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| J-C ChenSummaryAffiliation: University of North Carolina Country: USA Publications
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Workplace policies and prevalence of knee osteoarthritis: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis ProjectJ C Chen
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
Occup Environ Med 64:798-805. 2007..We examined the associations between workplace policies and KOA in a community-based population in the USA...
Neurobehavioral effects of ambient air pollution on cognitive performance in US adultsJiu Chiuan Chen
Department of Epidemiology, UNC School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
Neurotoxicology 30:231-9. 2009..In vivo animal experiments demonstrate neurotoxicity of exposures to particulate matter (PM) and ozone, but only one small epidemiological study had linked ambient air pollution with central nervous system (CNS) functions in children...
Sleep duration and risk of ischemic stroke in postmenopausal womenJiu Chiuan Chen
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
Stroke 39:3185-92. 2008..Many studies have shown a U-shape association between sleep duration and mortality, but epidemiological evidence linking cardiovascular diseases with habitual sleep patterns is limited and mixed...- Metabolic syndrome and inflammatory responses to long-term particulate air pollutantsJiu Chiuan Chen
Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Environ Health Perspect 116:612-7. 2008..Human data linking inflammation with long-term particulate matter (PM) exposure are still lacking. Emerging evidence suggests that people with metabolic syndrome (MS) may be a more susceptible population... - Death stroked by dusty air: more mysteries to be solvedJ-C Chen
Department of Epidemiology, UNC-CH, School of Public Health, 2104G, McGavran-Greenberg, CB#7435, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7435, USA
Occup Environ Med 64:3-4. 2007 - Long driving time is associated with haematological markers of increased cardiovascular risk in taxi driversJ C Chen
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Occup Environ Med 62:890-4. 2005..To examine the association between driving time and changes in haematological markers of increased risks for cardiovascular diseases (CVD)... - Occupational factors associated with low back pain in urban taxi driversJiu-Chiuan Chen
Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Occup Med (Lond) 55:535-40. 2005..This should be further investigated in prospective studies. Future studies are needed to examine the potential adverse effects of prolonged exposure to low levels of whole-body vibration... - Using exposure prediction rules for exposure assessment: an example on whole-body vibration in taxi driversJiu-Chiuan Chen
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Epidemiology 15:293-9. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: The predictive and construct validity of our prediction rule suggests that this general statistical approach can be useful in other occupational settings to improve the quality of exposure assessment... - Personal coronary risk profiles modify autonomic nervous system responses to air pollutionJiu-Chiuan Chen
Harvard School of Public Health, 655 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Occup Environ Med 48:1133-42. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Our study suggests that adverse autonomic responses to metal particulate are aggravated in workers with higher coronary risk profiles... - GIS approaches for the estimation of residential-level ambient PM concentrationsDuanping Liao
Department of Health Evaluation Sciences, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
Environ Health Perspect 114:1374-80. 2006..Semiautomated daily kriging estimations and semivariogram cross-validations are feasible on a national scale. Lognormal ordinary kriging with a spherical model is valid for estimating daily ambient PM at geocoded residential addresses... - Night heart rate variability and particulate exposures among boilermaker construction workersJennifer M Cavallari
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Environ Health Perspect 115:1046-51. 2007..Although studies have documented the association between heart rate variability (HRV) and ambient particulate exposures, the association between HRV, especially at night, and metal-rich, occupational particulate exposures remains unclear... - Roles of safety climate and shift work on perceived injury risk: a multi-level analysisYueng Hsiang Huang
Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, 71 Frankland Road, Hopkinton, MA 01748, USA
Accid Anal Prev 39:1088-96. 2007..These findings highlighted the importance of considering company level factors when attempting to understand the differences between day shift and night shift work on an individual's perception of injury risk... - Seat inclination, use of lumbar support and low-back pain of taxi driversJiu-Chiuan Chen
Occupational Health Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Scand J Work Environ Health 31:258-65. 2005..Prospective studies are needed to confirm the true beneficial effects of these seating parameters...
Research Grants
- Environmental Determinants of Sleep Disturbance: Role of Ambient Air PollutionJiu Chiuan Chen; Fiscal Year: 2007..Expected results from this proposed first epidemiologic study on the effect of ambient air pollution on sleep disturbance will have major implications for public health policies and clinical care for patients with sleep disorders. ..