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Occupational cancer in developed countriesAaron Blair
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
Environ Health 10:S9. 2011..The movement of industry from developed to developing countries underscores the need for future investigations to include more diverse populations...
Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to metolachlor in the Agricultural Health StudyJennifer A Rusiecki
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
Int J Cancer 118:3118-23. 2006....- Occupation and breast cancer risk among Shanghai women in a population-based cohort studyBu Tian Ji
National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland 20852, USA
Am J Ind Med 51:100-10. 2008..A total of 74,942 female subjects were recruited in a population-based cohort study in Shanghai, China between 1997 and 2000. We examined the relationship between occupation and breast cancer risk... - Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to cyanazine in the agricultural health studyShannon M Lynch
Clinical and Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch, Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland 20892, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:1248-52. 2006..The number of sites was small for certain cancers, limiting any conclusion with regard to ovarian, breast, and some other cancers... - Cancer incidence among male pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study cohort exposed to diazinonLaura E Beane Freeman
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
Am J Epidemiol 162:1070-9. 2005..Because these results were based on small numbers, additional analyses are necessary as more cases accrue to clarify whether diazinon is associated with cancer risk in humans... - Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to chlorpyrifos in the Agricultural Health StudyWon Jin Lee
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 96:1781-9. 2004..18 (95% confidence interval = 1.31 to 3.64) times that of those with no chlorpyrifos exposure. CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest an association between chlorpyrifos use and incidence of lung cancer that deserves further evaluation... - The Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study: III. Interrelations between respirable elemental carbon and gaseous and particulate components of diesel exhaust derived from area sampling in underground non-metal mining facilitiesRoel Vermeulen
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, US National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Ann Occup Hyg 54:762-73. 2010..The fact that CO correlated with REC, loaded on the same factor, and increased linearly in log-log space supported the use of CO in estimating historical exposure levels to DE... - Carbaryl exposure and incident cancer in the Agricultural Health StudyRajeev Mahajan
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Int J Cancer 121:1799-805. 2007..No associations were observed with other examined cancer sites. Because the observed results were not hypothesized a priori and because of limited study of their biological plausibility, they should be interpreted with caution... - A case-control study of tobacco use and other non-occupational risk factors for lymphoma subtypes defined by t(14; 18) translocations and bcl-2 expressionCindy M Chang
Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Cancer Causes Control 21:1147-54. 2010.... - The diesel exhaust in miners study: I. Overview of the exposure assessment processPatricia A Stewart
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, US National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Ann Occup Hyg 54:728-46. 2010..Method evaluations indicated that the final estimates were consistent with those from alternative time trend models and demonstrated moderate to high agreement with external data... - Body mass index, agricultural pesticide use, and cancer incidence in the Agricultural Health Study cohortGabriella Andreotti
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, 6120 Executive Blvd, EPS 8011, MSC 7240, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Cancer Causes Control 21:1759-75. 2010..87, 95% CI = 0.82-0.92) but was null in users of carbofuran (p-interaction = 0.02). These findings suggest that certain pesticides may modify the effects of BMI on the risks of colon and lung cancers... - Atrazine and cancer incidence among pesticide applicators in the agricultural health study (1994-2007)Laura E Beane Freeman
Division of Cancer, Epidemiology, and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Environ Health Perspect 119:1253-9. 2011..Atrazine is a triazine herbicide used widely in the United States. Although it is an animal carcinogen, the mechanism in rodents does not appear to operate in humans. Few epidemiologic studies have provided evidence for an association... - Malathion exposure and the incidence of cancer in the agricultural health studyMatthew R Bonner
