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152. IARC Monographs: 40 Years of Evaluating Carcinogenic Hazards to Humans
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Pearce, Neil Blair, Aaron Vineis, Paolo Ahrens, Wolfgang and Andersen, Aage Anto, Josep M. Armstrong, Bruce K. and Baccarelli, Andrea A. Beland, Frederick A. Berrington, Amy and Bertazzi, Pier Alberto Birnbaum, Linda S. Brownson, Ross C. and Bucher, John R. Cantor, Kenneth P. Cardis, Elisabeth and Cherrie, John W. Christiani, David C. Cocco, Pierluigi and Coggon, David Comba, Pietro Demers, Paul A. Dement, John M. and Douwes, Jeroen Eisen, Ellen A. Engel, Lawrence S. and Fenske, Richard A. Fleming, Lora E. Fletcher, Tony Fontham, Elizabeth Forastiere, Francesco Frentzel-Beyme, Rainer and Fritschi, Lin Gerin, Michel Goldberg, Marcel Grandjean, Philippe Grimsrud, Tom K. Gustavsson, Per Haines, Andy and Hartge, Patricia Hansen, Johnni Hauptmann, Michael Heederik, Dick Hemminki, Kari Hemon, Denis Hertz-Picciotto, Irva and Hoppin, Jane A. Huff, James Jarvholm, Bengt Kang, Daehee and Karagas, Margaret R. Kjaerheim, Kristina Kjuus, Helge and Kogevinas, Manolis Kriebel, David Kristensen, Petter and Kromhout, Hans Laden, Francine Lebailly, Pierre LeMasters, Grace Lubin, Jay H. Lynch, Charles F. Lynge, Elsebeth and Mannetje, Andrea `t McMichael, Anthony J. McLaughlin, John R. and Marrett, Loraine Martuzzi, Marco Merchant, James A. and Merler, Enzo Merletti, Franco Miller, Anthony Mirer, Franklin E. Monson, Richard Nordby, Karl-Cristian Olshan, Andrew F. Parent, Marie-Elise Perera, Frederica P. Perry, Melissa J. Pesatori, Angela Cecilia Pirastu, Roberta Porta, Miquel Pukkala, Eero Rice, Carol Richardson, David B. and Ritter, Leonard Ritz, Beate Ronckers, Cecile M. Rushton, Lesley Rusiecki, Jennifer A. Rusyn, Ivan Samet, Jonathan M. and Sandler, Dale P. de Sanjose, Silvia Schernhammer, Eva and Costantini, Adele Seniori Seixas, Noah Shy, Carl and Siemiatycki, Jack Silverman, Debra T. Simonato, Lorenzo and Smith, Allan H. Smith, Martyn T. Spinelli, John J. Spitz, Margaret R. Stallones, Lorann Stayner, Leslie T. Steenland, Kyle Stenzel, Mark Stewart, Bernard W. Stewart, Patricia A. and Symanski, Elaine Terracini, Benedetto Tolbert, Paige E. and Vainio, Harri Vena, John Vermeulen, Roel Victora, Cesar G. and Ward, Elizabeth M. Weinberg, Clarice R. Weisenburger, Dennis and Wesseling, Catharina Weiderpass, Elisabete Zahm, Shelia Hoar
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BACKGROUND: Recently, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Programme for the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans has been criticized for several of its evaluations, and also for the approach used to perform these evaluations. Some critics have claimed that failures of IARC Working Groups to recognize study weaknesses and biases of Working Group members have led to inappropriate classification of a number of agents as carcinogenic to humans. OBJECTIVES: The authors of this Commentary are scientists from various disciplines relevant to the identification and hazard evaluation of human carcinogens. We examined criticisms of the IARC classification process to determine the validity of these concerns. Here, we present the results of that examination, review the history of IARC evaluations, and describe how the IARC evaluations are performed. DISCUSSION: We concluded that these recent criticisms are unconvincing. The procedures employed by IARC to assemble Working Groups of scientists from the various disciplines and the techniques followed to review the literature and perform hazard assessment of various agents provide a balanced evaluation and an appropriate indication of the weight of the evidence. Some disagreement by individual scientists to some evaluations is not evidence of process failure. The review process has been modified over time and will undoubtedly be altered in the future to improve the process. Any process can in theory be improved, and we would support continued review and improvement of the IARC processes. This does not mean, however, that the current procedures are flawed. CONCLUSIONS: The IARC Monographs have made, and continue to make, major contributions to the scientific underpinning for societal actions to improve the public’s health.
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153. IARC Monographs : 40 Years of Evaluating Carcinogenic Hazards to Humans
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Pearce, Neil E, Blair, Aaron, Vineis, Paolo, Ahrens, Wolfgang, Andersen, Aage, Anto, Josep M, Armstrong, Bruce K, Baccarelli, Andrea A, Beland, Frederick A, Berrington, Amy, Bertazzi, Pier A, Birnbaum, Linda S, Brownson, Ross C, Bucher, John R, Cantor, Kenneth P, Cardis, Elisabeth, Cherrie, John W, Christiani, David C, Cocco, Pierluigi, Coggon, David, Comba, Pietro, Demers, Paul A, Dement, John M, Douwes, Jeroen, Eisen, Ellen A, Engel, Lawrence S, Fenske, Richard A, Fleming, Lora E, Fletcher, Tony, Fontham, Elizabeth, Forastiere, Francesco, Frentzel-Beyme, Rainer, Fritschi, Lin, Gerin, Michel, Goldberg, Marcel, Grandjean, Philippe, Grimsrud, Tom K, Gustavsson, Per, Haines, Andy, Hartge, Patricia, Hansen, Johnni, Hauptmann, Michael, Heederik, Dick, Hemminki, Kari, Hemon, Denis, Hertz-Picciotto, Irva, Hoppin, Jane A, Huff, James, Jarvholm, Bengt, Kang, Daehee, Karagas, Margaret R, Kjaerheim, Kristina, Kjuus, Helge, Kogevinas, Manolis, Kriebel, David, Kristensen, Petter, Kromhout, Hans, Laden, Francine, Lebailly, Pierre, LeMasters, Grace, Lubin, Jay H, Lynch, Charles F, Lynge, Elsebeth, 't Mannetje, Andrea, McMichael, Anthony J, McLaughlin, John R, Marrett, Loraine, Martuzzi, Marco, Merchant, James A, Merler, Enzo, Merletti, Franco, Miller, Anthony, Mirer, Franklin E, Monson, Richard, Nordby, Karl-Kristian, Olshan, Andrew F, Parent, Marie-Elise, Perera, Frederica P, Perry, Melissa J, Pesatori, Angela C, Pirastu, Roberta, Porta, Miquel, Pukkala, Eero, Rice, Carol, Richardson, David B, Ritter, Leonard, Ritz, Beate, Ronckers, Cecile M, Rushton, Lesley, Rusiecki, Jennifer A, Rusyn, Ivan, Samet, Jonathan M, Sandler, Dale P, de Sanjose, Silvia, Schernhammer, Eva, Seniori Constantini, Adele, Seixas, Noah, Shy, Carl, Siemiatycki, Jack, Silvermann, Debra T, Simonato, Lorenzo, Smith, Allan H, Smith, Martyn T, Spinelli, John J, Spitz, Margaret R, Stallones, Lorann, Stayner, Leslie T, Steenland, Kyle, Stenzel, Mark, Stewart, Bernard W, Stewart, Patricia A, Symanski, Elaine, Terracini, Benedetto, Tolbert, Paige E, Vainio, Harri, Vena, John, Vermeulen, Roel, Victora, Cesar G, Ward, Elizabeth M, Weinberg, Clarice R, Weisenburger, Dennis, Wesseling, Catharina, Weiderpass, Elisabete, Zahm, Shelia H, Risk Assessment, Infection & Immunity, dIRAS RA-I&I RA, dIRAS RA-2, LS IRAS EEPI GRA (Gezh.risico-analyse), LS IRAS EEPI EXAS (Arb.hyg+bl.st.kar.), CCA -Cancer Center Amsterdam, APH - Amsterdam Public Health, Paediatric Oncology, The University of Sydney, CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Universita degli Studi di Cagliari [Cagliari], Cohortes épidémiologiques en population (CONSTANCES), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris-Saclay-Université de Paris (UP), Centre de Recherche Épidémiologie et Statistique Sorbonne Paris Cité (CRESS (U1153 / UMR_A_1125 / UMR_S_1153)), Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Universitat Pompeu Fabra [Barcelona] (UPF)-Catalunya ministerio de salud, Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU), Institut Armand Frappier (INRS-IAF), Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique [Québec] (INRS), Movement Disorders and Tourette Centre, Rockefeller University [New York], Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Université de Montréal (UdeM), Plymouth University, Siemens [New York], Siemens AG [Munich], Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (MEB), Karolinska Institutet [Stockholm], Population-Based Epidemiological Cohorts, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-AP-HP Hôpital Paul Brousse, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Universitat Pompeu Fabra [Barcelona]-Catalunya ministerio de salud, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique [Québec] (INRS)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Rockefeller University, Risk Assessment, Infection & Immunity, dIRAS RA-I&I RA, dIRAS RA-2, LS IRAS EEPI GRA (Gezh.risico-analyse), LS IRAS EEPI EXAS (Arb.hyg+bl.st.kar.), Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC), The University of Sydney [Sydney], Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines ( UVSQ ) -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ) -AP-HP Hôpital Paul Brousse, Centre de Recherche Épidémiologie et Statistique Sorbonne Paris Cité ( CRESS (U1153 / UMR_A 1125) ), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique ( INRA ) -Université Sorbonne Paris Cité ( USPC ) -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ), Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology ( CREAL ), Université de Caen Normandie ( UNICAEN ), Normandie Université ( NU ), Institut Armand Frappier ( INRS-IAF ), Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique [Québec] ( INRS ) -Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur ( RIIP ) -Institut Armand Frappier, Rockefeller University, New York, Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal ( CRCHUM ), and Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics ( MEB )
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Pathology ,Biomedical Research ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,05 Environmental Sciences ,Toxicology ,MESH: Carcinogens, Environmental ,0302 clinical medicine ,CANCER-EPIDEMIOLOGY ,Neoplasms ,Epidemiology of cancer ,PLEA ,PROGRAM ,Medicine ,MESH: Neoplasms ,Càncer ,health care economics and organizations ,Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ,Cancer ,0303 health sciences ,Publications ,11 Medical And Health Sciences ,MESH : Publications ,POLICY ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,PUBLIC-HEALTH ,Public Health ,MESH: Public Health ,MESH : Biomedical Research ,Life Sciences & Biomedicine ,International agency ,medicine.medical_specialty ,MESH : Public Health ,education ,MESH : International Agencies ,Environmental Sciences & Ecology ,macromolecular substances ,MESH: Publications ,MESH : Carcinogens, Environmental ,MESH: International Agencies ,03 medical and health sciences ,Arbetsmedicin och miljömedicin ,ADHERENCE ,Environmental health ,Humans ,VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700 ,030304 developmental biology ,Science & Technology ,MESH: Humans ,[ SDV ] Life Sciences [q-bio] ,business.industry ,MESH: Biomedical Research ,MESH : Humans ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,RECIPE ,International Agencies ,PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING SCIENCE ,Occupational Health and Environmental Health ,MESH : Neoplasms ,Carcinogens, Environmental ,VDP::Medical disciplines: 700 ,Commentary ,business ,FALSE ,Cancerígens ,Environmental Sciences ,EPIDEMIOLOGIC ENTERPRISE - Abstract
BACKGROUND: Recently, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Programme for the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans has been criticized for several of its evaluations, and also for the approach used to perform these evaluations. Some critics have claimed that failures of IARC Working Groups to recognize study weaknesses and biases of Working Group members have led to inappropriate classification of a number of agents as carcinogenic to humans.OBJECTIVES: The authors of this Commentary are scientists from various disciplines relevant to the identification and hazard evaluation of human carcinogens. We examined criticisms of the IARC classification process to determine the validity of these concerns. Here, we present the results of that examination, review the history of IARC evaluations, and describe how the IARC evaluations are performed.DISCUSSION: We concluded that these recent criticisms are unconvincing. The procedures employed by IARC to assemble Working Groups of scientists from the various disciplines and the techniques followed to review the literature and perform hazard assessment of various agents provide a balanced evaluation and an appropriate indication of the weight of the evidence. Some disagreement by individual scientists to some evaluations is not evidence of process failure. The review process has been modified over time and will undoubtedly be altered in the future to improve the process. Any process can in theory be improved, and we would support continued review and improvement of the IARC processes. This does not mean, however, that the current procedures are flawed.CONCLUSIONS: The IARC Monographs have made, and continue to make, major contributions to the scientific underpinning for societal actions to improve the public's health.CITATION: Pearce N, Blair A, Vineis P, Ahrens W, Andersen A, Anto JM, Armstrong BK, Baccarelli AA, Beland FA, Berrington A, Bertazzi PA, Birnbaum LS, Brownson RC, Bucher JR, Cantor KP, Cardis E, Cherrie JW, Christiani DC, Cocco P, Coggon D, Comba P, Demers PA, Dement JM, Douwes J, Eisen EA, Engel LS, Fenske RA, Fleming LE, Fletcher T, Fontham E, Forastiere F, Frentzel-Beyme R, Fritschi L, Gerin M, Goldberg M, Grandjean P, Grimsrud TK, Gustavsson P, Haines A, Hartge P, Hansen J, Hauptmann M, Heederik D, Hemminki K, Hemon D, Hertz-Picciotto I, Hoppin JA, Huff J, Jarvholm B, Kang D, Karagas MR, Kjaerheim K, Kjuus H, Kogevinas M, Kriebel D, Kristensen P, Kromhout H, Laden F, Lebailly P, LeMasters G, Lubin JH, Lynch CF, Lynge E, 't Mannetje A, McMichael AJ, McLaughlin JR, Marrett L, Martuzzi M, Merchant JA, Merler E, Merletti F, Miller A, Mirer FE, Monson R, Nordby KC, Olshan AF, Parent ME, Perera FP, Perry MJ, Pesatori AC, Pirastu R, Porta M, Pukkala E, Rice C, Richardson DB, Ritter L, Ritz B, Ronckers CM, Rushton L, Rusiecki JA, Rusyn I, Samet JM, Sandler DP, de Sanjose S, Schernhammer E, Seniori Costantini A, Seixas N, Shy C, Siemiatycki J, Silverman DT, Simonato L, Smith AH, Smith MT, Spinelli JJ, Spitz MR, Stallones L, Stayner LT, Steenland K, Stenzel M, Stewart BW, Stewart PA, Symanski E, Terracini B, Tolbert PE, Vainio H, Vena J, Vermeulen R, Victora CG, Ward EM, Weinberg CR, Weisenburger D, Wesseling C, Weiderpass E, Zahm SH. 2015. IARC Monographs: 40 years of evaluating carcinogenic hazards to humans. Environ Health Perspect 123:507-514; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1409149.
