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Asbestos, Asbestosis, Smoking, and Lung Cancer: New Findings from the North American Insulator Cohort by MARKOWITZ, Steven B, LEVIN, Stephen M, MILLER, Albert, MORABIA, Alfredo

“…Asbestos, smoking, and asbestosis increase lung cancer risk in incompletely elucidated ways. Smoking cessation among asbestos-exposed cohorts has been little…”
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Fibulin-3 as a Blood and Effusion Biomarker for Pleural Mesothelioma by Pass, Harvey I, Levin, Stephen M, Harbut, Michael R, Melamed, Jonathan, Chiriboga, Luis, Donington, Jessica, Huflejt, Margaret, Carbone, Michele, Chia, David, Goodglick, Lee, Goodman, Gary E, Thornquist, Mark D, Liu, Geoffrey, de Perrot, Marc, Tsao, Ming-Sound, Goparaju, Chandra

“…Plasma levels of fibulin-3 reliably distinguish patients with pleural mesothelioma from patients with other types of pleural effusions and asbestos-exposed…”
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Bouncing bones-ancient wisdom meets modern science in a new take on locomotion by Levin, Stephen M, Lowell de Solórzano, Susan

“…Recognizing that conventional understanding of animal and human locomotion is based on a dated and reductionist machine modeling of organisms, we set out to…”
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Moving beyond Vesalius: Why anatomy needs a mapping update by Scarr, Graham, Blyum, Leonid, Levin, Stephen M, de Solórzano, Susan Lowell

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Persistence of multiple illnesses in World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers: a cohort study by Wisnivesky, Juan P, Dr, Teitelbaum, Susan L, PhD, Todd, Andrew C, PhD, Boffetta, Paolo, MD, Crane, Michael, MD, Crowley, Laura, MD, de la Hoz, Rafael E, MD, Dellenbaugh, Cornelia, MPH, Harrison, Denise, MD, Herbert, Robin, MD, Kim, Hyun, ScD, Jeon, Yunho, PhD, Kaplan, Julia, MPH, Katz, Craig, MD, Levin, Stephen, MD, Luft, Ben, MD, Markowitz, Steven, MD, Moline, Jacqueline M, MD, Ozbay, Fatih, MD, Pietrzak, Robert H, PhD, Shapiro, Moshe, MS, Sharma, Vansh, MD, Skloot, Gwen, MD, Southwick, Steven, MD, Stevenson, Lori A, MPH, Udasin, Iris, MD, Wallenstein, Sylvan, PhD, Landrigan, Philip J, MD

“…Summary Background More than 50 000 people participated in the rescue and recovery work that followed the Sept 11, 2001 (9/11) attacks on the World Trade…”
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The burden of full and subsyndromal posttraumatic stress disorder among police involved in the World Trade Center rescue and recovery effort by Pietrzak, Robert H, Schechter, Clyde B, Bromet, Evelyn J, Katz, Craig L, Reissman, Dori B, Ozbay, Fatih, Sharma, Vansh, Crane, Michael, Harrison, Denise, Herbert, Robin, Levin, Stephen M, Luft, Benjamin J, Moline, Jacqueline M, Stellman, Jeanne M, Udasin, Iris G, Landrigan, Philip J, Southwick, Steven M

“…Abstract Background This study examined the prevalence, correlates, and perceived mental healthcare needs associated with subsyndromal PTSD in police involved…”
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Risk, coping and PTSD symptom trajectories in World Trade Center responders by Feder, Adriana, Mota, Natalie, Salim, Ryan, Rodriguez, Janice, Singh, Ritika, Schaffer, Jamie, Schechter, Clyde, Cancelmo, Leo, Bromet, Evelyn J, Katz, Craig L, Reissman, Dori B, Ozbay, Fatih, Kotov, Roman, Crane, Michael, Harrison, Denise J, Herbert, Robin, Levin, Stephen M, Luft, Benjamin J, Moline, Jacqueline M, Stellman, Jeanne M, Udasin, Iris G, Landrigan, Philip J, Zvolensky, Michael J, Yehuda, Rachel, Southwick, Steven M, Pietrzak, Robert H

“…Abstract Trajectories of disaster-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms are often heterogeneous, and associated with common and unique risk…”
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Early detection of malignant pleural mesothelioma in asbestos-exposed individuals with a noninvasive proteomics-based surveillance tool by Ostroff, Rachel M, Mehan, Michael R, Stewart, Alex, Ayers, Deborah, Brody, Edward N, Williams, Stephen A, Levin, Stephen, Black, Brad, Harbut, Michael, Carbone, Michele, Goparaju, Chandra, Pass, Harvey I

“…Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MM) is an aggressive, asbestos-related pulmonary cancer that is increasing in incidence. Because diagnosis is difficult and the…”
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The World Trade Center Disaster and the Health of Workers: Five-Year Assessment of a Unique Medical Screening Program by Robin Herbert, Moline, Jacqueline, Gwen Skloot, Kristina Metzger, Baron, Sherry, Benjamin Luft, Markowitz, Steven, Udasin, Iris, Denise Harrison, Diane Stein, Todd, Andrew, Enright, Paul, Stellman, Jeanne Mager, Landrigan, Philip J., Levin, Stephen M.

