Objectives Chromium VI (hexavalent chromium, Cr (VI)) is an established cause of lung
cancer, but its association with gastrointestinal cancer is less clear. The goal of this study …

Objectives To examine mortality patterns and cancer incidence in a pooled cohort of 29 993
US career firefighters employed since 1950 and followed through 2009. Methods Mortality …

Background: In 1987, investigators in Liaoning Province, China, reported that mortality rates
for all cancer, stomach cancer, and lung cancer in 1970–1978 were higher in villages with …

We examined the association between late fetal death due to congenital anomalies (73
cases, 611 controls) and maternal residential proximity to pesticide applications in ten …

Background Agriculture is among the most hazardous industries in the United States.
Methods A longitudinal study of injury among migrant Hispanic farm workers residing in six …

Objectives To examine exposure–response relationships between surrogates of firefighting
exposure and select outcomes among previously studied US career firefighters. Methods …

ContextSome states prohibit the purchase of handguns by persons convicted of selected
misdemeanor crimes, but most do not. California has denied handgun purchases by violent …

Nine retrospective mortality studies of workers exposed to vinyl chloride were reviewed to
determine whether differences in their hypothesis testing results might be due to differences …

Context.—Under current federal law, many persons with prior convictions for misdemeanor
offenses pass criminal records background checks and legally purchase handguns …

This study evaluated injury severity in a group of construction workers who sustained
nonfatal falls at work. The sample consisted of 255 adults who were identified from Doctor's …