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| J A McElroySummaryAffiliation: University of Wisconsin Country: USA Publications
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Endometrial cancer incidence in relation to electric blanket useJane A McElroy
University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Madison, WI 53726, USA
Am J Epidemiol 156:262-7. 2002..49, 1.54) as compared with never users. Despite its small size and potential misclassification of exposure, this study provides evidence against an association between electric blanket or mattress cover use and endometrial cancer...- Predictors of urinary cadmium levels in adult femalesJane A McElroy
University of Wisconsin Paul P Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center, 610 Walnut Street, 370 WARF, Madison, WI 53726, USA
Sci Total Environ 382:214-23. 2007..Similar to other studies, age and smoking were the strongest determinants of creatinine-adjusted urinary cadmium concentration... - Cadmium exposure and breast cancer riskJane A McElroy
University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Room 307 WARF, 610 Walnut St, Madison, WI 53726, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 98:869-73. 2006..Whether increased cadmium is a causal factor for breast cancer or reflects the effects of treatment or disease remains to be determined... - National Children's Study: environmental exposures in Waukesha CountyJane A McElroy
National Children s Study Waukesha County Vanguard Center, USA
WMJ 105:59-63. 2006..By combining data gathered from Waukesha County's participants with other study sites, a holistic picture of environmental exposures in the United States can be evaluated as it influences the health of our nation's children... - Urinary cadmium levels and tobacco smoke exposure in women age 20-69 years in the United StatesJ A McElroy
University of Wisconsin, Paul P Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center, Madison, Wisconsin 53726, USA
J Toxicol Environ Health A 70:1779-82. 2007.... - Duration of sleep and breast cancer risk in a large population-based case-control studyJane A McElroy
University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Madison, 53726, USA
J Sleep Res 15:241-9. 2006..In contrast, short duration of sleep (<7 h/night) is not substantially associated with increased risk. Further research in this area is warranted... 
Identifying geographic disparities in the early detection of breast cancer using a geographic information systemJane A McElroy
Comprehensive Cancer Center, 610 Walnut St, 307 WARF, Madison, WI 53726
Prev Chronic Dis 3:A10. 2006..This study presents methods to identify geographic disparities in the early detection of breast cancer...- Occupational exposure to electromagnetic field and breast cancer risk in a large, population-based, case-control study in the United StatesJane A McElroy
University of Wisconsin Paul P Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center, Madison, WI 53726, USA
J Occup Environ Med 49:266-74. 2007..Our objective was to evaluate women who were occupationally exposed to electromagnetic fields (EMF) and breast cancer risk... - Potential exposure to PCBs, DDT, and PBDEs from sport-caught fish consumption in relation to breast cancer risk in WisconsinJane A McElroy
University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Madison, 53726, USA
Environ Health Perspect 112:156-62. 2004..16-2.50). In this study we found no overall association between recent consumption of sport-caught fish and breast cancer, although there may be an increased breast cancer risk for subgroups of women who are young and/or premenopausal... - Geocoding addresses from a large population-based study: lessons learnedJane A McElroy
Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53726, USA
Epidemiology 14:399-407. 2003..The goal of this project was to develop an iterative geocoding process that would achieve a high match rate in a large population-based health study... - Risk of breast cancer for women living in rural areas from adult exposure to atrazine from well water in WisconsinJane A McElroy
University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Madison, WI 53726, USA
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 17:207-14. 2007..The possible risk for women exposed to levels of atrazine at or above statutory action levels of >or=3 ppb (OR 1.3, 95% CI 0.3-6.5) could not be ruled out due to small numbers in this category... - Electric blanket or mattress cover use and breast cancer incidence in women 50-79 years of ageJ A McElroy
University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Madison 53705, USA
Epidemiology 12:613-7. 2001..This study provides evidence against a positive association between electric blanket or mattress cover use and breast cancer... - The National Children's Study Waukesha County, Wisconsin Vanguard CenterJeanne B Hewitt
National Children s Study Waukesha County Vanguard Center, USA
WMJ 105:55-8. 2006.... - Smoking, barriers to quitting, and smoking-related knowledge, attitudes, and patient practices among male physicians in ChinaMarion Ceraso
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 387 WARF Bldg, 610 Walnut St, Madison, WI 53726, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 6:A06. 2009.... - Nitrogen-nitrate exposure from drinking water and colorectal cancer risk for rural women in Wisconsin, USAJane A McElroy
University of Wisconsin, Paul P Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center, Madison, WI 53726, USA
J Water Health 6:399-409. 2008..These results suggest that if an association exists with nitrate-nitrogen exposure from residential drinking water consumption, it may be limited to proximal colon cancer... - The Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW), a novel infrastructure for population health research: rationale and methodsF Javier Nieto
Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53726, USA
BMC Public Health 10:785. 2010..This manuscript describes the rationale and methods of the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW), a novel infrastructure for population health research... - Socioeconomic risk factors for breast cancer: distinguishing individual- and community-level effectsStephanie A Robert
School of Social Work, Center for Demography of Health and Aging, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin Madison, 53706, USA
Epidemiology 15:442-50. 2004..We examined whether women living in such communities remained at greater risk of breast cancer after controlling for individual education and other known individual-level risk factors... - Brief report: Measuring the attitudes of health care professionals in Dane County toward adolescent immunization with HPV vaccineMegan E Jensen
University of Wisconsin Paul P Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, Wis, USA
WMJ 108:203-5. 2009..Evaluate regional health care professionals' views of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination recommendations for adolescent patients through a mailed survey... - Updating progress in cancer control in WisconsinKimberly B Treml
University of Wisconsin, USA
WMJ 105:38-43. 2006..Progress was made in reducing mortality from cervical cancer and from all sites combined, but the other year 2000 objectives were not met. Mortality rates increased for lung cancer and malignant melanoma during the 15-year period... - Trends in kidney transplantation rates and disparitiesKelly L Stolzmann
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02132, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 99:923-32. 2007..To examine the likelihood of transplantation and trends over time among persons with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in Wisconsin... 
Urinary lead exposure and breast cancer risk in a population-based case-control studyJane A McElroy
Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 53212, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:2311-7. 2008..Lead may be a facilitative or permissive carcinogen, which means that lead may permit or augment the genotoxic effects of other exposures...- The National Children's Study and the children of WisconsinLeonardo Trasande
Center for Children s Health and the Environment, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
WMJ 105:50-4. 2006..In addition, the National Children's Study will provide training in pediatric environmental health for the next generation of researchers and practitioners...
Research Grants
- Cadmium Exposure and Breast Cancer RiskJane McElroy; Fiscal Year: 2005..The study team brings together expertise in breast cancer and environmental epidemiology, laboratory science, and biostatistics to efficiently address the role of cadmium in the etiology of breast cancer. ..