Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center

Publications

2012

Breton, C.V., Wang, X., Mack, W.J., Berhane, K., Lopez, M., Islam, T.S., Feng, M., Lurmann, F., McConnell, R., Hodis, H.N., et al. (2012). Childhood air pollutant exposure and carotid artery intima-media thickness in young adults. Circulation 126, 1614-1620.

Rich DQ, Kipen HM, Huang W, Wang G, Wang Y, Zhu P, Ohman-Strickland P, Hu M, Philipp C, Diehl SR, Lu SE, Tong J, Gong J, Thomas D, Zhu T, Zhang JJ.  Association between changes in air pollution levels during the Beijing Olympics and biomarkers of inflammation and thrombosis in healthy young adults.  JAMA 2012; 307: 2068-78 PMID:22665106

Salam, M.T., Byun, H.M., Lurmann, F., Breton, C.V., Wang, X., Eckel, S.P., and Gilliland, F.D. (2012). Genetic and epigenetic variations in inducible nitric oxide synthase promoter, particulate pollution, and exhaled nitric oxide levels in children. J Allergy Clin Immunol 129, 232-239 e231-237.

Jiang X, Castelao JE, Yuan JM, Stern MC, Conti DV, Cortessis VK, Pike MC, Gago-Dominguez M.  Cigarette smoking and subtypes of bladder cancer.  Int J Cancer 130, 896-901, 2012.

Lacson JCA, Carroll JD, Tuazon E, Castelao EJ, Bernstein L, Coretessis VK.  Population-based case-control study of recreational drug use and testis cancer risk confirms an association between marijuana use and nonseminoma risk.  Cancer 118: 5374-83, 2012.

Oksuzyan S, Crespi CM, Cockburn M, Mezei G, Kheifets L.  Birth weight and other perinatal characteristics and childhood leukemia in California.  Cancer Epidemiology 36, e359-e365, 2012

Hu, S., S. Paulson, S. A. Fruin, K. Kozawa, S. Mara, and A. M. Winer, 2012. “Observation of Elevated Air Pollutant Concentration in a Residential Neighborhood of Los Angeles California Using a Mobile Platform,” Atmospheric Environment, 51: 311-319.

Wu W, Peden D, McConnell R, Fruin S, Diaz-Sanchez D. Glutathione-S-transferase M1 regulation of diesel exhaust particle-induced pro-inflammatory mediator expression in normal human bronchial epithelial cells. Particle and Fibre Toxicology 2012 PMCID: PMC3480908

Dunton G, McConnell R, Jerrett M, Wolch J, Lam C, Gilliland F, Berhane K.  Organized physical activity in young school children and subsequent 4-year change in body mass index.  Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2012; 166: 713-8 [pmcid: 3415326].

Breton CV, Salam MT, Wang X, Byun HM, Siegmund KD, Gilliland FD.  Particulate matter, DNA methylation in nitric oxide synthase, and childhood respiratory disease.  Environmental Health Perspectives 2012; 120: 1320-6 [pmcid: 3440108].

Cortessis VK, Thomas DC, Levine AJ, Breton CV, Mack TM, Siegmund KD, Haile RW, Laird PW.  Environmental epigenetics: prospects for studying epigenetic mediation of exposure-response relationships.  Human Genetics 2012; 131: 1565-89 [pmcid: 3432200].

Hricko A. Progress and Pollution: Port Cities Prepare for the Panama Canal Expansion. Environ Health Perspect.  2012 Dec;120(12):a470-3. doi: 10.1289/ehp.120-a470. PMID:23211315

Brandt SJ, Perez L, Künzli N, Lurmann F, McConnell R. Costs of childhood asthma due to traffic-related pollution in two California communities. Eur Respir J. 2012 Aug;40(2):363-70. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00157811. Epub 2012 Jan 20. PMID: 22267764.

