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Thyroid cancer incidence patterns in the United States by histologic type, 1992-2006 by Aschebrook-Kilfoy, Briseis, Ward, Mary H, Sabra, Mona M, Devesa, Susan S

“…The increasing incidence of thyroid cancer in the United States is well documented. In this study, we assessed the incidence patterns by histologic type…”
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Analysis of Environmental Chemical Mixtures and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Risk in the NCI-SEER NHL Study by Czarnota, Jenna, Gennings, Chris, Colt, Joanne S, De Roos, Anneclaire J, Cerhan, James R, Severson, Richard K, Hartge, Patricia, Ward, Mary H, Wheeler, David C

“…There are several suspected environmental risk factors for non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). The associations between NHL and environmental chemical exposures have…”
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Ingested nitrate, disinfection by-products, and risk of colon and rectal cancers in the Iowa Women's Health Study cohort by Jones, Rena R., DellaValle, Curt T., Weyer, Peter J., Robien, Kim, Cantor, Kenneth P., Krasner, Stuart, Beane Freeman, Laura E., Ward, Mary H.

“…N-nitroso compounds (NOC) formed endogenously after nitrate/nitrite ingestion and disinfection by-products (DBPs) are suspected colorectal carcinogens, but…”
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International patterns and trends in thyroid cancer incidence, 1973-2002 by Kilfoy, Briseis A, Zheng, Tongzhang, Holford, Theodore R, Han, Xuesong, Ward, Mary H, Sjodin, Andreas, Zhang, Yaqun, Bai, Yana, Zhu, Cairong, Guo, Grace L, Rothman, Nathaniel, Zhang, Yawei

“…During the past several decades, an increasing incidence of thyroid cancer has been reported in many parts of the world. To date, no study has compared the…”
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Pesticide exposure and incident thyroid cancer among male pesticide applicators in agricultural health study by Lerro, Catherine C., Beane Freeman, Laura E., DellaValle, Curt T., Andreotti, Gabriella, Hofmann, Jonathan N., Koutros, Stella, Parks, Christine G., Shrestha, Srishti, Alavanja, Michael C.R., Blair, Aaron, Lubin, Jay H., Sandler, Dale P., Ward, Mary H.

“…•Many pesticides are known to have thyroid-disrupting properties.•Prospective study of farmers to evaluate 44 pesticides and thyroid cancer.•Thyroid cancer…”
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Assessment of Grouped Weighted Quantile Sum Regression for Modeling Chemical Mixtures and Cancer Risk by Wheeler, David C, Rustom, Salem, Carli, Matthew, Whitehead, Todd P, Ward, Mary H, Metayer, Catherine

“…Individuals are exposed to a large number of diverse environmental chemicals simultaneously and the evaluation of multiple chemical exposures is important for…”
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Residential proximity to agricultural herbicide and fungicide applications and dust levels in homes of California children by Madrigal, Jessica M., Gunier, Robert B., Jones, Rena R., Flory, Abigail, Metayer, Catherine, Nuckols, John R., Ward, Mary H.

“…Few studies of the relationship between residential proximity to agricultural pesticide applications and pesticide levels in the home have incorporated crop…”
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Residential proximity to dioxin-emitting facilities and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study by Fisher, Jared A., Medgyesi, Danielle N., Deziel, Nicole C., Nuckols, John R., Ward, Mary H., Jones, Rena R.

“…•Conducted within a large prospective cohort of over 500,000 participants in the U.S.•Distance-, wind-, and toxicity-weighted emissions index to estimate…”
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Exposure to nitrate from drinking water and the risk of childhood cancer in Denmark by Stayner, Leslie T., Schullehner, Jörg, Semark, Birgitte Dige, Jensen, Anja Søndergaard, Trabjerg, Betina B., Pedersen, Marie, Olsen, Jørn, Hansen, Birgitte, Ward, Mary H., Jones, Rena R., Coffman, Vanessa R., Pedersen, Carsten B., Sigsgaard, Torben

“…•Nitrate is one of the most common pollutants found in drinking water worldwide.•Our study included over one million births with individual level estimates of…”
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Glyphosate in house dust and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in California by Ward, Mary H., Madrigal, Jessica M., Jones, Rena R., Friesen, Melissa C., Falk, Roni T., Koebel, David, Metayer, Catherine

“…Residential use of pesticides has been associated with increased risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). We evaluated determinants of glyphosate…”
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Contributions of nearby agricultural insecticide applications to indoor residential exposures by Madrigal, Jessica M., Gunier, Robert B., Jones, Rena R., Flory, Abigail, Metayer, Catherine, Nuckols, John R., Ward, Mary H.

