Melissa C Friesen
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Recent Articles
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Shala N, Veierod M, Babigumira R, Berge L, Samuelsen S, Kirkeleit J, et al.
Am J Epidemiol
. 2025 Mar;
PMID: 40036895
Kidney cancer has been a suspected occupational disease in petroleum workers. Health conditions that are linked to kidney cancer may prompt termination or change of work, and thereby restrict occupational...
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Tadesse D, Rothman N, Xie S, Hurwitz L, Friesen M, Baris D, et al.
Cancer Prev Res (Phila)
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 39995157
The New England Bladder Cancer Study (NEBCS) has recently reported an increased bladder cancer risk with occupational exposure to mononuclear aromatic organic solvents, including exposure to benzene, toluene, and xylene...
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Ezennia S, Beane Freeman L, Chang V, Xie S, Sandler D, Andreotti G, et al.
Occup Environ Med
. 2025 Jan;
81(12):635-638.
PMID: 39746796
Background: Occupational exposure to endotoxin has been associated with reduced lung cancer risk. The mechanisms underlying this association are unclear, though immunological alterations likely play a role. Farmers who perform...
4.
Xie S, Hofmann J, Sampson J, Josse P, Madrigal J, Chang V, et al.
Environ Int
. 2024 Nov;
193:109123.
PMID: 39541787
Objective: Elevated pesticide concentrations have been found in dust from homes with residents who use agricultural pesticides, but few studies have compared these concentrations to quantitative measures of their use....
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Bassig B, Shu X, Friesen M, Vermeulen R, Purdue M, Ji B, et al.
Int J Cancer
. 2024 Sep;
155(12):2159-2168.
PMID: 39221990
The carcinogenicity of benzene was reevaluated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer in 2017, with the Working Group reaffirming positive yet inconclusive associations with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). To...
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Berge L, Shala N, Barone-Adesi F, Hosgood H, Samuelsen S, Bratveit M, et al.
Occup Environ Med
. 2024 Jul;
81(7):331-338.
PMID: 38955483
Objectives: Pleural mesothelioma is a rare respiratory cancer, mainly caused by inhalation of asbestos fibres. Other inorganic fibres are also suggested risk factors. We aimed to investigate the association between...
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Chang V, Ospina M, Xie S, Andreotti G, Parks C, Liu D, et al.
Environ Int
. 2024 Apr;
187:108644.
PMID: 38636272
Glyphosate is the most widely applied herbicide worldwide. Glyphosate biomonitoring data are limited for agricultural settings. We measured urinary glyphosate concentrations and assessed exposure determinants in the Biomarkers of Exposure...
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Xie S, Friesen M, Baris D, Schwenn M, Rothman N, Johnson A, et al.
J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol
. 2024 Feb;
34(3):546-553.
PMID: 38365975
Background: Bladder cancer has been linked to several occupations that involve the use of solvents, including those used in the dry-cleaning industry. Objectives: We evaluated exposure to solvents and risk...
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Babigumira R, Veierod M, Hosgood H, Samuelsen S, Bratveit M, Kirkeleit J, et al.
Occup Environ Med
. 2023 Dec;
PMID: 38154914
Objective: The objective of our study was to examine whether occupational exposure to benzene is associated with lung cancer among males in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Workers cohort. Methods: Among...
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Langezaal M, van den Broek E, Peters S, Goldberg M, Rey G, Friesen M, et al.
Commun Med (Lond)
. 2023 Nov;
3(1):160.
PMID: 37925519
Background: Work circumstances can substantially negatively impact health. To explore this, large occupational cohorts of free-text job descriptions are manually coded and linked to exposure. Although several automatic coding tools...