Perez L, Lurmann F, Wilson J, Pastor M, Brandt SJ, Künzli N, McConnell R.Near-roadway pollution and childhood asthma: implications for developing "win-win" compact urban development and clean vehicle strategies. Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Nov;120(11):1619-26. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1104785. Epub 2012 Sep 5. PMID: 23008270

2011

Zhang Y, McConnell R, Gilliland F,Berhane K. Ethnic differences in the effect of asthma on pulmonary function in children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2011; 183:596-603 PMCID:

Salam MT, Bastain TM, Rappaport EB, et al. Genetic variations in nitric oxide synthase and arginase influence exhaled nitric oxide levels in children. Allergy 2011; 66:412-9 PMCID:

Murcray CE, Lewinger JP, Conti DV, Thomas DC,Gauderman WJ. Sample size requirements to detect gene-environment interactions in genome-wide association studies. Genet Epidemiol 2011; 35:201-10 PMCID:

Li D, London SJ, Liu J, et al. Association of the Calcyon Neuron-Specific Vesicular Protein Gene (CALY) With Adolescent Smoking Initiation in China and California. Am J Epidemiol 2011 PMCID:

Islam T, Urman R, Gauderman WJ, et al. Parental Stress Increases the Detrimental Effect of Traffic Exposure on Children's Lung Function. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2011 PMCID:

Eckel SP, Berhane K, Salam MT, et al. Residential Traffic-Related Pollution Exposures and Exhaled Nitric Oxide in the Children's Health Study. Environ Health Perspect 2011; 119:1472-7 PMCID:

Breton CV, Salam MT, Vora H, Gauderman WJ,Gilliland FD. Genetic Variation in the Glutathione Synthesis Pathway, Air Pollution, and Children's Lung Function Growth. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2011; 183:243-8 PMCID:

Breton CV, Salam MT,Gilliland FD. Heritability and role for the environment in DNA methylation in AXL receptor tyrosine kinase. Epigenetics 2011; 6:895-8 PMCID:

Breton CV, Byun HM, Wang X, Salam MT, Siegmund K,Gilliland FD. DNA methylation in the arginase-nitric oxide synthase pathway is associated with exhaled nitric oxide in children with asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2011; 184:191-7 PMCID: 3172885.

Bastain TM, Islam T, Berhane KT, et al. Exhaled nitric oxide, susceptibility and new-onset asthma in the Children's Health Study. Eur Respir J 2011; 37:523-31 PMCID:

Birkner JS, Fung D, Hinds WC, Kennedy NJ. Particle release from respirators, part I: determination of the effect of particle size, drop height, and load. J Occup Environ Hyg 2011;8:1-9.

Birkner JS, Kovalchik S, Fung D, Hinds WC, Kennedy NJ. Particle release from respirators, part II: determination of the effect of tension applied in simulation of removal. J Occup Environ Hyg 2011;8:10-2.

Salam MT, Bastain TM, Rappaport EB, Islam T, Berhane K, Gauderman WJ, Gilliland FD. Genetic variations in nitric oxide synthase and arginase influence exhaled nitric oxide levels in children. Allergy 66(3):412-9, 2011.

2010

Wolch J, Jerrett M, Reynolds K, et al. Childhood obesity and proximity to urban parks and recreational resources: A longitudinal cohort study. Health Place 2010 PMCID:

Shankardass K, Jerrett M, Milam J, Richardson J, Berhane K,McConnell R. Social environment and asthma: associations with crime and No Child Left Behind programmes. J Epidemiol Community Health 2010 PMCID:

McConnell R, Islam T, Shankardass K, et al. Childhood incident asthma and traffic-related air pollution at home and school. Environ Health Perspect 2010; 118:1021-6 PMCID:

Kunzli N, Jerrett M, Garcia-Esteban R, et al. Ambient air pollution and the progression of atherosclerosis in adults. PLoS One 2010; 5:e9096 PMCID: 2817007.

Jerrett M, McConnell R, Chang CCR, et al. Automobile traffic around the home and attained body mass index: A longitudinal cohort study of children aged 10-18 years. Preventive Medicine 2010; 50:S50-S58 PMCID:

Islam T, Breton C, Salam MT, et al. Role of inducible nitric oxide synthase in asthma risk and lung function growth during adolescence. Thorax 2010; 65:139-45 PMCID:

Hunninghake GM, Soto-Quiros ME, Avila L, et al. TSLP polymorphisms are associated with asthma in a sex-specific fashion. Allergy 2010; 65:1566-75 PMCID: 2970693.

Gauderman WJ, Thomas DC, Murcray CE, Conti D, Li D,Lewinger JP. Efficient genome-wide association testing of gene-environment interaction in case-parent trios. Am J Epidemiol 2010; 172:116-22 PMCID: 2915477.

DeWan AT, Triche EW, Xu X, et al. PDE11A associations with asthma: results of a genome-wide association scan. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2010; 126:871-873 e9 PMCID:

Berhane K, Zhang Y, Linn WS, et al. The Effect of Ambient Air Pollution on Exhaled Nitric Oxide in the Children's Health Study. Eur Respir J 2010 PMCID:

Baurley JW, Conti DV, Gauderman WJ,Thomas DC. Discovery of complex pathways from observational data. Stat Med 2010; 29:1998-2011 PMCID: 2922970.

Thomas D. Gene-environment-wide association studies: emerging approaches. Nat Rev Genet 2010;11:259-72.

Gauderman WJ, Thomas DC, Murcray C, Conti DV, Li D, Lewinger JP. Efficient genome-wide association testing of gene-environment interaction in case-parent trios. Am J Epidemiology 2010; 172: 116-122 [PMID: 20543031].

Thomas D. Methods for investigating gene-environment interactions in candidate pathway and genome-wide association studies. Annu Rev Public Health 2010; 31: 21-36 [PMID: 20070199].

Nielsen SS, McKean-Cowdin R, Farin FM, Holly EA, Preston-Martin S, Mueller BA. Childhood brain tumors, residential insecticide exposure, and pesticide metabolism genes. Environ Health Perspect 2010, 118: 114-9.

Brevik A, Joshi AD, Corral R, 9 authors + Stern MC. Polymorphisms in base excision repair genes as colorectal cancer risk factors and modifiers of the effect of diets high in red meat. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2010, 19: 3167-73.

Gatto N, Rhodes S, Manthripragada AD, Bronstein J, Cockburn M, Farrer, M Ritz B. The a-Synuclein Gene May Interact with Environmental Factors in Increasing Risk of Parkinson's Disease. Neuroepidemiology. Neuroepidemiology. 2010;35(3):191-5. PMCID: PMC2945263

McConnell R, Islam T, Shankardass K, Jerrett M, Lurmann F, Gilliland F, Gauderman J, Avol E, Kunzli N, Yao L, Peters J,Berhane K. Childhood incident asthma and traffic-related air pollution at home and school. Environ Health Perspect 2010; 118:1021-6 PMCID:

Clarke CA, Moy LM, Swetter SM, Zadnick J, Cockburn MG. Interaction of area-level socioeconomic status and UV radiation on melanoma occurrence in California. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2010;19:2727-33.

Manthripragada AD, Costello S, Cockburn MG, Bronstein JM, Ritz B. Paraoxonase 1, agricultural organophosphate exposure, and Parkinson disease. Epidemiology 2010;21:87-94.

Jennerjohn N, Eiguren-Fernandez A, Prikhodko S, et al. Design, demonstration and performance of a versatile electrospray aerosol generator for nanomaterial research and applications. Nanotechnology 2010;21:255603.

Purdue MP, Bakke B, Stewart P, et al. A case-control study of occupational exposure to trichloroethylene and non-hodgkin lymphoma. Environ Health Perspect 2010;119:232-8.

Volk HE, Hertz-Picciotto I, Delwiche L, Lurmann F, McConnell R. Residential Proximity to Freeways and Autism in the CHARGE study. Environ Health Perspect 2010.

Islam T, Breton C, Salam MT, McConnell R, Wenten M, Gauderman WJ, Conti D,Van Den Berg D, Peters JM, Gilliland FD. Role of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase on Asthma Risk and Lung Function Growth During Adolescence. Thorax 2010; 65:139-45.

Kunzli N, Jerrett M, Garcia-Esteban R, Basagana X, Beckermann B, Gilliland F, Medina M, Peters J, Hodis HN, Mack WJ. Ambient air pollution and the progression of atherosclerosis in adults. PLoS One 2010; 5:e9096.

Jerrett M, McConnell R, Chang CCR, Wolch J, Reynolds K, Lurmann F, Gilliland F,Berhane K. Automobile traffic around the home and attained body mass index: A longitudinal cohort study of children aged 10-18 years. Preventive Medicine; 50:S50-S58, 2010.

McConnell R, Islam T, Shankardass K, Jerrett M, Lurmann F, Gilliland FD, Gauderman J, Avol E, Kuenzli N, Yao L, Peters J, Berhane K. Childhood Incident Asthma and Traffic- Related Air Pollution at Home and School. Environ Health Perspect; 2010 Jul;118(7):A305.

McConnell R, Liu F, Wu J, Lurmann F, Peters J, Berhane K. Asthma and school commuting time. J Occupational Environ Med; 2010 Aug;52(8):827-8.

Pollitt R, Clarke C, Swetter S, Peng D, Zadnick J, Cockburn M. The expanding melanoma burden in Hispanics: Importance of socioeconomic distribution, histologic subtype and anatomic location. Cancer; in press 2010.

Künzli N, Jerrett M, Garcia-Esteban R, Basagaña X, Beckermann B, Gilliland F, Medina M, Peters J, Hodis HN,Mack WJ. Ambient Air Pollution and the Progression of Atherosclerosis in Adults. PLoS One 2010; 5:e9096 PMCID:

Eiguren-Fernandez A, Shinyashiki M, Schmitz DA, Distefano E, Hinds W, Kumagai Y, Cho AK,Froines JR. Redox and electrophilic properties of vapor- and particle-phase components of ambient aerosols. Environ Res 2010 PMCID:

Bernstein JL, Haile RW, Stovall M, Boice JDJ, Shore RE, Langholz BM, Thomas DC, Bernstein L, Lynch CF, Olsen JH, Malone KE, Mellemkjaer L, Borrensen-Dale A-L, Rosenstein BS, Teraoka S, Diep AT, Smith SA, Capanu M, Reiner AS, Liang X, Gatti RA, The_WECARE_Study_Collaborative_Group,Concannon P. Radiation exposure, the ATM gene, and risk of bilateral breast cancer in the WECARE study. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2010:in press PMCID:

2009

Pomerantz MM, Beckwith CA, Regan MM, Wyman SK, Petrovics G, Chen Y, Hawksworth DJ, Schumacher FR, Mucci L, Penney KL, Stampfer MJ, Chan JA, Ardlie KG, Fritz BR, Parkin RK, Lin DW, Dyke M, Herman P, Lee S, Oh WK, Kantoff PW, Tewari M, McLeod DG, Srivastava S,Freedman ML. Evaluation of the 8q24 prostate cancer risk locus and MYC expression. Cancer Res 2009; 69:5568-74 PMCID:

Joshi AD, Corral R, Siegmund KD, Haile RW, Le Marchand L, Martinez ME, Ahnen DJ, Sandler RS, Lance P,Stern MC. Red meat and poultry intake, polymorphisms in the nucleotide excision repair and mismatch repair pathways and colorectal cancer risk. Carcinogenesis 2009; 30:472-9 PMCID: 2722151.

Cozen W, Hamilton AS, Zhao P, Salam MT, Deapen DM, Nathwani BN, Weiss LM,Mack TM. A protective role for early oral exposures in the etiology of young adult Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood 2009; 114:4014-20 PMCID:

Wu AH, Pearce CL, Tseng CC, Templeman C,Pike MC. Markers of inflammation and risk of ovarian cancer in Los Angeles County. Int J Cancer 2009; 124:1409-15 PMCID:

Nielsen S, McKean-Cowdin R, Farin F, Holly E, Preston-Martin S,Mueller B. Childhood Brain Tumors, Residential Insecticide Exposure and Pesticide Metabolism Genes. Environmental Health Perspectives 2009; 118:in press PMCID:

Breton CV, Byun HM, Wenten M, Pan F, Yang A,Gilliland FD. Prenatal tobacco smoke exposure affects global and gene-specific DNA methylation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009; 180:462-7 PMCID: 2742762.

Wenten M, Li YF, Lin PC, Gauderman WJ, Berhane K, Avol E,Gilliland FD. In utero smoke exposure, glutathione S-transferase P1 haplotypes, and respiratory illness-related absence among schoolchildren. Pediatrics 2009; 123:1344-51 PMCID:

Shankardass K, McConnell R, Jerrett M, Milam J, Richardson J,Berhane K. Parental stress increases the effect of traffic-related air pollution on childhood asthma incidence. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:12406-11 PMCID: 2718368.