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154. Differences in the carcinogenic evaluation of glyphosate between the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
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Sub ISEP overig, LS IRAS EEPI EXAS (Arb.hyg+bl.st.kar.), Organisation Studies, dIRAS RA-2, Portier, Christopher J, Armstrong, Bruce K, Baguley, Bruce C, Baur, Xaver, Belyaev, Igor, Bellé, Robert, Belpoggi, Fiorella, Biggeri, Annibale, Bosland, Maarten C, Bruzzi, Paolo, Budnik, Lygia Therese, Bugge, Merete D, Burns, Kathleen, Calaf, Gloria M, Carpenter, David O, Carpenter, Hillary M, López-Carrillo, Lizbeth, Clapp, Richard, Cocco, Pierluigi, Consonni, Dario, Comba, Pietro, Craft, Elena, Dalvie, Mohamed Aqiel, Davis, Devra, Demers, Paul A, De Roos, Anneclaire J, DeWitt, Jamie, Forastiere, Francesco, Freedman, Jonathan H, Fritschi, Lin, Gaus, Caroline, Gohlke, Julia M, Goldberg, Marcel, Greiser, Eberhard, Hansen, Johnni, Hardell, Lennart, Hauptmann, Michael, Huang, Wei, Huff, James, James, Margaret O, Jameson, C W, Kortenkamp, Andreas, Kopp-Schneider, Annette, Kromhout, Hans, Larramendy, Marcelo L, Landrigan, Philip J, Lash, Lawrence H, Leszczynski, Dariusz, Lynch, Charles F, Magnani, Corrado, Mandrioli, Daniele, Martin, Francis L, Merler, Enzo, Michelozzi, Paola, Miligi, Lucia, Miller, Anthony B, Mirabelli, Dario, Mirer, Franklin E, Naidoo, Saloshni, Perry, Melissa J, Petronio, Maria Grazia, Pirastu, Roberta, Portier, Ralph J, Ramos, Kenneth S, Robertson, Larry W, Rodriguez, Theresa, Röösli, Martin, Ross, Matt K, Roy, Deodutta, Rusyn, Ivan, Saldiva, Paulo, Sass, Jennifer, Savolainen, Kai, Scheepers, Paul T J, Sergi, Consolato, Silbergeld, Ellen K, Smith, Martyn T, Stewart, Bernard W, Sutton, Patrice, Tateo, Fabio, Terracini, Benedetto, Thielmann, Heinz W, Thomas, David B, Vainio, Harri, Vena, John E, Vineis, Paolo, Weiderpass, Elisabete, Weisenburger, Dennis D, Woodruff, Tracey J, Yorifuji, Takashi, Yu, Il Je, Zambon, Paola, Zeeb, Hajo, Zhou, Shu-Feng, Sub ISEP overig, LS IRAS EEPI EXAS (Arb.hyg+bl.st.kar.), Organisation Studies, dIRAS RA-2, Portier, Christopher J, Armstrong, Bruce K, Baguley, Bruce C, Baur, Xaver, Belyaev, Igor, Bellé, Robert, Belpoggi, Fiorella, Biggeri, Annibale, Bosland, Maarten C, Bruzzi, Paolo, Budnik, Lygia Therese, Bugge, Merete D, Burns, Kathleen, Calaf, Gloria M, Carpenter, David O, Carpenter, Hillary M, López-Carrillo, Lizbeth, Clapp, Richard, Cocco, Pierluigi, Consonni, Dario, Comba, Pietro, Craft, Elena, Dalvie, Mohamed Aqiel, Davis, Devra, Demers, Paul A, De Roos, Anneclaire J, DeWitt, Jamie, Forastiere, Francesco, Freedman, Jonathan H, Fritschi, Lin, Gaus, Caroline, Gohlke, Julia M, Goldberg, Marcel, Greiser, Eberhard, Hansen, Johnni, Hardell, Lennart, Hauptmann, Michael, Huang, Wei, Huff, James, James, Margaret O, Jameson, C W, Kortenkamp, Andreas, Kopp-Schneider, Annette, Kromhout, Hans, Larramendy, Marcelo L, Landrigan, Philip J, Lash, Lawrence H, Leszczynski, Dariusz, Lynch, Charles F, Magnani, Corrado, Mandrioli, Daniele, Martin, Francis L, Merler, Enzo, Michelozzi, Paola, Miligi, Lucia, Miller, Anthony B, Mirabelli, Dario, Mirer, Franklin E, Naidoo, Saloshni, Perry, Melissa J, Petronio, Maria Grazia, Pirastu, Roberta, Portier, Ralph J, Ramos, Kenneth S, Robertson, Larry W, Rodriguez, Theresa, Röösli, Martin, Ross, Matt K, Roy, Deodutta, Rusyn, Ivan, Saldiva, Paulo, Sass, Jennifer, Savolainen, Kai, Scheepers, Paul T J, Sergi, Consolato, Silbergeld, Ellen K, Smith, Martyn T, Stewart, Bernard W, Sutton, Patrice, Tateo, Fabio, Terracini, Benedetto, Thielmann, Heinz W, Thomas, David B, Vainio, Harri, Vena, John E, Vineis, Paolo, Weiderpass, Elisabete, Weisenburger, Dennis D, Woodruff, Tracey J, Yorifuji, Takashi, Yu, Il Je, Zambon, Paola, Zeeb, Hajo, and Zhou, Shu-Feng
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155. Differences in the carcinogenic evaluation of glyphosate between the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
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Sub IER overig, LS IRAS EEPI EXAS (Arb.hyg+bl.st.kar.), Organisation Studies, dIRAS RA-2, Portier, Christopher J, Armstrong, Bruce K, Baguley, Bruce C, Baur, Xaver, Belyaev, Igor, Bellé, Robert, Belpoggi, Fiorella, Biggeri, Annibale, Bosland, Maarten C, Bruzzi, Paolo, Budnik, Lygia Therese, Bugge, Merete D, Burns, Kathleen, Calaf, Gloria M, Carpenter, David O, Carpenter, Hillary M, López-Carrillo, Lizbeth, Clapp, Richard, Cocco, Pierluigi, Consonni, Dario, Comba, Pietro, Craft, Elena, Dalvie, Mohamed Aqiel, Davis, Devra, Demers, Paul A, De Roos, Anneclaire J, DeWitt, Jamie, Forastiere, Francesco, Freedman, Jonathan H, Fritschi, Lin, Gaus, Caroline, Gohlke, Julia M, Goldberg, Marcel, Greiser, Eberhard, Hansen, Johnni, Hardell, Lennart, Hauptmann, Michael, Huang, Wei, Huff, James, James, Margaret O, Jameson, C W, Kortenkamp, Andreas, Kopp-Schneider, Annette, Kromhout, Hans, Larramendy, Marcelo L, Landrigan, Philip J, Lash, Lawrence H, Leszczynski, Dariusz, Lynch, Charles F, Magnani, Corrado, Mandrioli, Daniele, Martin, Francis L, Merler, Enzo, Michelozzi, Paola, Miligi, Lucia, Miller, Anthony B, Mirabelli, Dario, Mirer, Franklin E, Naidoo, Saloshni, Perry, Melissa J, Petronio, Maria Grazia, Pirastu, Roberta, Portier, Ralph J, Ramos, Kenneth S, Robertson, Larry W, Rodriguez, Theresa, Röösli, Martin, Ross, Matt K, Roy, Deodutta, Rusyn, Ivan, Saldiva, Paulo, Sass, Jennifer, Savolainen, Kai, Scheepers, Paul T J, Sergi, Consolato, Silbergeld, Ellen K, Smith, Martyn T, Stewart, Bernard W, Sutton, Patrice, Tateo, Fabio, Terracini, Benedetto, Thielmann, Heinz W, Thomas, David B, Vainio, Harri, Vena, John E, Vineis, Paolo, Weiderpass, Elisabete, Weisenburger, Dennis D, Woodruff, Tracey J, Yorifuji, Takashi, Yu, Il Je, Zambon, Paola, Zeeb, Hajo, Zhou, Shu-Feng, Sub IER overig, LS IRAS EEPI EXAS (Arb.hyg+bl.st.kar.), Organisation Studies, dIRAS RA-2, Portier, Christopher J, Armstrong, Bruce K, Baguley, Bruce C, Baur, Xaver, Belyaev, Igor, Bellé, Robert, Belpoggi, Fiorella, Biggeri, Annibale, Bosland, Maarten C, Bruzzi, Paolo, Budnik, Lygia Therese, Bugge, Merete D, Burns, Kathleen, Calaf, Gloria M, Carpenter, David O, Carpenter, Hillary M, López-Carrillo, Lizbeth, Clapp, Richard, Cocco, Pierluigi, Consonni, Dario, Comba, Pietro, Craft, Elena, Dalvie, Mohamed Aqiel, Davis, Devra, Demers, Paul A, De Roos, Anneclaire J, DeWitt, Jamie, Forastiere, Francesco, Freedman, Jonathan H, Fritschi, Lin, Gaus, Caroline, Gohlke, Julia M, Goldberg, Marcel, Greiser, Eberhard, Hansen, Johnni, Hardell, Lennart, Hauptmann, Michael, Huang, Wei, Huff, James, James, Margaret O, Jameson, C W, Kortenkamp, Andreas, Kopp-Schneider, Annette, Kromhout, Hans, Larramendy, Marcelo L, Landrigan, Philip J, Lash, Lawrence H, Leszczynski, Dariusz, Lynch, Charles F, Magnani, Corrado, Mandrioli, Daniele, Martin, Francis L, Merler, Enzo, Michelozzi, Paola, Miligi, Lucia, Miller, Anthony B, Mirabelli, Dario, Mirer, Franklin E, Naidoo, Saloshni, Perry, Melissa J, Petronio, Maria Grazia, Pirastu, Roberta, Portier, Ralph J, Ramos, Kenneth S, Robertson, Larry W, Rodriguez, Theresa, Röösli, Martin, Ross, Matt K, Roy, Deodutta, Rusyn, Ivan, Saldiva, Paulo, Sass, Jennifer, Savolainen, Kai, Scheepers, Paul T J, Sergi, Consolato, Silbergeld, Ellen K, Smith, Martyn T, Stewart, Bernard W, Sutton, Patrice, Tateo, Fabio, Terracini, Benedetto, Thielmann, Heinz W, Thomas, David B, Vainio, Harri, Vena, John E, Vineis, Paolo, Weiderpass, Elisabete, Weisenburger, Dennis D, Woodruff, Tracey J, Yorifuji, Takashi, Yu, Il Je, Zambon, Paola, Zeeb, Hajo, and Zhou, Shu-Feng
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- 2016
156. Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in migrant workers in Kuwait.
