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2006 journal article

Fertility and exposure to solvents among families in the Agricultural Health Study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 63(7), 469–475.

By: M. Sallmén*, D. Baird, J. Hoppin*, A. Blair & D. Sandler

Contributors: M. Sallmén*, D. Baird, J. Hoppin*, A. Blair & D. Sandler

MeSH headings : Adult; Agricultural Workers' Diseases / chemically induced; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Finland; Humans; Infertility / chemically induced; Male; Middle Aged; Occupational Exposure / adverse effects; Odds Ratio; Regression Analysis; Risk Factors; Solvents / toxicity
TL;DR: Investigating the impact of solvent exposure on subfertility among families of male licensed pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study cohort found solvents may impair fertility of either gender, though the evidence for female effects is stronger than for male effects. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger (OpenAlex)
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: September 13, 2019

2006 journal article

Phorate Exposure and Incidence of Cancer in the Agricultural Health Study

Environmental Health Perspectives, 114(8), 1205–1209.

By: R. Mahajan*, M. Bonner*, J. Hoppin* & M. Alavanja*

Contributors: R. Mahajan*, M. Bonner*, J. Hoppin* & M. Alavanja*

author keywords: agriculture; insecticides; neoplasms; occupational exposure; organophosphorus compounds; organothiophosphorus compounds; pesticides; prostate; phorate
MeSH headings : Adult; Aged; Agricultural Workers' Diseases / epidemiology; Alcohol Drinking / epidemiology; Cohort Studies; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Insecticides / adverse effects; Insecticides / analysis; Iowa / epidemiology; Male; Middle Aged; North Carolina / epidemiology; Occupational Exposure / adverse effects; Phorate / adverse effects; Phorate / analysis; Prostatic Neoplasms / epidemiology; Socioeconomic Factors; Surveys and Questionnaires; Zea mays
TL;DR: The observed statistical interaction suggests a gene–environment interaction between family history and phorate exposure in the incidence of prostate cancer, but other explanations are also possible. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: September 13, 2019

2006 journal article

Pesticides and Adult Respiratory Outcomes in the Agricultural Health Study

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1076(1), 343–354.

Contributors: J. Hoppin*, D. Umbach*, S. London*, C. Lynch*, M. Alavanja* & D. Sandler*

author keywords: farmers; occupational exposure; organophosphates; pesticide applicators
MeSH headings : Adult; Agriculture; Animals; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pesticides / toxicity; Respiratory Tract Diseases / chemically induced
TL;DR: The results of the wheeze study are consistent with recent animal models that support a role for organophosphates and respiratory outcomes, and are also consistent with the results of previous studies on grain and animal exposures. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being (OpenAlex)
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: September 13, 2019

2006 journal article

Reduced Fertility Among Overweight and Obese Men

Epidemiology, 17(5), 520–523.

By: M. Sallm??n, D. Sandler, J. Hoppin*, A. Blair & D. Baird

Contributors: M. Sallmén, D. Sandler, J. Hoppin*, A. Blair & D. Baird

MeSH headings : Adult; Agriculture / statistics & numerical data; Body Mass Index; Epidemiologic Studies; Humans; Infertility, Male / epidemiology; Infertility, Male / etiology; Iowa / epidemiology; Male; Middle Aged; North Carolina / epidemiology; Obesity / epidemiology; Odds Ratio; United States / epidemiology
TL;DR: There was a dose–response relationship, and the BMI effect was stronger when the data were limited to couples with the highest-quality infertility data, suggesting that erectile dysfunction in older men does not explain the association. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: September 13, 2019

2006 journal article

Fonofos Exposure and Cancer Incidence in the Agricultural Health Study

Environmental Health Perspectives, 114(12), 1838–1842.

