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A-to-Z Index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Adipose levels of dioxins and risk of breast cancer
-- Objective: Our objective was to evaluate the breast cancer risk associated with body burden levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs)....Age at Menarche in Relation to Maternal Use of Tobacco, Alcohol, Coffee, and Tea during Pregnancy
-- To investigate the potential effects of common early life exposures on age at menarche, the authors examined data collected in a follow-up study of pregnancies that occurred during the 1960s in California....Approaches to disease cluster investigations in a state health department
-- Classical tests for clustering rarely have a major role in the investigation of disease clusters at the neighborhood level performed by a health department....An assessment of error in parental occupation from the birth certificate
-- This study used data obtained through interview with the mother to determine whether parental occupations from the California birth certificate were representative of maternal occupations during the first...
Biological monitoring for mercury within a community with soil and fish contamination
The California Environmental Health Tracking Program: New Online GIS Tools for Investigating Diseases and the Environment
-- Diseases, such as asthma, are related to environmental risk factors, which have a large spatial component....California Superfund sites: insights from a computerized database
-- A computerized database of 93 California state Superfund waste sites was created to assess the feasibility of using such a system for a variety of public health purposes....California's New Environmental Health Tracking Programs
-- In the wake of 9/11, renewed resources and attention have been given to the nation's public health infrastructure, especially in the areas of surveillance of acute infectious illnesses and monitoring the...Cancer in California School employees, 1988-1992
-- Periodic concerns about excesses of cancer among teachers in California schools prompted our examination of cancer incidence in California school employees....Changes in the spatial pattern of low birth weight in a southern California County: The role of individual and neighborhood level factors
-- Individual-level maternal risk factors have been able to explain only a small proportion of low birth weight (LBW) births in the US to date and neighborhood-level factors have not been recognized as...Childhood asthma at the U.S./Mexico border: Trends in hospitalizations and air quality for two California counties.
-- Since the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1993, there has been an increasing need to monitor environmental health trends that may be related to the rapid industrialization of the...Childhood cancer incidence rates and hazardous air pollutants in California: an exploratory analysis
-- Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) are compounds that have been shown to cause cancer or other adverse health effects in laboratory animal or occupational health studies....Chlorination By-Products in Drinking Water and Menstrual Cycle Function
-- We analyzed data from a prospective study of menstrual cycle function and early pregnancy loss to explore further the effects of trihalomethanes (THM) on reproductive end points....Correlating agricultural use of organophosphates with outdoor air concentrations: a particular concern for children
-- Correlating agricultural use of organophosphates with outdoor air concentrations: a particular concern for children Martha Harnly,1 Robert McLaughlin,1
Distribution of persistent, lipid-soluble chemicals in breast and abdominal adipose tissues: Lessons learned from a breast cancer study
-- Objectives: We sought to determine differences between concentrations of persistent, lipid-soluble chemical contaminants in breast and abdominal adipose tissues and to explore whether concentrations measured...
Elevated symptom prevalence associated with ventilation type in office buildings
-- The California Health Building Study was designed to assess relations between ventilation system type and office worker symptoms in a set of U.S....Estimating epidemiologic parameters by regression
-- Wilcosky and Chambless (J Chron Dis 1985; 38:849) discussed using regression techniques to produce both stratum-specific and "directly" adjusted rates and ratio measures....Examining associations between childhood asthma and traffic flow using a geographic information system.
-- Using geographic information systems (GIS) and routinely collected data, we explored whether childhood residence near busy roads was associated with asthma in a low-income population in San Diego County,...Exposure to Organochlorine Compounds and Effects on Ovarian Function
-- Background: Some chemicals appear to have hormonally active properties in animals, but data in humans are sparse....
A follow-up study of the community near the McColl waste disposal site
-- To assess the effect of interim clean-up measures on the current health of a community near the McColl waste disposal site, we conducted a follow-up survey of 193 residents living nearby and a comparison...The Four County Study of childhood cancer: Clusters in context
-- Observations of childhood 'cancer clusters' in small communities in central California prompted us to examine the distribution of childhood cancer in communities throughout the region to see if the overall...Fungi and Indoor Air Quality
-- Four-page article describes types of molds commonly found indoors in home and office environments and the physical conditions that encourage their growth....
