Fritschi Lin

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..This paper examines relationships between military history, family history and risk of prostate cancer in a population-based case control study...

..There are a number of risk factors for traumatic injury in veterinary practice but there is little information on the prevalence of injuries or the factors associated with injury in this profession...

..These increases in risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with substantial occupational pesticide exposure are consistent with previous work...

..We aimed to use accurate means to assess occupational exposures to solvents, metals, organic dusts and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in a case-control study...

..To identify the prevalence of exposure to potentially harmful occupational hazards in Australian female veterinarians and to report factors associated with prevalence of occupational hazards in this profession...

..Blue asbestos was mined and milled at Wittenoom in Western Australia between 1943 and 1966...

..The incidence of second cancers after CLL has not been reported in detail for Australia, a country with particularly high levels of ultraviolet radiation (UVR)...

..To use established psychological scales to measure levels of distress, anxiety and depression in veterinarians, and compare these levels between different veterinary subgroups and other professional groups...

..Fractures were the most common type of serious injury. The use of safety precautions at the time of the injury was reported by 70 per cent of those injured...

..Clinical trials frequently report acute myeloid leukemia (AML) as a complication of adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer (BC)...

..Fruit, other vegetables and vitamin A intakes did not appear to be strong factors in the development of prostate cancer in this study...

..Other studies examining parental occupational exposure to ELF and ALL have reported mixed results...

..To assess the association of selected occupational exposures with risk of prostate cancer and with risk of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)...

..Left-handers had higher risk of breast cancer than right-handers and the effect was greater for post-menopausal breast cancer (hazard ratio=2.59, 95% confidence interval 1.11-6.03)...

..To validate a detailed semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire designed to measure habitual fish and seafood consumption...

..Considering that nurses account for more than 40% of total employment in the veterinary service industry, the results of this study show that the occupational health hazards of this professional group require further study...

..To investigate whether remodelling of the breast after breast reduction surgery has an effect on mammographic cancer detection...

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..To determine the risk of all cause mortality, cause specific mortality, and incident cancer in meatworkers...

..The consistency of these results in 2 separate populations (Australia and USA) strengthens the evidence for an association between melanoma and each of the 2 neurodegenerative diseases...

..Further research needs to be carried out to determine the reason for this improvement...

..MCC has not been extensively investigated in Australia, even though Australia has the highest incidence of sun-related cancers in the world...

..An audit of the reporting of invasive breast cancer in Queensland was conducted to determine how well these guidelines were utilised in 2004...

..Further studies are needed to verify this finding owing to the rarity of melanoma and the small number of confirmed melanomas in this study...

..To describe the population prevalence of key cancer risk behaviours in Queensland...

..These findings suggest that people with chronically low plasma levels of retinol have increased risk of developing mesothelioma and lung cancer...

..This study investigated the health implications of longer-term cancer survivorship in an Australian, population-based sample...

..As there were missing data from some cases the study faced some difficulties in interpreting the results. Recommendations for an improved surveillance system are made in order to minimise missing data...

..To describe the demographics of solarium users and the correlates of solarium use in Queensland...

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..This study is the first to examine cancer and mortality amongst workers in bauxite mines and alumina refineries and found little evidence for increased cancer incidence or mortality in these workers...

..This study compared health behaviors among a large sample of Australian adult cancer survivors with an age- and sex-matched cohort of people with no cancer history...

..We examined the test-retest reliability and validity of colorectal cancer patients reporting on the process of their diagnosis...

..We investigated empirical dietary patterns and prostate cancer risk in Western Australia (WA) using a population-based case-control study...

..To describe the incidence of second primary invasive melanoma...

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..This method may not be valid for diseases in which disability brought on by one job may influence later work history, such as asthma. We investigated different surrogates for total work history for the outcome of asthma symptoms...

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..To describe the process of colorectal cancer diagnosis in Queensland, and to determine factors associated with time to diagnosis...

..This paper reviews previous attempts to estimate the proportion of cancers caused by occupational factors in Australia and overseas and calculates an estimate of the burden of occupational cancer in Australia...

..The excess mortality from upper aerodigestive cancers seen in this cohort of former asbestos workers compared to the Western Australian male population does not appear to be associated with exposure to crocidolite...

..Workers in the textile industry may be exposed to textile dusts, a wide range of chemicals and electromagnetic radiation...

..Providing a choice of test did not increase participation...

