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R E Tarone

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Jemal A, Chu K, Tarone R
J Natl Cancer Inst . 2001 Feb; 93(4):277-83. PMID: 11181774
Background: Previous age-period-cohort analyses of lung cancer incidence and mortality rates in the United States have demonstrated a decrease in risk by birth cohort through 1950, consistent with declining trends...
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Inskip P, Tarone R, Hatch E, Wilcosky T, Shapiro W, Selker R, et al.
N Engl J Med . 2001 Jan; 344(2):79-86. PMID: 11150357
Background: Concern has arisen that the use of hand-held cellular telephones might cause brain tumors. If such a risk does exist, the matter would be of considerable public health importance,...
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Kleinerman R, Tarone R, Abramson D, Seddon J, Li F, Tucker M
J Natl Cancer Inst . 2000 Dec; 92(24):2037-9. PMID: 11121467
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Tarone R, Chu K
J Epidemiol Biostat . 2000 Oct; 5(4):221-31. PMID: 11055272
Background: Age-period-cohort analyses of US breast-cancer mortality rates reveal an unexpected decrease in risk for women born after 1948. Hormones are thought to play an important role in the aetiology...
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Tarone R, Chu K
J Epidemiol Biostat . 2000 Oct; 5(3):177-91. PMID: 11051114
Background: Although interpretation of age-period-cohort analyses is complicated by the non-identifiability of maximum likelihood estimates, changes in the slope of the birth-cohort effect curve are identifiable and have potential aetiologic...
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Khan S, Metter E, Tarone R, Bohr V, Grossman L, Hedayati M, et al.
Carcinogenesis . 2000 Oct; 21(10):1821-5. PMID: 11023539
We found a common biallelic polymorphism (PAT) in the xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group C (XPC) DNA repair gene consisting of an insertion of 83 bases of A and T [poly(AT)]...
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Hatch E, Kleinerman R, Linet M, Tarone R, Kaune W, Auvinen A, et al.
Epidemiology . 2000 Oct; 11(2):189-98. PMID: 11021619
In contrast with several previous studies, our recent large case-control study found little association between childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and electric-power-line wire codes. Here we examine internal evidence from...
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Tarone R, Chu K, Brawley O
Epidemiology . 2000 Oct; 11(2):167-70. PMID: 11021614
It has been noted that the most important evidence for a benefit of early detection of prostate cancer using prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing would be a decline in prostate cancer...
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Auvinen A, Linet M, Hatch E, Kleinerman R, Robison L, Kaune W, et al.
Am J Epidemiol . 2000 Jul; 152(1):20-31. PMID: 10901326
Data collected by the National Cancer Institute-Children's Cancer Group were utilized to explore various metrics of magnetic field levels and risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children. Cases were...
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Figgs L, Holland N, Rothmann N, Zahm S, Tarone R, Hill R, et al.
Cancer Causes Control . 2000 Jun; 11(4):373-80. PMID: 10843448
Objective: Evaluate peripheral blood lymphocyte proliferation (replicative index:RI) and micronuclei frequency (MF) among 2,4-D herbicide applicators. Methods: Twelve applicators spraying only 2,4-D provided a blood and urine specimen upon enrollment,...