Myles Gordon Cockburn, PhD

Myles Cockburn is Professor in the Department of Population & Public Health Sciences
and the Department of Dermatology, focusing on cancer etiology and prevention. A native of New Zealand, he came to USC to study melanoma risk factors and to design methods for improved primary prevention and screening. His current research focuses on improving SunSmart attitudes and behaviors in school children throughout Los Angeles, developing skin self examination methods for effective skin cancer screening, and working with clinical dermatologists and oncologists to better understand the complex role of UV in melanogenesis. Incorporating his background in GIS and spatial sciences, he has worked extensively on elucidating the role of pesticide exposures in hormone-related cancers and Parkinson’s Disease with collaborators from UCLA and elsewhere in California. In his role in the Los Angeles Cancer Surveillance Program he is responsible for the development and dissemination of novel methods for improving cancer control, particularly in diverse and underserved populations. Dr. Cockburn mentors a number of PhD students who are trained in all aspects of epidemiologic investigation while participating in, and often taking a leading role in, his ongoing research studies. Dr. Cockburn is a member of the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center where he co-leads the Cancer Control Program and DIrects the Population Research Shared Resource, and is a member of the Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center, and USC’s Spatial Sciences Institute.

• Feasibility and limitations of using commercial databases to evaluate residential mobility in registry-based research on childhood cancer Cancer Epidemiol. 2024 Mar 15; 90:102561. . View in PubMed
• Associations between brake and tire wear-related PM25 metal components, particulate oxidative stress potential, and autism spectrum disorder in Southern California. Environ Int. 2024 Mar 10; 185:108573. . View in PubMed
• Solar ultraviolet radiation exposure, and incidence of childhood acute lymphocytic leukaemia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in a US population-based dataset Br J Cancer. 2024 Feb 29. . View in PubMed
• Lung Cancer Prevalence in Virginia: A Spatial Zipcode-Level Analysis via INLA Curr Oncol. 2024 Feb 20; 31(3):1129-1144. . View in PubMed
• Agricultural paraquat dichloride use and Parkinson’s disease in California’s Central Valley Int J Epidemiol. 2024 Feb 01; 53(1). . View in PubMed
• The PhenX Toolkit: Recommended Measurement Protocols for Social Determinants of Health Research Curr Protoc. 2024 Jan; 4(3):e977. . View in PubMed
• Neighborhood-level Social Determinants of Health and Waitlist Mortality for Liver Transplantation: The Liver Outcomes and Equity Index Transplantation. 2023 Dec 05. . View in PubMed
• A Comparison of Measured Airborne and Self-Reported Secondhand Smoke Exposure in the MADRES Pregnancy Cohort Study Nicotine Tob Res. 2023 Oct 17. . View in PubMed
• Letter to the editor Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2023 Aug; 253:114122. . View in PubMed
• Publisher Correction: A pesticide and iPSC dopaminergic neuron screen identifies and classifies Parkinson-relevant pesticides Nat Commun. 2023 Jun 23; 14(1):3747. . View in PubMed
• Correlation between Objective Measures of Sun Exposure and Self-Reported Sun Protective Behavior and Attitudes in Predominantly Hispanic Youth Photochem Photobiol. 2023 May-Jun; 99(3):1037-1046. . View in PubMed
• Lung Cancer Mortality Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Patient Experiences with Care: a SEER-CAHPS Study J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 08; 10(4):1745-1755. . View in PubMed
• Melanoma survival by age group: Population-based disparities for adolescent and young adult patients by stage, tumor thickness, and insurance type J Am Acad Dermatol. 2023 04; 88(4):831-840. . View in PubMed
• Prevalence and correlates of skin examination among ethnically diverse young adult survivors of childhood cancer Cancer Med. 2023 04; 12(7):8557-8566. . View in PubMed
• Pediatric Small Renal Masses: Can Tumor Size Predict Histology and the Potential for Nephron-sparing Surgery? J Urol. 2023 03; 209(3):582-590.. View in PubMed
• Reply by Authors J Urol. 2023 03; 209(3):590. . View in PubMed
• A pesticide and iPSC dopaminergic neuron screen identifies and classifies Parkinson-relevant pesticides Nat Commun. 2023 05 16; 14(1):2803. . View in PubMed
• Sociodemographic Disparities in Presentation and Survival of Pediatric Bone Cancers J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2023 01 01; 45(1):e31-e43. . View in PubMed
• Examining multilevel influences on parental HPV vaccine hesitancy among multiethnic communities in Los Angeles: a qualitative analysis BMC Public Health. 2023 03 22; 23(1):545. . View in PubMed
• Residential Proximity to a Commercial Pesticide Application Site and Risk of Chronic Rhinosinusitis JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 09 01; 149(9):773-780. . View in PubMed
• Association of nativity with survival among adults with hepatocellular carcinoma J Natl Cancer Inst. 2023 07 06; 115(7):861-869. . View in PubMed