..5- to 2-fold increases in risk but with wide confidence intervals. These results provide weak support for the possibility that sun sensitivity or perhaps sun exposure increases risk of NHL...

..These findings suggest that a diet high in fish may be protective against lymphohematopoietic cancers and confirm the reduced risk among fish workers...

..To evaluate computed tomographic (CT) colonography as a screening tool for average-risk asymptomatic subjects with regard to participation, acceptability, and safety...

..The use of artificial neural networks shows promise in future applications to occupational assessment by JSMs and expert assessment...

..Color change is uncommon. CONCLUSION: NM often fails to fulfill the ABCD diagnostic criteria. Biopsy after a set period of observation should aid differentiation from inflammatory lesions and enable earlier detection of this subtype...

..This study was undertaken to examine the validity of occupational exposure assessment by comparing the ratings of experienced raters with previously recorded industrial hygiene measurements...

..Hay fever was associated with melanoma risk in men but not in women. No association was found between breast and lung cancers and allergic disorders or atopy...

..In particular the authors recommend use of a company job dictionary to optimize reproducibility of self-reported occupational information...

..This study aimed to examine the risk of leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), and multiple myeloma associated with occupational exposure to animals...

..CONCLUSION: Nodular type and older age are the most significant associations of thick melanoma...

..CONCLUSIONS: Patterns of management of women with early invasive breast cancer in Western Australia during the 1990s changed significantly in all respects toward those recommended in the 1995 guidelines...

..Increasing evidence that vitamin D may protect against cancer makes UV-mediated synthesis of vitamin D a plausible mechanism whereby sun exposure might protect against NHL...

..Although this study had limited power, the findings do not suggest modification of the association between pesticide exposure and NHL risk by asthma or atopic disease more generally...

..To examine the characteristics of persons attending a skin cancer screening clinic in Western Australia and compare the effectiveness of screening in different socio-demographic subgroups...

..Because late birth order and childhood crowding are inversely associated with atopy, we also investigated their associations with NHL risk...

..To determine the effect of certain personal and health behaviour characteristics on participation in a community-based colorectal neoplasia (CRN) screening program using virtual colonoscopy...

..At present it is advisable to perform cancer record linkages through the State registries in addition to or instead of the NCSCH...

..Findings suggest that the validity of skin screening diagnoses in the general population is reasonable. Body site of the lesion should be taken into account when calculating validity of these diagnoses...

..This study provides consistent evidence that sexually transmitted infections and zoonoses are not risk factors for non-Hodgkin lymphoma...

..To investigate whether people diagnosed with cancer have an increased risk of death from non-cancer causes compared to the general population...

..To determine whether exposure to five different occupational substances contributes to respiratory symptoms in aluminium smelter workers...

..The majority of respondents felt they had sufficient time and information to decide to donate, and almost all were happy with their decision and thought they had received adequate support during and after the process...

..The aim of this study was to determine the risk of respiratory complications and wound infection among smokers...

..To determine the relationship between personal, hormonal and lifestyle risk factors and surgically treated benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)...

..They also show that using this FFQ, remote diet recalled from 10 y earlier may be as reliable as recent dietary recall...

..Trials have shown that mammography screening reduces mortality and probably decreases morbidity related to breast cancer...

..To examine the effects of asbestos exposure and tobacco smoking on the level and rate of change of the diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO)...

..Blue asbestos was mined and milled at Wittenoom, Western Australia, from 1943 until 1966. Various public records were used to establish a cohort of residents of the nearby township. Mine tailings were distributed throughout the town...

..We sought to examine the relationships between plasma concentrations of retinol, carotene, and vitamin E and mortality associated with asbestosis in people previously exposed to crocidolite...

..This is the first Australian study to report on patterns of surgical care specifically for early breast cancer at a population level...

..CONCLUSIONS: Investigations and choice of surgery in WA in 1996 reflect current international guidelines. The survival of patients with resectable lung cancer remains unsatisfactory...

..Men who were part of an Australian petroleum industry cohort had previously been found to have an excess of lympho-hematopoietic cancer. Occupational benzene exposure is a possible cause of this excess...

..To compare intake estimates, validity and reliability of two summary questions to measure fish consumption with information from a detailed semi-quantitative food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ) on fish consumption...

..There was no suggestion of reduced prostate cancer risk with consumption of fresh and canned fish. Our results suggest that consumption of preserved fish may reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer...