Occupational Exposure

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "Will my work affect my pregnancy?" Resources for anticipating and answering patients' questions. 
  • 1-Hydroxypyrene concentrations in first morning voids and 24-h composite urine: intra- and inter-individual comparisons. 
  • 1-Hydroxypyrene levels in coal-handling workers at a coke oven. 
  • 2018 ACC/HRS/NASCI/SCAI/SCCT Expert Consensus Document on Optimal Use of Ionizing Radiation in Cardiovascular Imaging-Best Practices for Safety and Effectiveness, Part 2: Radiological Equipment Operation, Dose-Sparing Methodologies, Patient and Medical Personnel Protection. 
  • 2018 ACC/HRS/NASCI/SCAI/SCCT Expert Consensus Document on Optimal Use of Ionizing Radiation in Cardiovascular Imaging-Best Practices for Safety and Effectiveness, Part 1: Radiation Physics and Radiation Biology: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Expert Consensus Decision Pathways. 
  • A Comparison of Pesticide Risk Beliefs between Farmers and Farmworkers: Implications for Risk Communication and Education. 
  • A Randomized Trial of Hydroxychloroquine as Postexposure Prophylaxis for Covid-19. 
  • A case-control study of airways obstruction among construction workers. 
  • A conceptual model of work and health disparities in the United States. 
  • A national survey of women dentists. 
  • A simple HEPA filtering facepiece. 
  • A study of the effect of perchloroethylene exposure on semen quality in dry cleaning workers. 
  • A study of the effect of perchloroethylene exposure on the reproductive outcomes of wives of dry-cleaning workers. 
  • A survey of workplace violence across 65 U.S. emergency departments. 
  • Administration of antineoplastic drugs and fecundity in female nurses. 
  • Adult respiratory distress syndrome from sulfuric acid fume inhalation. 
  • Adverse events in humans associated with accidental exposure to the livestock brucellosis vaccine RB51. 
  • Agreement between two methods for retrospective assessment of occupational exposure intensity to six chlorinated solvents: Data from The National Birth Defects Prevention Study. 
  • Airborne fiber size characterization in exposure estimation: Evaluation of a modified transmission electron microcopy protocol for asbestos and potential use for carbon nanotubes and nanofibers. 
  • Airways obstruction among older construction and trade workers at Department of Energy nuclear sites. 
  • Aluminum-induced pneumoconiosis confirmed by analytical scanning electron microscopy: A case report and review of the literature. 
  • An assessment of occupational safety and health hazards in selected small businesses manufacturing wood pallets--part 1. Noise and physical hazards. 
  • An epidemiological study of the role of chrysotile asbestos fibre dimensions in determining respiratory disease risk in exposed workers. 
  • An integrated comprehensive occupational surveillance system for health care workers. 
  • Antineoplastic drug exposure in an ambulatory setting: a pilot study. 
  • Asbestos Fiber Concentrations in the Lungs of Brake Repair Workers: An Updated Analysis Using Several Regression Methods to Handle Nondetectable Measurements. 
  • Asbestos content of lung tissue and carcinoma of the lung: a clinicopathologic correlation and mineral fiber analysis of 234 cases. 
  • Asbestos exposure and asbestosis: clarifying terminology and avoiding confusion. 
  • Asbestos fiber concentrations in the lungs of brake repair workers: commercial amphiboles levels are predictive of chrysotile levels. 
  • Asbestos fibre dimensions and lung cancer mortality among workers exposed to chrysotile. 
  • Asbestos standards: Impact of currently uncounted chrysotile asbestos fibers on lifetime lung cancer risk. 
  • Asbestos, asbestosis, and cancer: the Helsinki criteria for diagnosis and attribution. 
  • Asbestos-related disease associated with exposure to asbestiform tremolite. 
  • Association between delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) polymorphism and blood lead levels: a meta-regression analysis. 
  • Association between plasma BPDE-Alb adduct concentrations and DNA damage of peripheral blood lymphocytes among coke oven workers. 
  • Association of hsp70 polymorphisms with risk of noise-induced hearing loss in Chinese automobile workers. 
  • Association of polymorphisms in AhR, CYP1A1, GSTM1, and GSTT1 genes with levels of DNA damage in peripheral blood lymphocytes among coke-oven workers. 
  • Associations between PBDEs in office air, dust, and surface wipes. 
  • Back injuries among union carpenters in Washington State, 1989-2003. 
  • Battery of neurobehavioral tests recommended to ATSDR: solvent-induced deficits in microelectronic workers. 
  • Bayesian inference on order-constrained parameters in generalized linear models. 
  • Benefits, Facilitators, Barriers, and Strategies to Improve Pesticide Protective Behaviors: Insights from Farmworkers in North Carolina Tobacco Fields. 
  • Beryllium detection in human lung tissue using electron probe X-ray microanalysis. 
  • Beryllium disease among construction trade workers at Department of Energy nuclear sites: A follow-up. 
  • Bias from Differential Exposure Measurement Error in a Study of Flight Attendants. 
  • Biopersistence of refractory ceramic fiber in human lung tissue and a 20-year follow-up of radiographic pleural changes in workers. 
  • Blood and body fluid exposure risks among health care workers: results from the Duke Health and Safety Surveillance System. 
  • Buccal mucosa micronuclei counts in relation to exposure to low dose-rate radiation from the Chornobyl nuclear accident and other medical and occupational radiation exposures. 
  • CE: Original Research: Antineoplastic Drug Administration by Pregnant and Nonpregnant Nurses: An Exploration of the Use of Protective Gloves and Gowns. 
  • CKD of Uncertain Etiology: A Systematic Review. 
  • COPD risk among older construction workers-Updated analyses 2020. 
  • CT fluoroscopy--guided interventional procedures: techniques and radiation dose to radiologists. 
  • Cancer and noncancer mortality among aluminum smelting workers in Badin, North Carolina. 
  • Cancer incidence among union carpenters in New Jersey. 
  • Cancer mortality in IBM Endicott plant workers, 1969-2001: an update on a NY production plant. 
  • Carcinogenic effects of wood dust: review and discussion. 
  • Carcinogenicity of gasoline: a review of epidemiological evidence. 
  • Case report: bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia in a spice process technician. 
  • Challenges in radiation protection of patients for the 21st century. 
  • Characterizing firefighter's exposure to over 130 SVOCs using silicone wristbands: A pilot study comparing on-duty and off-duty exposures. 
  • Chlorhexidine Keratitis: Safety of Chlorhexidine as a Facial Antiseptic. 
  • Chromium-induced genotoxicity and apoptosis: relationship to chromium carcinogenesis (review). 
  • Chrysotile fibers in tissue adjacent to laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma in cases with a history of occupational asbestos exposure. 
  • Cohort studies of health effects among people exposed to estuarine waters: North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland. 
  • Comments on Asbestos fibre concentrations in the lungs of brake workers: another look. 
  • Comparing questionnaire-based methods to assess occupational silica exposure. 
  • Compensation costs of work-related back disorders among union carpenters, Washington State 1989-2003. 
  • Control of biologic hazards. 
  • Coping skills training to reduce psychosocial risk factors for medical disorders: a field trial evaluating effectiveness in multiple worksites. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of chemoprophylaxis after occupational exposure to HIV. 
  • Cumulative Retrospective Exposure Assessment (REA) as a predictor of amphibole asbestos lung burden: validation procedures and results for industrial hygiene and pathology estimates. 
  • Current issues and actions in radiation protection of patients. 
  • DNA adducts and exposure to burning oil. 
  • Demographic, clinical and occupational characteristics associated with early onset of delivery: findings from the Duke Health and Safety Surveillance System, 2001-2004. 
  • Detection of Bartonella species in the blood of veterinarians and veterinary technicians: a newly recognized occupational hazard? 
  • Development of a fibre size-specific job-exposure matrix for airborne asbestos fibres. 
  • Diffuse malignant mesothelioma and synchronous lung cancer: A clinicopathological study of 18 cases. 
  • Disparities in job characteristics by race and sex in a Southern aluminum smelting facility. 
  • Duration of acute exposures to vibration and finger circulation. 
  • Dusting off the numbers of in situ particle analysis: a 35-year experience. 
