Browsing Environmental health by Author "Checkoway, Harvey"
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Exposure Assessment and Inflammatory Response Among Workers Producing Calcium Carbonate Nanomaterials
Cui, Ling (2013-07-25)Problem: Nanotechnology is one of the most rapidly growing fields of science and engineering, and its applications have expanded to numerous research and industrial sectors, from consumer products to medicine to energy. ... -
Night shift work and lung cancer among female textile workers in Shanghai, China
Kwon, Paul (2013-02-25)Background: In 2007, the International Agency for Research on Cancer classified shift work that involves circadian disruption as a probable human carcinogen. Nighttime chronodisruption has been shown to decrease concentrations ... -
Occupational Risk Factors for Pancreatic Cancer Among Female Shanghai, China Textile Workers: An Updated Nested Case-cohort Study
Reul, Nicholas K. (2013-02-25)Pancreatic cancer is of particular public health importance given its disproportionate contribution to cancer death. In the United States pancreatic cancer is the fourth most common cause of cancer-related death. Yet ... -
Outdoor Occupational History and Risk of Parkinson Disease: a Case-Control Study
Kwon, Elena Hindh Noor (2013-02-25)Introduction: A role for antioxidants in prevention of Parkinson disease has been proposed, however, epidemiologic evidence supporting this assertion has been inconclusive. Ninety percent of vitamin D in adults is produced ...