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Overview

Allan H. Smith is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, with particular focus on health effects related to environmental exposures, nutrition, and radiological safety.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics addressing public health risks and safety protocols. These include:

  • "Prospective cohort study of respiratory effects at ages 14 to 26 following early life exposure to arsenic in drinking water" (2020, Environmental Epidemiology)
  • "Mechanisms Underlying Latent Disease Risk Associated with Early-Life Arsenic Exposure: Current Research Trends and Scientific Gaps" (2020, UNC Libraries)
  • "8096 Optimization of Radiation Safety Release Instructions After Iodine-131 Treatment for Differentiated Thyroid Cancers" (2024, Journal of the Endocrine Society)
  • "Arsenic in Drinking Water and Prostate Cancer: A Population-Based Case-Control Study in Northern Chile" (2025, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention)

Their work often intersects topics related to environmental toxicology and health impacts. Major themes found in their research include:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Radiation Dose and Imaging

Smith's academic contributions also categorize within several specialized domains such as:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Frequent collaborators in Smith's research network include Craig Steinmaus, Md Alfazal Khan, Meera M. Hira-Smith, Syed Imran Ahmed, and Mohammad Yunus. Collaboration with Craig Steinmaus stands out as the most recurrent among these partners.

The venues where Smith regularly publishes reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research, ranging from environmental epidemiology to cancer research and nuclear medicine. These include:

  • Environmental Epidemiology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of the Endocrine Society
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention

Best Publications

  • Contamination of drinking-water by arsenic in Bangladesh: a public health emergency

    Allan H. Smith;Elena O. Lingas;Mahfuzar Rahman

  • Cancer risks from arsenic in drinking water.

    Allan H. Smith;Claudia Hopenhayn-Rich;Michael N. Bates;Helen M. Goeden

  • Marked Increase in Bladder and Lung Cancer Mortality in a Region of Northern Chile Due to Arsenic in Drinking Water

    Allan H. Smith;Mario Goycolea;Reina Haque;Mary Lou Biggs

  • Arsenic Epidemiology and Drinking Water Standards

    Allan H. Smith;Peggy A. Lopipero;Michael N. Bates;Craig M. Steinmaus

  • Arsenic levels in drinking water and the prevalence of skin lesions in West Bengal, India

    D N Guha Mazumder;R Haque;N Ghosh;B K De

  • Lung and kidney cancer mortality associated with arsenic in drinking water in Córdoba, Argentina

    Claudia Hopenhayn-Rich;Mary Lou Biggs;Allan H Smith

  • Arsenic ingestion and internal cancers: a review.

    Michael N. Bates;Allan H. Smith;Claudia Hopenhayn-Rich

  • Increased mortality from lung cancer and bronchiectasis in young adults after exposure to arsenic in utero and in early childhood

    Allan H. Smith;Guillermo Marshall;Yan Yuan;Catterina Ferreccio

  • Lung cancer and arsenic concentrations in drinking water in Chile.

    Catterina Ferreccio;Claudia Gonzalez;Vivian Milosavjlevic;Guillermo Marshall

  • Bladder cancer mortality associated with arsenic in drinking water in Argentina.

    Claudia Hopenhayn-Rich;Mary Lou Biggs;Analía Fuchs;Remo Bergoglio

  • Fifty-year study of lung and bladder cancer mortality in Chile related to arsenic in drinking water.

    Guillermo Marshall;Catterina Ferreccio;Yan Yuan;Michael N. Bates

  • Arsenic in drinking water and the prevalence of respiratory effects in West Bengal, India

    Debendra N Guha Mazumder;Reina Haque;Nilima Ghosh;Binay K De

  • Methylation study of a population environmentally exposed to arsenic in drinking water.

    Claudia Hopenhayn-Rich;Mary Lou Biggs;Allan H. Smith;David A. Kalman

  • An Emerging Role for Epigenetic Dysregulation in Arsenic Toxicity and Carcinogenesis

    Xuefeng Ren;Cliona M. McHale;Christine F. Skibola;Allan H. Smith

  • Case-control study of bladder cancer and drinking water arsenic in the western United States.

    Craig Steinmaus;Yan Yuan;Michael N. Bates;Allan H. Smith

  • Case-Control Study of Bladder Cancer and Arsenic in Drinking Water

    Michael N. Bates;Allan H. Smith;Kenneth P. Cantor

  • Serum Vitamin A (Retinol) and Cancer Incidence in Evans County, Georgia

    Jeremy D. Kark;Allan H. Smith;Boyd R. Switzer;Curtis G. Hames

  • Diet and Bladder Cancer: A Meta-analysis of Six Dietary Variables

    Craig M. Steinmaus;Sandra Nuñez;Allan H. Smith

  • Arsenic Exposure During Pregnancy and Size at Birth: A Prospective Cohort Study in Bangladesh

    Anisur Rahman;Marie Vahter;Allan H. Smith;Barbro Nermell

  • Vascular Effects of Chronic Arsenic Exposure: A Review

    Robert R. Engel;Claudia Hopenhayn-Rich;Olivier Receveur;Allan H. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Catterina Ferreccio
Catterina Ferreccio Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Martyn T. Smith
Martyn T. Smith University of California, Berkeley
John R. Balmes
John R. Balmes University of California, Berkeley
Neil Pearce
Neil Pearce London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Luoping Zhang
Luoping Zhang University of California, Berkeley
Kenneth P. Cantor
Kenneth P. Cantor National Institutes of Health
Brenda Eskenazi
Brenda Eskenazi University of California, Berkeley
Irva Hertz-Picciotto
Irva Hertz-Picciotto University of California, Davis
Herman A. Tyroler
Herman A. Tyroler University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rubhana Raqib
Rubhana Raqib International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research

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