  • Early detection of lung cancer in a population at high risk due to occupation and smoking. 
  • Employee exposure to (222)Rn and (220)Rn in three fish culture stations in Pennsylvania. 
  • Employment characteristics and cause-specific mortality at automotive electronics manufacturing plants in Huntsville, Alabama. 
  • Estimates of historical exposures by phase contrast and transmission electron microscopy for pooled exposure--response analyses of North Carolina and South Carolina, USA asbestos textile cohorts. 
  • Estimates of historical exposures by phase contrast and transmission electron microscopy in North Carolina USA asbestos textile plants. 
  • Estuary-associated syndrome in North Carolina: an occupational prevalence study. 
  • Evaluating chemical and other agent exposures for reproductive and developmental toxicity. 
  • Evaluation of 1-dimensional nanomaterials release during electrospinning and thermogravimetric analysis. 
  • Evaluation of candidate genes for cholinesterase activity in farmworkers exposed to organophosphorus pesticides: association of single nucleotide polymorphisms in BCHE. 
  • Evaluation of two objective methods to optimize kVp and personnel exposure using a digital indirect flat panel detector and simulated veterinary patients. 
  • Evidence for avian H9N2 influenza virus infections among rural villagers in Cambodia. 
  • Exploratory breath analyses for assessing toxic dermal exposures of firefighters during suppression of structural burns. 
  • Exposure and mineralogical correlates of pulmonary fibrosis in chrysotile asbestos workers. 
  • Exposure assessment and gender differences. 
  • Exposure to PBDEs in the office environment: evaluating the relationships between dust, handwipes, and serum. 
  • Exposure to brake dust and malignant mesothelioma: a study of 10 cases with mineral fiber analyses. 
  • Exposure to flame retardant chemicals on commercial airplanes. 
  • Exposure to organophosphate flame retardants in spray polyurethane foam applicators: Role of dermal exposure. 
  • Exposure-response analysis of risk of respiratory disease associated with occupational exposure to chrysotile asbestos. 
  • Exposures to lead-based paint dust in an inner-city high school. 
  • Eye dose assessment and management: overview. 
  • Eye dosimetry in interventional radiology and cardiology: current challenges and practical considerations. 
  • Factors associated with severity of injury resulting from acute releases of hazardous substances in the manufacturing industry. 
  • Fibrous glass and cancer. 
  • Follow-up study of chrysotile textile workers: cohort mortality and exposure-response. 
  • Formaldehyde and leukemia: epidemiology, potential mechanisms, and implications for risk assessment. 
  • Frequency and quality of radiation monitoring of construction workers at two gaseous diffusion plants. 
  • Frequency-specific association of antibodies against heat shock proteins 60 and 70 with noise-induced hearing loss in Chinese workers. 
  • Functional insufficiency of the system responsible for reactive oxygen species generation by blood neutrophils. 
  • Genomic analysis of human lung fibroblasts exposed to vanadium pentoxide to identify candidate genes for occupational bronchitis. 
  • Genomic characterization of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in radiation-exposed Chornobyl cleanup workers. 
  • Giant cell interstitial pneumonia in patients without hard metal exposure: analysis of 3 cases and review of the literature. 
  • Global and regional burden of cancer in 2016 arising from occupational exposure to selected carcinogens: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. 
  • Global and regional burden of disease and injury in 2016 arising from occupational exposures: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. 
  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. 
  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. 
  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. 
  • Glove perforations in ophthalmic surgery. 
  • Glutathione S-transferase M null homozygosity and risk of systemic lupus erythematosus associated with sun exposure: a possible gene-environment interaction for autoimmunity. 
  • Guidelines for Biosafety Training Programs for Workers Assigned to BSL-3 Research Laboratories. 
  • Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome--United States: updated recommendations for risk reduction. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
  • Hazardous Drugs: Legislative and Regulatory Efforts to Improve Safe Handling 
  • Health aspects of the North Carolina electronics industry. 
  • Health issues of female foreign domestic workers: a systematic review of the scientific and gray literature. 
  • Hearing loss among older construction workers: Updated analyses. 
