Long-Term Exposure to Arsenic in Community Water Supplies and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease among Women in the California Teachers Study
Medgyesi D, Bangia K, Spielfogel E, Fisher J, Madrigal J, Jones R, Ward M, Lacey J, Sanchez T. Long-Term Exposure to Arsenic in Community Water Supplies and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease among Women in the California Teachers Study. Environmental Health Perspectives 2024, 132: 107006. PMID: 39440943, PMCID: PMC11498017, DOI: 10.1289/ehp14410.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexIschemic heart diseaseHazard ratioCardiovascular diseaseHealth care administrative recordsSmoking statusCalifornia Teachers Study cohortIschemic heart disease casesRisk of ischemic heart diseaseParticipant's residential addressNeighborhood socioeconomic statusCalifornia Teachers StudyCardiovascular disease casesCases of ischemic heart diseaseCardiovascular disease riskRisk of cardiovascular diseaseIncreased cardiovascular disease riskResidential addressesFollow-upSocioeconomic statusYears of ageStratified analysisBaseline ageTeachers StudyCommunity water suppliesConstruction of residential histories to estimate long-term environmental exposures in the California Teachers Study cohort
Medgyesi D, Spielfogel E, Ward M, Jones R, Savage K, Benbow J, Lacey J, Sanchez T. Construction of residential histories to estimate long-term environmental exposures in the California Teachers Study cohort. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2024, 1-7. PMID: 38448681, PMCID: PMC11377857, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-023-00631-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEnvironmental epidemiology studiesResidential historyEpidemiological studiesCalifornia Teachers Study participantsLow socioeconomic status areasCalifornia Teachers Study cohortSocioeconomic status areasCalifornia Teachers StudyCalifornia Cancer RegistryChronic health outcomesLong-term environmental exposureEnvironmental exposuresFollow-up questionnaireSelf-reported informationFollow-upYears of follow-upYears post-enrollmentYoung womenEnrollment addressCancer RegistryHealth outcomesParticipating residentsHispanic/Latino womenEvaluating long-term exposurePost-enrollment