Tony Fletcher

TL;DR: This article aims to promote research that integrates the theory and practice from both air pollution and social epidemiologies to gain a better understanding of the health impacts from air pollution by introducing readers to methodologic and conceptual approaches in the fields of air pollutionand social epidemiology.

TL;DR: A review and meta-analysis of published reports of occupational epidemiologic studies providing a more secure basis for risk assessment than was previously available and limited information on total dust exposure did not suggest that dust exposure was an important confounder or modified the effect.

TL;DR: Empirical evidence remains limited, and to date data are insufficient to draw firm conclusions regarding the role of PFOA for any of the diseases of concern, but there is relatively consistent evidence of modest positive associations with cholesterol and uric acid.

TL;DR: Two new regions associated with bladder cancer on chromosomes 22q13.1, 19q12 and 2q37.1 are identified and previous candidate associations for the GSTM1 deletion and a tag SNP for NAT2 acetylation status are validated, and interactions with smoking in both regions are found.

TL;DR: No association was observed between UBC and the four 8q24 variants previously associated with prostate, colorectal and breast cancers, nor did rs9642880 associate with any of these three cancers.