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Am J Epidemiol 166:1023-34. 2007..Although the rate ratios for melanoma were reduced, small numbers and lack of experimental evidence suggest that the observed reductions may have arisen by chance... - The Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study: IV. Estimating historical exposures to diesel exhaust in underground non-metal mining facilitiesRoel Vermeulen
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, US National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Ann Occup Hyg 54:774-88. 2010..These REC exposure estimates were in a plausible range and were used in the investigation of exposure-response relationships in epidemiologic analyses... - Occupation and chronic bronchitis among Chinese womenSrmena Krstev
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health DHHS, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Occup Environ Med 50:64-71. 2008..To examine the association between occupation and chronic bronchitis among a cross section of Chinese women who participated in the Shanghai Women's Health Study... - Pesticides and lung cancer risk in the agricultural health study cohortMichael C R Alavanja
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
Am J Epidemiol 160:876-85. 2004..The usage levels in this cohort are considerably higher than those typically experienced by the general population. An excess risk among spouses directly exposed to pesticides could not be evaluated at this time... - Body mass index and colon cancer risk in Chinese people: menopause as an effect modifierLifang Hou
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6120 Executive Blvd EPS Suite 511, MSC 7240, Bethesda, MD 20892 7240, USA
Eur J Cancer 42:84-90. 2006..91) and 0.7 (95% CI 0.5-0.95), respectively. Our findings suggest that BMI predicts colon cancer risk in both genders. Among women, however, the risk is modified by menopause status, possibly through altered endogenous oestrogen levels... - Pendimethalin exposure and cancer incidence among pesticide applicatorsLifang Hou
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Epidemiology 17:302-7. 2006..The trends for lung cancer risk were inconsistent for different exposure metrics. CONCLUSIONS: We did not find a clear association of lifetime pendimethalin exposure either with overall cancer incidence or with specific cancer sites... - Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to permethrin in the Agricultural Health StudyJennifer A Rusiecki
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814 4799, USA
Environ Health Perspect 117:581-6. 2009..Permethrin is a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide widely used in agriculture, in public health, and in many U.S. homes and gardens... - Mortality among participants in the agricultural health studyAaron Blair
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA
Ann Epidemiol 15:279-85. 2005..This analysis of the Agricultural Health Study cohort assesses the mortality experience of licensed pesticide applicators and their spouses... - Fonofos exposure and cancer incidence in the agricultural health studyRajeev Mahajan
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:1838-42. 2006..A previous investigation in this cohort linked exposure to the organophosphate fonofos with incident prostate cancer in subjects with family history of prostate cancer... - Occupation and adult-onset asthma among Chinese women in a population-based cohortSrmena Krstev
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Am J Ind Med 50:265-73. 2007..We examined the associations between occupation and asthma among women in a case-control study nested in the population-based Shanghai Women's Health Study cohort in China... - An update of cancer incidence in the Agricultural Health StudyStella Koutros
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health DHHS, 6120 Executive Blvd, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
J Occup Environ Med 52:1098-105. 2010..Our objective is to reevaluate cancer incidence among Agricultural Health Study participants... - Impact of pesticide exposure misclassification on estimates of relative risks in the Agricultural Health StudyAaron Blair
National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza South, Room 8008, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Occup Environ Med 68:537-41. 2011..We evaluate the impact of occupational pesticide exposure misclassification on relative risks using data from the cohort and the AHS Pesticide Exposure Study (AHS/PES)... 
Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to trifluralin in the Agricultural Health StudyDaehee Kang
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, 6120 Executive Blvd EPS 8000, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Environ Res 107:271-6. 2008..Although there was a possible link between trifluralin exposure and colon cancer, small numbers and inconsistencies in dose-response and subgroup analyses indicate that this may be a chance finding...- Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to dicamba in the agricultural health studyClaudine Samanic
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20852, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:1521-6. 2006..There was no apparent risk for non-Hodgkin lymphoma. CONCLUSIONS: Although associations between exposure and lung and colon cancer were observed, we did not find clear evidence for an association between dicamba exposure and cancer risk... - Cancer incidence in the agricultural health studyMichael C R Alavanja
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20892, USA
Scand J Work Environ Health 31:39-45; discussion 5-7. 2005..This large, prospective cohort study of private applicators, commercial applicators, and spouses of farmer applicators was undertaken to ascertain the etiology of cancers elevated in agriculture... - An updated algorithm for estimation of pesticide exposure intensity in the agricultural health studyJoseph Coble
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
Int J Environ Res Public Health 8:4608-22. 2011.... - Etiologic heterogeneity among non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypesLindsay M Morton
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute NCI, National Institutes of Health NIH, Rockville, MD, USA
Blood 112:5150-60. 2008.... - Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to atrazine in the Agricultural Health StudyJennifer A Rusiecki
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20892-7240, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 96:1375-82. 2004..However, further studies are warranted for tumor types in which there was a suggestion of trend (lung, bladder, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and multiple myeloma)... - Pesticide use and breast cancer risk among farmers' wives in the agricultural health studyLawrence S Engel
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Am J Epidemiol 161:121-35. 2005..Further follow-up of this cohort should help clarify the relation between pesticide exposure and breast cancer risk... - Mortality from lymphohematopoietic malignancies among workers in formaldehyde industries: the National Cancer Institute CohortLaura E Beane Freeman
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 101:751-61. 2009.... - Using multiple imputation to assign pesticide use for non-responders in the follow-up questionnaire in the Agricultural Health StudySonya L Heltshe
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD, USA
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 22:409-16. 2012..When appropriately implemented, multiple imputation can reduce bias and increase precision and can be more valid than other missing data approaches... - Occupational exposure to organochlorine insecticides and cancer incidence in the Agricultural Health StudyMark P Purdue
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
Int J Cancer 120:642-9. 2007.... - Mortality from solid cancers among workers in formaldehyde industriesMichael Hauptmann
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Am J Epidemiol 159:1117-30. 2004..In this cohort of formaldehyde-industry workers, some evidence was found of an exposure-response relation with mortality from nasopharyngeal cancer (based on small numbers) but not for cancers of the pancreas, brain, lung, or prostate... - Coal use, stove improvement, and adult pneumonia mortality in Xuanwei, China: a retrospective cohort studyMin Shen
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, U S Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7240, USA
Environ Health Perspect 117:261-6. 2009..However, the impact of coal burning and stove improvement on risk of pneumonia is not clear... - Exposure to atrazine and selected non-persistent pesticides among corn farmers during a growing seasonBerit Bakke
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Rockville, Maryland 20852 7240, USA
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 19:544-54. 2009..Elevated background levels of non-persistent pesticides, especially 2,4-D, indicate importance in epidemiologic studies of capturing pesticide exposures that might not be directly related to the actual application... - Poultry and livestock exposure and cancer risk among farmers in the agricultural health studyLaura E Beane Freeman
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Cancer Causes Control 23:663-70. 2012..The purpose of this study is to evaluate cancer risk associated with raising animals as commodities, which is associated with a variety of exposures, such as infectious agents and endotoxins... - The Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study: II. Exposure monitoring surveys and development of exposure groupsJoseph B Coble
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, US National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Ann Occup Hyg 54:747-61. 2010.... - Amount of time spent in sedentary behaviors and cause-specific mortality in US adultsCharles E Matthews
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 95:437-45. 2012..Sedentary behaviors predominate modern life, yet we do not fully understand the adverse effects of these behaviors on mortality after considering the benefits of moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA)... - Predictors of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid exposure among herbicide applicatorsParveen Bhatti
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20892 7238, USA