“…Background: Approximately 40,000 rescue and recovery workers were exposed to caustic dust and toxic pollutants following the 11 September 2001 attacks on the…”
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Enduring Mental Health Morbidity and Social Function Impairment in World Trade Center Rescue, Recovery, and Cleanup Workers: The Psychological Dimension of an Environmental Health Disaster by Stellman, Jeanne Mager, Smith, Rebecca P., Katz, Craig L., Sharma, Vansh, Charney, Dennis S., Herbert, Robin, Moline, Jacqueline, Luft, Benjamin J., Markowitz, Steven, Udasin, Iris, Harrison, Denise, Baron, Sherry, Landrigan, Philip J., Levin, Stephen M., Southwick, Steven

“…Background: The World Trade Center (WTC) attacks exposed thousands of workers to hazardous environmental conditions and psychological trauma. In 2002, to…”
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The significance of closed kinematic chains to biological movement and dynamic stability by Levin, Stephen, MD., FACS, de Solórzano, Susan Lowell, MA, Scarr, Graham, CBiol., FRSB., DO

“…Abstract Closed kinematic chains (CKCs) are widely used in mechanical engineering because they provide a simple and efficient mechanism with multiple…”
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Our Internal Universe by Levin, Stephen M.

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Rapid progression of pleural disease due to exposure to Libby amphibole: "Not your grandfather's asbestos related disease" by Black, Bradford, Szeinuk, Jaime, Whitehouse, Alan C., Levin, Stephen M., Henschke, Claudia I., Yankelevitz, David F., Flores, Raja M.

“…Background Residents and mine employees from Libby, Montana, have been exposed to asbestiform amphiboles from the vermiculite mine that operated in this…”
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Environmental exposure to Libby asbestos and mesotheliomas by Whitehouse, Alan C., Black, C. Bradford, Heppe, Mark S., Ruckdeschel, John, Levin, Stephen M.

“…Background Thirty‐one cases of mesothelioma resulting from exposure to Libby Asbestos have been identified from Libby, Montana. Eleven cases not previously…”
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Is There a Booker Aesthetic? Iterations of the Global Novel by Levin, Stephen M.

“…Focusing on Britain's prestigious prize for a best annual novel, this essay argues that the Booker Prize should be understood as a complex literary system that…”
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Lumbopelvic muscle activation patterns in three stances under graded loading conditions: Proposing a tensegrity model for load transfer through the sacroiliac joints by Pardehshenas, Hamed, MSc, PT, Maroufi, Nader, PhD, PT, Sanjari, Mohammad Ali, Parnianpour, Mohamad, PhD, Levin, Stephen M., MD

“…Summary Purpose According to the conventional arch model of the pelvis, stability of the sacroiliac joints may require a predominance of form and force closure…”
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A Naturally Transmitted Epitheliotropic Polyomavirus Pathogenic in Immunodeficient Rats: Characterization, Transmission, and Preliminary Epidemiologic Studies by Besch-Williford, Cynthia, Pesavento, Patricia, Hamilton, Shari, Bauer, Beth, Kapusinszky, Beatrix, Phan, Tung, Delwart, Eric, Livingston, Robert, Cushing, Susan, Watanabe, Rie, Levin, Stephen, Berger, Diana, Myles, Matthew

“…We report the identification, pathogenesis, and transmission of a novel polyomavirus in severe combined immunodeficient F344 rats with null Prkdc and…”
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Longitudinal assessment of spirometry in the World Trade Center medical monitoring program by Skloot, Gwen S, Schechter, Clyde B, Herbert, Robin, Moline, Jacqueline M, Levin, Stephen M, Crowley, Laura E, Luft, Benjamin J, Udasin, Iris G, Enright, Paul L

“…Multiple studies have demonstrated an initial high prevalence of spirometric abnormalities following World Trade Center (WTC) disaster exposure. We assessed…”
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Health and Environmental Consequences of the World Trade Center Disaster by Landrigan, Philip J., Lioy, Paul J., Thurston, George, Berkowitz, Gertrud, Chen, L. C., Chillrud, Steven N., Gavett, Stephen H., Georgopoulos, Panos G., Geyh, Alison S., Levin, Stephen, Perera, Frederica, Rappaport, Stephen M., Small, Christopher, The NIEHS World Trade Center Working Group

“…The attack on the World Trade Center (WTC) created an acute environmental disaster of enormous magnitude. This study characterizes the environmental exposures…”
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Impaired Motor Function in Mice With Cell-Specific Knockout of Sodium Channel Scn8a (NaV1.6) in Cerebellar Purkinje Neurons and Granule Cells by Levin, Stephen I, Khaliq, Zayd M, Aman, Teresa K, Grieco, Tina M, Kearney, Jennifer A, Raman, Indira M, Meisler, Miriam H

“…1 Department of Human Genetics and 2 Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and 3 Department of…”
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