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Selected Publications

John Acquavella

John Acquavella

John Acquavella

  

  • Acquavella J. Epidemiologic studies of glyphosate and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: A review with consideration of exposure frequency, systemic dose, and study quality. Glob Epidemiol. 2023 5:100101. doi: 10.1016/j.gloepi.2023.100101. PMID: 37638378; PMCID: PMC10445963.
  • Acquavella J, Ehrenstein V, Schiødt M, Heide-Jørgensen U, Kjellman A, Hansen S, Larsson Wexell C, Herlofson BB, Noerholt SE, Ma H, Öhrling K, Hernandez RK, Sørensen HT. Design and methods for a Scandinavian pharmacovigilance study of osteonecrosis of the jaw and serious infections among cancer patients treated with antiresorptive agents for the prevention of skeletal-related events. Clin Epidemiol. 2016 8:267-72. doi: 10.2147/CLEP.S107270. PMID: 27499646; PMCID: PMC4959599.
  • Acquavella J. Conflict of interest: a hazard for epidemiology. Ann Epidemiol. 2019 34:8-11. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2019.03.003. Epub 2019 Apr 3. PMID: 31029577.
  • Acquavella JF, Alexander BH, Mandel JS, Burns CJ, Gustin C. Exposure misclassification in studies of agricultural pesticides: insights from biomonitoring. Epidemiology. 2006 17(1):69-74. doi: 10.1097/01.ede.0000190603.52867.22. PMID: 16357597.
  • Acquavella JF, Alexander BH, Mandel JS, Gustin C, Baker B, Chapman P, Bleeke M. Glyphosate biomonitoring for farmers and their families: results from the Farm Family Exposure Study. Environ Health Perspect. 2004 112(3):321-6. doi: 10.1289/ehp.6667. PMID: 14998747; PMCID: PMC1241861.

Paolo Boffetta

John Acquavella

John Acquavella

  • Boffetta P, McLaughlin JK, La Vecchia C, Tarone RE, Lipworth L, Blot WJ. False-positive results in cancer epidemiology: a plea for epistemological modesty. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2008 100(14):988-95. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djn191. PMID: 18612135; PMCID: PMC2467434.
  • Boffetta P, Farioli A, Rizzello E. Application of epidemiological findings to individuals. Med Lav. 2020 Feb 24;111(1):10-21. doi: 10.23749/mdl.v111i1.9055. PMID: 32096769; PMCID: PMC7809964.
  • Boffetta P, Winn DM, Ioannidis JP, Thomas DC, Little J, Smith GD, Cogliano VJ, Hecht SS, Seminara D, Vineis P, Khoury MJ. Recommendations and proposed guidelines for assessing the cumulative evidence on joint effects of genes and environments on cancer occurrence in humans. Int J Epidemiol. 2012 41(3):686-704. doi: 10.1093/ije/dys010. PMID: 22596931; PMCID: PMC3481885.
  • Kepp KP, Aavitsland P, Ballin M, Balloux F, Baral S, Bardosh K, Bauchner H, Bendavid E, Bhopal R, Blumstein DT, Boffetta P, Bourgeois F, Brufsky A, Collignon PJ, Cripps S, Cristea IA, Curtis N, Djulbegovic B, Faude O, Flacco ME, Guyatt GH, Hajishengallis G, Hemkens LG, Hoffmann T, Joffe AR, Klassen TP, Koletsi D, Kontoyiannis DP, Kuhl E, La Vecchia C, Lallukka T, Lambris J, Levitt M, Makridakis S, Maltezou HC, Manzoli L, Marusic A, Mavragani C, Moher D, Mol BW, Muka T, Naudet F, Noble PW, Nordström A, Nordström P, Pandis N, Papatheodorou S, Patel CJ, Petersen I, Pilz S, Plesnila N, Ponsonby AL, Rivas MA, Saltelli A, Schabus M, Schippers MC, Schünemann H, Solmi M, Stang A, Streeck H, Sturmberg JP, Thabane L, Thombs BD, Tsakris A, Wood SN, Ioannidis JPA. Panel stacking is a threat to consensus statement validity. J Clin Epidemiol. 2024 173:111428. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111428. PMID: 38897481.
  • Ciocan C, Franco N, Pira E, Mansour I, Godono A, Boffetta P. Methodological issues in descriptive environmental epidemiology. The example of study Sentieri. Med Lav. 2021 112(1):15-33. doi: 10.23749/mdl.v112i1.10099. PMID: 33635292; PMCID: PMC8023053.

Igor Burstyn

George Maldonado

George Maldonado

  • Phillips CV, Burstyn I, Miller DJ, Hamade AK, Avanasi R, Boon D, Rege SV, Déglin SE. Improving the integration of epidemiological data into human health risk assessment: What risk assessors told us they want. Glob Epidemiol. 2024 8:100167. doi: 10.1016/j.gloepi.2024.100167. PMID: 39435396; PMCID: PMC11492098.
  • Burstyn I, Gustafson P, Pintos J, Lavoué J, Siemiatycki J. Correction of odds ratios in case-control studies for exposure misclassification with partial knowledge of the degree of agreement among experts who assessed exposures. Occup Environ Med. 2018 75(2):155-159. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2017-104609. PMID: 29089391.
  • Lee PH, Burstyn I. Identification of confounder in epidemiologic data contaminated by measurement error in covariates. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2016 16:54. doi: 10.1186/s12874-016-0159-6. PMID: 27193095; PMCID: PMC4870765.
  • Burstyn I, Yang Y, Schnatter AR. Effects of non-differential exposure misclassification on false conclusions in hypothesis-generating studies. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2014 11(10):10951-66. doi: 10.3390/ijerph111010951. PMID: 25337942; PMCID: PMC4211016.
  • Burstyn I, Kromhout H. Trends in inhalation exposure to hydrocarbons among commercial painters in The Netherlands. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2002 28(6):429-38. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.695. PMID: 12539803.

George Maldonado

George Maldonado

George Maldonado

  •   Maldonado G. Missing pieces: Known unknowns in epidemiologic methods. Glob Epidemiol. 2022 4:100086. doi: 10.1016/j.gloepi.2022.100086. PMID: 37637016; PMCID: PMC10445992.
  • Maldonado G, Cox LA. Causal reasoning in epidemiology: Philosophy and logic. Glob Epidemiol. 2020 2: 100020. doi.org/10.1016/j.gloepi.2020.100020.
  • Maldonado G. The role of counterfactual theory in causal reasoning. Ann Epidemiol. 2016 26(10):681-682. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2016.08.017. Epub 2016 Aug 31. PMID: 27641317.
  • Maldonado G. Toward a clearer understanding of causal concepts in epidemiology. Ann Epidemiol. 2013 23(12):743-9. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.09.001. PMID: 24404565.
  • Maldonado G, Greenland S. Estimating causal effects. Int J Epidemiol. 2002 31(2):422-9. https://doi.org/10.1093/intjepid/31.2.422. PMID: 11980807.

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