Breton CV, Byun HM, Wenten M, Pan F, Yang A,Gilliland FD. Prenatal tobacco smoke exposure affects global and gene-specific DNA methylation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009; 180:462-7 PMCID: 2742762.

Breton CV, Vora H, Salam MT, Islam T, Wenten M, Gauderman WJ, Van den Berg D, Berhane K, Peters JM,Gilliland FD. Variation in the GST mu locus and tobacco smoke exposure as determinants of childhood lung function. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009; 179:601-7 PMCID: 2720124.

Jerrett M, McConnell R, Chang CC, Wolch J, Reynolds K, Lurmann F, Gilliland F,Berhane K. Automobile traffic around the home and attained body mass index: A longitudinal cohort study of children aged 10-18 years. Prev Med 2009 PMCID:

Perez L, Kunzli N, Avol E, Hricko AM, Lurmann F, Nicholas E, Gilliland F, Peters J,McConnell R. Global goods movement and the local burden of childhood asthma in southern California. Am J Public Health 2009; 99 Suppl 3:S622-8 PMCID:

Thomas DC. Statistical Methods in Environmental Epidemiology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.

Thomas DC, Casey G, Conti DV, Haile RW, Lewinger JP,Stram DO. Methodological issues in multi-stage genome-wide association studies. Statistical Science 2009:in press PMCID:

Murcray CE, Lewinger JP,Gauderman WJ. Gene-environment interaction in genome-wide association studies. American Journal of Epidemiology 2009; 169:219-26 PMCID:

Conti DV, Lewinger JP, Swan GE, Tyndale RF, Benowitz NL,Thomas PD. Using ontologies in hierarchical modeling of genes and exposures in biologic pathways. In: Swan GE, ed. Phenotypes and Endophenotypes: Foundations for Genetic Studies of Nicotine Use and Dependence. Vol. 20. Bethesda, MD: NCI Tobacco Control Monographs, 2009:539-84.

Thomas PD, Mi H, Swan GE, Lerman C, Benowitz N, Tyndale RF, Bergen AW,Conti DV. A systems biology network model for genetic association studies of nicotine addiction and treatment. Pharmacogenet Genomics 2009; 19:538-551 PMCID:

Baurley JW, Conti DV,Thomas DC. Discovery of complex pathways from observational data. Statistics in Medicine 2009:under review PMCID:

Thomas DC, Conti DV, Baurley J, Nijhout F, Reed M,Ulrich CM. Use of pathway information in molecular epidemiology. Hum Genomics 2009:in press PMCID:

Kozawa KH, Fruin SA,Winer AM. Near-road air pollution impacts of goods movement in communities adjacent to the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Atmospheric Environment 2009; 43:2960-2970 PMCID:

Hu S, Fruin S, Kozawa K, Mara S, Winer AM,Paulson SE. Aircraft Emission Impacts in a Neighborhood Adjacent to a General Aviation Airport in Southern California. Environmental Science & Technology 2009; 43:8039-8045 PMCID:

SS, Fruin S, Kozawa K, Mara S, Paulson SE,Winer AM. A wide area of air pollutant impact downwind of a freeway during pre-sunrise hours. Atmospheric Environment 2009; 43:2541-2549 PMCID:

2008

Jiang X, Castelao JE, Groshen S, Cortessis VK, Shibata DK, Conti DV,Gago-Dominguez M. Water intake and bladder cancer risk in Los Angeles County. Int J Cancer 2008; 123:1649-56 PMCID:

Li YF, Gauderman WJ, Conti DV, Lin PC, Avol E,Gilliland FD. Glutathione S-transferase P1, maternal smoking, and asthma in children: a haplotype-based analysis. Environ Health Perspect 2008; 116:409-15 PMCID: 2265034.

Wang C, Salam MT, Islam T, Wenten M, Gauderman WJ,Gilliland FD. Effects of in utero and childhood tobacco smoke exposure and beta2-adrenergic receptor genotype on childhood asthma and wheezing. Pediatrics 2008; 122:e107-14 PMCID: 2748980.

