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Proportionate mortality among current and former members of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO, in California 1973-2000Paul K Mills
Cancer Registry of Central California, Fresno, CA 93710, USA
J Agromedicine 11:39-48. 2006....- Agricultural exposures and gastric cancer risk in Hispanic farm workers in CaliforniaPaul K Mills
Cancer Registry of Central California, 1320 E Shaw Ave, Suite 160, Fresno, CA 93710, USA
Environ Res 104:282-9. 2007..These findings may have larger public health implications especially in those areas of the country where these pesticides are heavily used and where they may be found in the ambient atmosphere... - Regression analysis of pesticide use and breast cancer incidence in California LatinasPaul K Mills
Cancer Registry of Central California, Fresno 93710, USA
J Environ Health 68:15-22; quiz 43-4. 2006..18; confidence interval [CI] = 1.03-1.35) and toxaphene (IRR = 1.16; CI = 1.01-1.34). No significant associations were found for the triazine herbicides atrazine and simazine... - Cancer survival in California Hispanic farmworkers, 1988-2001Jennifer L Dodge
Cancer Registry of Central California Public Health Institute, Fresno, CA 93710, USA
J Rural Health 23:33-41. 2007..Although epidemiologic studies have identified elevated cancer risk in farmworkers for some cancer types, little is known about cancer survival in this population... - Cancer incidence in the Hmong in California, 1988-2000Paul K Mills
Cancer Registry of Central California, Fresno, CA 93710, USA
Cancer 104:2969-74. 2005..However, they experienced higher rates of hepatic, gastric, cervical, and nasopharyngeal cancers; and, for most types of cancer, they were diagnosed in a later disease stage... - Lymphohematopoietic cancers in the United Farm Workers of America (UFW), 1988-2001Paul K Mills
Cancer Registry of Central California Public Health Institute, 1320 E Shaw Avenue, Suite 160, Fresno, CA 93710, USA
Cancer Causes Control 16:823-30. 2005..Agricultural risk factors for lymphohematopoietic cancers (LHC) in Hispanic farm workers in California were examined in a nested case-control study embedded in a cohort of 139,000 ever members of a farm worker labor union in California... - Breast cancer risk in Hispanic agricultural workers in CaliforniaPaul K Mills
Cancer Registry of Central California, Fresno, California 93710, USA
Int J Occup Environ Health 11:123-31. 2005..41 (0.66-3.02). Chlordane, malathion, and 2,4-D were associated with increased risk. Risk associated with chemical use was stronger in younger women, those with early-onset breast cancer, and those diagnosed earlier (1988--1994)... - Nasopharyngeal cancer in the California Hmong, 1988-2000Jennifer L Dodge
Cancer Registry of Central California, 1320 E. Shaw Ave, Suite 160, Fresno, CA 93710, USA
Oral Oncol 41:596-601. 2005..A public health disparity clearly exists regarding nasopharyngeal cancer in the Hmong. Education on culturally appropriate healthcare and efforts to encourage diagnosis and treatment are necessary to reduce this disparity... - Cancer screening, reproductive history, socioeconomic status, and anticipated cancer-related behavior among Hmong adultsRichard C Yang
Public Health Institute, Cancer Registry of Central California, 1320 E Shaw Avenue, Suite 160, Fresno, CA 93710, USA
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 7:79-85. 2006..The combination of young age at first pregnancy and multiparity probably protects Hmong women from breast cancer but elevates cervical cancer risk... 