By: R. Mahajan*, A. Blair*, C. Lynch*, P. Schroeder*, J. Hoppin*, D. Sandler*, M. Alavanja*

Contributors: R. Mahajan*, A. Blair*, C. Lynch*, P. Schroeder*, J. Hoppin*, D. Sandler*, M. Alavanja*

author keywords: agriculture; fonofos; insecticides; neoplasms; occupational exposure; organophosphorus compounds; organothiophosphorus compounds; pesticides
MeSH headings : Adult; Agricultural Workers' Diseases / chemically induced; Agricultural Workers' Diseases / epidemiology; Agriculture; Cohort Studies; Family Health; Female; Fonofos / analysis; Fonofos / poisoning; Humans; Incidence; Iowa / epidemiology; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms / chemically induced; Neoplasms / epidemiology; Neoplasms / genetics; North Carolina / epidemiology; Occupational Exposure / adverse effects; Occupational Exposure / analysis; Occupational Exposure / statistics & numerical data; Organophosphate Poisoning; Organophosphorus Compounds / analysis; Organothiophosphorus Compounds / analysis; Organothiophosphorus Compounds / poisoning; Pesticides / analysis; Pesticides / poisoning; Poisson Distribution; Prospective Studies; Prostatic Neoplasms / epidemiology; Prostatic Neoplasms / etiology; Prostatic Neoplasms / genetics; Regression Analysis; Risk Factors; Surveys and Questionnaires
TL;DR: Although prostate cancer risk was unrelated to fonofos use overall, among applicators with a family history of prostate cancer, the authors observed a significant dose–response trend for lifetime exposure-days, a measure that takes into account factors that modify pesticide exposure. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: September 13, 2019

2006 journal article

Environmental Exposure Assessment of Pesticides in Farmworker Homes

Environmental Health Perspectives, 114(6), 929–935.

By: J. Hoppin*, J. Adgate*, M. Eberhart*, M. Nishioka* & P. Ryan*

Contributors: J. Hoppin*, J. Adgate*, M. Eberhart*, M. Nishioka* & P. Ryan*

author keywords: dust sampling; fiarmworkers; pesticides
MeSH headings : Agriculture; Environmental Exposure; Family; Food Analysis; Food Contamination; Humans; Pesticides / toxicity; Population Surveillance; Water Supply / analysis
TL;DR: This mini-monograph discusses the strategies used to assess pesticide exposures, presents limitations in the available data for farmworkers, and suggests research needs for future studies of pesticide exposure among farmworker families. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: September 13, 2019

2006 journal article

Farmworker Exposure to Pesticides: Methodologic Issues for the Collection of Comparable Data

Environmental Health Perspectives, 114(6), 923–928.

author keywords: biomonitoring; data collection; environmental assessment; farmworker; health outcomes; pesticide exposure
MeSH headings : Agriculture; Biomarkers; Data Collection / methods; Data Collection / standards; Humans; Occupational Exposure; Pesticides / toxicity
TL;DR: The Farmworker Pesticide Exposure Comparable Data Conference assembled 25 scientists from diverse disciplinary and organizational backgrounds to develop methodologic consensus in four areas of farmworker pesticide exposure research: environmental exposure assessment, biomarkers, personal and occupational predictors of exposure, and health outcomes of exposure. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: September 13, 2019

2006 journal article

Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to metolachlor in the Agricultural Health Study

International Journal of Cancer, 118(12), 3118–3123.

By: J. Rusiecki*, L. Hou*, W. Lee*, A. Blair*, M. Dosemeci*, J. Lubin*, M. Bonner*, C. Samanic* ...

Contributors: J. Rusiecki*, L. Hou*, W. Lee*, A. Blair*, M. Dosemeci*, J. Lubin*, M. Bonner*, C. Samanic* ...

author keywords: metolachlor; cancer; pesticides; herbicides; applicators
MeSH headings : Acetamides / adverse effects; Adult; Colonic Neoplasms / epidemiology; Colonic Neoplasms / etiology; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Hematologic Neoplasms / epidemiology; Hematologic Neoplasms / etiology; Herbicides / adverse effects; Humans; Incidence; Iowa / epidemiology; Life Style; Lung Neoplasms / epidemiology; Lung Neoplasms / etiology; Male; Middle Aged; Mouth Neoplasms / epidemiology; Mouth Neoplasms / etiology; Neoplasms / epidemiology; Neoplasms / etiology; North Carolina / epidemiology; Occupational Exposure / adverse effects; Pesticides / adverse effects; Poisson Distribution; Prospective Studies; Prostatic Neoplasms / epidemiology; Prostatic Neoplasms / etiology; Registries; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Surveys and Questionnaires
TL;DR: Evaluated the incidence of cancer among pesticide applicators exposed to metolachlor in the Agricultural Health Study, a prospective cohort study of licensed pesticides applicators in Iowa and North Carolina, finding no clear risk for any cancer subtype for exposure to metlachlor. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: September 13, 2019

2006 journal article

Cancer Incidence among Pesticide Applicators Exposed to Cyanazine in theAgricultural Health Study

Environmental Health Perspectives, 114(8), 1248–1252.

