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| Pamela J MinkSummaryAffiliation: Exponent Inc Country: USA Publications
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Pesticides and prostate cancer: a review of epidemiologic studies with specific agricultural exposure informationPamela J Mink
Exponent Health Sciences Group, Exponent, Inc, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Eur J Cancer Prev 17:97-110. 2008..Existing evidence does not point to any pesticide as satisfying widely used guidelines for establishing causation: a strong, exposure-dependent and demonstrably unconfounded, unbiased association, documented in several studies...
Flavonoid intake and cardiovascular disease mortality: a prospective study in postmenopausal womenPamela J Mink
Exponent, Inc, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 85:895-909. 2007..Dietary flavonoids may have beneficial cardiovascular effects in human populations, but epidemiologic study results have not been conclusive...
Evaluation of uncontrolled confounding in studies of environmental exposures and neurobehavioral testing in childrenPamela J Mink
Exponent Inc, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Epidemiology 15:385-93. 2004..We examined a priori the potential impact of confounding in a hypothetical study evaluating the association of a potentially neurotoxic environmental exposure with neurobehavioral function in children...
The non-Hodgkin lymphomas: a review of the epidemiologic literatureDominik D Alexander
Exponent Health Sciences Group, Exponent, Inc, Wood Dale, IL, USA
Int J Cancer 120:1-39. 2007..The extent to which the etiology of NHL types may differ is important to resolve in ongoing and future studies...
Low-level arsenic exposure in drinking water and bladder cancer: a review and meta-analysisPamela J Mink
Exponent, Health Sciences Practice, Washington, DC, USA
Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 52:299-310. 2008..More studies with detailed smoking history will help resolve whether smoking is an effect modifier...
A weight-of-evidence review of colorectal cancer in pesticide applicators: the agricultural health study and other epidemiologic studiesDominik D Alexander
Exponent Inc, Health Sciences Practice, Chicago, IL 60661, USA
Int Arch Occup Environ Health 85:715-45. 2012..To systematically evaluate epidemiologic studies on pesticides and colon cancer and rectal cancer in agricultural pesticide applicator populations using a transparent "weight-of-evidence" (WOE) methodological approach...
Evaluation of epidemiology and animal data for risk assessment: chlorpyrifos developmental neurobehavioral outcomesAbby A Li
Exponent Health Sciences Group, Menlo Park, California, USA
J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev 15:109-84. 2012..Neurodevelopmental behavioral, pharmacological, and morphologic effects occurred at doses that produced significant brain or red blood cell acetylcholinesterase inhibition in dams or offspring...
Use of background inorganic arsenic exposures to provide perspective on risk assessment resultsJoyce S Tsuji
Exponent, 15375 SE 30th Place, Suite 250, Bellevue, WA 98007, USA
Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 48:59-68. 2007..S. population, thereby providing perspective for risk communication and regulatory decision-making on arsenic in the environment and in consumer products...
Potential effects of chlorpyrifos on fetal growth outcomes: implications for risk assessmentPamela J Mink
Exponent, Inc, Health Sciences Group, Menlo Park, California 94025 1133, USA
J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev 15:281-316. 2012..Based on consideration of both the epidemiologic and animal data, maternal RBC AChE inhibition is a more sensitive endpoint for risk assessment than somatic developmental effects reviewed in this article...
Occupational trichloroethylene exposure and kidney cancer: a meta-analysisMichael A Kelsh
Health Science Practice, Exponent, Inc, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
Epidemiology 21:95-102. 2010..We conducted a meta-analysis of occupational studies of trichloroethylene-exposed workers to evaluate patterns of associations by study design, exposure assessment methods, and occupational groups...
Factors that distinguish serious versus less severe strain and sprain injuries: an analysis of electric utility workersMichael A Kelsh
Exponent, Inc, Health Sciences, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
Am J Ind Med 52:210-20. 2009..This study examines factors associated with severe work-related sprain/strain injuries to the back, shoulder, and knees...
Multiple myeloma: a review of the epidemiologic literatureDominik D Alexander
Exponent Health Sciences Group, Exponent, Inc, Wood Dale, IL, USA
Int J Cancer 120:40-61. 2007..More research is also needed on the genetic factors of multiple myeloma, given the strong familial clustering of the disease...
A review and meta-analysis of prospective studies of red and processed meat intake and prostate cancerDominik D Alexander
Health Sciences Practice, Exponent Inc, 185 Hansen Court, Suite 100, Wood Dale, IL 60191, USA
Nutr J 9:50. 2010..In conclusion, the results of this meta-analysis are not supportive of an independent positive association between red or processed meat intake and prostate cancer...
Evaluation of exposure to arsenic in residential soilJoyce S Tsuji
Exponent, Bellevue, Washington 98007, USA
Environ Health Perspect 113:1735-40. 2005..Similarly, questionnaire responses indicating soil exposure were not associated with increased urinary arsenic levels. Relatively low soil arsenic exposure likely precluded quantification of arsenic exposure above background...
A meta-analysis of occupational trichloroethylene exposure and multiple myeloma or leukaemiaDominik D Alexander
Exponent Health Sciences, 185 Hansen Court, Suite 100, Wood Dale, IL 60191, USA
Occup Med (Lond) 56:485-93. 2006..Trichloroethylene (TCE) has been widely used as an industrial solvent and degreasing agent...