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Alali, Walid Q, Bastaki, Hamad, Longenecker, Joseph C, Aljunid, Syed Mohamed, AlSeaidan, Mohammad, Chehadeh, Wassim, and Vainio, Harri
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SARS-CoV-2 ,MIGRANT labor ,SEROPREVALENCE ,COVID-19 - Published
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157. Discussion
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Jollow, David J., Kocsis, James J., Snyder, Robert, Vainio, Harri, Saukkonen, Jussi, Witmer, Charlotte, Walle, Thomas, Jollow, David J., editor, Kocsis, James J., editor, Snyder, Robert, editor, Vainio, Harri, editor, Saukkonen, Jussi, editor, Witmer, Charlotte, editor, and Walle, Thomas, editor
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- 1977
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158. Anticancer agents: qualitative and quantitative aspects.
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Hemminki, Kari and Vainio, Harri
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ANTINEOPLASTIC agents ,HUMAN carcinogenesis ,CARCINOGENS ,CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE ,CHLORAMBUCIL ,MELPHALAN ,THIOTEPA ,ANIMAL models in research - Abstract
This article offers qualitative and quantitative comparisons between cancers induced in humans and in experimental animals using data on anticancer agents from Volume 100 of "IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans" of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Topics covered include therapeutic applications and carcinogenic potency of the anticancer agents considered, including cyclophosphamide, chlorambucil, melphalan and thiotepa.
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159. Biotransformational and neurophysiological changes in rabbits exposed to lead
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Hietanen, Eino, Kilpiö, Jukka, Närhi, Matti, Savolainen, Heikki, and Vainio, Harri
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- 1980
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160. Urinary excretion of thioethers among low-tar and medium-tar cigarette smokers
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Heinonen, Tuula, Kytöniemi, Vuokko, Sorsa, Marja, and Vainio, Harri
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- 1983
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161. Effects of methyl methacrylate on non-protein thiols and drug metabolizing enzymes in rat liver and kidneys
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Elovaara, Eivor, Kivistö, Helena, and Vainio, Harri
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- 1983
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162. Alkylation of guanosine and 4-(p-nitrobenzyl)-pyridine by styrene oxide analogues in vitro
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Hemminki, Kari, Heinonen, Tuula, and Vainio, Harri
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- 1981
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163. Dichloromethane and carbon monoxide inhalation: Carboxyhemoglobin addition, and drug metabolizing enzymes in rat
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Kurppa, Kari, Kivistö, Helena, and Vainio, Harri
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- 1981
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164. Effect of administration route of ddt on acute toxicity and on drug biotransformation in various rodents
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Hietanen, Eino and Vainio, Harri
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- 1976
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165. Effects of commercial chlorophenolate, 2,3,7,8-TCDD, and pure phenoxyacetic acids on hepatic peroxisome proliferation, xenobiotic metabolism and sister chromatid exchange in the rat
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Mustonen, Riitta, Elovaara, Eivor, Zitting, Antti, Linnainmaa, Kaija, and Vainio, Harri
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- 1989
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166. Occupational cancer prevention
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Vainio, Harri
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167. Determining the Hazards of Work Place Chemicals
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Kogevinas, Manolis, Boffetta, Paolo, Vainio, Harri, and Checkoway, Harvey
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- 1993
168. PCBs in the Environment
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Boffetta, Paolo, Vainio, Harri, and Gribble, Gordon W.
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- 1991
169. Priorities for Future "IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans"
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Vainio, Harri, Heseltine, Elisabeth, and Wilbourn, Julian
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- 1994
170. From research to policy- or the other way round? The European perspective
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Hulshof, C. T. J., Vainio, Harri, Lehtinen, Suvi, Amsterdam Public Health, and Coronel Institute of Occupational Health
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171. Saumattoman asiakaskokemuksen kehittäminen – haastattelututkimus monikanavaisesta vähittäiskaupasta
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Vainio, Harri, Perustieteiden korkeakoulu, Nieminen, Marko, Peltola, Satu, Vainio, Harri, Perustieteiden korkeakoulu, Nieminen, Marko, and Peltola, Satu
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172. IARC Monographs: 40 Years of Evaluating Carcinogenic Hazards to Humans
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Risk Assessment, Infection & Immunity, dIRAS RA-I&I RA, dIRAS RA-2, LS IRAS EEPI GRA (Gezh.risico-analyse), LS IRAS EEPI EXAS (Arb.hyg+bl.st.kar.), Pearce, Neil E, Blair, Aaron, Vineis, Paolo, Ahrens, Wolfgang, Andersen, Aage, Anto, Josep M, Armstrong, Bruce K, Baccarelli, Andrea A, Beland, Frederick A, Berrington, Amy, Bertazzi, Pier A, Birnbaum, Linda S, Brownson, Ross C, Bucher, John R, Cantor, Kenneth P, Cardis, Elisabeth, Cherrie, John W, Christiani, David C, Cocco, Pierluigi, Coggon, David, Comba, Pietro, Demers, Paul A, Dement, John M, Douwes, Jeroen, Eisen, Ellen A, Engel, Lawrence S, Fenske, Richard A, Fleming, Lora E, Fletcher, Tony, Fontham, Elizabeth, Forastiere, Francesco, Frentzel-Beyme, Rainer, Fritschi, Lin, Gerin, Michel, Goldberg, Marcel, Grandjean, Philippe, Grimsrud, Tom K, Gustavsson, Per, Haines, Andy, Hartge, Patricia, Hansen, Johnni, Hauptmann, Michael, Heederik, Dick, Hemminki, Kari, Hemon, Denis, Hertz-Picciotto, Irva, Hoppin, Jane A, Huff, James, Jarvholm, Bengt, Kang, Daehee, Karagas, Margaret R, Kjaerheim, Kristina, Kjuus, Helge, Kogevinas, Manolis, Kriebel, David, Kristensen, Petter, Kromhout, Hans, Laden, Francine, Lebailly, Pierre, LeMasters, Grace, Lubin, Jay H, Lynch, Charles F, Lynge, Elsebeth, 't Mannetje, Andrea, McMichael, Anthony J, McLaughlin, John R, Marrett, Loraine, Martuzzi, Marco, Merchant, James A, Merler, Enzo, Merletti, Franco, Miller, Anthony, Mirer, Franklin E, Monson, Richard, Nordby, Karl-Kristian, Olshan, Andrew F, Parent, Marie-Elise, Perera, Frederica P, Perry, Melissa J, Pesatori, Angela C, Pirastu, Roberta, Porta, Miquel, Pukkala, Eero, Rice, Carol, Richardson, David B, Ritter, Leonard, Ritz, Beate, Ronckers, Cecile M, Rushton, Lesley, Rusiecki, Jennifer A, Rusyn, Ivan, Samet, Jonathan M, Sandler, Dale P, de Sanjose, Silvia, Schernhammer, Eva, Seniori