Islam T, McConnell R, Gauderman WJ, Avol E, Peters JM,Gilliland FD. Ozone, oxidant defense genes, and risk of asthma during adolescence. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2008; 177:388-95 PMCID: 2258440.

Li YF, Gauderman WJ, Conti DV, Lin PC, Avol E,Gilliland FD. Glutathione S-transferase P1, maternal smoking, and asthma in children: a haplotype-based analysis. Environ Health Perspect 2008; 116:409-15 PMCID: 2265034.

Hricko A,Green E. Community Environmental Health Assessment: Researchers Addressing "Real World" Problems. Epidemiology 2008; 19:S61-S62 PMCID:

Kunzli N, Perez L, Lurmann F, Hricko A, Penfold B,McConnell R. An attributable risk model for exposures assumed to cause both chronic disease and its exacerbations. Epidemiology 2008; 19:179-85 PMCID:

Berhane K,Molitor NT. A Bayesian approach to functional-based multilevel modeling of longitudinal data: applications to environmental epidemiology. Biostatistics 2008; 9:686-99 PMCID: 2733176.

Thomas DC, Baurley JW, Brown EE, Figueiredo J, Goldstein A, Hazra A, Hunter D, Sellers T, Wilson R,Rothman N. Approaches to complex pathways in molecular epidemiology: summary of an AACR special conference. Cancer Research 2008; 68:10028-30 PMCID:

Shinyashiki M, Rodriguez CE, Di Stefano EW, Sioutas C, Delfino RJ, Kumagai Y, Froines JR,Cho AK. On the interaction between glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and airborne particles: Evidence for electrophilic species. Atmospheric Environment 2008; 42:517-529 PMCID:

Cozen W, Avol E, Diaz-Sanchez D, McConnell R, Gauderman WJ, Cockburn MG, Zadnick J, Jyrala M,Mack TM. Use of an electrostatic dust cloth for self-administered home allergen collection. Twin Res Hum Genet 2008; 11:150-5 PMCID: 18361715.

Fruin S, Westerdahl D, Sax T, Sioutas C,Fine PM. Measurements and predictors of on-road ultrafine particle concentrations and associated pollutants in Los Angeles. Atmospheric Environment 2008; 42:207-219 PMCID:

2007

Salam MT, Lin PC, Avol EL, Gauderman WJ,Gilliland FD. Microsomal epoxide hydrolase, glutathione S-transferase P1, traffic and childhood asthma. Thorax 2007; 62:1050-7 PMCID:

Salam MT, Gauderman WJ, McConnell R, Lin PC,Gilliland FD. Transforming growth factor- 1 C-509T polymorphism, oxidant stress, and early-onset childhood asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2007; 176:1192-9 PMCID: 2176104.

Thomas DC. Multi-stage sampling for latent variable models. Lifetime Data Analysis 2007; 13:565-81 PMCID:

Langholz B, Thomas DC, Stovall M, Smith S, Boice JD, Shore RE, WECARE_Study_Group,Bernstein J. Analysis of radiation dose-response with tumor location and location-specific dose in the WECARE study of second breast cancer. Radiation Research 2007; 167:358-9 PMCID:

Thomas DC. Using gene-environment interactions to dissect the effects of complex mixtures. Journal of Exposure Scicience and Environmental Epidemiology 2007; 17 Suppl 2:S71-4 PMCID:

Thomas DC, Witte JS,Greenland S. Dissecting effects of complex mixtures: who's afraid of informative priors? Epidemiology 2007; 18:186-90 PMCID:

Thomas DC,Conti DV. Two stage genetic association studies. In: Elston RC, ed. Encycolpedia of Clinical Trials. New York: Wiley, 2007.

Ntziachristos L, Froines JR, Cho AK,Sioutas C. Relationship between redox activity and chemical speciation of size-fractionated particulate matter. Part Fibre Toxicol 2007; 4:5 PMCID: 1899517.

Cockburn M, Mills P, Zhang X, Zadnick J, Marusek J,Ritz B. Prostate cancer risk associated with ambient pesticide exposure in California's Central Valley. PCRP "CURES. Atlanta, Georgia, June 23, 2007.

