2024
Residential proximity to toxic metal-emitting industrial sites and toenail metal concentrations in a United States-wide prospective cohort
Daniel M, Ish J, Madrigal J, Chang C, Lawrence K, Fisher J, Levine K, Trottier B, Jones R, Sandler D, White A. Residential proximity to toxic metal-emitting industrial sites and toenail metal concentrations in a United States-wide prospective cohort. Environmental Research 2024, 258: 119466. PMID: 38908662, PMCID: PMC11323170, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.119466.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchArea Deprivation IndexBlack womenToenail metal concentrationsAssociated with adverse health outcomesLow exposure prevalenceNon-Hispanic blacksNon-Hispanic whitesAdverse health outcomesMetal concentrationsMultivariate linear regressionNeighborhood deprivationBaseline residenceDeprivation indexSister StudyHealth outcomesExposure prevalenceDisadvantaged areasResidential proximityBlack participantsWhite participantsUnited StatesProspective cohortExposure to toxic metalsToenail concentrationsParticipantsNitrate exposure from drinking water and dietary sources among Iowa farmers using private wells
Skalaban T, Thompson D, Madrigal J, Blount B, Espinosa M, Kolpin D, Deziel N, Jones R, Beane Freeman L, Hofmann J, Ward M. Nitrate exposure from drinking water and dietary sources among Iowa farmers using private wells. The Science Of The Total Environment 2024, 919: 170922. PMID: 38350573, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170922.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaximum contaminant levelUrinary nitrate concentrationDietary intakeNitrate concentrationsNitrate excretionNitrate exposureDietary nitrateDrinking waterDietary assessment toolsPrivate wellsAssociated with adverse health risksVulnerable to nitrate contaminationWater nitrate concentrationsNitrate ingestionAdverse health risksAgricultural Health StudyDrinking water intakeMedian intakeProspective cohortUrinary nitrateDietary nitrate ingestionContamination levelsNitrate contaminationNitrate intakeHealth Study
2023
Residential Proximity to Carcinogenic Industrial Air Emissions and Breast Cancer Incidence in a United States-Wide Prospective Cohort
Ish J, Madrigal J, Pearce J, Keil A, Fisher J, Jones R, White A. Residential Proximity to Carcinogenic Industrial Air Emissions and Breast Cancer Incidence in a United States-Wide Prospective Cohort. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2023, 32: 865-865. DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-23-0376.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBreast cancer incidenceIncident breast cancerCancer incidenceHazard ratioParticipating residentsAssociated with breast cancer incidenceBreast cancerEstimate adjusted hazard ratiosAssociated with breast cancerConfidence intervalsBreast cancer casesIndustrial carcinogensAdjusted hazard ratiosCox proportional hazards regressionExposure-response functionsProportional hazards regressionBaseline residenceExposure prevalenceCancer casesResidential proximityHazards regressionProspective cohortIndustrial air emissionsParticipantsResidents