Constantini, Adele, Seixas, Noah, Shy, Carl, Siemiatycki, Jack, Silvermann, Debra T, Simonato, Lorenzo, Smith, Allan H, Smith, Martyn T, Spinelli, John J, Spitz, Margaret R, Stallones, Lorann, Stayner, Leslie T, Steenland, Kyle, Stenzel, Mark, Stewart, Bernard W, Stewart, Patricia A, Symanski, Elaine, Terracini, Benedetto, Tolbert, Paige E, Vainio, Harri, Vena, John, Vermeulen, Roel, Victora, Cesar G, Ward, Elizabeth M, Weinberg, Clarice R, Weisenburger, Dennis, Wesseling, Catharina, Weiderpass, Elisabete, Zahm, Shelia H, Risk Assessment, Infection & Immunity, dIRAS RA-I&I RA, dIRAS RA-2, LS IRAS EEPI GRA (Gezh.risico-analyse), LS IRAS EEPI EXAS (Arb.hyg+bl.st.kar.), Pearce, Neil E, Blair, Aaron, Vineis, Paolo, Ahrens, Wolfgang, Andersen, Aage, Anto, Josep M, Armstrong, Bruce K, Baccarelli, Andrea A, Beland, Frederick A, Berrington, Amy, Bertazzi, Pier A, Birnbaum, Linda S, Brownson, Ross C, Bucher, John R, Cantor, Kenneth P, Cardis, Elisabeth, Cherrie, John W, Christiani, David C, Cocco, Pierluigi, Coggon, David, Comba, Pietro, Demers, Paul A, Dement, John M, Douwes, Jeroen, Eisen, Ellen A, Engel, Lawrence S, Fenske, Richard A, Fleming, Lora E, Fletcher, Tony, Fontham, Elizabeth, Forastiere, Francesco, Frentzel-Beyme, Rainer, Fritschi, Lin, Gerin, Michel, Goldberg, Marcel, Grandjean, Philippe, Grimsrud, Tom K, Gustavsson, Per, Haines, Andy, Hartge, Patricia, Hansen, Johnni, Hauptmann, Michael, Heederik, Dick, Hemminki, Kari, Hemon, Denis, Hertz-Picciotto, Irva, Hoppin, Jane A, Huff, James, Jarvholm, Bengt, Kang, Daehee, Karagas, Margaret R, Kjaerheim, Kristina, Kjuus, Helge, Kogevinas, Manolis, Kriebel, David, Kristensen, Petter, Kromhout, Hans, Laden, Francine, Lebailly, Pierre, LeMasters, Grace, Lubin, Jay H, Lynch, Charles F, Lynge, Elsebeth, 't Mannetje, Andrea, McMichael, Anthony J, McLaughlin, John R, Marrett, Loraine, Martuzzi, Marco, Merchant, James A, Merler, Enzo, Merletti, Franco, Miller, Anthony, Mirer, Franklin E, Monson, Richard, Nordby, Karl-Kristian, Olshan, Andrew F, Parent, Marie-Elise, Perera, Frederica P, Perry, Melissa J, Pesatori, Angela C, Pirastu, Roberta, Porta, Miquel, Pukkala, Eero, Rice, Carol, Richardson, David B, Ritter, Leonard, Ritz, Beate, Ronckers, Cecile M, Rushton, Lesley, Rusiecki, Jennifer A, Rusyn, Ivan, Samet, Jonathan M, Sandler, Dale P, de Sanjose, Silvia, Schernhammer, Eva, Seniori Constantini, Adele, Seixas, Noah, Shy, Carl, Siemiatycki, Jack, Silvermann, Debra T, Simonato, Lorenzo, Smith, Allan H, Smith, Martyn T, Spinelli, John J, Spitz, Margaret R, Stallones, Lorann, Stayner, Leslie T, Steenland, Kyle, Stenzel, Mark, Stewart, Bernard W, Stewart, Patricia A, Symanski, Elaine, Terracini, Benedetto, Tolbert, Paige E, Vainio, Harri, Vena, John, Vermeulen, Roel, Victora, Cesar G, Ward, Elizabeth M, Weinberg, Clarice R, Weisenburger, Dennis, Wesseling, Catharina, Weiderpass, Elisabete, and Zahm, Shelia H
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173. IARC Monographs:40 Years of Evaluating Carcinogenic Hazards to Humans
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Pearce, Neil E, Blair, Aaron, Vineis, Paolo, Ahrens, Wolfgang, Andersen, Aage, Anto, Josep M, Armstrong, Bruce K, Baccarelli, Andrea A, Beland, Frederick A, Berrington, Amy, Bertazzi, Pier A, Birnbaum, Linda S, Brownson, Ross C, Bucher, John R, Cantor, Kenneth P, Cardis, Elisabeth, Cherrie, John W, Christiani, David C, Cocco, Pierluigi, Coggon, David, Comba, Pietro, Demers, Paul A, Dement, John M, Douwes, Jeroen, Eisen, Ellen A, Engel, Lawrence S, Fenske, Richard A, Fleming, Lora E, Fletcher, Tony, Fontham, Elizabeth, Forastiere, Francesco, Frentzel-Beyme, Rainer, Fritschi, Lin, Gerin, Michel, Goldberg, Marcel, Grandjean, Philippe, Grimsrud, Tom K, Gustavsson, Per, Haines, Andy, Hartge, Patricia, Hansen, Johnni, Hauptmann, Michael, Heederik, Dick, Hemminki, Kari, Hemon, Denis, Hertz-Picciotto, Irva, Hoppin, Jane A, Huff, James, Jarvholm, Bengt, Kang, Daehee, Karagas, Margaret R, Kjaerheim, Kristina, Kjuus, Helge, Kogevinas, Manolis, Kriebel, David, Kristensen, Petter, Kromhout, Hans, Laden, Francine, Lebailly, Pierre, LeMasters, Grace, Lubin, Jay H, Lynch, Charles F, Lynge, Elsebeth, 't Mannetje, Andrea, McMichael, Anthony J, McLaughlin, John R, Marrett, Loraine, Martuzzi, Marco, Merchant, James A, Merler, Enzo, Merletti, Franco, Miller, Anthony, Mirer, Franklin E, Monson, Richard, Nordby, Karl-Kristian, Olshan, Andrew F, Parent, Marie-Elise, Perera, Frederica P, Perry, Melissa J, Pesatori, Angela C, Pirastu, Roberta, Porta, Miquel, Pukkala, Eero, Rice, Carol, Richardson, David B, Ritter, Leonard, Ritz, Beate, Ronckers, Cecile M, Rushton, Lesley, Rusiecki, Jennifer A, Rusyn, Ivan, Samet, Jonathan M, Sandler, Dale P, de Sanjose, Silvia, Schernhammer, Eva, Seniori Constantini, Adele, Seixas, Noah, Shy, Carl, Siemiatycki, Jack, Silvermann, Debra T, Simonato, Lorenzo, Smith, Allan H, Smith, Martyn T, Spinelli, John J, Spitz, Margaret R, Stallones, Lorann, Stayner, Leslie T, Steenland, Kyle, Stenzel, Mark, Stewart, Bernard W, Stewart, Patricia A, Symanski, Elaine, Terracini, Benedetto, Tolbert, Paige E, Vainio, Harri, Vena, John, Vermeulen, Roel, Victora, Cesar G, Ward, Elizabeth M, Weinberg, Clarice R, Weisenburger, Dennis, Wesseling, Catharina, Weiderpass, Elisabete, Zahm, Shelia H, Pearce, Neil E, Blair, Aaron, Vineis, Paolo, Ahrens, Wolfgang, Andersen, Aage, Anto, Josep M, Armstrong, Bruce K, Baccarelli, Andrea A, Beland, Frederick A, Berrington, Amy, Bertazzi, Pier A, Birnbaum, Linda S, Brownson, Ross C, Bucher, John R, Cantor, Kenneth P, Cardis, Elisabeth, Cherrie, John W, Christiani, David C, Cocco, Pierluigi, Coggon, David, Comba, Pietro, Demers, Paul A, Dement, John M, Douwes, Jeroen, Eisen, Ellen A, Engel, Lawrence S, Fenske, Richard A, Fleming, Lora E, Fletcher, Tony, Fontham, Elizabeth, Forastiere, Francesco, Frentzel-Beyme, Rainer, Fritschi, Lin, Gerin, Michel, Goldberg, Marcel, Grandjean, Philippe, Grimsrud, Tom K, Gustavsson, Per, Haines, Andy, Hartge, Patricia, Hansen, Johnni, Hauptmann, Michael, Heederik, Dick, Hemminki, Kari, Hemon, Denis, Hertz-Picciotto, Irva, Hoppin, Jane A, Huff, James, Jarvholm, Bengt, Kang, Daehee, Karagas, Margaret R, Kjaerheim, Kristina, Kjuus, Helge, Kogevinas, Manolis, Kriebel, David, Kristensen, Petter, Kromhout, Hans, Laden, Francine, Lebailly, Pierre, LeMasters, Grace, Lubin, Jay H, Lynch, Charles F, Lynge, Elsebeth, 't Mannetje, Andrea, McMichael, Anthony J, McLaughlin, John R, Marrett, Loraine, Martuzzi, Marco, Merchant, James A, Merler, Enzo, Merletti, Franco, Miller, Anthony, Mirer, Franklin E, Monson, Richard, Nordby, Karl-Kristian, Olshan, Andrew F, Parent, Marie-Elise, Perera, Frederica P, Perry, Melissa J, Pesatori, Angela C, Pirastu, Roberta, Porta, Miquel, Pukkala, Eero, Rice, Carol, Richardson, David B, Ritter, Leonard, Ritz, Beate, Ronckers, Cecile M, Rushton, Lesley, Rusiecki, Jennifer A, Rusyn, Ivan, Samet, Jonathan M, Sandler, Dale P, de Sanjose, Silvia, Schernhammer, Eva, Seniori Constantini, Adele, Seixas, Noah, Shy, Carl, Siemiatycki, Jack, Silvermann, Debra T, Simonato, Lorenzo, Smith, Allan H, Smith, Martyn T, Spinelli, John J, Spitz, Margaret R, Stallones, Lorann, Stayner, Leslie T, Steenland, Kyle, Stenzel, Mark, Stewart, Bernard W, Stewart, Patricia A, Symanski, Elaine, Terracini, Benedetto, Tolbert, Paige E, Vainio, Harri, Vena, John, Vermeulen, Roel, Victora, Cesar G, Ward, Elizabeth M, Weinberg, Clarice R, Weisenburger, Dennis, Wesseling, Catharina, Weiderpass, Elisabete, and Zahm, Shelia H