Haiman CA, Patterson N, Freedman ML, Myers SR, Pike MC, Waliszewska A, Neubauer J, Tandon A, Schirmer C, McDonald GJ, Greenway SC, Stram DO, Le Marchand L, Kolonel LN, Frasco M, Wong D, Pooler LC, Ardlie K, Oakley-Girvan I, Whittemore AS, Cooney KA, John EM, Ingles SA, Altshuler D, Henderson BE,Reich D. Multiple regions within 8q24 independently affect risk for prostate cancer. Nat Genet 2007; 39:638-44 PMCID: 2638766.

Schumacher FR, Feigelson HS, Cox DG, Haiman CA, Albanes D, Buring J, Calle EE, Chanock SJ, Colditz GA, Diver WR, Dunning AM, Freedman ML, Gaziano JM, Giovannucci E, Hankinson SE, Hayes RB, Henderson BE, Hoover RN, Kaaks R, Key T, Kolonel LN, Kraft P, Le Marchand L, Ma J, Pike MC, Riboli E, Stampfer MJ, Stram DO, Thomas G, Thun MJ, Travis R, Virtamo J, Andriole G, Gelmann E, Willett WC,Hunter DJ. A common 8q24 variant in prostate and breast cancer from a large nested case-control study. Cancer Res 2007; 67:2951-6 PMCID:

Haiman CA, Le Marchand L, Yamamato J, Stram DO, Sheng X, Kolonel LN, Wu AH, Reich D,Henderson BE. A common genetic risk factor for colorectal and prostate cancer. Nat Genet 2007; 39:954-6 PMCID: 2391283.

Setiawan VW, Ursin G, Horn-Ross PL, Van Den Berg D, Le Marchand L, Henderson BE, Bernstein L,Haiman CA. Germ line variation at 8q24 and endometrial cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007; 16:2166-8 PMCID:

Gauderman WJ, Vora H, McConnell R, Berhane K, Gilliland F, Thomas D, Lurmann F, Avol E, Kunzli N, Jerrett M,Peters J. Effect of exposure to traffic on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age: a cohort study. Lancet 2007; 369:571-7 PMCID:

2006

Gilliland FD, Islam T, Berhane K, Gauderman WJ, McConnell R, Avol E,Peters JM. Regular smoking and asthma incidence in adolescents. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006; 174:1094-100 PMCID:

Hricko AM. Ships, trucks, and trains: effects of goods movement on environmental health. Environ Health Perspect 2006; 114:A204-5 PMCID: 1440794.

Wang H,Stram DO. Optimal two-stage genome-wide association designs based on False Discovery Rate. Computat Statist Data Anal 2006; 5:457-65 PMCID:

Wang H, Thomas DC, Pe'er I,Stram DO. Optimal two-stage genotyping designs for genome-wide association scans. Genetic Epidemiology 2006; 30:356-368 PMCID:

Siegmund KD, Levine AJ, Chang J,Laird PW. Modeling Exposures for DNA Methylation Profiles. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006; 15:567-572 PMCID:

Millstein J, Conti DV, Gilliland FD,Gauderman WJ. A testing framework for identifying susceptibility genes in the presence of epistasis. American Journal of Human Genetics 2006; 78:15-27 PMCID:

Tatalovich Z, Wilson JP, Mack T, Yan Y,Cockburn M. The objective assessment of lifetime cumulative ultraviolet exposure for determining melanoma risk. J Photochem Photobiol B 2006; 85:198-204 PMCID:

Tatalovich Z, Wilson JP,Cockburn M. A Comparison of Thiessen Polygon, Kriging, and Spline Models of Potential UV Exposure. Cartography and Geographic Information Science 2006; 33:217-231 PMCID:

Zhu Y, Kuhn T, Mayo P,Hinds WC. Comparison of daytime and nighttime concentration profiles and size distributions of ultrafine particles near a major highway. Environ Sci Technol 2006; 40:2531-6 PMCID:

Tatalovich Z, Wilson JP, Mack T, Yan Y,Cockburn M. The objective assessment of lifetime cumulative ultraviolet exposure for determining melanoma risk. J Photochem Photobiol B 2006; 85:198-204 PMCID:

Freedman ML, Haiman CA, Patterson N, McDonald GJ, Tandon A, Waliszewska A, Penney K, Steen RG, Ardlie K, John EM, Oakley-Girvan I, Whittemore AS, Cooney KA, Ingles SA, Altshuler D, Henderson BE,Reich D. Admixture mapping identifies 8q24 as a prostate cancer risk locus in African-American men. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:14068-73 PMCID: 1599913.

