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Work stress, family stress and depression in professional and managerial employees by Phelan, J, Schwartz, J E, Bromet, E J, Dew, M A, Parkinson, D K, Schulberg, H C, Dunn, L O, Blane, H, Curtis, E C

“…Detailed interviews were conducted with 1523 married professional and managerial employees of a major US corporation to test associations of acute and chronic…”
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Learning and Memory Function in Men With Untreated Blood Pressure Elevation by Waldstein, Shari R, Ryan, Christopher M, Manuck, Stephen B, Parkinson, David K, Bromet, Evelyn J

“…Learning and memory processes were compared in 20 men with untreated blood pressure elevation and 20 normotensive control subjects matched for age, education,…”
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Factors affecting service utilization for depression in a white collar population by DEW, M. A, BROMET, E. J, SCHULBERG, H. C, PARKINSON, D. K, CURTIS, E. C

“…The present study examines rates of mental health service utilization among depressed individuals in a large white collar cohort. Clinical and psychosocial…”
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Effects of occupational stress on the physical and psychological health of women in a microelectronics plant by Bromet, E J, Dew, M A, Parkinson, D K, Cohen, S, Schwartz, J E

“…Physical and psychological effects of occupational stress were examined in a sample of 552 female blue collar employees of a microelectronics facility. After…”
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Mental health effects of the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor restart by Dew, M A, Bromet, E J, Schulberg, H C, Dunn, L O, Parkinson, D K

“…Controversy over potential mental health effects of the Three Mile Island Unit-1 restart led the authors to examine prospectively the pattern of psychiatric…”
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Chest X-rays in hypersensitivity pneumonitis: a metaanalysis of secular trend by Hodgson, M J, Parkinson, D K, Karpf, M

“…A metaanalysis of published reports of outbreaks of hypersensitivity pneumonitis was undertaken. A statistically significant substantial decline was seen in…”
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Assessment of neuropsychological dysfunction in the workplace: normative data from the Pittsburgh Occupational Exposures Test Battery by Ryan, C M, Morrow, L A, Bromet, E J, Parkinson, D K

“…Neuropsychologists are being increasingly called upon to assess the neurobehavioral status of adults who have been exposed to toxic chemicals or heavy metals…”
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Occupational lead exposure and blood pressure by Parkinson, D K, Hodgson, M J, Bromet, E J, Dew, M A, Connell, M M

“…Recent community studies have suggested that low level lead exposure is significantly associated with blood pressure in the general population. This finding is…”
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Epidemiology of depression and alcohol abuse/dependence in a managerial and professional work force by Bromet, E J, Parkinson, D K, Curtis, E C, Schulberg, H C, Blane, H, Dunn, L O, Phelan, J, Dew, M A, Schwartz, J E

“…Detailed clinical interviews focusing on depression and alcohol abuse/dependence were conducted with 1870 managers and professionals drawn from a major US…”
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A psychiatric epidemiologic study of occupational lead exposure by Parkinson, D K, Ryan, C, Bromet, E J, Connell, M M

“…The association of occupational lead exposure with neuropsychiatric functioning was evaluated using data collected in 1982 in eastern Pennsylvania from 288…”
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In vivo bone lead measurements: a rapid monitoring method for cumulative lead exposure by Wielopolski, L, Ellis, K J, Vaswani, A N, Cohn, S H, Greenberg, A, Puschett, J B, Parkinson, D K, Fetterolf, D E, Landrigan, P J

“…Lead concentrations (microgram/g wet weight) in human bone (tibia) were measured noninvasively in vivo employing an X-ray fluorescence technique. Forty-five…”
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Lead Contamination around Secondary Smelters: Estimation of Dispersal and Accumulation by Humans by Roberts, T. M., Hutchinson, T. C., Paciga, J., Chattopadhyay, A., Jervis, R. E., VanLoon, J., Parkinson, D. K.

“…A high rate of lead fallout around two secondary lead smelters originated mainly from episodal large-particulate emissions from low-level fugitive sources…”
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Correlates of Mental Health in Nuclear and coal-fired Power Plant Workers by Parkinson, David K, Bromet, Evelyn J

“…The mental health of 104 nuclear workers at the Three Mile Island plant was compared with that of 122 workers from another nuclear plant and 151 workers from…”
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Asbestosis among electricians by Hodgson, M J, Parkinson, D K, Sabo, S, Owens, G R, Feist, J H

“…In a cross-sectional study of a small group of non-shipyard electricians, the prevalence of asbestosis, defined as irregular opacities of at least 1/0…”
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Pathogenesis of hypocalcemia in primary hypomagnesemia: normal end-organ responsiveness to parathyroid hormone, impaired parathyroid gland function by Suh, S M, Tashjian, Jr, A H, Matsuo, N, Parkinson, D K, Fraser, D

“…Hypocalcemia is a frequent feature of hypomagnesemia in man and several other species. To elucidate the cause of this hypocalcemia, we have studied a child…”
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Respiratory disease in a photographer by Hodgson, M J, Parkinson, D K

“…Reversible airways obstruction occurred in a photographer after long-term exposure (over many years) to sulfuric and acetic acid fixers. Air-exchange…”
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Traumatic workplace deaths in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 1983 and 1984 by Parkinson, D K, Gauss, W F, Perper, J A, Elliott, S A

“…All fatal workplace accidents occurring in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in 1983 and 1984 were investigated for cause of accident, preventability, type of…”
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Practical aspects of a measurement technique for calcium ion activity in plasma by Radde, I C, Höffken, B, Parkinson, D K, Sheepers, J, Luckham, A

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Acute-onset sarcoidosis presenting as workplace-related hyperreactive airway disease by Parkinson, D K, Grennan, Jr, M J

“…Bechtel et al [Am Rev Respir Dis 124:759-761, 1981] have reported a high prevalence of positive methacholine challenge tests in patients with sarcoidosis. We…”
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Patterns of alcohol use and physically aggressive behavior in men by LEONARD, K. E, BROMET, E. J, PARKINSON, D. K, DAY, N. L, RYAN, C. M

“…Research on the relationship between alcohol use and aggressive behavior has typically focused on arrested felons and has contained minimal data on alcohol…”
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