“…Pesticide exposure has been associated with adverse health effects. We evaluated relationships between proximity to agricultural insecticide applications and…”
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Workgroup Report: Drinking-Water Nitrate and Health-Recent Findings and Research Needs by Ward, Mary H., deKok, Theo M., Levallois, Patrick, Brender, Jean, Gulis, Gabriel, Nolan, Bernard T., VanDerslice, James

“…Human alteration of the nitrogen cycle has resulted in steadily accumulating nitrate in our water resources. The U.S. maximum contaminant level and World…”
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Serum concentrations of per- and polyfluorinated substances and risk of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma by Rhee, Jongeun, Koponen, Jani, Sampson, Joshua N., Keil, Alexander P., Ward, Mary H., Hofmann, Jonathan N., Huang, Wen-Yi, Silverman, Debra T., Rantakokko, Panu, Purdue, Mark P.

“…Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are persistent organic pollutants that are detectable in the serum of most U.S. adults. Some studies of…”
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Carcinogenic industrial air pollution and postmenopausal breast cancer risk in the National Institutes of Health AARP Diet and Health Study by Madrigal, Jessica M., Pruitt, Caroline N., Fisher, Jared A., Liao, Linda M., Graubard, Barry I., Gierach, Gretchen L., Silverman, Debra T., Ward, Mary H., Jones, Rena R.

“…Chemicals emitted from industrial facilities include known or suspected mammary carcinogens and endocrine disruptors, but epidemiologic studies are limited. We…”
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Nitrate Intake and the Risk of Thyroid Cancer and Thyroid Disease by Ward, Mary H., Kilfoy, Briseis A., Weyer, Peter J., Anderson, Kristin E., Folsom, Aaron R., Cerhan, James R.

“…Background: Nitrate is a contaminant of drinking water in agricultural areas and is found at high levels in some vegetables. Nitrate competes with uptake of…”
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Body mass index in relation to oesophageal and oesophagogastric junction adenocarcinomas: a pooled analysis from the International BEACON Consortium by HOYO, Cathrine, COOK, Michael B, WU, Anna H, WARD, Mary H, CASSON, Alan G, MURRAY, Liam J, CORLEY, Douglas A, NYREN, Olof, PANDEYA, Nirmala, VAUGHAN, Thomas L, CHOW, Wong-Ho, GAMMON, Marilie D, KAMANGAR, Farin, FREEDMAN, Neal D, WHITEMAN, David C, BERNSTEIN, Leslie, BROWN, Linda M, RISCH, Harvey A, WEIMIN YE, SHARP, Linda

“…Previous studies suggest an association between obesity and oesophageal (OA) and oesophagogastric junction adenocarcinomas (OGJA). However, these studies have…”
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Residential proximity to agriculture and risk of childhood leukemia and central nervous system tumors in the Danish national birth cohort by Patel, Deven M., Gyldenkærne, Steen, Jones, Rena R., Olsen, Sjurdur F., Tikellis, Gabriella, Granström, Charlotta, Dwyer, Terence, Stayner, Leslie T., Ward, Mary H.

“…•Residence near agriculture has been associated with childhood cancer risk.•Majority of Danish National Birth Cohort mothers lived within ½ kilometer of…”
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Urinary biomonitoring of glyphosate exposure among male farmers and nonfarmers in the Biomarkers of Exposure and Effect in Agriculture (BEEA) study by Chang, Vicky C., Ospina, Maria, Xie, Shuai, Andreotti, Gabriella, Parks, Christine G., Liu, Danping, Madrigal, Jessica M., Ward, Mary H., Rothman, Nathaniel, Silverman, Debra T., Sandler, Dale P., Friesen, Melissa C., Beane Freeman, Laura E., Calafat, Antonia M., Hofmann, Jonathan N.

“…•Glyphosate was detected (≥0.2 µg/L) in the urine of 90 % of farmers and 81 % of nonfarmers in the BEEA study.•Farmers with recent occupational glyphosate use…”
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Linking environmental nutrient enrichment and disease emergence in humans and wildlife by Johnson, Pieter T.J, Townsend, Alan R, Cleveland, Cory C, Glibert, Patricia M, Howarth, Robert W, McKenzie, Valerie J, Rejmankova, Eliska, Ward, Mary H

“…Worldwide increases in human and wildlife diseases have challenged ecologists to understand how large-scale environmental changes affect host–parasite…”
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Organochlorine pesticides and risk of papillary thyroid cancer in U.S. military personnel: a nested case-control study by Rusiecki, Jennifer A, McAdam, Jordan, Denic-Roberts, Hristina, Sjodin, Andreas, Davis, Mark, Jones, Richard, Hoang, Thanh D, Ward, Mary H, Ma, Shuangge, Zhang, Yawei

“…The effects of organochlorine pesticide (OCP) exposure on the development of human papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) are not well understood. A nested…”
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