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 20:160-8. 2010..As a large proportion of the variance remained unexplained, further studies should be conducted to try to systematically assess other exposure determinants... - Factor analysis of pesticide use patterns among pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health StudyClaudine Samanic
National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 15:225-33. 2005..This heterogeneity in exposure patterns may be used to guide etiologic studies of health effects of farmers and other groups exposed to pesticides... - Leisure-time physical activity and lung cancer: a meta-analysisAdonina Tardon
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Cancer Causes Control 16:389-97. 2005..Several studies have evaluated the relationship between physical activity and lung cancer. To summarize and review these studies, we conducted a meta-analysis of all relevant reports published from 1966 through October 2003... - Dichlorvos exposure and human cancer risk: results from the Agricultural Health StudyStella Koutros
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Cancer Causes Control 19:59-65. 2008..We evaluated cancer risk from DDVP (2,2-Dichloroethenyl dimethylphosphate) exposure among pesticide applicators enrolled in the Agricultural Health Study (AHS) cohort... - Mortality among United States Coast Guard marine inspectors: a follow upJennifer Rusiecki
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Mil Med 174:843-51. 2009.... - Residential insecticide use and risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphomaJoanne S Colt
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:251-7. 2006..We concluded that chlordane treatment of homes for termites may increase residents' NHL risk... - Methodological issues regarding confounding and exposure misclassification in epidemiological studies of occupational exposuresAaron Blair
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Am J Ind Med 50:199-207. 2007..Although it is important to consider the potential for limitations of epidemiologic investigations, judgment regarding their importance should be based on their actual likelihood of occurrence... - Prediagnostic serum concentrations of organochlorine compounds and risk of testicular germ cell tumorsMark P Purdue
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Environ Health Perspect 117:1514-9. 2009..Recent findings suggest that exposure to organochlorine (OC) compounds, chlordanes and p,p'-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p'-DDE) in particular, may increase the risk of developing testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs)... - Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to alachlor in the Agricultural Health StudyWon Jin Lee
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Am J Epidemiol 159:373-80. 2004..Our findings suggest a possible association between alachlor application and incidence of lymphohematopoietic cancers among applicators in the Agricultural Health Study... - Commuting physical activity and risk of colon cancer in Shanghai, ChinaLifang Hou
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7240, USA
Am J Epidemiol 160:860-7. 2004..54 for men; OR = 7.42, 95% CI: 2.84, 10.01 for women). Our results suggest that regular and frequent physical activity over a long period of time protects from colon cancer and significantly modifies the body mass index-associated risk... - Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma among asthmatics exposed to pesticidesWon Jin Lee
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Int J Cancer 111:298-302. 2004..6 (1.0-2.4), respectively. Although there is limited power for assessing interaction, our results suggest that the risk of NHL among asthmatics with pesticide exposure may be higher than among nonasthmatics with pesticide exposure... - Variation in lung cancer risk by smoky coal subtype in Xuanwei, ChinaQing Lan
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA
Int J Cancer 123:2164-9. 2008..2) coal types and lower for coal from other subtypes. These findings strongly suggest that in Xuanwei and elsewhere, the carcinogenic potential of coal combustion products can exhibit substantial local variation by specific coal source... - Epidemiologic studies in agricultural populations: observations and future directionsAaron Blair
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Agromedicine 14:125-31. 2009..Because exposures vary by type of farm operation, exposures for individual farmers can differ considerably. Studies in the future need to focus on the full range of exposures to fully understand the cancer pattern in farmers... - Gene-nutrient interactions among determinants of folate and one-carbon metabolism on the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: NCI-SEER case-control studyUnhee Lim
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute NCI, National Institutes of Health NIH, Department of Health and Human Services DHHS, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Blood 109:3050-9. 2007..13; 95% CI = 0.04-0.39), and MTRR Ex5+136T>CTT (OR = 0.67; 95% CI = 0.47-0.97) genotypes. Warranting replication, our finding of gene-nutrient interactions in one-carbon metabolism supports their etiologic involvement in lymphomagenesis... - A quantitative approach for estimating exposure to pesticides in the Agricultural Health StudyMustafa Dosemeci
National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
Ann Occup Hyg 46:245-60. 2002.... - Nightshift work job exposure matrices and urinary 6-sulfatoxymelatonin levels among healthy Chinese womenBu Tian Ji
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Scand J Work Environ Health 38:553-9. 2012..We examined the association between aMT6s levels and shift work estimated by a job exposure matrix (JEM) among healthy participants of the Shanghai Women's Health Study... - Chemical exposures and risk of chronic lymphocytic leukaemiaAaron Blair
