Occupational exposure to diesel engine exhaust: a literature review

A Pronk, J Coble, PA Stewart - Journal of exposure science & …, 2009 - nature.com
Diesel exhaust (DE) is classified as a probable human carcinogen. Aims were to describe
the major occupational uses of diesel engines and give an overview of personal DE …

Virtual reality therapy: An effective treatment for psychological disorders

MM North, SM North, JR Coble - Handbook of virtual …, 2002 - taylorfrancis.com
Virtual environment (VE) technology is currently being used to treat phobias and other
psychological disorders. This chapter reports a brief collection of pioneering and current …

Virtual reality therapy: an effective treatment for phobias

MM North, SM North, JK Coble - Virtual environments in clinical …, 1998 - ebooks.iospress.nl
Behavioral therapy techniques for treating phobias often includes graded exposure of the
patient to anxiety-producing stimuli (Systematic Desensitization). However, in utilizing …

Use of agricultural pesticides and prostate cancer risk in the Agricultural Health Study cohort

MCR Alavanja, C Samanic, M Dosemeci… - American journal of …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
The authors examined the relation between 45 common agricultural pesticides and prostate
cancer incidence in a prospective cohort study of 55,332 male pesticide applicators from …

The diesel exhaust in miners study: a nested case–control study of lung cancer and diesel exhaust

DT Silverman, CM Samanic, JH Lubin… - Journal of the …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Background Most studies of the association between diesel exhaust exposure and lung
cancer suggest a modest, but consistent, increased risk. However, to our knowledge, no …

The diesel exhaust in miners study: a cohort mortality study with emphasis on lung cancer

MD Attfield, PL Schleiff, JH Lubin, A Blair… - Journal of the …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Background Current information points to an association between diesel exhaust exposure
and lung cancer and other mortality outcomes, but uncertainties remain. Methods We …

Pesticides and lung cancer risk in the agricultural health study cohort

MCR Alavanja, M Dosemeci, C Samanic… - American journal of …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
The authors examined the relation between 50 widely used agricultural pesticides and lung
cancer incidence in the Agricultural Health Study, a prospective cohort study of 57,284 …

Virtual reality therapy: an effective treatment for the fear of public speaking

MM North, SM North, JR Coble - International Journal of Virtual Reality, 1998 - ijvr.eu
The major goal of this research was to investigate the efficacy of virtual reality therapy (VRT)
in the treatment of the fear of public speaking. After an extensive two-stage screening …

Ultrasonic emissions: do they facilitate courtship of mice?

G Whitney, JR Coble, MD Stockton… - Journal of Comparative …, 1973 - psycnet.apa.org
Conducted 5 experiments to investigate ultrasound production by adult mice-142 F1 hybrid
C57BL/6J and BALB/cJ strain Ss in Exp I-IV and 20 descendants of 8 inbred strains in Exp V …

Pesticide use and adult-onset asthma among male farmers in the Agricultural Health Study

JA Hoppin, DM Umbach, SJ London… - European …, 2009 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Although specific pesticides have been associated with wheeze in farmers, little is known
about pesticides and asthma. Data from 19,704 male farmers in the Agricultural Health …