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| Lesley RushtonSummaryAffiliation: Imperial College Country: UK Publications
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Occupational causes of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseLesley Rushton
Imperial College London, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, St Mary s Campus, Norfolk Place, London
Rev Environ Health 22:195-212. 2007..Raising awareness of occupational causes of COPD among employers, employees, and health service professionals is important...- Occupation and cancer in BritainL Rushton
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, St Mary s Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK
Br J Cancer 102:1428-37. 2010..We estimated the current burden of cancer in Britain attributable to past occupational exposures for International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) group 1 (established) and 2A (probable) carcinogens... - Pesticide-related illness reported to and diagnosed in primary care: implications for surveillance of environmental causes of ill-healthLesley Rushton
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College London, Faculty of Medicine, Norfolk Place, London W21PG, UK
BMC Public Health 9:219. 2009..This study aimed to investigate the extent and nature of pesticide-related illness presented and diagnosed in Primary Care and the feasibility of establishing a routine monitoring system... - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and occupational exposure to silicaLesley Rushton
Imperial College London, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Faculty of Medicine, St Mary s Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK
Rev Environ Health 22:255-72. 2007..Nevertheless, a disabling loss of lung function in the absence of silicosis would not occur until between 30 and 40 years exposure... - The burden of cancer at work: estimation as the first step to preventionL Rushton
Imperial College London, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, St Mary s Campus, London, UK
Occup Environ Med 65:789-800. 2008..The overall aim of this project is to estimate the current burden of cancer in Great Britain attributable to occupational factors, and identify carcinogenic agents, industries and occupations for targeting risk prevention... - Organic dusts and respiratory cancer: a complex issueL Rushton
Imperial College London, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Room UG40, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London W1 2PG, UK
Occup Environ Med 63:717. 2006 - The precautionary principle in the context of multiple risksL Rushton
Imperial College London, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Room UG40, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London W1 2PG, UK
Occup Environ Med 64:574. 2007 - Toward risk reduction: predicting the future burden of occupational cancerSally Hutchings
MRC HPA Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Am J Epidemiol 173:1069-77. 2011..It is adaptable for other countries and other exposure situations in the general environment and can be extended to include socioeconomic impact assessment... - Lessons from ecological and spatial studies in relation to occupational lung diseaseAnna L Hansell
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College London, UK
Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 9:87-92. 2009..This review examines how recent advances in ecological and spatial study methodology and in the information held in routine databases could be used to enhance occupational health studies... - Exposure to disinfection by-products, fetal growth, and prematurity: a systematic review and meta-analysisJames Grellier
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Epidemiology 21:300-13. 2010..Exposure to total trihalomethanes in drinking water has been associated with several adverse birth outcomes relating to fetal growth and prematurity... - Benzene in the environment: an assessment of the potential risks to the health of the populationR Duarte-Davidson
National Centre for Risk Analysis and Opotions Appraisal, Steel House, 11 Tothill Street, London, UK
Occup Environ Med 58:2-13. 2001..4-5.7 microg/m(3). As yet there is no evidence to suggest that continuous exposures to these environmental concentrations of benzene manifest as any other adverse health effect... - Health impact of environmental tobacco smoke in the homeLesley Rushton
MRC Institute for Environment and Health, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Rev Environ Health 19:291-309. 2004..Smoking cessation interventions have had limited success. Research is needed to explore the barriers to adopting ETS risk-reducing behaviors... - Health hazards and waste managementLesley Rushton
MRC Institute for Environment and Health, Leicester, UK
Br Med Bull 68:183-97. 2003..The health impacts of new waste management technologies and the increasing use of recycling and composting will require assessment and monitoring... - Evaluating evidence on environmental health risksLesley Rushton
MRC Institute for Environment and Health, Leicester, UK
Br Med Bull 68:113-28. 2003.... - Health effects of a sulphur dioxide air pollution episodeTerry P Brown
MRC Institute for Environment and Health, University of Leicester, 94 Regent Road, Leicester LE1 7DD, UK
J Public Health Med 25:369-71. 2003..This study shows how simple analyses of routinely collected health data can be used to assess public health impacts of pollution episodes...