1 Section of Thoracic Medicine, Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway; 2 Centre Recerca Epidemiologia Ambiental (CREAL-IMIM), Barcelona, Spain; 3 Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; 4 Centre for MEGA Epidemiology, School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia; 5 Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, National Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of...

from April, 2009 to March, 2011 in China Maoti Wei, Zhong qiang Yan, Chunrong Wang, Wei Liu, Wuchun Cao Department of Epidemiology, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China. Tianjin Key Laboratory for Prevention and control of Occupational and Environmental Hazard, Department of Epidemiology, Logistic University of CPAPF, Tianjin, China. Department of Clinical Microbio...

BACKGROUND Dystonia is a movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions that cause twisting movements and abnormal postures. Primary dystonia is the most common form and is thought to be a multifactorial condition in which one or more genes combine with environmental factors to reach disease. METHODS We reviewed controlled studies on possible environmental risk factors for...

Background: Dystonia is a movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions that cause twisting movements and abnormal postures. Primary dystonia is the most common form and is thought to be a multifactorial condition in which one or more genes combine with environmental factors to reach disease. Methods: We reviewed controlled studies on possible environmental risk factors for...

1 Department of Biostatistics and Research Epidemiology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI. 2 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Center in Molecular and Cellular Toxicology with Human Applications, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. 3 Section of Allergy-Immunology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA. 4 Section of Allergy and Immunology, Division of Pulmonary, Critica...

This is the first of a series of annual symposia planned by the Center for Environmental Epidemiology of the University of Pittsburgh. The Center is under the sponsorship of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, and it is appropriate that this first symposium will address the issue of epidemiologic studies as a scientific basis for environmental policy-making. The value of studies carried ...

Cancer etiology involves the interplay of genetic and environmental factors. Striking geographic differences and changes in cancer incidence over time have led epidemiologists to infer that probably the major etiologic component is environmental. Recent experiences with vinyl chloride, kepone, and polybrominated biphenyl illustrate the problems involved in epidemiologic studies of proven or sus...

Environmental exposures, used in the broadest sense of lifestyle, infections, radiation, natural and man-made chemicals and occupation, are a major cause of human cancer. However, the precise contribution of specific risk factors and their interaction, both with each other and with genotype, continues to be difficult to elucidate. This is partially due to limitations in accurately measuring exp...

An epidemiological and environmental approach is the appropriate starting point to understanding preterm labour. Although there are multiple aetiologies it seems likely that anthropometric and environmental risk factors in combination with inherent genetic susceptibilities contribute to an increased risk of preterm labour for certain women. Poct 2pulation-based studies identifying risk factors ...