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Joshua E. Muscat is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research expertise lies predominantly in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Oncology, and Otorhinolaryngology. Their scholarly output includes 117 publications related to Medicine, encompassing 24 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 19 in Physiology, 12 in Molecular Biology, 11 in Oncology, and 10 in Otorhinolaryngology.

The scientist's research covers several interconnected topics. These include Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Head and Neck Cancer Studies, Nutritional Studies and Diet, Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet, Fungal Biology and Applications, Air Quality and Health Impacts, and Folate and B Vitamins Research.

Joshua E. Muscat has published multiple papers, with some of the recent significant contributions listed as follows:

  • Alcohol drinking and head and neck cancer risk: the joint effect of intensity and duration (2020, British Journal of Cancer)
  • Higher Mushroom Consumption Is Associated with Lower Risk of Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies (2021, Advances in Nutrition)
  • Mushroom intake and depression: A population-based study using data from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2005-2016 (2021, Journal of Affective Disorders)
  • Association of sulfur amino acid consumption with cardiometabolic risk factors: Cross-sectional findings from NHANES III (2020, EClinicalMedicine)
  • Lessons learned from the INHANCE consortium: An overview of recent results on head and neck cancer (2020, Oral Diseases)

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Joshua E. Muscat include:

  • Zuo-Feng Zhang
  • John P. Richie
  • Paolo Boffetta
  • María Paula Curado
  • Philip Lazarus

The scientist's work has appeared regularly in several publication venues. Notable among these are UNC Libraries with 18 publications, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health with 5 publications, Chemical Research in Toxicology with 4, Nutrition Journal with 3, and European Journal of Cancer Prevention with 3.

Best Publications

  • Interaction between tobacco and alcohol use and the risk of head and neck cancer: pooled analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium.

    Mia Hashibe;Paul Brennan;Shu Chun Chuang;Stefania Boccia

  • Alcohol Drinking in Never Users of Tobacco, Cigarette Smoking in Never Drinkers, and the Risk of Head and Neck Cancer: Pooled Analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium

    Mia Hashibe;Paul Brennan;Simone Benhamou;Xavier Castellsague

  • Handheld Cellular Telephone Use and Risk of Brain Cancer

    Joshua E. Muscat;Mark G. Malkin;Seth Thompson;Roy E. Shore

  • Colorectal Cancer Risk and Dietary Intake of Calcium, Vitamin D, and Dairy Products: A Meta-Analysis of 26,335 Cases From 60 Observational Studies

    Michael Huncharek;Joshua Muscat;Bruce Kupelnick

  • Cessation of alcohol drinking, tobacco smoking and the reversal of head and neck cancer risk

    Manuela Marron;Manuela Marron;Paolo Boffetta;Zuo Feng Zhang;David Zaridze

  • Cigarette, Cigar, and Pipe Smoking and the Risk of Head and Neck Cancers: Pooled Analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium

    Annah Wyss;Mia Hashibe;Shu Chun Chuang;Yuan Chin Amy Lee

  • The changing epidemiology of smoking and lung cancer histology.

    Ernst L. Wynder;Joshua E. Muscat

  • A Genome-Wide Association Study of Upper Aerodigestive Tract Cancers Conducted within the INHANCE Consortium

    James D. McKay;Therese Truong;Valerie Gaborieau;Amelie Chabrier

  • Diabetes, antidiabetic medications and pancreatic cancer risk: an analysis from the international pancreatic cancer case-control consortium

    C. Bosetti;V. Rosato;D. Li;D. Silverman

  • Tobacco, alcohol, asbestos, and occupational risk factors for laryngeal cancer

    Joshua E. Muscat;Ernst L. Wynder

  • Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs and colorectal cancer

    Joshua E. Muscat;Steven D. Stellman;Ernst L. Wynder

  • Adult height and head and neck cancer: A pooled analysis within the INHANCE Consortium

    E. Leoncini;W. Ricciardi;G. Cadoni;D. Arzani

  • Total Exposure and Exposure Rate Effects for Alcohol and Smoking and Risk of Head and Neck Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of Case-Control Studies

    Jay H. Lubin;Mark Purdue;Karl Kelsey;Zuo Feng Zhang

  • Breast Cancer: Weighing the Evidence for a Promoting Role of Dietary Fat

    Ernst L. Wynder;Leonard A. Cohen;Joshua E. Muscat;Barbara Winters

  • Impact of dairy products and dietary calcium on bone-mineral content in children: Results of a meta-analysis

    Michael Huncharek;Joshua Muscat;Joshua Muscat;Bruce Kupelnick

  • Previous Lung Diseases and Lung Cancer Risk: A Pooled Analysis From the International Lung Cancer Consortium

    Darren R. Brenner;Paolo Boffetta;Eric J. Duell;Heike Bickeböller

  • K-ras oncogene mutation as a prognostic marker in non-small cell lung cancer: a combined analysis of 881 cases.

    Michael Huncharek;Joshua Muscat;Jean Francois Geschwind

  • Risk of squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the lung in relation to lifetime filter cigarette smoking

    Steven D. Stellman;Joshua E. Muscat;Seth Thompson;Dietrich Hoffmann

  • Replication of Lung Cancer Susceptibility Loci at Chromosomes 15q25, 5p15, and 6p21: A Pooled Analysis From the International Lung Cancer Consortium

    Therese Truong;Rayjean J. Hung;Christopher I. Amos;Xifeng Wu

  • Handheld cellular telephones and risk of acoustic neuroma.

    J. E. Muscat;M. G. Malkin;R. E. Shore;S. Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip Lazarus
Philip Lazarus Washington State University Spokane
Paolo Boffetta
Paolo Boffetta Stony Brook Medicine
Zuo-Feng Zhang
Zuo-Feng Zhang University of California, Los Angeles
Mia Hashibe
Mia Hashibe University of Utah
Andrew F. Olshan
Andrew F. Olshan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Stephen M. Schwartz
Stephen M. Schwartz University of Washington
Paul Brennan
Paul Brennan International Agency For Research On Cancer
Eleonora Fabianova
Eleonora Fabianova Regional Authority of Public Health
Ernst L. Wynder
Ernst L. Wynder Dana Corporation
Peter Rudnai
Peter Rudnai National Institutes of Health

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