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Misty J. Hein
Researcher at National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Publications - 77
Citations - 3886
Misty J. Hein is an academic researcher from National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Cohort. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 77 publications receiving 3515 citations. Previous affiliations of Misty J. Hein include CACI.
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Neurodegenerative causes of death among retired National Football League players
TL;DR: The neurodegenerative mortality of this cohort of professional football players is 3 times higher than that of the general US population; that for 2 of the major neurodegenersative subcategories, AD and ALS, is 4 times higher.
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Neurodegenerative causes of death among retired National Football League playersAuthor Response
TL;DR: Further cohort studies in professional players of different sports should be conducted with particular attention to the position of players because this could supply important etiologic cues.
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Mortality among a cohort of garment workers exposed to formaldehyde: an update
TL;DR: Evaluated the mortality experience of 11 039 workers exposed to formaldehyde for three months or more in three garment plants found a possible relation between formaldehyde exposure and myeloid leukaemia mortality.
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Urinary Pesticide Concentrations Among Children, Mothers and Fathers Living in Farm and Non-Farm Households in Iowa
Brian D. Curwin,Misty J. Hein,Wayne T. Sanderson,Cynthia A. F. Striley,Dick Heederik,Hans Kromhout,Stephen J. Reynolds,Michael C. R. Alavanja +7 more
TL;DR: Urinary metabolite concentration was positively associated with pesticide dust concentration in the homes for all pesticides except atrazine in farm mothers; however, the associations were generally not significant.
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Follow-up study of chrysotile textile workers: cohort mortality and exposure-response.
TL;DR: An update of the mortality experience of a cohort of South Carolina asbestos textile workers and a strong exposure-response relation between estimated exposure to chrysotile and mortality from lung cancer and asbestosis is confirmed.