Spinal cord injury causes rapid, severe osteoporosis with increased fracture risk.
Mechanical unloading after paralysis results in increased osteocyte expression of sclerostin …

Importance Acute traumatic spinal cord injury results in disability and use of health care
resources, yet data on contemporary national trends of traumatic spinal cord injury incidence …

Respiratory dysfunction is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in spinal cord injury
(SCI), which causes impairment of respiratory muscles, reduced vital capacity, ineffective …

Background: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Existing
studies on the association between temperatures and cardiovascular deaths have been …

Diesel exhaust has been suspected to be a lung carcinogen. The assessment of this lung
cancer risk has been limited by lack of studies of exposed workers followed for many years …

Use of wood for residential heating is regaining popularity in developed countries. Currently,
over 11 million US homes are heated with a wood stove. Although wood stoves reduce …

Rationale: Population-based studies have demonstrated associations between ambient air
pollution exposures and mortality, but few have been able to adjust for occupational …

Background: Diesel engine exhaust (DEE) has recently been classified as a known human
carcinogen. Objective: We derived a meta-exposure–response curve (ERC) for DEE and …

Background An elevated risk of lung cancer in truck drivers has been attributed to diesel
exhaust exposure. Interpretation of these studies specifically implicating diesel exhaust as a …

Background COPD is characterized by variability in exercise capacity and physical activity
(PA), and acute exacerbations (AEs). Little is known about the relationship between daily …