Cancer in migrant and seasonal hired farm workersPaul K Mills
Cancer Registry of Central California, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
J Agromedicine 14:185-91. 2009..Elevated risks have been found for lymphomas and prostate, brain, leukemia, cervix, and stomach cancers...- Dietary and lifestyle practices of Hmong in CaliforniaRichard C Yang
Public Health Institute, Cancer Registry of Central California, 1320 Shaw Avenue, Fresno, CA 93710, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 19:1258-69. 2008.... - Epithelial ovarian cancer risk by invasiveness and cell type in the Central Valley of CaliforniaPaul K Mills
Public Health Institute, Cancer Registry of Central California, CA 93710 7905, USA
Gynecol Oncol 95:215-25. 2004..To evaluate epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) risk factors by level of invasiveness and histology... - Gastric adenocarcinoma among Hmong in California, USA, 1988-2000Richard C Yang
Public Health Institute, Cancer Registry of Central California, 1320 E. Shaw Ave, Suite 160, Fresno, CA 93710, USA
Gastric Cancer 8:117-23. 2005..Hmong should also be encouraged to use traditional and Western medicines simultaneously, provided that traditional healthcare practices do not interfere with biomedicines... - Hormone replacement therapy and invasive and borderline epithelial ovarian cancer riskPaul K Mills
Cancer Registry of Central California, 1320 E Shaw Ave, Suite 160, Fresno, CA 93710, USA
Cancer Detect Prev 29:124-32. 2005..08). The relationship was stronger in women without hysterectomy (OR: 1.66, 95% CI: 1.14-2.41) or tubal ligation (OR: 1.56, 95% CI: 1.08-2.26). In this study, use of HRT is associated with an increased risk of EOC... - Cervical cancer among Hmong women in California, 1988 to 2000Richard C Yang
Public Health Institute, Fresno, California, USA
Am J Prev Med 27:132-8. 2004..This study examined cervical cancer incidence, mortality, and other tumor characteristics in the Hmong female population of California between 1988 and 2000... - Prostate cancer risk in California farm workersPaul K Mills
Cancer Registry of Central California, University of California, San Francisco, Fresno Medical Education Program, Fresno, California, USA
J Occup Environ Med 45:249-58. 2003.... - Perineal talc exposure and epithelial ovarian cancer risk in the Central Valley of CaliforniaPaul K Mills
Cancer Registry of Central California Public Health Institute, Fresno, CA, USA
Int J Cancer 112:458-64. 2004..10-2.16). Talc use and EOC risk was highest in women with serous invasive tumors (OR = 1.77; CI = 1.12-2.81). This study provides some support for the hypothesis that perineal talc use is associated with an increased risk of EOC... 
Prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection among Hmong immigrants in the San Joaquin ValleyMuhammad Y Sheikh
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Community Regional Medical Center, University of California San Francisco Fresno Medical Education Program, 2826 Fresno Street, Endoscopy Suite, 1st Floor, Fresno, CA 93701, USA
J Community Health 36:42-6. 2011..This supports the Institute of Medicine's recent recommendations to the Center for Disease Control to engage in a national Hepatitis B surveillance system...- Breast cancer survival among South Asian women in California (United States)Arti Parikh-Patel
California Cancer Registry, Public Health Institute, Sacramento, CA 95815 4402, USA
Cancer Causes Control 17:267-72. 2006..Very little is known about cancer survival patterns among the growing South Asian community in the United States... - Differences in prognostic factors and survival among white and Asian men with prostate cancer, California, 1995-2004Anthony S Robbins
California Cancer Registry, Public Health Institute, Sacramento, California, USA
Cancer 110:1255-63. 2007..S., a large proportion of whom reside in California. There do not appear to be any published data on prostate cancer survival for the more recently immigrated Asian subgroups (Korean, South Asian [SA], and Vietnamese)... - Cancer incidence in the Middle Eastern population of California, 1988-2004Kiumarss Nasseri
Publi Health Institute, Tri Counties Cancer Surveillance Program, CA, USA
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 8:405-11. 2007..Improved data quality, chronic infections, acculturation, and access to screening services are some of the factors responsible for the observed pattern... - Triazine herbicides and epithelial ovarian cancer risk in central CaliforniaHeather A Young
The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Washington, DC 20037, USA
J Occup Environ Med 47:1148-56. 2005..We sought to determine whether women with ovarian cancer have increased occupational exposure to triazine herbicides... - Hepatitis B knowledge and vaccination levels in California Hmong youth: implications for liver cancer prevention strategiesLesley M Butler
Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Epidemiology, University of California Davis Cancer Center, 4501 X Street, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 6:401-3. 2005..We also observed very low prevalence of HBV vaccination (12%), although a majority reported knowing that shots can prevent disease (68%). Liver cancer prevention and control methods targeted to Hmong youth are needed... - Control selection and pesticide exposure assessment via GIS in prostate cancer studiesJennifer C Marusek
University of California Los Angeles, 90095-1772, USA
Am J Prev Med 30:S109-16. 2006..The use of randomly sampled controls from Medicare and residential parcels listings independent of subject response seems to result in the opportunity for relatively unbiased estimates of pesticide exposures...