Summary and meta-analysis of prospective studies of animal fat intake and breast cancerDominik D Alexander
Exponent Health Sciences Practice, Wood Dale, IL, USA
Nutr Res Rev 23:169-79. 2010....
A review and meta-analysis of red and processed meat consumption and breast cancerDominik D Alexander
Exponent Health Sciences Practice, Wood Dale, IL, USA
Nutr Res Rev 23:349-65. 2010....
A meta-analysis of occupational trichloroethylene exposure and liver cancerDominik D Alexander
Exponent Health Sciences, 185 Hansen Ct, Suite 100, Wood Dale, IL 60191, USA
Int Arch Occup Environ Health 81:127-43. 2007..To quantitatively evaluate this association and to examine sources of heterogeneity, we conducted a meta-analysis of occupational studies of TCE exposure and liver/biliary tract cancer...
Evaluation of epidemiologic and animal data associating pesticides with Parkinson's diseaseAbby A Li
Health Sciences Practice, Exponent, Inc, San Francisco, California 94114, USA
J Occup Environ Med 47:1059-87. 2005..We conclude that the animal and epidemiologic data reviewed do not provide sufficient evidence to support a causal association between pesticide exposure and PD...
Egg consumption and CHD and stroke mortality: a prospective study of US adultsCarolyn G Scrafford
Health Sciences Practice, Exponent Inc, 1150 Connecticut Avenue, NW suite 1100, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Public Health Nutr 14:261-70. 2011..To evaluate the relationship between egg consumption and CHD and stroke mortality using the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1988-1994 (NHANES III) and follow-up survey...
A nested case-control study of prostate cancer and atrazine exposurePatrick A Hessel
Exponent, Wood Dale, IL 60191, USA
J Occup Environ Med 46:379-85. 2004..54; 95% confidence interval, 1.69-82.20). There was no association between atrazine exposure and prostate cancer when those with > or =1 test were compared. There was no evidence for an association between atrazine and prostate cancer...
US mesothelioma patterns 1973-2002: indicators of change and insights into background ratesMary Jane Teta
Exponent Inc, Health Sciences Practice, New York, New York, USA
Eur J Cancer Prev 17:525-34. 2008..The background rate for persons below age 50 is approximately one per million, independent of sex. Future data are needed to estimate this rate for older age groups...
Epidemiologic studies of glyphosate and cancer: a reviewPamela J Mink
Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 63:440-52. 2012..Because generic exposure assessments likely lead to exposure misclassification, it is recommended that exposure algorithms be validated with biomonitoring data...
Dietary flavonoid intake and risk of cancer in postmenopausal women: the Iowa Women's Health StudyGretchen J Cutler
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Int J Cancer 123:664-71. 2008..93, 95% CI: 0.86-1.00). This study provides further support for a beneficial effect of flavonoid intake on lung cancer risk, especially among current and past smokers...
Dietary flavonoids and flavonoid-rich foods are not associated with risk of type 2 diabetes in postmenopausal womenJennifer A Nettleton
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
J Nutr 136:3039-45. 2006....
HDL-cholesterol and incidence of breast cancer in the ARIC cohort studyAnna M Kucharska-Newton
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Ann Epidemiol 18:671-7. 2008..S. communities...
Menopausal hormone replacement therapy and risk of ovarian cancerJames V Lacey
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6120 Executive Blvd, MSC 7234, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
JAMA 288:334-41. 2002..The association between menopausal hormone replacement therapy and ovarian cancer is unclear...
Serum insulin and glucose levels and breast cancer incidence: the atherosclerosis risk in communities studyPamela J Mink
Division of Cancer Prevention and Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Am J Epidemiol 156:349-52. 2002..39, 95% confidence interval: 0.86, 2.23). Circulating insulin levels were not predictive of future breast cancer incidence, but there may be a weak association with type 2 diabetes, perhaps modulated via increased adiposity...
Incidence patterns of invasive and borderline ovarian tumors among white women and black women in the United States. Results from the SEER Program, 1978-1998Pamela J Mink
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Cancer 95:2380-9. 2002..The possible effect of shifting exposure prevalence on incidence patterns warrants further study...
Weight and length at birth and risk of early-onset prostate cancer (United States)Lori L Boland
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015, USA
Cancer Causes Control 14:335-8. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: These findings do not support the hypothesis that greater weight or length at birth increases risk of prostate cancer...
Survival among women with borderline ovarian tumors and ovarian carcinoma: a population-based analysisMark E Sherman
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Cancer 100:1045-52. 2004..Comparison of the survival for women with LMP tumors staged as distant with women who have carcinoma may have important implications for diagnostic terminology and clinical management...
Probabilities of death from breast cancer and other causes among female breast cancer patientsCatherine Schairer
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 96:1311-21. 2004..We used data on breast cancer patients from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program in a competing-risk analysis...
Hormone replacement therapy, reproductive history, and colorectal adenomas: data from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial (United States)Mark P Purdue
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd, MSC 7240, Executive Plaza South 8121, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
Cancer Causes Control 16:965-73. 2005....
Association of parity and ovarian cancer risk by family history of breast or ovarian cancer in a population-based study of postmenopausal womenCeline M Vachon
Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
Epidemiology 13:66-71. 2002..Nulliparity may be more strongly associated with an increased risk of ovarian cancer among women with a family history of breast or ovarian cancer, compared with women who do not have a family history of those cancers...
