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Agricultural exposures and cancerA Blair
Occupational Studies Section, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Environ Health Perspect 103:205-8. 1995....
Occupational cancer among women: research status and methodologic considerationsA Blair
National Cancer Institute, Occupational Epidemiology Branch, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Am J Ind Med 36:6-17. 1999....- Mortality of industrial workers exposed to acrylonitrileA Blair
Occupational Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
Scand J Work Environ Health 24:25-41. 1998..This study was designed to evaluate the relationship between occupational exposure to acrylonitrile and cancer mortality... - Determinants of high pesticide exposure events in the agricultural health cohort study from enrollment (1993-1997) through phase II (1999-2003)K Payne
National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
J Agric Saf Health 18:167-79. 2012..Our findings indicate that HPEEs were associated with several modifiable pesticide handling procedures that can be targeted in safety training and education... - Occupational exposure to pesticides and pancreatic cancerB T Ji
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Am J Ind Med 39:92-9. 2001..An increased risk of exposure to pesticides for pancreatic cancer has been suggested in a number of epidemiologic studies... - Occupation and pancreatic cancer risk in Shanghai, ChinaB T Ji
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
Am J Ind Med 35:76-81. 1999..Any association between occupation and pancreatic cancer risk has not been conclusively demonstrated. A population-based case-control study was conducted to examine occupational risks of pancreatic cancer in Shanghai, China... - Occupation and leukemia: a population-based case-control study in Iowa and MinnesotaA Blair
Occupational Epidemiology Branch, The National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Am J Ind Med 40:3-14. 2001..Studies have suggested that risk of leukemia may be associated with occupational or industrial exposures and risk may vary by the histological type of the disease... - Agricultural use of organophosphate pesticides and the risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma among male farmers (United States)B L Waddell
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Cancer Causes Control 12:509-17. 2001..Associations, however, between reported use of diazinon and NHL, particularly diffuse and small lymphocytic lymphoma, among subjects providing direct interviews are not easily discounted... - Non-hodgkin's lymphoma and agricultural use of the insecticide lindaneA Blair
Occupational Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7364, USA
Am J Ind Med 33:82-7. 1998..5 to 1.2 and 1.3, respectively. Lindane does not appear to be a major etiologic factor in the development of non-Hodgkin's's lymphoma, although a small role cannot be ruled out... - Differential effects of smoking on lung cancer mortality before and after household stove improvement in Xuanwei, ChinaK M Lee
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
Br J Cancer 103:727-9. 2010..In Xuanwei County, Yunnan Province, China, lung cancer mortality rates in both males and females are among the highest in China... - Characteristics of pesticide use in a pesticide applicator cohort: the Agricultural Health StudyM C Alavanja
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
Environ Res 80:172-9. 1999..This heterogeneity in potential exposures to pesticides between states should be useful for subsequent epidemiologic analyses using internal comparison groups... - Exposure of farmers to phosmet, a swine insecticideP A Stewart
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Scand J Work Environ Health 25:33-8. 1999..The goal of this study was to measure dermal and inhalation exposures to phosmet during application to animals and to identify what determinants of exposure influence the exposure levels... - Parental occupational exposures and risk of childhood cancerJ S Colt
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20892, USA
Environ Health Perspect 106:909-25. 1998.... - Employment as butcher and cancer risk in a record-linkage study from SwedenP Boffetta
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
Cancer Causes Control 11:627-33. 2000..To investigate the risk of cancer among butchers and other meat workers in a large record-linkage study from Sweden... - Mortality among shipyard Coast Guard workers: a retrospective cohort studyS Krstev
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Occup Environ Med 64:651-8. 2007..The mortality experience of 4702 (4413 men and 289 women) civilian workers in a US Coast Guard shipyard was evaluated... - Degreasing and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphomaM P Purdue
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, EPS 8114, 6120 Executive Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Occup Environ Med 66:557-60. 2009..To investigate the relationship between selected solvent-related workplace tasks (degreasing, painting, gluing, stripping paint, staining) and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)... - Development of a life events/icon calendar questionnaire to ascertain occupational histories and other characteristics of migrant farmworkersS H Zahm
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20892 7242, USA
Am J Ind Med 40:490-501. 2001..Specialized methods are necessary to collect data from migrant farmworkers for epidemiologic research... - Risk of premenopausal breast cancer and patterns of established breast cancer risk factors among teachers and nursesS A Petralia
Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
Am J Ind Med 35:137-41. 1999..Confounding by reproductive factors may explain the increased risk observed among women in these occupations as information on those factors were not available in most studies... - Retinal degeneration in licensed pesticide applicatorsF Kamel
Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
Am J Ind Med 37:618-28. 2000..Retinal degeneration is the leading cause of visual impairment in older adults, but little is known about its relationship to neurotoxic exposures... - Pesticide exposure and self-reported Parkinson's disease in the agricultural health studyF Kamel