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
Br J Haematol 139:753-61. 2007..Pooled analyses of CLL studies within consortia offer an opportunity to investigate the possible aetiological role of chemical exposures with improved statistical power... - Mortality from lymphohematopoietic malignancies among workers in formaldehyde industriesMichael Hauptmann
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 95:1615-23. 2003..We extended follow-up of a cohort of industrial workers to evaluate the association between formaldehyde exposure and lymphohematopoietic cancers... - Occupational cancer among women: where have we been and where are we going?Shelia Hoar Zahm
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Rockville, Maryland 20892 7242, USA
Am J Ind Med 44:565-75. 2003.... - Occupational exposure to magnetic fields and the risk of brain tumorsJoseph B Coble
National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
Neuro Oncol 11:242-9. 2009..Occupational exposure to MFs assessed using job modules was not associated with an increase in the risk for glioma, glioblastoma, or meningioma among the subjects evaluated in this study... - Reliability of reporting on life-style and agricultural factors by a sample of participants in the Agricultural Health Study from IowaAaron Blair
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Gentics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Epidemiology 13:94-9. 2002.... - Pesticide exposure and hypertensive disorders during pregnancyTina M Saldana
Social and Scientific Systems, Inc, 1009 Slater Road, Durham, NC 27703, USA
Environ Health Perspect 117:1393-6. 2009..Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, including pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) and preeclampsia (PE), complicate 2-8% of pregnancies. Few studies have examined environmental risk factors in relation to these conditions... - Use of agricultural pesticides and prostate cancer risk in the Agricultural Health Study cohortMichael C R Alavanja
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
Am J Epidemiol 157:800-14. 2003..Important family history-pesticide interactions were observed... - Pesticide exposure and self-reported gestational diabetes mellitus in the Agricultural Health StudyTina M Saldana
Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, P O Box 12233, MD A3 05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
Diabetes Care 30:529-34. 2007..To examine the association between pesticide use during pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) among wives of licensed pesticide applicators... - Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: an overview of aetiology in light of recent developments in classification and pathogenesisMartha S Linet
DCEG Radiation Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
Br J Haematol 139:672-86. 2007.... - Diabetes and risk of Parkinson's diseaseQun Xu
Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Diabetes Care 34:910-5. 2011..To investigate the relationship between diabetes and future risk of Parkinson's disease (PD) among older U.S. adults... - Risk of laryngeal cancer by occupational chemical exposure in TurkeyOmur Cinar Elci
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA
J Occup Environ Med 45:1100-6. 2003..3-2.0), and PAHs (OR=1.3, 95% CI=1.1-1.6). There was a dose-response relationship for these substances with supraglottic cancers (P<0.000). The PAH association only occurred among those who also had exposure to diesel exhaust... - Physical activity recommendations and decreased risk of mortalityMichael F Leitzmann
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Arch Intern Med 167:2453-60. 2007..Whether national physical activity recommendations are related to mortality benefit is incompletely understood... - Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) subtypes defined by common translocations: utility of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) in a case-control studyCindy M Chang
Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6120 Executive Blvd, EPS 7074, Rockville, MD 20892, USA
Leuk Res 34:190-5. 2010..FISH assays detected twice as many t(14;18)-positive follicular lymphomas as PCR assays. Overall, study findings support the use of FISH assays to detect t(14;18) in archival tumor samples for epidemiologic studies of NHL subtypes... - Rising prostate cancer rates in South KoreaSue Kyung Park
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Prostate 66:1285-91. 2006..Prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates in South Korea are relatively low, but rising steadily... - Multiple myeloma and diesel and other occupational exposures in swedish construction workersWon Jin Lee
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
Int J Cancer 107:134-8. 2003..Occupational exposure to diesel exhaust in the Swedish construction industry may present a small risk of multiple myeloma, but lack of an exposure-response trend tempers our ability to draw clear conclusions... - Extended mortality follow-up of a cohort of dry cleanersAaron Blair
Department of Occupational Epidemiology, Branch Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Ann Epidemiol 13:50-6. 2003..The specific factors contributing the excesses, however, are not clear. Socioeconomic, lifestyle, and occupational exposures are all possibilities. Lack of information on socioeconomic and lifestyle factors hampers evaluation... - Lung cancer among nonsmokersAaron Blair
National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Bethesda 20892, MD, USA
Epidemiology 17:601-3. 2006 - Epidemiology, public health, and the rhetoric of false positivesAaron Blair
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Environ Health Perspect 117:1809-13. 2009..Although we acknowledge that false positives do occur, we view the position of Boffetta and colleagues on false positives as unbalanced and potentially harmful to public health...