Community based case–control studies are an efficient means to study disease aetiologies,
and may be the only practical means to investigate rare diseases. However, exposure …

Background Confounding and exposure misclassification are issues that concern
epidemiologists because of their potential to bias results of studies and complicate …

Background: The first pesticide synthesised was the Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane
(DDT) in 1874. Since 1939, when Paul Müller discovered its insecticides properties …

Background: Although crystalline silica exposure is associated with silicosis, lung cancer,
pulmonary tuberculosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), there is less …

OBJECTIVES To develop a method suitable for estimating exposure risks in population
studies of asthma from job titles and international codes, by combining a new job exposure …

We examine the potential for reproductive and developmental effects from formaldehyde
exposure. Formaldehyde is unlikely to reach the reproductive system in humans in …

Despite an extensive literature, the relationship between asbestos exposure and lung
cancer remains the subject of controversy, related to the fact that most asbestos‐associated …

In a case-control study using an assessment of occupational tasks by an industrial hygienist,
the authors investigated whether women's occupational exposures increased risks of …

This study was undertaken to compare the agreement of occupational exposure assessment
by a panel of occupational hygienists with a job exposure matrix and self-reported …

The authors examined the risk of childhood brain cancer in relation to parental exposure to
classes of pesticides among 154 children diagnosed with astrocytoma and 158 children …