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
Am J Epidemiol 165:364-74. 2007..4). Prevalent PD was not associated with overall pesticide use. This study suggests that exposure to certain pesticides may increase PD risk. Findings for specific chemicals may provide fruitful leads for further investigation... - Smoking duration, intensity, and risk of Parkinson diseaseH Chen
Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 111 T W Alexander Dr, PO Box 12233, Mail Drop A3 05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
Neurology 74:878-84. 2010..To evaluate the relative importance of smoking duration vs intensity in reducing the risk of Parkinson disease (PD)... - Established breast cancer risk factors by clinically important tumour characteristicsM Garcia-Closas
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Rockville, MD 20852 7234, USA
Br J Cancer 95:123-9. 2006..In conclusion, these data support distinctive risk factor relationships by tumour characteristics of prognostic relevance. These findings might be useful in developing targeted prevention efforts... - Occupational medicine: at a turning point or an expansionA Blair
Occup Environ Med 62:285; discussion 287. 2005 - A study on immunological responses to exposures encountered in corn farmingR Vermeulen
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI, Rockville, MD-20892, USA
J Biochem Mol Toxicol 19:172. 2005 - Occupational exposures and non-Hodgkin lymphoma: where do we stand?A Blair
National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza South, Room 8118, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Occup Environ Med 63:1-3. 2006 - A pilot study to rate determinants of exposure from videotaped work activities of farmers' use of pesticidesJ R Prince
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Appl Occup Environ Hyg 16:973-8. 2001.... - Occupation and the risk of laryngeal cancer in TurkeyO C Elci
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20852 7240, United States
Scand J Work Environ Health 27:233-9. 2001..A hospital-based case-referent study was conducted in Turkey to provide further information on occupational risk factors and laryngeal cancer... - Integrative assessment of multiple pesticides as risk factors for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma among menA J De Roos
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
Occup Environ Med 60:E11. 2003..An increased rate of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) has been repeatedly observed among farmers, but identification of specific exposures that explain this observation has proven difficult... - Comparison of industrial hygienists' exposure evaluations for an epidemiologic studyP A Stewart
Environmental Epidemiology Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7240, USA
Scand J Work Environ Health 26:44-51. 2000..A study was conducted to determine what level of information is required by industrial hygienists before they can develop exposure estimates comparable with those developed from a more in-depth evaluation... - Portable stove use is associated with lower lung cancer mortality risk in lifetime smoky coal usersH D Hosgood
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Department of Health and Human Services, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 7240, USA
Br J Cancer 99:1934-9. 2008..82) and female participants (HR=0.41, 95% CI=0.29-0.57). Portable stove use is associated with reduced lung cancer mortality risk, highlighting a cost-effective intervention that could substantially benefit health in developing countries... - Disease and injury among participants in the Agricultural Health StudyA Blair
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza South, Room 8118, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Agric Saf Health 11:141-50. 2005..The study can provide data to address many health issues in the agricultural community. The study investigators welcome collaboration with interested scientists... - High risk occupations for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in New Zealand: case-control studyA 't Mannetje
Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University Wellington Campus, Private Box 756, Wellington, New Zealand
Occup Environ Med 65:354-63. 2008..A new nationwide case-control study was conducted to assess whether previously observed associations persist and to identify other occupations that may contribute to the risk of NHL in the New Zealand population... - Serum levels of beta-hexachlorocyclohexane, hexachlorobenzene and polychlorinated biphenyls and breast cancer in Mexican womenL Lopez-Carrillo
National Institute of Public Health, Mexico Secretariat of Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
Eur J Cancer Prev 11:129-35. 2002..46 95% CI 0.20-1.07; OR for PCBs 1.31 95% CI 0.33-5.21 for the high category of exposure). This study lends no support to the case for a role for beta-HCH, HCB or PCBs in breast cancer aetiology... - A case-control study of tobacco use and other non-occupational risk factors for t(14;18) subtypes of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (United States)J C Schroeder
Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
Cancer Causes Control 13:159-68. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: Cigarette smoking was not clearly associated with t(14;18)-positive NHL. Family history may be a marker for factors that act specifically through t(14;18)-negative pathogenic mechanisms... - Agricultural risk factors for t(14;18) subtypes of non-Hodgkin's lymphomaJ C Schroeder
Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
Epidemiology 12:701-9. 2001..Results suggest that non-Hodgkin's lymphoma classification based on the t(14;18) translocation is of value in etiologic research... - Fertility and exposure to solvents among families in the Agricultural Health StudyM Sallmen
Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Human Health Services, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Occup Environ Med 63:469-75. 2006..Several studies have reported associations between solvent exposure and reduced female fertility, but the evidence is inconclusive for male fertility...