Hierarchical modeling of spatio-temporally misaligned data: Relating traffic density to pediatric asthma hospitalizations.
-- Bayes and empirical Bayes methods have proven effective in smoothing crude maps of disease risk, eliminating the instability of estimates in low-population areas while maintaining overall geographic trends...High body burdens of 2,2',4,4'-tetrabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-47) in California women
-- Following our first report on elevated polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) concentrations in California women, we expanded our investigation to include diverse groups of local women....
An Introductory Guide to Disease Mapping. (Book Review)
-- This is a review of "An Introductory Guide to Disease Mapping" by A.B....
Maternal Residence Near Agricultural Pesticide Applications and Autism Spectrum Disorders Among Children in the California Central Valley
-- Background: Ambient levels of pesticides ("pesticide drift") are detectable at residences near agricultural field sites....Micronucleated erythrocytes as an index of cytogenetic damage in humans: demographic and dietary factors associated with micronucleated erythrocytes in splenectomized subjects
-- Erythrocytes containing micronuclei serve as an indicator of genotoxic exposure in individuals who lack splenic function....
Parental and birth characteristics in relation to testicular cancer risk among males born between 1960 and 1995 in California (United States).
-- Objective: We explored birth and parental risk factors for testicular cancer, examining risk factors for all testicular cancers and by histologic type....Pesticide food poisoning from contaminated watermelons in California
-- Aldicarb, a carbamate pesticide, is the most potent pesticide in the market, and has an LD50 of 1 mg/kg....Prenatal Active or Passive Tobacco Smoke Exposure and the Risk of Preterm Delivery or Low Birth Weight
-- We examined the association of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke with birth weight and gestational age in a large, prospective study....Profile of mortality from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake using coroner and medical examiner reports
-- Mortality patterns from earthquakes in the United States may differ from those observed in other parts of the world....Progress in Pediatric Asthma Surveillance I: The Application of Health Care Use Data in Alameda County, California
-- Introduction: The ability to conduct community-level asthma surveillance is increasingly crucial for public health programming and child health advocacy....Progress in Pediatric Asthma Surveillance II: Geospatial Patterns of Asthma in Alameda County, California
-- Introduction: As with many diseases, the epidemic of asthma among children over the past few decades has been shaped by a social and environmental context that is becoming progressively more evident....
Real-time surveillance of symptoms and odor complaints during the trial excavation of a toxic waste site
-- In the summer of 1990, the U.S....Regional variations in breast cancer incidence among California women, 1988-1997
-- Background: Internationally, California has some of the highest breast cancer rates; these rates also show substantial regional variations within the state....Residential Exposure to Traffic in California and Childhood Cancer
-- Background: Motor vehicle emissions are a major source of air pollution in California....Rice burning and asthma hospitalizations, Butte County, California, 1983-1992
-- We investigated the association between rice burning and daily asthma hospitalizations in Butte County, California, from 1983 to 1992....
Seizures after eating a snack food contaminated with the pesticide endrin
-- In September 1988 we investigated reports of seizures in persons who had eaten taquitos, a commercially prepared snack food....Study endpoints, goals, and prioritization for a program in hazardous chemical epidemiology
-- Much of traditional environmental epidemiology dealt with subtle physiological effects resulting from some ubiquitous imperceptible pollutant....A Study of current residents' knowledge of a former environmental health survey of their community
-- A follow-up survey of current residents who live near the McColl waste disposal site was conducted to assess community knowledge of an environmental health survey that occurred in the same neighbhorhood...
Traffic density in California: socioeconomic and ethnic differences among potentially exposed children
-- Motor vehicles are the main source of many hazardous air pollutants in California....Traffic patterns and childhood cancer incidence rates in California
-- Objective: Some studies have suggested that residential proximity to high traffic areas is associated with increased risk of childhood cancer, although the epidemiologic evidence to date has been mixed....
Use of video display terminals during pregnancy and the risk of spontaneous abortion, low birthweight, or intrauterine growth retardation
-- Use of video display terminals (VDTs) during pregnancy among working women was examined using data from a large case-control study of spontaneous abortions (SAB) occurring in 1986-1987....
Worldwide trends in DDT levels in human breast milk
-- Concern over human breast milk contamination with the pesticide DDT (1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(chlorodiphenyl)ethane) has prompted numerous studies around the world during the last five decades....
