Assignments Week 3
April 16 – Climate change
Harvey Checkoway
Readings:
- Vanhems P, Gambiotti L, Fabry J. Excess rate of in-hospital death in Lyons, France, during the August 2003 heat wave. N Engl J Med 2003;2077-8.
- McMichael AJ, Woodruff RE, Hales S. Climate change and human health: present and future risks. Lancet 2006;367:859-69.
April 18 – Water pollution
Susan Searles Nielsen
Readings:
- Gallagher LG, Webster TF, Aschengrau A, Vieira VM. Using residential history and roundwater modeling to examine drinking water exposure and breast cancer. Environ Health Perspect 2010;118:749-55.
- Villanueva CM, Kantor KP, Grimalt JO, et al. Bladder cancer and exposure to water disinfection by-products through ingestion, bathing, howering, and swimming in pools. Am J Epidemiol 2007;165:148-56.
- Vinceti M, Bonvicini F, Rothman KJ, Vescovi L, Wang F. The relation between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and inorganic selenium in drinking water: a population-based case-control study. Environ Health 2010;9:77-85.