• Proximity to residential and workplace pesticides application and the risk of progression of Parkinson’s diseases in Central California Sci Total Environ. 2022 Dec 13; 160851. . View in PubMed
• Geographic hotspot detection for late-stage hepatocellular carcinoma: novel approach to cancer control Cancer Causes Control. 2022 May; 33(5):701-710. . View in PubMed
• Prenatal ambient pesticide exposure and childhood retinoblastoma Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2022 08; 245:114025. . View in PubMed
• Diverging Incidence Trends for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Rural and Urban Settings in the United StatesClin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 05; 20(5):1180-1185. e2. . View in PubMed
• Acculturation, Mental Health, and Wellbeing Among Hispanic/Latinx Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol. 2022 04; 11(2):223-228. . View in PubMed
• Thyroid Cancer and Pesticide Use in a Central California Agricultural Area: A Case Control Study J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 08 18; 107(9):e3574-e3582. . View in PubMed
• Adolescent Use of Flavored Non-Tobacco Oral Nicotine Products Pediatrics. 2022 09 01; 150(3). . View in PubMed
• Effects of small milking stalls on stress responses in dairy cows during milking in group milking parlors J Dairy Sci. 2022 Jan; 105(1):609-622. . View in PubMed
• Pre-implementation evaluation for an HPV vaccine provider communication intervention among primary care clinics Vaccine. 2022 08 05; 40(33):4835-4844. . View in PubMed
• Addressing Health Disparities Across the Cancer Continuum-a Los Angeles Approach to Achieving Equity Front Oncol. 2022; 12:912832. . View in PubMed
• Environmental pesticide exposure and non-Hodgkin lymphoma survival: a population-based study BMC Med. 2022 04 26; 20(1):165. . View in PubMed
• Making of Mobile SunSmart: Co-designing a Just-in-Time Sun Protection Intervention for Children and Parents Int J Behav Med. 2021 Dec; 28(6):768-778. . View in PubMed
• Area-Based Geocoding: An Approach to Exposure Assessment Incorporating Positional Uncertainty Geohealth. 2021 Dec; 5(12):e2021GH000430. . View in PubMed
• Advanced adenomas may be a red flag for hereditary cancer syndromes Hered Cancer Clin Pract. 2021 Jan 12; 19(1):8. . View in PubMed
• Sun protection changes among diverse elementary schoolchildren participating in a sun safety intervention: A latent transition analysis of a randomized controlled trial Prev Med. 2021 08; 149:106601. . View in PubMed
• Assessing Disparities in Lung Cancer Incidence for Gender Minority Individuals Using California Cancer Registry Data Chest. 2021 06; 159(6):2491-2493. . View in PubMed
• Residential proximity to pesticide application as a risk factor for childhood central nervous system tumors Environ Res. 2021 06; 197:111078. . View in PubMed
• Presentation, Management, and Outcomes Across the Rural-Urban Continuum for Hepatocellular Carcinoma JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2021 02; 5(1). . View in PubMed
• High-Resolution Metabolomic Assessment of Pesticide Exposure in Central Valley, California Chem Res Toxicol. 2021 05 17; 34(5):1337-1347. . View in PubMed
• Adult Population Coverage With Influenza Vaccine and Influenza Hospitalization Rates-Is There a Role for Active Outreach to Immunize At-Risk Neighborhoods? Clin Infect Dis. 2021 09 15; 73(6):1110-1112.. View in PubMed
• Barriers to Physician-Based Skin Examinations for Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Melanoma in the Project Forward Study JAMA Dermatol. 2021 07 01; 157(7):874-876. . View in PubMed
• Ambient Pyrethroid Pesticide Exposures in Adult Life and Depression in Older Residents of California’s Central Valley Environ Epidemiol. 2020 Dec; 4(6):e123. . View in PubMed
• Ambient Exposure to Agricultural Pesticides during Pregnancy and Risk of Cerebral Palsy: A Population-Based Study in California Toxics. 2020 Jul 31; 8(3). . View in PubMed
• Factors affecting lymph node sampling patterns and the impact on survival of lymph node density in patients with Wilms tumor: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result (SEER) database review J Pediatr Urol. 2020 Feb; 16(1):81-88. . View in PubMed
• Evaluation of rates of laboratory-confirmed influenza hospitalization in rural and urban census tracts over eight influenza seasons Prev Med. 2020 10; 139:106184. . View in PubMed
• Poor Knowledge of Personal and Familial Colorectal Cancer Risk and Screening Recommendations Associated with Advanced Colorectal Polyps Dig Dis Sci. 2020 09; 65(9):2542-2550. . View in PubMed
• An epigenome-wide association study of ambient pyrethroid pesticide exposures in California’s central valley Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2020 08; 229:113569. . View in PubMed
• Prenatal pesticide exposure and childhood leukemia – A California statewide case-control study Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2020 05; 226:113486. . View in PubMed
• State-level estimates of excess hospitalizations and deaths associated with influenza Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2020 03; 14(2):111-121. . View in PubMed