  • Hepatitis C Virus Postexposure Prophylaxis in the Healthcare Worker: Why Direct-Acting Antivirals Don't Change a Thing. 
  • High Pesticide Exposure Events and Dream-Enacting Behaviors Among US Farmers. 
  • How do North Carolina prenatal care providers counsel and test pregnant women for HIV? Survey measures knowledge of HIV testing benefits. 
  • How much have adverse occupational health outcomes among construction workers improved over time? Evidence from 25 years of medical screening. 
  • Human visual function in the North Carolina clinical study on possible estuary-associated syndrome. 
  • Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) and the Clean Air Act. 
  • Hyperendemic malaria transmission in areas of occupation-related travel in the Peruvian Amazon. 
  • ICRP PUBLICATION 120: Radiological protection in cardiology. 
  • ICRP Publication 117. Radiological protection in fluoroscopically guided procedures performed outside the imaging department. 
  • ICRP Publication 135: Diagnostic Reference Levels in Medical Imaging. 
  • Increased labor losses and decreased adaptation potential in a warmer world. 
  • Increased lung cancer mortality among chrysotile asbestos textile workers is more strongly associated with exposure to long thin fibres. 
  • Increasing colorectal cancer screening among individuals in the carpentry trade: test of risk communication interventions. 
  • Indium lung disease. 
  • Induction of urinary excretion of 3-nitrotyrosine, a marker of oxidative stress, following administration of pyridostigmine bromide, DEET (N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide) and permethrin, alone and in combination in rats. 
  • Inequities in workplace secondhand smoke exposure among nonsmoking women of reproductive age. 
  • Injuries and assaults in a long-term psychiatric care facility: an epidemiologic study. 
  • Interpretation of the finger skin temperature response to cold provocation. 
  • Is Cumulative Exposure to Suicide Attempts and Deaths a Risk Factor for Suicidal Behavior Among Firefighters? A Preliminary Study. 
  • Laboratory animal allergy: an update. 
  • Labour Market Attachment, Workplace Infection Control Procedures and Mental Health: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Canadian Non-healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic. 
  • Latex allergy symptoms among health care workers: results from a university health and safety surveillance system. 
  • Letter to the editor: "Comparing milled fiber, Quebec ore, and textile factory dust: has another piece of the asbestos puzzle fallen into place?" by D. Wayne Berman. 
  • Lifestyle, occupational, and reproductive factors in relation to pancreatic cancer risk. 
  • Longitudinal decline in lung function among older construction workers. 
  • Lung Cancer Risk Associated with Regulated and Unregulated Chrysotile Asbestos Fibers. 
  • Lung cancer mortality among asbestos textile workers: a review and update. 
  • Lung cancer mortality among construction workers: implications for early detection. 
  • Lung cancer mortality and fibre exposures among North Carolina asbestos textile workers. 
  • Lung cancer mortality in North Carolina and South Carolina chrysotile asbestos textile workers. 
  • Malignant mesothelioma and duration of asbestos exposure: correlation with tissue mineral fibre content. 
  • Malignant mesothelioma and occupational exposure to asbestos: a clinicopathological correlation of 1445 cases. 
  • Malignant mesothelioma diagnosed at a younger age is associated with heavier asbestos exposure. 
  • Mandatory reporting of occupational health problems. A new surveillance program in North Carolina. 
  • Maternal Occupational Oil Mist Exposure and Birth Defects, National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997⁻2011. 
  • Maternal occupation as a nail technician or hairdresser during pregnancy and birth defects, National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997-2011. 
  • Measurement of human CYP1A2 induction by inhalation exposure to benzo(a)pyrene based on in vivo isotope breath method. 
  • Medical care surrounding work-related back injury claims among Washington State Union Carpenters, 1989-2003. 
  • Methods for using narrative text from injury reports to identify factors contributing to construction injury. 
  • Models of toxicity of diacetyl and alternative diones. 
  • Morphologic, biochemical, and cytogenetic studies of bone marrow and circulating blood cells in painters exposed to ethylene glycol ethers. 
  • Mortality among autoworkers manufacturing electronics in Huntsville, Alabama. 
  • Mortality among sheet metal workers participating in a medical screening program. 
