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Aaron Blair is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research activity is primarily concentrated in the field of Environmental Science, with significant contributions in several subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Plant Science, Cancer Research, Pollution, and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to environmental health and safety, with a focus on:

  • Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
  • Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Risk and Safety Analysis
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts

Aaron Blair has authored numerous papers published in venues such as UNC Libraries, Annals of Work Exposures and Health, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Environmental Health, and Environmental Research. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • UNC Libraries (18 publications)
  • Annals of Work Exposures and Health (8 publications)
  • Occupational and Environmental Medicine (4 publications)
  • Environmental Health (2 publications)
  • Environmental Research (2 publications)

Recent significant papers include the following studies:

  • "Pesticide exposure and risk of aggressive prostate cancer among private pesticide applicators," 2020, Environmental Health
  • "Pesticide exposure and incident thyroid cancer among male pesticide applicators in agricultural health study," 2020, Environment International
  • "Pesticide use and incident Parkinson's disease in a cohort of farmers and their spouses," 2020, Environmental Research
  • "Dicamba use and cancer incidence in the agricultural health study: an updated analysis," 2020, International Journal of Epidemiology
  • "Occupational Pesticide Use and Risk of Renal Cell Carcinoma in the Agricultural Health Study," 2020, Environmental Health Perspectives

Their research collaborations are reflected in frequent co-authorship with other researchers, including:

  • Dale P. Sandler (28 joint works)
  • Laura E. Beane Freeman (16 joint works)
  • Lawrence S. Engel (16 joint works)
  • Patricia A. Stewart (15 joint works)
  • Richard K. Kwok (14 joint works)

Best Publications

  • Rotenone, Paraquat, and Parkinson’s Disease

    Caroline M Tanner;Freya Kamel;G Webster Ross;Jane A Hoppin

  • Amount of time spent in sedentary behaviors and cause-specific mortality in US adults

    Charles E Matthews;Stephanie M George;Steven C Moore;Heather R Bowles

  • Agricultural Herbicide Use and Risk of Lymphoma and Soft-Tissue Sarcoma

    Shelia K. Hoar;Aaron Blair;Frederick F. Holmes;Cathy D. Boysen

  • The Agricultural Health Study.

    Michael C. R. Alavanja;Dale P. Sandler;Suzanne B. McMaster;Shelia Hoar Zahm

  • Physical activity recommendations and decreased risk of mortality.

    Michael F. Leitzmann;Yikyung Park;Aaron Blair;Rachel Ballard-Barbash

  • Use of Agricultural Pesticides and Prostate Cancer Risk in the Agricultural Health Study Cohort

    Michael C. R. Alavanja;Claudine Samanic;Mustafa Dosemeci;Jay Lubin

  • The Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study: A Nested Case–Control Study of Lung Cancer and Diesel Exhaust

    Debra T. Silverman;Claudine M. Samanic;Jay H. Lubin;Aaron E. Blair

  • Clues to cancer etiology from studies of farmers.

    Aaron Blair;S H Zahm;N E Pearce;EF Heineman

  • Physical activity and risk of cancer in the NHANES I population.

    D Albanes;A Blair;P R Taylor

  • Reduced Fertility Among Overweight and Obese Men

    Markku Sallmén;Dale P Sandler;Jane A Hoppin;Aaron Blair

  • Pesticides and other agricultural risk factors for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma among men in Iowa and Minnesota.

    Kenneth P. Cantor;Aaron Blair;George Everett;Robert Gibson

  • Pesticide Exposures and Other Agricultural Risk Factors for Leukemia among Men in Iowa and Minnesota

    L M Brown;A Blair;R Gibson;G D Everett

  • The Shanghai Women's Health Study: Rationale, Study Design, and Baseline Characteristics

    Wei Zheng;Wong Ho Chow;Gong Yang;Fan Jin

  • Mortality from Solid Cancers among Workers in Formaldehyde Industries

    Michael Hauptmann;Jay H. Lubin;Patricia A. Stewart;Richard B. Hayes

  • Cancer incidence among glyphosate-exposed pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study.

    Anneclaire J. De Roos;Aaron Blair;Jennifer A. Rusiecki;Jane A. Hoppin

  • A case-control study of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) in eastern Nebraska.

    Shelia Hoar Zahm;Dennis D. Weisenburger;Paula A. Babbitt;Robert C. Saal

  • Pesticide Exposure and Self-reported Parkinson's Disease in the Agricultural Health Study

    F. Kamel;C. M. Tanner;D. M. Umbach;J. A. Hoppin

  • Physical activities and future risk of Parkinson disease

    Q. Xu;Y. Park;X. Huang;A. Hollenbeck

  • The Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study: A Cohort Mortality Study With Emphasis on Lung Cancer

    Michael D. Attfield;Patricia L. Schleiff;Jay H. Lubin;Aaron Blair

  • Integrative assessment of multiple pesticides as risk factors for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma among men

    A J De Roos;S H Zahm;K P Cantor;D D Weisenburger

Frequent Co-Authors

Dale P. Sandler
Dale P. Sandler National Institutes of Health
Michael C. R. Alavanja
Michael C. R. Alavanja National Institutes of Health
Jay H. Lubin
Jay H. Lubin United States Department of Health and Human Services
Mustafa Dosemeci
Mustafa Dosemeci National Institutes of Health
Shelia Hoar Zahm
Shelia Hoar Zahm National Institutes of Health
Charles F. Lynch
Charles F. Lynch University of Iowa
Kenneth P. Cantor
Kenneth P. Cantor National Institutes of Health
Roel Vermeulen
Roel Vermeulen Utrecht University
Nathaniel Rothman
Nathaniel Rothman National Institutes of Health
Debra T. Silverman
Debra T. Silverman National Institutes of Health

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