Evaluation of Automatically Assigned Job-Specific Interview Modules

Friesen, Melissa C.; Lan, Qing; Ge, Calvin; Locke, Sarah J.; Hosgood, Dean; Fritschi, Lin; Sadkowsky, Troy; Chen, Yu Cheng; Hu, Wei; Xu, Jun; Lam, Tai Hing; Kwong, Yok Lam; Chen, Kexin; Xu, Caigang; Su, Yu Chieh; Chiu, Brian C.‐H.; Purdue, Mark P.; Bassig, Bryan A.; Rothman, Nat; Vermeulen, Roel

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“…If specific questionnaires are administered by interviewers, they must be trained to correctly and immediately apply different modules based on key jobs or tasks reported by subjects (Colt et al, 2011;Carey et al, 2014). If an automated system is responsible for administering specific questionnaires, the list of keywords must be sensitive and specific to avoid asking irrelevant modules and missing potential exposures (Friesen et al, 2016a). Finally, although use of specific questionnaires reduces interview burden for subjects who report few or no relevant exposure-related tasks, burden for those reporting multiple relevant tasks increases.…”

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Use and Reliability of Exposure Assessment Methods in Occupational Case–Control Studies in the General Population: Past, Present, and Future

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Kromhout

et al. 2018

Annals of Work Exposures and Health

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Use and Reliability of Exposure Assessment Methods in Occupational Case–Control Studies in the General Population: Past, Present, and Future

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“…We excluded those who had any possibly NPC-related symptoms such as hearing problems, epistaxis, or cranial nerve palsy. Following the AsiaLymph guideline of the US National Cancer Institute [ 23 ], we also specified that no more than 15% of controls had the same specific type of disease. A limited number of specific diagnoses were further excluded, based on a known or suspected relation with vitamin D exposure and immunological, infectious, and/or inflammatory etiology.…”

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Solar Ultraviolet Radiation and Vitamin D Deficiency on Epstein-Barr Virus Reactivation: Observational and Genetic Evidence From a Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma-Endemic Population

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Lin

Ngan

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Background We investigated the relationship of Epstein-Barr virus viral capsid antigen (EBV VCA-IgA) serostatus with ambient and personal ultraviolet radiation (UVR) and vitamin D exposure. Methods Using data from a multicenter case-control study, we included 1026 controls subjects in 2014-2017 in Hong Kong, China. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of the association between UVR exposure and EBV VCA-IgA (seropositivity vs seronegativity) were calculated using unconditional logistic regression models adjusted for potential confounders. Results We observed a large increase in seropositivity of EBV VCA-IgA in association with duration of sunlight exposures at both 10 years before recruitment and age 19-30 years (adjusted OR = 3.59, 95% CI = 1.46-8.77; and 2.44, 1.04-5.73 for ≥8 vs &2 hours/day; P for trend = 0.005 and 0.048, respectively). However, no association of EBV VCA-IgA serostatus with other indicators of UVR exposure was found. In addition, both circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) and genetic predicted 25OHD were not associated with EBV VCA-IgA serostatus. Conclusions Our results suggest that personal UVR exposure may be associated with higher risk of EBV reactivation, but we did not find clear evidence of vitamin D exposure (observational or genetic), a molecular mediator of UVR exposure. Further prospective studies in other populations are needed to confirm this finding, and to explore the underlying biological mechanisms. Information on photosensitizing agents, and serological markers of EBV, and biomarkers related to systemic immunity and inflammation should be collected and are also highly relevant in future studies.

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“…Those with a history of NPC, dementia, or suspected symptoms of NPC such as recent unilateral facial nerve palsy, tinnitus, unilateral hearing loss and epistaxis were excluded. Following the AsiaLymph guideline of the US National Cancer Institute (13), we also specified that no more than 15% of controls had the same specific type of disease. A limited number of specific diagnoses were further excluded, based on a known or suspected relation with vitamin D exposure, and immunological, infectious and/or inflammatory etiology.…”

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Milk Consumption Across Life Periods in Relation to Lower Risk of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Multicentre Case-Control Study

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Background: The much higher incidence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) in men suggests sex hormones as a risk factor, and dairy products contain measurable amounts of steroid hormones. Milk consumption has greatly increased in endemic regions of NPC. We investigated the association between NPC and milk consumption across life periods in Hong Kong. Methods: A multicentre case-control study included 815 histologically confirmed NPC incident cases and 1,502 controls who were frequency-matched on age and sex at five major hospitals in Hong Kong in 2014–2017. Odds ratios (ORs) of NPC (cases vs. controls) for milk consumption at different life periods were estimated by unconditional logistic regression, adjusting for sex, age, socioeconomic status score, smoking and alcohol drinking status, exposure to occupational hazards, family history of cancer, IgA against Epstein-Barr virus viral capsid antigen, and total energy intake. Results: Compared with abstainers, lower risks of NPC were consistently observed in regular users (consuming ≥5 glasses of milk [fresh and powdered combined] per month) across four life periods of age 6–12 (adjusted OR 0.74, 95% CI 0.54–0.86), 13–18 (0.68, 0.55–0.84), 19–30 (0.68, 0.55–0.84), and 10 years before recruitment (0.72, 0.59–0.87). Long-term average milk consumption of ≤2.5, >2.5, and ≤12.5, >12.5 glasses per month yielded adjusted OR (95% CI) of 1.00 (0.80–1.26), 0.98 (0.81–1.18), 0.95 (0.76–1.18), and 0.55 (0.43–0.70), respectively (all P -values for trend < 0.05). Conclusion: Consumption of milk across life periods was associated with lower risks of NPC. If confirmed to be causal, this has important implications for dairy product consumption and prevention of NPC.

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Evaluation of Automatically Assigned Job-Specific Interview Modules

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Use and Reliability of Exposure Assessment Methods in Occupational Case–Control Studies in the General Population: Past, Present, and Future

Use and Reliability of Exposure Assessment Methods in Occupational Case–Control Studies in the General Population: Past, Present, and Future

Solar Ultraviolet Radiation and Vitamin D Deficiency on Epstein-Barr Virus Reactivation: Observational and Genetic Evidence From a Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma-Endemic Population

Milk Consumption Across Life Periods in Relation to Lower Risk of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Multicentre Case-Control Study

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