West Bengal, India. Epidemiology 16:760-5.
von Ehrenstein OS, Guha Mazumder DN ,Yuan Y, Samanta S, Balmes J, Sil A, Ghosh N, Hira-Smith M, Haque R, Purushothamam R, Lahiri S, Das S, Smith AH (2005). Decrements in Lung Function Related to Arsenic in Drinking Water in West Bengal, India. Am J Epidemiol 162:533-41.
Steinmaus C, Carrigan K, Kalman D, Atallah R, Yuan Y, Smith AH (2005). Dietary intake and arsenic methylation in a US Population. Environ Health Perspect 113:1153-9.
Other Interests
- Director, Arsenic Health Effects Research Program, with studies in five countries
- Director, UC Berkeley Fogarty International Research and Training Program in Environmental and Occupational Health, operating in India
- Science adviser to Project Well. The project involves providing arsenic-safe drinking water to villages located in the arsenic-prone region of West Bengal, India.
Profile updated: January 30, 2007