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BACKGROUND: Recently the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Programme for the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans has been criticized for several of its evaluations, and also the approach used to perform these evaluations. Some critics have claimed that IARC Working Groups' failures to recognize study weaknesses and biases of Working Group members have led to inappropriate classification of a number of agents as carcinogenic to humans.OBJECTIVES: The authors of this paper are scientists from various disciplines relevant to the identification and hazard evaluation of human carcinogens. We have examined here criticisms of the IARC classification process to determine the validity of these concerns. We review the history of IARC evaluations and describe how the IARC evaluations are performed.DISCUSSION: We conclude that these recent criticisms are unconvincing. The procedures employed by IARC to assemble Working Groups of scientists from the various discipline and the techniques followed to review the literature and perform hazard assessment of various agents provide a balanced evaluation and an appropriate indication of the weight of the evidence. Some disagreement by individual scientists to some evaluations is not evidence of process failure. The review process has been modified over time and will undoubtedly be altered in the future to improve the process. Any process can in theory be improved, and we would support continued review and improvement of the IARC processes. This does not mean, however, that the current procedures are flawed.CONCLUSIONS: The IARC Monographs have made, and continue to make, major contributions to the scientific underpinning for societal actions to improve the public's health.
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174. Response by the organizers of the Helsinki criteria updates 2014: Criteria for asbestos-related diseases need periodic updates
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Wolff, Henrik, primary, Vehmas, Tapio, additional, Oksa, Panu, additional, Tuomi, Timo, additional, Rantanen, Jorma, additional, and Vainio, Harri, additional
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175. European Code against Cancer 4th Edition: 12 ways to reduce your cancer risk
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Schüz, Joachim, primary, Espina, Carolina, additional, Villain, Patricia, additional, Herrero, Rolando, additional, Leon, Maria E., additional, Minozzi, Silvia, additional, Romieu, Isabelle, additional, Segnan, Nereo, additional, Wardle, Jane, additional, Wiseman, Martin, additional, Belardelli, Filippo, additional, Bettcher, Douglas, additional, Cavalli, Franco, additional, Galea, Gauden, additional, Lenoir, Gilbert, additional, Martin-Moreno, Jose M., additional, Nicula, Florian Alexandru, additional, Olsen, Jørgen H., additional, Patnick, Julietta, additional, Primic-Zakelj, Maja, additional, Puska, Pekka, additional, van Leeuwen, Flora E., additional, Wiestler, Otmar, additional, Zatonski, Witold, additional, Guha, Neela, additional, Kralikova, Eva, additional, McNeill, Anne, additional, Peruga, Armando, additional, Anderson, Annie, additional, Berrino, Franco, additional, Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine, additional, Cecchini, Michele, additional, Key, Tim J., additional, Leitzmann, Michael, additional, Norat, Teresa, additional, Powers, Hilary J, additional, Scoccianti, Chiara, additional, Auvinen, Anssi, additional, de Vries, Esther, additional, Erdmann, Friederike, additional, Greinert, Rüdiger, additional, Harrison, John, additional, Kesminiene, Ausrele, additional, McColl, Neil, additional, Friis, Søren, additional, Kogevinas, Manolis, additional, Saracci, Rodolfo, additional, Straif, Kurt, additional, Vainio, Harri, additional, Almonte, Maribel, additional, Anttila, Ahti, additional, De Vuyst, Hugo, additional, Dillner, Joakim, additional, Franceschi, Silvia, additional, Gonzalez, Paula, additional, Hall, Andrew, additional, Park, Jin Young, additional, Armaroli, Paola, additional, Atkin, Wendy, additional, Dean, Peter B., additional, de Koning, Harry, additional, Dillner, Lena, additional, Kuipers, Ernst, additional, Lansdorp-Vogelaar, Iris, additional, Paci, Eugenio, additional, Regula, Jaroslaw, additional, Suonio, Eero, additional, Törnberg, Sven, additional, Wood, Lynn Faulds, additional, Gaudin, Nicolas, additional, Frie, Kirstin Grosse, additional, Terrasse, Veronique, additional, Winstanley, Kelly, additional, Bellisario, Cristina, additional, Biagioli, Elena, additional, Cinquini, Michela, additional, Gianola, Silvia, additional, Gonzalez Lorenzo, Marien, additional, von Karsa, Lawrence, additional, and Lignini, Tracy, additional
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176. Epidemiology, Public Health, and the Rhetoric of False Positives
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Blair, Aaron Saracci, Rodolfo Vineis, Paolo Cocco, Pierluigi and Forastiere, Francesco Grandjean, Philippe Kogevinas, Manolis and Kriebel, David McMichael, Anthony Pearce, Neil Porta, Miquel Samet, Jonathan Sandler, Dale P. Costantini, Adele Seniori Vainio, Harri
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nutritional and metabolic diseases ,nervous system diseases - Abstract
BACKGROUND: As an observational science, epidemiology is regarded by some researchers as inherently flawed and open to false results. In a recent paper, Boffetta et al. [Boffetta P, McLaughlin JK, LaVecchia C, Tarone RE, Lipworth L, Blot WJ. False-positive results in cancer epidemiology: a plea for epistemological modesty. J Natl Cancer Inst 100:988-995 (2008)] argued that “epidemiology is particularly prone to the generation of false-positive results.” They also said “the tendency to emphasize and over-interpret what appear to be new findings is commonplace, perhaps in part because of a belief that the findings provide information that may ultimately improve public health” and that “this tendency to hype new findings increases the likelihood of downplaying inconsistencies within the data or any lack of concordance with other sources of evidence.” The authors supported these serious charges against epidemiology and epidemiologists with few examples. Although we acknowledge that false positives do occur, we view the position of Boffetta and colleagues on false positives as unbalanced and potentially harmful to public health. OBJECTIVE: We aim to provide a more balanced evaluation of epidemiology and its contribution to public health discourse. DISCUSSION: Boffetta and colleagues ignore the fact that false negatives may arise from the very processes that they tout as generating false-positive results. We further disagree with their proposition that false-positive results from a single study will lead to faulty decision making in matters of public health importance. In practice, such public health evaluations are based on all the data available from all relevant disciplines and never to our knowledge on a single study. CONCLUSIONS: The lack of balance by Boffetta and colleagues in their evaluation of die impact of false-positive findings on epidemiology, the charge that “methodological vigilance is often absent” in epidemiologists’ interpretation of their own results, and the false characterization of how epidemiologic findings are used in societal decision making all undermine a major source of information regarding disease risks. We reaffirm the importance of epidemiologic evidence as a critical component of the foundation of public health protection.
