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Biological exposure assessment to tetrachloroethylene for workers in the dry cleaning industryLauralynn T McKernan
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, R 15, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
Environ Health 7:12. 2008..The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of conducting biological tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene, PCE) exposure assessments of dry cleaning employees in conjunction with evaluation of possible PCE health effects...
Bacillus anthracis contamination and inhalational anthrax in a mail processing and distribution centerW T Sanderson
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Appl Microbiol 96:1048-56. 2004..This report describes the results of sampling for B. anthracis spores during investigations conducted in October and December 2001...- Surface sampling methods for Bacillus anthracis spore contaminationWayne T Sanderson
Centers for Desease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 8:1145-51. 2002..Wipe samples collected after HEPA vacuum samples and HEPA vacuum samples collected after wipe samples indicated that neither method completely removed spores from the sampled surfaces... - Tractor overturn concerns in Iowa: perspectives from the Keokuk county rural health studyW T Sanderson
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Agric Saf Health 12:71-81. 2006..Until a dramatic reduction in the number of tractors in the U.S. operated without ROPS and seatbelts is achieved, the annual incidence of 120 to 130 deaths associated with tractor overturns will persist... - Asthma and farm exposures in a cohort of rural Iowa childrenJames A Merchant
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Environ Health Perspect 113:350-6. 2005.... 
Risk of beryllium sensitization in a low-exposed former nuclear weapons cohort from the Cold War eraMarek A Mikulski
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, The University of Iowa, 2213 Westlawn, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Am J Ind Med 54:194-204. 2011..The nuclear weapons industry has long been known as a source of beryllium exposure...- Beryllium surface levels in a military ammunition plantWayne T Sanderson
University of Iowa, Occupational and Environmental Health, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
J Occup Environ Hyg 5:475-81. 2008.... - Challenges of conducting a large rural prospective population-based cohort study: the Keokuk County Rural Health StudyAnn M Stromquist
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
J Agromedicine 14:142-9. 2009..Topics considered include planning the study, developing the protocol, sampling, recruiting and tracking subjects, data collection and management, sustaining funding, relating to the community, and sharing data... - Pesticide handling and exposures among cotton farmers in the gambiaRex A Kuye
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
J Agromedicine 12:57-69. 2007..The aim of this study was to investigate how cotton farmers are exposed to pesticides in The Gambia and quantify their pesticide exposures and provide information for the formulation of a policy on pesticide safety for the country... - Pesticide dose estimates for children of Iowa farmers and non-farmersBrian D Curwin
Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS R 14, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
Environ Res 105:307-15. 2007..Doses were similar for male and female children. A trend of decreasing dose with increasing age was observed for chlorpyrifos... - Urinary pesticide concentrations among children, mothers and fathers living in farm and non-farm households in iowaBrian D Curwin
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies Cincinnati, OH, USA
Ann Occup Hyg 51:53-65. 2007..There were generally good correlations for urinary metabolite levels among members of the same family... - Gliomas and farm pesticide exposure in men: the upper midwest health studyAvima M Ruder
Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, USA
Arch Environ Health 59:650-7. 2004..0. No positive association of farm pesticide exposure and glioma was found. Other farm exposures may explain the excess brain cancer risk seen in previous studies... - Occupational exposures and movement abnormalities among Japanese-American men: the Honolulu-Asia Aging StudyLuenda E Charles
Biostatistics and Epidemiology Branch, Health Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, WV 26505 2888, USA
Neuroepidemiology 26:130-9. 2006.... - Pesticide contamination inside farm and nonfarm homesBrian D Curwin
Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS R 14, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
J Occup Environ Hyg 2:357-67. 2005..These herbicides are not applied in or around the home but they appear to be getting into the home para-occupationally. For agricultural pesticides, take-home exposure may be an important source of home contamination... - NTP-CERHR Expert Panel Report on the reproductive and developmental toxicity of 2-bromopropaneKim Boekelheide
Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Reprod Toxicol 18:189-217. 2004 - Comparing questionnaire-based methods to assess occupational silica exposureChristine G Parks
Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Epidemiology 15:433-41. 2004.... - Gliomas and farm pesticide exposure in women: the Upper Midwest Health StudyTania Carreon
Divion of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
Environ Health Perspect 113:546-51. 2005..Results show that exposure to pesticides was not associated with an increased risk of intracranial gliomas in women. Other farm-related factors could be etiologic factors and will be discussed in future reports... - Nicotine exposure and decontamination on tobacco harvesters' handsBrian D Curwin
Industrywide Studies Branch, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway MSR 14, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
Ann Occup Hyg 49:407-13. 2005..012). A substantial amount of nicotine was transferred to the hands, but washing with soap and water in the field significantly reduced nicotine levels by an average of 96% (P < 0.0001)... - Urinary and hand wipe pesticide levels among farmers and nonfarmers in IowaBrian D Curwin
Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, USA
J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 15:500-8. 2005..The majority of the hand wipe samples were nondetectable. However, detection of atrazine in the hand wipes was significantly associated with urinary levels of atrazine above the median (P-value <0.01)... - Environmental, life-style, and physical precursors of clinical Parkinson's disease: recent findings from the Honolulu-Asia Aging StudyRobert D Abbott
University of Virginia Health System, Department of Health Evaluation Sciences, 800717, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908 0717, USA
J Neurol 250:III30-9. 2003..This report describes the relations between environmental, life-style, and physical attributes and the incidence of PD that have been observed in the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study... - Acephate exposure and decontamination on tobacco harvesters' handsBrian D Curwin
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, Industrywide Studies Branch, 4676 Columbia Parkway MS R 14, Cincinnati Ohio 45226, USA
J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 13:203-10. 2003..0001) with levels reduced by 96%. A substantial amount of acephate was transferred to the hands, and while hand washing significantly reduced the amount of residue on the hands, not all residue was removed... - Plantation work and risk of Parkinson disease in a population-based longitudinal studyHelen Petrovitch
Department of Medicine, University of Hawaii John A Burns School of Medicine, USA
Arch Neurol 59:1787-92. 2002..Retrospective studies in humans demonstrate a link between exposure to agricultural lifestyle factors and PD... - Occupational exposure to crystalline silica and risk of systemic lupus erythematosus: a population-based, case-control study in the southeastern United StatesChristine G Parks
Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Durham, North Carolina 27709, USA
Arthritis Rheum 46:1840-50. 2002..We undertook this population-based study to examine the association between occupational silica exposure and SLE in the southeastern US...
Research Grants
- Great Plains Center for Agriculture HealthWayne Sanderson; Fiscal Year: 2007..The faculty and staff of the GPCAH draw on strong expertise and experience to accomplish their vision of a healthier, safer future for those engaged in agricultural activities. ..