The association between urinary cadmium and frontal T wave axis deviation in the US adultsMohammed F Faramawi
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
Int J Hyg Environ Health 215:406-10. 2012
..Screening individuals with large body burden of cadmium to identify frontal T-wave axis deviation is warranted...
The incidence of hepatitis E virus infection in the general population of the USAM F Faramawi
Epidemiology Department, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
Epidemiol Infect 139:1145-50. 2011
..This study shows that in the USA HEV can be acquired locally and from developing countries. HEV is circulating more frequently in the non-Hispanic White racial/ethnic group and those who consume fish more frequently...
Cystatin C estimated renal dysfunction predicts T wave axis deviation in US adults: results from NHANES IIIMohammed F Faramawi
Epidemiology Department, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
Eur J Epidemiol 26:101-7. 2011
..Those with decline in renal function should be considered at risk for potentially serious T-wave associated arrhythmias and thus carefully monitored...
Environmental exposure to dioxin-like compounds and the mortality risk in the U.S. populationYu Sheng Lin
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
Int J Hyg Environ Health 215:541-6. 2012
..Little is known about the mortality risk associated with chronic dioxin exposure in the general U.S. populations...
Cancer and noncancer mortality among American seafood workersEric S Johnson
Epidemiology Department, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
J Epidemiol 21:204-10. 2011
..Few studies have investigated mortality in seafood workers worldwide, and no such study has been conducted in the United States. The objective of this study was to investigate mortality in American seafood workers...
Mortality in workers employed in pig abattoirs and processing plantsEric S Johnson
UNT Health Sciences Center, Department of Epidemiology, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
Environ Res 111:871-6. 2011
..We report here on an update of mortality in 510 workers employed in abattoirs and processing plants that almost exclusively handled pigs and pork products...