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177. 'Koulu on päässyt vankilasta' : ilon pedagogiikkaa Halmeniemen vapaalla kyläkoululla
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Vainio, Harri
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pedagogiikka ,vaihtoehtoiset menetelmät ,Summerhill ,narratiivinen tutkimus ,toimintatutkimus ,opettajuus ,vapaat koulut ,Halmeniemen vapaa kyläkoulu - Published
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178. Occupational Health: Risk Assessment and Management Steven S Sadhra Krishna G Rampal
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Vainio, Harri
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179. Metabolism and Genotoxicity of Styrene
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Vainio, Harri, primary, Norppa, Hannu, additional, Hemminki, Kari, additional, and Sorsa, Marja, additional
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180. COVALENT BINDING OF STYRENE OXIDE TO RAT LIVER MACROMOLECULES IN VIVO AND IN VITRO
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Marniemi, Jukka, primary, Suolinna, Else-Maj, additional, Kaartinen, Niilo, additional, and Vainio, Harri, additional
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181. EFFECTS OF STYRENE ADMINISTRATION ON THE DETOXIFYING ENZYMES IN RAT LIVER
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Parkki, Max, primary, Vainio, Harri, additional, and Marniemi, Jukka, additional
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182. ACTIVATION AND 1NACTIVATI0N OF HEPATIC MICROSOMAL ENZYMES BY ETHANOL IN VITRO
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Marniemi, Jukka, primary, Aitio, Antero, additional, and Vainio, Harri, additional
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183. STIMULATION OF XEhOBlOTIC BIOTRANSFORMATION BY ALDRIN AND DIELDRIN IN RAT LIVER
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Vainio, Harri, primary and Parkkl, Max G., additional
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184. LINKAGE OF MICROSOMAL DRUG OXIDATION AND GLUCURONIDATION
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Vainio, Harri, primary
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185. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
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Achtert, Günther, primary, Agosin., Moises, additional, Ahokas, Jorma T., additional, Altmann, Hans-Jürgen, additional, Alvares, Alvito P., additional, Arvela, Pentti I., additional, Baars, A.J., additional, Von Bahr, Christer, additional, Batt, Anne-Marie, additional, Belvedere, Giorgio, additional, Bend, John R., additional, Bentley, Philip, additional, Berg, Anders, additional, Berggren, Margareta, additional, Beyhl, Friedrich E., additional, Bock, Karl Walter, additional, Böttcher, Irmgard, additional, Boyd, G.S., additional, Breckenridge, Alasdair M., additional, Brunner, G., additional, Budczies, Babette, additional, Burchell, Brian, additional, Busch, U., additional, Capdevila, Jorge, additional, Carlström, Kjell, additional, Charuel, Claude, additional, Cho, Arthur K., additional, Conney, Allan H., additional, Coomes, Marguerite L., additional, Coon, M.J., additional, Cooper, David Y., additional, Cox, P.J., additional, Cremer-Schlede, Eva, additional, Davies, Donald S., additional, Debey, Marie-Pascale, additional, Denk, Helmut, additional, Dickins, Maurice, additional, Deutschmann, G., additional, Diehl, Horst, additional, Dietsch, Agnès, additional, Down, William H., additional, Duppel, Wilfried, additional, Dus, Karl M., additional, Dybing, Erik, additional, Ebel, D., additional, Eben, Anneliese, additional, Elcombe, C.R., additional, Ernster, Lars, additional, Estabrook, Ronald W., additional, Fann, William E., additional, Fauran, Francois, additional, Fellenius, Erik, additional, Franklin, Michael, additional, Garbe, Andreas, additional, Gelboin, Harry V., additional, Gielen, J., additional, Gillette, James R., additional, Glatt, Hans R., additional, Glazko, A.J., additional, Golan, Mario, additional, Gräfström, Roland, additional, Gram, Theodore E., additional, Gunsalus, I.C., additional, Gustafsson, Jan-Åke, additional, Hänninen, Osmo, additional, Haroz, Richard K., additional, Heinemeyer, Gerhard, additional, Herken, H., additional, Herzberg, Mala, additional, Herzberg, Wolfgang, additional, Hesse, Sigrun, additional, Hildebrandt, Alfred, additional, Hirata, Masaharo, additional, Hlavica, P., additional, Hoensch, Harald, additional, Hoffbauer, R.W., additional, Högberg, Johan, additional, Holtzman, J.L., additional, Ihlefeld, Heimbert, additional, Ingelman-Sundberg, Magnus, additional, Jakobsson, Sten, additional, Jauch, Rolf, additional, Jeffery, Elizabeth, additional, Jerina, D., additional, Jernström, Bengt, additional, Johannesen, Karin, additional, Joly, Jean-Gil, additional, Jonen, H.G., additional, Jonsson, John, additional, Kärki, Niilo, additional, Kahl, G.F., additional, Kahl, Regine, additional, Kaminsky, Laurence, additional, Kappas, A., additional, Kato, Ryuichi, additional, Kaufmann, Rolf, additional, Kewitz, Helmut, additional, Kexel, Hugo, additional, Kiese, Manfred, additional, Kim, Sangduk, additional, Koch-Weser, Jan, additional, Kremers, P., additional, Kupfer, David, additional, Larsen, John Chr., additional, Lang, Matti, additional, Lech, John J., additional, Lenk, Werner, additional, Levin, Wayne, additional, Lieber, Charles S., additional, Lind, Christina, additional, Lindeke, Björn, additional, Lissner, R., additional, Lübke, Klaus, additional, Maines, Mahin D., additional, Mannering, G.J., additional, Marlowe, Carolyn G., additional, Marniemi, Jukka, additional, Marselos, Marios, additional, Marsh, J., additional, Masters, Bettie Sue S., additional, Mattern, Ina E., additional, Meyer, Urs A., additional, Mercier, Michel, additional, Mieyal, John J., additional, Mitchell, Jerry R., additional, Mohn, Gertrud, additional, Moldéus, Peter, additional, Moron, Maria, additional, Mosser, Jacqueline, additional, Mull, Robert, additional, Muller-Eberhard, Ursula, additional, Narasimhulu, Skakunthola, additional, Nastainczyk, Wolfgang, additional, Neal, Robert, additional, Nebert, Daniel W., additional, Netter, K.J., additional, Noordhoek, J., additional, Novak, Raymond F., additional, Oesch, Franz, additional, Okuda, Kyuichio, additional, Omura, Tsuneo, additional, Orrenius, Sten, additional, Orton, Terence C., additional, Paigen, Beverly, additional, Paigen, Kenneth, additional, Parke, D.W., additional, Pawlak, Andrzey, additional, Pederson, Thomas C., additional, Pelkonen, Olavi, additional, Peterson, Julian A., additional, Philpot, Richard M., additional, DePierre, Joseph W., additional, Pitré, Davide, additional, Poensgen, Jutta, additional, Powis, G., additional, Prough, Russell A., additional, Pyykkö, Kaija, additional, Rafter, Joseph James, additional, Rahimtula, Anver, additional, Reed, Donald J., additional, Remmer, H., additional, Rendic, Slobodan, additional, Roots, Ivar, additional, Rosenthal, Otto, additional, Rubin, Alan, additional, Ruf, Hans-Heinrich, additional, Sato, Ryo, additional, Schenkman, John B., additional, Scheulen, M., additional, Schleyer, Heinz, additional, Schmassmann, H.U., additional, Schmelz, Eike, additional, Schmid, Jochen, additional, Schmidt, H.