  • Mortality of older construction and craft workers employed at Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear sites. 
  • Mortality of older construction and craft workers employed at department of energy (DOE) nuclear sites: follow-up through 2011. 
  • Mortality of older construction and craft workers employed at department of energy nuclear sites: Follow-up through 2016. 
  • Musculoskeletal injuries among hospital patient care staff before and after implementation of patient lift and transfer equipment. 
  • Musculoskeletal symptoms among commercial fishers in North Carolina. 
  • Nail polish as a source of exposure to triphenyl phosphate. 
  • Necessary Heroes and Ethos, from Fighting Nazis to COVID-19. 
  • Non-malignant respiratory disease among workers in industries using styrene-A review of the evidence. 
  • Nonfatal construction industry-related injuries treated in hospital emergency departments in the United States, 1998-2005. 
  • Nonfatal tool- or equipment-related injuries treated in US emergency departments among workers in the construction industry, 1998-2005. 
  • Normative vibrotactile thresholds measured at five European test centres. 
  • Nursing Assistants' Use of Personal Protective Equipment Regarding Contact With Excreta Contaminated With Antineoplastic Drugs. 
  • Observed and self-reported pesticide protective behaviors of Latino migrant and seasonal farmworkers. 
  • Occupational Animal Allergy. 
  • Occupational Radiation Exposure of Anesthesia Providers: A Summary of Key Learning Points and Resident-Led Radiation Safety Projects. 
  • Occupational and environmental lung disease. 
  • Occupational asbestos exposure and the incidence of non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the gastrointestinal tract: an ecologic study. 
  • Occupational determinants of cumulative lead exposure: analysis of bone lead among men in the VA normative aging study. 
  • Occupational exposure to crystalline silica and risk of systemic lupus erythematosus: a population-based, case-control study in the southeastern United States. 
  • Occupational exposure to high-level disinfectants and risk of miscarriage among nurses. 
  • Occupational exposure to pesticides increases the risk of incident AD: the Cache County study. 
  • Occupational exposure to sharp injuries among medical and dental house officers in Nigeria. 
  • Occupational exposure to woodsmoke and oxidative stress in wildland firefighters. 
  • Occupational hazards in the hospital, doctor's office, and other health care facilities. 
  • Occupational health issues of oral health care workers in Edo State, Nigeria. 
  • Occupational health outcomes for workers in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector: implications for immigrant workers in the southeastern US. 
  • Occupational medicine programs for animal research facilities. 
  • Occupational risk factors for endometriosis in a cohort of flight attendants. 
  • Occupational risk factors for the development of systemic lupus erythematosus. 
  • Organization of work in the agricultural, forestry, and fishing sector in the US southeast: implications for immigrant workers' occupational safety and health. 
  • Overview of ICRP Committee 3 'Protection in Medicine'. 
  • Overview of ICRP Committee 3: protection in medicine. 
  • Oxidative DNA damage during sleep periods among nightshift workers. 
  • PM2.5 constituents and oxidative DNA damage in humans. 
  • Paternal occupation and birth defects: findings from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. 
  • Patient-days: a better measure of incidence of occupational bloodborne exposures. 
  • Peer assessment of pediatric surgeons for potential risks of radiation exposure from computed tomography scans. 
  • Personal Protective Equipment for COVID-19 and Beyond: Occupational and Environmental Exposure Considerations in Primary Care. 
  • Personal exposure to particulate PAHs and anthraquinone and oxidative DNA damages in humans. 
  • Pesticide Use and Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the Agricultural Health Study. 
  • Pesticide exposure and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 
  • Pesticide exposure and risk of Parkinson's disease: a family-based case-control study. 
  • Pesticides: Perceived Threat and Protective Behaviors Among Latino Farmworkers. 
  • Potential human health effects associated with laboratory exposures to Pfiesteria piscicida. 
  • Predictors of shoulder and back injuries in nursing home workers: a prospective study. 
  • Predictors of tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate metabolite in the urine of office workers. 
  • Preliminary study of propyl bromide exposure among New Jersey dry cleaners as a result of a pending ban on perchloroethylene. 
  • Prepregnancy handling of antineoplastic drugs and risk of miscarriage in female nurses. 