By: S. Lynch*, J. Rusiecki*, A. Blair*, M. Dosemeci*, J. Lubin*, D. Sandler*, J. Hoppin*, C. Lynch*, M. Alavanja*

Contributors: S. Lynch*, J. Rusiecki*, A. Blair*, M. Dosemeci*, J. Lubin*, D. Sandler*, J. Hoppin*, C. Lynch*, M. Alavanja*

author keywords: Agricultural Health Study; cancer; cyanazine; farming; herbicide; pesticides; triazine herbicide
MeSH headings : Adult; Aged; Agricultural Workers' Diseases / epidemiology; Cohort Studies; Colonic Neoplasms / epidemiology; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Hematologic Neoplasms / epidemiology; Herbicides / adverse effects; Humans; Lung Neoplasms / epidemiology; Lymphoma / epidemiology; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms / epidemiology; Occupational Exposure / adverse effects; Poisson Distribution; Prospective Studies; Prostatic Neoplasms / epidemiology; Risk Assessment; Triazines / adverse effects
TL;DR: It was found that there were no clear, consistent associations between cyanazine exposure and any cancer analyzed, and the number of sites was small for certain cancers, limiting any conclusion with regard to ovarian, breast, and some other cancers. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger (OpenAlex)
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: September 13, 2019

2006 journal article

Cancer Incidence among Pesticide Applicators Exposed to Dicamba in the Agricultural Health Study

Environmental Health Perspectives, 114(10), 1521–1526.

By: C. Samanic*, J. Rusiecki*, M. Dosemeci*, L. Hou*, J. Hoppin*, D. Sandler*, J. Lubin*, A. Blair*, M. Alavanja*

Contributors: C. Samanic*, J. Rusiecki*, M. Dosemeci*, L. Hou*, J. Hoppin*, D. Sandler*, J. Lubin*, A. Blair*, M. Alavanja*

author keywords: cancer incidence; farming; neoplasms; pesticides; United States
MeSH headings : Adult; Agricultural Workers' Diseases / epidemiology; Dicamba / toxicity; Humans; Incidence; Middle Aged; Neoplasms / chemically induced; Neoplasms / classification; Neoplasms / epidemiology; North Carolina / epidemiology; Pesticides / toxicity; Registries
TL;DR: Associations between exposure and lung and colon cancer were observed, but clear evidence for an association between dicamba exposure and cancer risk was not found. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: September 13, 2019

2006 journal article

Depression and Pesticide Exposures in Female Spouses of Licensed Pesticide Applicators in the Agricultural Health Study Cohort

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 48(10), 1005–1013.

By: C. Beseler*, L. Stallones*, J. Hoppin*, M. Alavanja*, A. Blair*, T. Keefe*, F. Kamel*

Contributors: C. Beseler*, L. Stallones*, J. Hoppin*, M. Alavanja*, A. Blair*, T. Keefe*, F. Kamel*

MeSH headings : Adult; Agricultural Workers' Diseases / epidemiology; Agricultural Workers' Diseases / psychology; Agrochemicals / toxicity; Case-Control Studies; Depression / chemically induced; Depression / epidemiology; Environmental Exposure / adverse effects; Female; Health Surveys; Humans; Iowa / epidemiology; Middle Aged; North Carolina / epidemiology; Odds Ratio; Pesticides / toxicity; Risk Factors; Spouses
TL;DR: Pesticide poisoning may contribute to risk of depression among women who had physician-diagnosed depression requiring medication and lifetime pesticide use was categorized as never mixed/applied pesticides, low exposure, high exposure, and a history of diagnosed pesticide poisoning. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being (OpenAlex)
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: September 13, 2019

2006 journal article

Causes of Mortality and Risk Factors for Injury Mortality Among Children in the Agricultural Health Study

Journal of Agromedicine, 11(3-4), 47–59.

By: K. Flower*, J. Hoppin*, D. Shore, C. Lynch*, A. Blair*, C. Knott*, M. Alavanja*, D. Sandler*

Contributors: K. Flower*, J. Hoppin*, D. Shore, C. Lynch*, A. Blair*, C. Knott*, M. Alavanja*, D. Sandler*

TL;DR: Parent and child characteristics associated with child injury mortality could be used to target farm safety interventions in Iowa and North Carolina between 1975 and 1998. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being (OpenAlex)
Sources: ORCID, Crossref
Added: September 13, 2019

2006 journal article

Pricing, Production, and Inventory Policies for Manufacturing with Stochastic Demand and Discretionary Sales

Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 8(2), 149–168.

By: L. Chan*, D. Simchi-Levi* & J. Swann*

author keywords: pricing; production; inventory control; discretionary sales; worst-case analysis
TL;DR: It is found that delayed production is usually better than delayed pricing except sometimes when capacity is tight, and on average, the delayed production (pricing) heuristic achieved 99.3 (99.8) of the corresponding optimal strategy. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: September 5, 2019

2006 journal article

Carbon dioxide exchange and early old-field succession

Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 111(G1).

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: June 20, 2019

2006 journal article

Genetics of Antimicrobial Resistance

Animal Biotechnology, 17(2), 111–124.

By: H. Harbottle*, S. Thakur*, S. Zhao* & D. White*

author keywords: antimicrobial resistance genes; antimicrobial resistance mechanisms; conjugation; integron; plasmid; transposon
MeSH headings : Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology; Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use; Bacteria / drug effects; Bacteria / genetics; Bacteria / growth & development; Bacterial Infections / drug therapy; Bacterial Infections / microbiology; Bacterial Infections / veterinary; Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / genetics; Genome, Bacterial; Humans; Interspersed Repetitive Sequences; Phenotype; Transformation, Genetic
TL;DR: The spread of mobile genetic elements has greatly contributed to the rapid dissemination of antimicrobial resistance among several bacterial genera of human and veterinary importance, leading to a situation where multidrug resistance phenotypes can be transferred to a susceptible recipient via a single genetic event. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
3. Good Health and Well-being (OpenAlex)
Sources: Crossref, ORCID
Added: February 18, 2019

2006 journal article

Microbial community structure of activated sludge during aerobic granulation in an annular gap bioreactor.

Water Sci Technol, 54(1), 139–146.

By: J. Williams & F. Reyes

Contributors: J. Williams & F. Reyes

Source: ORCID
Added: January 18, 2019

2006 journal article

Investigating Steam Application for Reducing Foaming in Activated Sludge Systems

Proc Water Environ Fed, 2006(13), 321–330.

By: L. Hoyle, P. Pitt, A. Stone & F. Reyes

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
7. Affordable and Clean Energy (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: January 18, 2019

2006 journal article

A New Framework for Analyzing Filamentous Bulking in Activated Sludge: Roles for Kinetics and Diffusion

Proc Water Environ Fed, 2006(7), 4884–4894.

By: I. Lou & F. Reyes

TL;DR: A new conceptual qualitative framework was developed and it was hypothesize that the growth rates of filaments and floc formers are affected by the combination of kinetic selection and substrate diffusion limitation. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: January 18, 2019

2006 journal article

From a NEXRAD rainfall map to a flood inundation map

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 11(1), 37–45.

By: T. Whiteaker, O. Robayo, D. Maidment & D. Obenour

Source: ORCID
Added: December 19, 2018

2006 journal article

Soluble reactive phosphorus transport and retention in tropical, rainforest streams draining a volcanic and geothermally active landscape in Costa Rica.: Long-term concentration patterns, pore water environment and response to ENSO events

Biogeochemistry, 81(2), 131–143.

By: F. Triska*, C. Pringle*, J. Duff*, R. Avanzino*, A. Ramirez*, M. Ardon*, A. Jackman*

Contributors: F. Triska*, C. Pringle*, J. Duff*, R. Avanzino*, A. Ramirez*, M. Ardon*, A. Jackman*

author keywords: phosphorus; retention; sorption; SRP; streams; tropical; TP; transport; volcanic; ENSO
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: December 6, 2018

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