Publications

Peer-Reviewed, Published

  1. Kasumba, J., Hettick, B., French, A., Wickliffe, J., Lichtveld, M., Hawkins, W., van Sauers-Muller, A., & Klein, D. (2016).
    Analysis of pesticides and toxic heavy metals contained in mosquito coils.
    Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 975(5), 614-618. 10.1007/s00128-016-1938-9
  2. Abdoel Wahid, F., Wickliffe, J., Wilson, M., Van Sauers, A., Bond, N., Hawkins, W., Mans, D., & Lichtveld, M. (2017).
    Presence of pesticide residues on produce cultivated in Suriname.
    Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 189(6), 303. 10.1007/s10661-017-6009-0
  3. Ouboter, P., Landburg, G., Satnarain, G., Starke, S., Nanden, I., Simon-Freidt, B., Hawkins, W., Taylor, R., Lichtveld, M., Harville, E., & Wickliffe, J. (2018).
    Mercury levels in women and children from interior villages in Suriname, South America.
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(5), E1007. 10.3390/ijerph15051007
  4. Wickliffe, J., Lichtveld, M., Zijlmans, C.W., MacDonald-Ottevanger, S., Shafer, M., Dahman, C., Harville, E., Drury, S., Landburg, G., & Ouboter, P. (2020).
    Exposure to total and methylmercury among pregnant women in Suriname: Sources and public health implications.
    Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, online ahead of print.  10.1038/s41370-020-0233-3
  5. Gokoel, A., Zijlmans, W.C.W.R., Covert, H., Abdoel Wahid, F., Shankar, A., MacDonald-Ottevanger, S., Hindori-Mohangoo, A., Wickliffe, J., Lichtveld, M., & Harville, E. (2020).
    Influence of prenatal exposure to mercury, perceived stress and depression on birth outcomes in Suriname: Results from the MeKiTamara Study.
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(12), 4444. 10.3390/ijerph17124444
  6. Baldewsingh, G., Wickliffe, J., van Eer, E., Shankar, A., Hindori-Mohangoo, A., Harville, E., Covert, H., Shi, L., Lichtveld, M., & Zijlmans, W.C.W.R. (2020).
    Prenatal mercury exposure in pregnant women from Suriname’s interior and its effects on birth outcomes. 
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 7(11), 4032. 10.3390/ijerph17114032
  7. Zijlmans, W.C.W.R., Wickliffe, J.K., Hindori-Mohangoo, A.D., MacDonald-Ottevanger, M.S., Ouboter, P.E., Landburg, G.A., Codrington, J., Roosblad, J., Baldewsingh, G.K., Ramjatan, R., Gokoel, A., Abdoel Wahid, F.,  Fortes Soares, L., Alcala, C.S., Boedhoe, E., Grünberg, A.W.E., Hawkins, W.B., Shankar, A., Harville, E.W., Drury, S.S., Covert, H.H., & Lichtveld, M.Y. (2020).
    Cohort profile: The Caribbean Consortium for Research in Environmental and Occupational Health (CCREOH) Cohort Study: Influences of complex environmental exposures on maternal and child health in Suriname.
    BMJ Open, 10(9), e034702. 
    BMJ Open.
  8. Sairras, S., Baldew, S. van der Hilst, K., Shankar, A., Zijlmans, C.W., Lichtveld, M., & Ferdinand, K. (2021).
    Heart failure hospitalizations and risk factors among the multi-ethnic population from a middle income country: the Suriname heart failure studies.
    Journal of the National Medical Association , 113(2), 177-186. 10.1016/j.jnma.2020.08.010
  9. Baldewsingh, G., Jubitana, B., van Eer, E., Shankar, A., Hindori-Mohangoo, A., Covert, H. H., Shi, L., Lichtveld, M., & Zijlmans, W. (2020).
    Assessment of antenatal care service utilization in the tropical rainforest of Suriname: Effects on birth outcomes. 
    BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 20, 683.


Minimize In Review

  1. Gokoel, A., Abdoel Wahid, F., Zijlmans, C.W.R., Shankar, A., Hindori-Mohangoo, A., Covert, H., Ottevanger-MacDonald, M.S., Lichtveld, M., & Harville, E. (In review).
    Influence of perceived stress on prenatal depression in Surinamese women enrolled in the Caribbean Consortium for Research in Environmental and Occupational Health (CCREOH)-MeKiTamara Study. Reproductive Health.

Minimize Published Conference Abstracts (Oral Presentations and Posters)

  1. Hawkins, W., Ouboter, P., & Lichtveld, M. (2014).
    An assessment of mercury exposure for two vulnerable communities in Suriname, South America. West Indian Medical Journal, 63(Suppl 2), 1-79.
  2. Irving, E.R., Svendsen, E., Algoe, M., & Lichtveld, M. (2014).
    Environment and health: Noncommunicable disease mortality trends as early indicators of environmental health threats. West Indian Medical Journal, 63(Suppl 2), 1-79.
  3. Mans, D.R.A., Pinas, P., Magali, P., Soekhoe, R., Toelsie, J.R., Bipat, R., Hasrat, J.A., & Huang, S. (2014). Antiproliferative effects of Surinamese medicinal plants against warts in a human malignant cell line. West Indian Medical Journal, 63(Suppl 2), 1-79.
  4. Ramjatan, R., Hamer, D., Graafsma, T., Ogunsakin, O., Hawkins, W., & Lichtveld, M. (2014.)
    An integrated approach to pesticide management in Eastern Nickerie District, Suriname: A public health intervention. West Indian Medical Journal, 63(Suppl 2), 1-79.
  5. Wahid Abdoel, F., Mohan, S., van Sauers, A., & Ogunsakin, O. (2014). Environmental characterization of pesticide contaminated produce of Suriname. West Indian Medical Journal, 63(Suppl 2), 1-79.
  6. Hawkins, W.B., Mans, D.R.A., & Lichtveld, M.Y. (2014). The Caribbean Consortium for Research in Environmental and Occupational Health (CCREOH): A model for trans-disciplinary global health research. Annals of Global Health, 80(3), 241. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2014.08.208
  7. Mans, D.R.A., Toelsie, J., Magali, I., Soekhoe, R.C., Hasrat, J.A., & Bipat, R. (2014). “Bind wounds, not make blood run” - Evaluation of Surinamese plant-derived nutraceuticals for their potential effects on angiogenesis. Annals of Global Health, 80(3), 241-242. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2014.08.209
  8. Bipat, R., Soekhoe, R., Magali, I., Hasrat, J.A., Toelsie, J.R., & Mans, D.R.A. (2014). Evaluation of Surinamese medicinal plants for their potential influence on angiogenesis in embryos of the zebra fish Danio rerio. Annals of Global Health, 80(3), 203. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2014.08.116
  9. Hamer, D., & Lichtveld, M. (2015). Spatial distribution of epidemiological cases of dengue fever in Suriname, 2001-2012. West Indian Medical Journal, 64(4), 344-50. 10.7727/wimj.2014.118
  10. Hawkins, W.B., Mans, D.R.A., & Lichtveld, M.Y. (2015). Building partnerships for trans-disciplinary global health research: the Caribbean Consortium for Research in Environmental and Occupational Health. Annals of Global Health, 81(1), 111. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2015.02.757

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