  • Prevalence and speciation of brucellosis in febrile patients from a pastoralist community of Tanzania. 
  • Prevention of laboratory animal allergy in the United States: a national survey. 
  • Proposed criteria for mixed-dust pneumoconiosis: definition, descriptions, and guidelines for pathologic diagnosis and clinical correlation. 
  • Protecting off-site populations and site workers from vapor discharges during shallow soil mixing at the North Carolina State University National Priorities List Site. 
  • Psychologic stress in the workplace and spontaneous abortion. 
  • Public health. Genomics and medicine at a crossroads in Chernobyl. 
  • Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in workers at an indium processing facility. 
  • Pulmonary deposition modeling with airborne fiber exposure data: a study of workers manufacturing refractory ceramic fibers. 
  • Pulmonary fibrosis and ferruginous bodies associated with exposure to synthetic fibers. 
  • Quality of occupational history assessments in working age adults with newly diagnosed asthma. 
  • Quantification and statistical modeling--part I: breathing-zone concentrations of monomeric and polymeric 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate. 
  • Quantification and statistical modeling--part II: dermal concentrations of monomeric and polymeric 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate. 
  • Quantitative and analytical studies in the diagnosis of mesothelioma. 
  • RE: Asbestos in brakes: exposure and risk of disease. 
  • Radiation cataract risk in interventional cardiology personnel. 
  • Radiation exposure in emergency physicians working in an urban ED: a prospective cohort study. 
  • Radiation exposure in gastroenterology: improving patient and staff protection. 
  • Radiation exposure to patients during interventional procedures in 20 countries: initial IAEA project results. 
  • Radiation exposure to the surgeon during minimally invasive spine procedures is directly estimated by patient dose. 
  • Radiation-associated lens opacities in catheterization personnel: results of a survey and direct assessments. 
  • Radiation-induced eye lens changes and risk for cataract in interventional cardiology. 
  • Radiological Protection in Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT). ICRP Publication 129. 
  • Radiological protection in medicine: work of ICRP Committee 3. 
  • Relationship between all-cause mortality and cumulative working life course psychosocial and physical exposures in the United States labor market from 1968 to 1992. 
  • Respiratory diseases among union carpenters: cohort and case-control analyses. 
  • Respiratory symptoms among crab processing workers in Alaska: epidemiological and environmental assessment. 
  • Response to Letter Regarding 'Dimensions of Elongated Mineral Particles: A Study of More Than 570 Fibers From More Than 90 Cases with Implications for Pathogenicity and Classification as Asbestiform vs. Cleavage Fragments'. 
  • Results of a survey on current surgical smoke control practices. 
  • Risk assessment and economic impact analysis of the implementation of new European legislation on radiopharmaceuticals in Italy: the case of the new monograph chapter Compounding of Radiopharmaceuticals (PHARMEUROPA, Vol. 23, No. 4, October 2011). 
  • Risk for radiation-induced cataract for staff in interventional cardiology: is there reason for concern? 
  • Risk of sharp device-related blood and body fluid exposure in operating rooms. 
  • Safe handling: implementing hazardous drug precautions 
  • Salud Ocupacional. 
  • Sampling and mass spectrometric analytical methods for five antineoplastic drugs in the healthcare environment. 
  • Sarcomatoid Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Clinicopathologic Correlation of 13 Cases. 
  • Scientists appeal to Quebec Premier Charest to stop exporting asbestos to the developing world. 
  • Screening for beryllium disease among construction trade workers at Department of Energy nuclear sites. 
  • Selective detection of monohydroxy metabolites of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urine using liquid chromatography/triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry. 
  • Sensory detection and responses to toxic gases: mechanisms, health effects, and countermeasures. 
  • Serological evidence for avian H9N2 influenza virus infections among Romanian agriculture workers. 
  • Serum levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in foam recyclers and carpet installers working in the United States. 
  • Short term prospective study of cognitive functioning in lead workers. 
  • Short-term effects of formaldehyde on peak expiratory flow and irritant symptoms. 
  • Silica-induced pleural disease: an unusual case mimicking malignant mesothelioma. 
  • Skin cancer in the military: A systematic review of melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer incidence, prevention, and screening among active duty and veteran personnel. 
  • Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck in never smoker-never drinkers: a descriptive epidemiologic study. 
  • Structure and Control of Healthy Worker Effects in Studies of Pregnancy Outcomes. 
  • Successful management of orbital cellulitis and temporary visual loss after blepharoplasty. 
  • Surface Contamination With Antineoplastic Drugs on Two Inpatient Oncology Units. 
  • Surgical Procedure Characteristics and Risk of Sharps-Related Blood and Body Fluid Exposure. 
  • Surveillance of hearing loss among older construction and trade workers at Department of Energy nuclear sites. 
  • Surveillance of respiratory diseases among construction and trade workers at Department of Energy nuclear sites. 
  • Systemic exposure to PAHs and benzene in firefighters suppressing controlled structure fires. 
  • Testing and Clinical Management of Health Care Personnel Potentially Exposed to Hepatitis C Virus - CDC Guidance, United States, 2020. 
  • The American College of Radiology Fluoroscopy Dose Index Registry Pilot: Technical Considerations and Dosimetric Performance of the Interventional Fluoroscopes. 
  • The Association Between Toxic Exposures and Chronic Multisymptom Illness in Veterans of the Wars of Iraq and Afghanistan. 
  • The Gulf War Era Cohort and Biorepository: A Longitudinal Research Resource of Veterans of the 1990-1991 Gulf War Era. 
  • The appropriate and justified use of medical radiation in cardiovascular imaging: a position document of the ESC Associations of Cardiovascular Imaging, Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions and Electrophysiology. 
  • The characterization of airborne occupational safety and health hazards in selected small businesses; manufacturing wood pallets. 
  • The efficacy of influenza vaccination in healthcare workers in a tropical setting: a prospective investigator blinded observational study. 
  • The kidney stone and increased water intake trial in steel workers: results from a pilot study. 
  • The network approach for prevention of healthcare-associated infections: long-term effect of participation in the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network. 
  • The pathology of interstitial lung disease in nylon flock workers. 
  • The risk of radiation-induced cerebrovascular disease in Chernobyl emergency workers. 
  • The role of smoking and exposure to asbestos and man-made vitreous fibers in a questionable case of mesothelioma. 
  • The social distribution of risk at work: acute injuries and physical assaults among healthcare workers working in a long-term care facility. 
  • Thresholds for retinal injury from multiple near-infrared ultrashort laser pulses. 
  • Transcriptomic changes in the nasal epithelium associated with diesel engine exhaust exposure. 
  • Tremolite and mesothelioma. 
  • Trends of Blood Cadmium Concentration Among Workers and Non-Workers in the United States (NHANES 2003 to 2012). 
  • Twenty-five years of fiber analysis: what have we learned? 
  • Urinary mutagenicity and other biomarkers of occupational smoke exposure of wildland firefighters and oxidative stress. 
  • Use of pulse co-oximetry as a screening and monitoring tool in mass carbon monoxide poisoning. 
  • Use of qualitative methods to map job tasks and exposures to occupational hazards for commercial fishermen. 
  • Vanadyl sulfate inhibits NO production via threonine phosphorylation of eNOS. 
  • Volatile Organic Compounds Off-gassing from Firefighters' Personal Protective Equipment Ensembles after Use. 
  • Warehouse workers' headache. 
  • Work exposures to animal neurocarcinogens. 
  • Work hazards and workplace safety violations experienced by adolescent construction workers. 
  • Work schedule and physically demanding work in relation to menstrual function: the Nurses' Health Study 3. 
  • Work-site clinical and neurobehavioral assessment of solvent-exposed microelectronics workers. 
  • Workers' compensation experience of North Carolina residential construction workers, 1986-1994. 
  • Workplace Hazards Faced by Nursing Assistants in the United States: A Focused Literature Review. 
  • Young worker safety in construction: do family ties and workgroup size affect hazard exposures and safety practices? 
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  • Dement, John McCray, Professor Emeritus in Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine & Community Health,Occupational & Environmental Medicine
  • Jordt, Sven Eric, Associate Professor in Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Cancer Biology