McConnell R, Berhane K, Yao L, Jerrett M, Lurmann F, Gilliland F, Kunzli N, Gauderman J, Avol E, Thomas D,Peters J. Traffic, susceptibility, and childhood asthma. Environ Health Perspect 2006; 114:766-72 PMCID:

Salam MT, Lin PC, Gauderman WJ,Gilliland FD. Genetic polymorphisms in microsomal epoxide hydrloase and childhood asthma. Proc Am Thoracic Soc 2006; 3:A349 PMCID:

Künzli N, Avol E, Wu J, Gauderman WJ, Rappaport E, Millstein J, Bennion J, McConnell R, Gilliland FD, Berhane K, Lurmann F, Winer A,Peters JM. Health effects of the 2003 southern California wildfire on children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006; 174:1221–1228 PMCID:

2005

Li YF, Langholz B, Salam MT,Gilliland FD. Maternal and grandmaternal smoking patterns are associated with early childhood asthma. Chest 2005; 127:1232-41 PMCID:

Thomas DC. The need for a systematic approach to complex pathways in molecular epidemiology. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 2005; 14:557-9 PMCID:

Thorne PS, Metwali N, Avol E,McConnell RS. Surface sampling for endotoxin assessment using electrostatic wiping cloths. Ann Occup Hyg 2005; 49:401-6 PMCID:

Gauderman WJ, Avol E, Lurmann F, Kuenzli N, Gilliland F, Peters J,McConnell R. Childhood asthma and exposure to traffic and nitrogen dioxide. Epidemiology 2005; 16:737-43 PMCID:

Kuenzli N, Jerrett M, Mack WJ, Beckerman B, LaBree L, Gilliland F, Thomas D, Peters J,Hodis HN. Ambient air pollution and atherosclerosis in Los Angeles. Environ Health Perspect 2005; 113:201-6 PMCID:

Salam MT, Millstein J, Li YF, Lurmann FW, Margolis HG,Gilliland FD. Birth outcomes and prenatal exposure to ozone, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter: results from the Children's Health Study. Environ Health Perspect 2005; 113:1638-44 PMCID:

2004

Thomas D, Xie R,Gebregziabher M. Two-stage sampling designs for gene association studies. Genetic Epidemiology 2004; 27:401-14 PMCID:

Gauderman WJ, Avol E, Gilliland F, Vora H, Thomas D, Berhane K, McConnell R, Kuenzli N, Lurmann F, Rappaport E, Margolis H, Bates D,Peters J. The effect of air pollution on lung development from 10 to 18 years of age. N Engl J Med 2004; 351:1057-67 PMCID:

Gilliland FD, Li Y-F, Saxon A,Diaz-Sanchez D. Glutathione-S-Transferase M1 and P1 genotypes protect against xenobiotic enhancement of allergic responses. Lancet 2004; 363:119-25 PMCID:

Salam MT, Gilliland F, Li Y-F,Langholz B. Early life environmental risk factors for asthma: Findings from the Children's Health Study. Environmental Health Perspectives 2004; 112 PMCID:

Salam MT, Langholz BM,Gilliland FD. Maternal fish consumption during pregnancy and risk of childhood asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004; 169:A722 PMCID:

2003

Gilliland FD, Berhane K, Islam T, Wenten M, Rappaport E, Avol E, Gauderman WJ, McConnell R,Peters JM. Environmental tobacco smoke and absenteeism related to respiratory illness in schoolchildren. Am J Epidemiol 2003; 157:861-9 PMCID:

Gilliland FD, Berhane K, Li YF, Rappaport EB,Peters JM. Effects of early onset asthma and in utero exposure to maternal smoking on childhood lung function. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003; 167:917-24 PMCID: