M Macaluso

Summary

Affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Prostate-specific antigen in vaginal fluid as a biologic marker of condom failure
    M Macaluso
    Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294 2010, USA
    Contraception 59:195-201. 1999
  2. ncbi Birth control method choice and use of barrier methods for sexually transmitted disease prevention among low-income African-American women
    M Macaluso
    Department of Epidemiology and International Health, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    Contraception 62:5-13. 2000
  3. ncbi Leukemia and exposure to 1,3-butadiene, styrene and dimethyldithiocarbamate among workers in the synthetic rubber industry
    E Delzell
    Department of Epidemiology and International Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, 517 Ryals Building, 1665 University Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Chem Biol Interact 135:515-34. 2001
  4. ncbi Leukemia and cumulative exposure to butadiene, styrene and benzene among workers in the synthetic rubber industry
    M Macaluso
    Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294 2170, USA
    Toxicology 113:190-202. 1996
  5. ncbi Prevalence of infectious diseases in Bangladeshi women living adjacent to a truck stand: HIV/STD/hepatitis/genital tract infections
    L Gibney
    The University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and International Health, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0022, USA
    Sex Transm Infect 77:344-50. 2001
  6. ncbi Validity of the mother's recall of her child's antibiotic use
    A P Dasanayake
    School of Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    ASDC J Dent Child 62:118-22. 1995
  7. ncbi An updated study of mortality among North American synthetic rubber industry workers
    N Sathiakumar
    Department of Epidemiology, Ryals School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Occup Environ Med 62:822-9. 2005
  8. ncbi STD in Bangladesh's trucking industry: prevalence and risk factors
    L Gibney
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and International Health, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0022, USA
    Sex Transm Infect 78:31-6. 2002
  9. ncbi Relative accuracy of nucleic acid amplification tests and culture in detecting Chlamydia in asymptomatic men
    H Cheng
    Department of Epidemiology and International Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
    J Clin Microbiol 39:3927-37. 2001
  10. ncbi Race- and age-dependent alterations in global methylation of DNA in squamous cell carcinoma of the lung (United States)
    C J Piyathilake
    Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Cancer Causes Control 14:37-42. 2003

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Publications16

  1. ncbi Prostate-specific antigen in vaginal fluid as a biologic marker of condom failure
    M Macaluso
    Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294 2010, USA
    Contraception 59:195-201. 1999
    ..Application of this method in condom efficacy studies provides objective evidence of condom failure that enhances the interpretation of self-report...
  2. ncbi Birth control method choice and use of barrier methods for sexually transmitted disease prevention among low-income African-American women
    M Macaluso
    Department of Epidemiology and International Health, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    Contraception 62:5-13. 2000
    ..The synergism between the intention to prevent pregnancy and the intention to prevent STD should be considered in the design of interventions promoting condom use...
  3. ncbi Leukemia and exposure to 1,3-butadiene, styrene and dimethyldithiocarbamate among workers in the synthetic rubber industry
    E Delzell
    Department of Epidemiology and International Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, 517 Ryals Building, 1665 University Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Chem Biol Interact 135:515-34. 2001
    ..BD and DMDTC, but not STY, were positively associated with leukemia in multivariable analyses. The independent effect of each agent was difficult to evaluate because of correlations with other agents and imprecision...
  4. ncbi Leukemia and cumulative exposure to butadiene, styrene and benzene among workers in the synthetic rubber industry
    M Macaluso
    Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294 2170, USA
    Toxicology 113:190-202. 1996
    ..03). A parsimonious interpretation of the findings presented here, in light of previous epidemiologic studies, is that exposure to butadiene in the synthetic rubber industry produces a dose-related increase in the occurrence of leukemia...
  5. ncbi Prevalence of infectious diseases in Bangladeshi women living adjacent to a truck stand: HIV/STD/hepatitis/genital tract infections
    L Gibney
    The University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and International Health, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0022, USA
    Sex Transm Infect 77:344-50. 2001
    ..This study examines HIV/hepatitis/STD and other genital tract infections in women living near Tejgaon truck stand in Dhaka, Bangladesh...
  6. ncbi Validity of the mother's recall of her child's antibiotic use
    A P Dasanayake
    School of Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    ASDC J Dent Child 62:118-22. 1995
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  7. ncbi An updated study of mortality among North American synthetic rubber industry workers
    N Sathiakumar
    Department of Epidemiology, Ryals School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Occup Environ Med 62:822-9. 2005
    ..This study evaluated the mortality experience of workers from the styrene-butadiene industry...
  8. ncbi STD in Bangladesh's trucking industry: prevalence and risk factors
    L Gibney
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and International Health, Birmingham, Alabama 35294 0022, USA
    Sex Transm Infect 78:31-6. 2002
    ....
  9. ncbi Relative accuracy of nucleic acid amplification tests and culture in detecting Chlamydia in asymptomatic men
    H Cheng
    Department of Epidemiology and International Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
    J Clin Microbiol 39:3927-37. 2001
    ..Our findings indicate that PCR and LCR are significantly more sensitive than culture, while the three tests have similar specificities...
  10. ncbi Race- and age-dependent alterations in global methylation of DNA in squamous cell carcinoma of the lung (United States)
    C J Piyathilake
    Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Cancer Causes Control 14:37-42. 2003
    ..The current study investigated the race- and age-dependent alterations in global DNA methylation on the development and progression of squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) of the lung...
  11. ncbi Psychosocial factors associated with self-reported male condom use among women attending public health clinics
    S F Posner
    Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
    Sex Transm Dis 28:387-93. 2001
    ..CONCLUSIONS: The pattern of psychosocial factors determining condom use is modified by a positive history of STD. These findings suggest that a history of STD could be an important factor in targeting condom use interventions...
  12. ncbi Ras family genes: an interesting link between cell cycle and cancer
    M Macaluso
    Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA
    J Cell Physiol 192:125-30. 2002
    ..We summarize here current knowledge of ras genes family: structural and functional characteristics of Ras proteins and their links with cell cycle and cancer...
  13. ncbi How does a normal human cell become a cancer cell?
    D D Gan
    Center for Neurovirology and Cancer Biology, Dept of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
    J Exp Clin Cancer Res 22:509-16. 2003
    ..Studying how those genes affect cellular immortalization and transformation will help researchers understand more about cancer biology, find new treatments for cancer and/or improve cell survival during gene therapy...
  14. ncbi The regulation of ER-alpha transcription by pRb2/p130 in breast cancer
    M Macaluso
    Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Center of Biotechnology, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    Ann Oncol 16:iv20-22. 2005
    ..Our studies suggested that pRb2/p130-complexes bind to the ER-alpha promoter and could be involved in the transcriptional regulation of the ER-alpha gene by altering chromatin structure and DNA methylation pattern...
  15. ncbi Role of geminin: from normal control of DNA replication to cancer formation and progression?
    M Montanari
    Cell Death Differ 13:1052-6. 2006
  16. ncbi Molecular detection of TP53, Ki-Ras and p16INK4A promoter methylation in plasma of patients with colorectal cancer and its association with prognosis. Results of a 3-year GOIM (Gruppo Oncologico dell'Italia Meridionale) prospective study
    V Bazan
    Section of Medical Oncology and Section of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgical and Oncology, Universita di Palermo, Italy
    Ann Oncol 17:vii84-90. 2006
    ..The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of free tumor DNA in the plasma of CRC patients in order to understand its possible prognostic role...