-L., additional, Schmoldt, Achim, additional, Schoene, Klaus, additional, Schoppler, J., additional, Schreiber, Eric, additional, Schulman, Martin, additional, Schulte-Hermann, Rolf, additional, Schüppel, R., additional, Schuster, Ingeborg, additional, Schwartzkopff, Thomas, additional, Seidegard, Janeric, additional, Sies, Helmut, additional, Siest, Gérard, additional, Sipal, Z., additional, Sligar, Stephen G., additional, Snyder, Robert, additional, Sotaniemi, Eero A., additional, Spitzauer, Peter, additional, Staudinger, Hansjürgen, additional, Stier, A., additional, Stitzel, Robert, additional, Tanaka, Minoru, additional, Temple, David J., additional, Temple, Cherrie, additional, Tennekes, H.A., additional, Terriere, Leon C., additional, Teschke, Rolf, additional, Thenot, Jean-Paul, additional, Thor, Hjördis, additional, Thorgeirsson, Snorri S., additional, Thurman, Ronald G., additional, Traylor, Teddy G., additional, Traylor, Patricia S., additional, Trifilieff, Elisabeth, additional, Tsibris, John C.M., additional, Tunek, Anders, additional, Cuong, Parcor Tuong Chi, additional, Uehleke, H., additional, Ullrich, Volker, additional, Vadi, Helena, additional, Vähäkangas, Kirsi, additional, Vainio, Harri, additional, Vatsis, Kostas P., additional, Vesell, Elliot S., additional, Viljakainen, Eila, additional, Visser, R., additional, Volz, Manfred, additional, Villeneuve, Jean-Pierre, additional, Waddell, William J., additional, Welch, Richard M., additional, Wende, Peter, additional, Wendt, Gemot, additional, Werringloer, Jürgen, additional, Weymann, Jürgen, additional, Wiebel, F.J., additional, Wolf, Roland C., additional, Wolff, Thomas, additional, Wollenberg, Peter, additional, Yang, C.S., additional, Yang, Shen K., additional, Yasukochi, Yukio, additional, Yesair, David W., additional, Zehnder, K., additional, Ziegler, Daniel M., additional, and Zimmer, Arno, additional
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- 1977
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186. Sosiaaliset innovaatiot ja sektoritutkimus
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Vainio, Harri
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innovaatiopolitiikka ,Pääkirjoitus - Published
- 2006
187. Genes, Cancer, and Ethics in the Work Environment Sheldon W Samuels Arthur C Upton
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Vainio, Harri
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- 1999
188. EditorialOccupational safety and health in the service of people
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VAINIO, Harri, primary
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189. Building an evidence base for occupational health interventions
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Verbeek, Jos, Husman, Kaj, van Dijk, Frank, Jauhiainen, Merja, Pasternack, Iris, Vainio, Harri, Amsterdam Public Health, and Coronel Institute of Occupational Health
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This article summarizes arguments for building an evidence base for occupational health. Evidence is needed on the most effective ways of eliminating health hazards in the workplace and at work, enhancing healthy behavior or the empowerment of workers, and preventing and treating occupational diseases and occupational disability. An evidence base for occupational health must include systematic reviews. The Cochrane Collaboration has brought together some of the evidence; however, a search for systematic reviews on the top priorities in occupational health research showed that systematic reviews are lacking in many areas. Current reviewing methods can be adapted to the special features of occupational health. It is concluded that more effort should be invested in the preparation, maintenance, and dissemination of systematic reviews in order to create a necessary evidence base for occupational health interventions. Occupational health could benefit considerably from greater awareness of the evidence for and against various types of intervention
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190. Statin Use and Breast Cancer Survival
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University of Helsinki, Research Programs Unit, Murtola, Teemu J., Visvanathan, Kala, Artama, Miia, Vainio, Harri, Pukkala, Eero, University of Helsinki, Research Programs Unit, Murtola, Teemu J., Visvanathan, Kala, Artama, Miia, Vainio, Harri, and Pukkala, Eero
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- 2014
191. Epidemics of asbestos-related diseases – something old, something new
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Vainio, Harri, primary
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192. Statin Use and Breast Cancer Survival: A Nationwide Cohort Study from Finland
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Murtola, Teemu J., primary, Visvanathan, Kala, additional, Artama, Miia, additional, Vainio, Harri, additional, and Pukkala, Eero, additional
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193. Asbestos, asbestosis, and cancer, the Helsinki criteria for diagnosis and attribution 2014: recommendations
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Wolff, Henrik, primary, Vehmas, Tapio, additional, Oksa, Panu, additional, Rantanen, Jorma, additional, and Vainio, Harri, additional
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194. Chemoprevention in Cancer Control M Hakama V Beral E Buiatti J Faivre DM Parkin
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Vainio, Harri
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195. Genetics and occupational health and safety
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Vainio, Harri
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Occupational health and safety -- Management ,Genetic research -- Influence ,Occupational diseases -- Risk factors ,Occupational diseases -- Genetic aspects ,Occupational diseases -- Prevention ,Company business management ,Health - Published
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196. Cyclo-oxygenase 2 and breast cancer prevention : Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents are worth testing in breast cancer
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Vainio, Harri and Morgan, Gareth
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Isoenzymes ,Cyclooxygenase 2 ,Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases ,Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal ,Editorials ,Humans ,Membrane Proteins ,Breast Neoplasms ,Female - Published
- 1998
197. Breast cancer mortality among users of cholesterol-lowering drugs.
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Murtola, Teemu Johannes, primary, Visvanathan, Kala, additional, Artama, Miia, additional, Vainio, Harri, additional, and Pukkala, Eero, additional
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198. Prevention of Occupational Diseases: Implementing the Evidence
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Verbeek, Jos, primary, C Morata, Thais, additional, Ruotsalainen, Jani, additional, and Vainio, Harri, additional
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199. Abstract 136: Statins and breast cancer mortality.
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Murtola, Teemu J., primary, Visvanathan, Kala, additional, Artama, Miia, additional, Vainio, Harri, additional, and Pukkala, Eero, additional
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200. Key Factors in Developing Omnichannel Customer Experience with Finnish Retailers.
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Peltola, Satu, Vainio, Harri, and Nieminen, Marko
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