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Plasma fluorescent oxidation products and short-term occupational particulate exposuresJaime E Hart
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Ind Med 55:953-60. 2012..Evidence suggests that fine particulate air pollution results in oxidative induced tissue damage...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mortality in railroad workersJ E Hart
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Occup Environ Med 66:221-6. 2009..There is little information describing the risk of non-malignant respiratory disease and occupational exposure to diesel exhaust...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mortality in diesel-exposed railroad workersJaime E Hart
Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:1013-7. 2006..Further study is needed to assess whether this risk is observed after exposure to exhaust from later-generation diesel engines with modern emission controls...
Spatial modeling of PM10 and NO2 in the continental United States, 1985-2000Jaime E Hart
Exposure, Epidemiology and Risk Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Environ Health Perspect 117:1690-6. 2009..However, many have been limited to city-specific average pollution measures or spatial or land-use regression exposure models in small geographic areas...
Long-term ambient multipollutant exposures and mortalityJaime E Hart
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 183:73-8. 2011..Additionally, two studies have observed higher risks in individuals with occupational dust, gas, or fume exposure...
Modeling particle exposure in U.S. trucking terminalsM E Davis
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 401 Park Drive, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Environ Sci Technol 40:4226-32. 2006..The statistically significant results and high R2 values observed from the trucking industry application supports the broader use of this approach in exposure assessment modeling...
Lung cancer in railroad workers exposed to diesel exhaustEric Garshick
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Section, Medical Service, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Environ Health Perspect 112:1539-43. 2004..Key words: diesel exhaust, lung cancer, occupational exposure...
Occupational exposure to volatile organic compounds and aldehydes in the U.S. trucking industryM E Davis
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 401 Park Drive, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Environ Sci Technol 41:7152-8. 2007..2-0.4 work area; R2 = 0.5-0.9 background)...
Effects of wind on background particle concentrations at truck freight terminalsRonald Garcia
Exposure, Epidemiology, and Risk Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Occup Environ Hyg 4:36-48. 2007....
Workplace secondhand smoke exposure in the U.S. trucking industryYueh Hsiu Chiu
Exposure, Epidemiology, and Risk Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Environ Health Perspect 118:216-21. 2010..Although the smoking rate in the United States is declining because of an increase of smoke-free laws, among blue-collar workers it remains higher than that among many other occupational groups...
Nicotine contamination in particulate matter samplingYueh Hsiu Chiu
Exposure, Epidemiology and Risk Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Int J Environ Res Public Health 6:601-7. 2009..5) was low (</= 50 mug/m(3)). It is therefore important to account for personal and secondhand smoke exposure while assessing occupational and environmental PM...
Cause-specific mortality in the unionized U.S. trucking industryFrancine Laden
Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Environ Health Perspect 115:1192-6. 2007..Occupational and population-based studies have related exposure to fine particulate air pollution, and specifically particulate matter from vehicle exhausts, to cardiovascular diseases and lung cancer...
Overview of particulate exposures in the US trucking industryThomas J Smith
Exposure, Epidemiology and Risk Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
J Environ Monit 8:711-20. 2006..This distribution overlaps substantially with the general public's exposure to these sources...
Historical estimation of diesel exhaust exposure in a cohort study of U.S. railroad workers and lung cancerFrancine Laden
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 181 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Cancer Causes Control 17:911-9. 2006..In conclusion, although precise historical estimates of exposure are not available, weighting factors helped better define the exposure-response relationship of diesel exhaust with lung cancer mortality...
Lung cancer and vehicle exhaust in trucking industry workersEric Garshick
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Section, Medical Service, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Environ Health Perspect 116:1327-32. 2008..Interpretation of these studies specifically implicating diesel exhaust as a carcinogen has been limited because of limited exposure measurements and lack of work records relating job title to exposure-related job duties...
Smoking behavior in trucking industry workersNitin B Jain
Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Am J Ind Med 49:1013-20. 2006..Our study also suggests that an assessment of methods to control for smoking should be considered in the design of retrospective occupational health studies...
Exposure to traffic pollution and increased risk of rheumatoid arthritisJaime E Hart
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Environ Health Perspect 117:1065-9. 2009..Particulate air pollution, especially of traffic origin, has been linked to systemic inflammation in many studies...
Association between residences in U.S. northern latitudes and rheumatoid arthritis: A spatial analysis of the Nurses' Health StudyVERONICA M VIEIRA
Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Environ Health Perspect 118:957-61. 2010..The etiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remains largely unknown, although epidemiologic studies suggest genetic and environmental factors may play a role. Geographic variation in incident RA has been observed at the regional level...
Smoking imputation and lung cancer in railroad workers exposed to diesel exhaustEric Garshick
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Section, Medical Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, MA 02132, USA
Am J Ind Med 49:709-18. 2006..An association between diesel exhaust exposure and lung cancer mortality in a large retrospective cohort study of US railroad workers has previously been reported. However, specific information regarding cigarette smoking was unavailable...
Respiratory symptoms and intensity of occupational dust exposureEric Garshick
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Section, Medical Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, 1400 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury, Massachusetts 02132, USA
Int Arch Occup Environ Health 77:515-20. 2004..Occupational exposure to dusts may result in chronic respiratory symptoms...
Residence near a major road and respiratory symptoms in U.S. VeteransEric Garshick
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Section, Medical Service and Research Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury, MA 02132, USA
Epidemiology 14:728-36. 2003..However, a relationship of adult respiratory disease with exposure to vehicular traffic has not been established...
