The two-stage clonal expansion model in occupational cancer epidemiology: Results from three cohort studies [PDF]
, 2010 Copyright © 2010 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. All rights reserved.Objectives: The objective of this work was to apply the two-stage clonal expansion model, with the intention to expand the literature on epidemiological applications of the model and ...
Gore, R, Kriebel, D, Zeka, A
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Job Exposure Matrix: Occupational Exposure Assessment to Carcinogenic Compounds
Asian Pacific Journal of Environment and Cancer, 2023 The Job Exposure Matrix (JEM) is a cross-tabulation of workplace and job title hazards and is an essential exposure assessment tool for epidemiological studies, cancer risk monitoring, cancer risk prevention, and cancer risk quantification in health ...
Zahra Moradpour +1 more
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Small Businesses, Public Health, and Scientific Integrity [PDF]
, 2013 This report examines the activities of an independent office within the Small Business Administration: the Office of Advocacy. The Office of Advocacy has responsibility for ensuring that federal agencies evaluate the small business impacts of the rules ...
Katie Greenhaw +2 more
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Cancer in Ancient Human Populations: Methods and Practice in Bioarchaeology and Paleopathology [PDF]
, 2020 Best Undergraduate Writing in Anthropology Award, 2019-2020Despite its prevalence in contemporary public health, research on the paleopathology of cancer is still extremely limited.
Gardner, Elijah
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Occupational Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Elevated Cancer Incidence in Firefighters [PDF]
, 2018 Cancer incidence appears to be higher amongst firefighters compared to the general population. Given that many cancers have an environmental component, their occupational exposure to products of carbon combustion such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (
Dickens, Kathryn +6 more
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Air pollution as a risk factor for lung cancer [PDF]
Archive of Oncology, 2005 Over the past decade, an increasing body of scientific evidence has accrued associating outdoor air pollution with certain types of cancer. Ambient air, particularly in densely populated urban environments, contains a variety of known human carcinogens ...
Nikić Dragana, Stanković Aleksandra M.
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Evaluation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons using analytical methods, toxicology, and risk assessment research: seafood safety after a petroleum spill as an example. [PDF]
, 2014 BackgroundPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are abundant and widespread environmental chemicals. They are produced naturally and through man-made processes, and they are common in organic media, including petroleum.
Ansari, Shakeel +15 more
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Self-Reported Chemicals Exposure, Beliefs About Disease Causation, and Risk of Breast Cancer in the Cape Cod Breast Cancer and Environment Study: A Case-Control Study [PDF]
, 2010 BACKGROUND: Household cleaning and pesticide products may contribute to breast cancer because many contain endocrine disrupting chemicals or mammary gland carcinogens.
Aschengrau, Ann +3 more
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Genomic Changes in Normal Breast Tissue in Women at Normal Risk or at High Risk for Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer: Basic and Clinical Research, 2016 Sporadic breast cancer develops through the accumulation of molecular abnormalities in normal breast tissue, resulting from exposure to estrogens and other carcinogens beginning at adolescence and continuing throughout life.
David N. Danforth
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2018 Cancer is a significant health problem in the Middle East and global population. It is well established that there is a direct link between tobacco smoking and cancer, which will continue to pose a significant threat to human health.
Mohammed A. I. Al-Obaide +3 more
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