• Prevalence and correlates of adherence to skin examination among adolescent and young adult survivors of melanoma from the Project Forward Study Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020 03; 67(3):e28090. . View in PubMed
• The potential population-based impact of an HPV vaccination intervention in Colorado Cancer Med. 2020 02; 9(4):1553-1561. . View in PubMed
• Population-Based Analysis of Demographic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Pediatric CNS Cancer Survival in the United States Sci Rep. 2020 03 12; 10(1):4588. . View in PubMed
• Assessment of enrollment characteristics for Children’s Oncology Group (COG) upfront therapeutic clinical trials 2004-2015 PLoS One. 2020; 15(4):e0230824. . View in PubMed
• Sex-specific associations of autism spectrum disorder with residential air pollution exposure in a large Southern California pregnancy cohort Environ Pollut. 2019 Nov; 254(Pt A):113010. . View in PubMed
• A case-control study of breast cancer risk and ambient exposure to pesticides Environ Epidemiol. 2019 Oct; 3(5):e070. . View in PubMed
• Higher vitamin D levels in Nigerian albinos compared with pigmented controls Int J Dermatol. 2019 Oct; 58(10):1148-1152. . View in PubMed
• Predictors of mucosal melanoma survival in a population-based settingJ Am Acad Dermatol. 2019 Jul; 81(1):136-142. e2. . View in PubMed
• Poor prognosis for thin ulcerated melanomas and implications for a more aggressive approach to treatment J Am Acad Dermatol. 2019 Jun; 80(6):1640-1649. . View in PubMed
• Birth Anomalies in Monozygotic and Dizygotic Twins: Results From the California Twin Registry J Epidemiol. 2019 Jan 05; 29(1):18-25. . View in PubMed
• Gestational diabetes mellitus, prenatal air pollution exposure, and autism spectrum disorder Environ Int. 2019 12; 133(Pt A):105110. . View in PubMed
• Associations of gestational diabetes mellitus with residential air pollution exposure in a large Southern California pregnancy cohort Environ Int. 2019 09; 130:104933. . View in PubMed
• Virtual Reality to Improve the Experience of the Mohs Patient-A Prospective Interventional Study Dermatol Surg. 2019 08; 45(8):1009-1018. . View in PubMed
• A US. population-based study of insurance disparities in cancer survival among adolescents and young adults. Cancer Med. 2019 08; 8(10):4867-4874. . View in PubMed
• Relationships between greenness and low birth weight: Investigating the interaction and mediation effects of air pollution Environ Res. 2019 08; 175:124-132. . View in PubMed
• Residential mobility in early childhood and the impact on misclassification in pesticide exposures Environ Res. 2019 06; 173:212-220. . View in PubMed
• Prenatal Exposure to Air Toxics and Malignant Germ Cell Tumors in Young Children J Occup Environ Med. 2019 06; 61(6):529-534. . View in PubMed
• High Birth Weight, Early UV Exposure, and Melanoma Risk in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults Epidemiology. 2019 03; 30(2):278-284. . View in PubMed
• Prenatal and infant exposure to ambient pesticides and autism spectrum disorder in children: population based case-control study BMJ. 2019 03 20; 364:l962. . View in PubMed
• Response to Siegel et al J Natl Cancer Inst. 2019 06 01; 111(6):635-636. . View in PubMed
• What can be learned from mapping the occurrence of acute myeloid leukemia? Cancer. 2019 06 01; 125(11):1771-1773.. View in PubMed
• A Reappraisal of Sex-Specific Cancer Survival Trends Among Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States J Natl Cancer Inst. 2019 05 01; 111(5):509-518. . View in PubMed
• Organophosphate pesticide exposure and differential genome-wide DNA methylation Sci Total Environ. 2018 Dec 15; 645:1135-1143. . View in PubMed
• Impact of individual and neighborhood factors on socioeconomic disparities in localized and advanced prostate cancer risk Cancer Causes Control. 2018 Oct; 29(10):951-966. . View in PubMed
• Prenatal Exposure to Ambient Pesticides and Preterm Birth and Term Low Birthweight in Agricultural Regions of California Toxics. 2018 Jul 21; 6(3). . View in PubMed
• Cost-efficient case-control cluster sampling designs for population-based epidemiological studies Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol. 2018 08; 26:95-105. . View in PubMed
• NFE2L2, PPARGC1a, and pesticides and Parkinson’s disease risk and progression Mech Ageing Dev. 2018 07; 173:1-8. . View in PubMed
• Prevalence of Tanning Addiction and Behavioral Health Conditions among Ethnically and Racially Diverse Adolescents J Invest Dermatol. 2018 07; 138(7):1511-1517. . View in PubMed
• Residential mobility and childhood leukemia Environ Res. 2018 07; 164:459-466. . View in PubMed
• Impact of individual and neighborhood factors on disparities in prostate cancer survival Cancer Epidemiol. 2018 04; 53:1-11. . View in PubMed
• Cognitive decline, mortality, and organophosphorus exposure in aging Mexican Americans Environ Res. 2018 01; 160:132-139. . View in PubMed
• Characterizing the neighborhood obesogenic environment in the Multiethnic Cohort: a multi-level infrastructure for cancer health disparities research Cancer Causes Control. 2018 01; 29(1):167-183. . View in PubMed
• Prevalence of sun protection behaviors in Hispanic youth residing in a high ultraviolet light environment Pediatr Dermatol. 2018 Jan; 35(1):e52-e54. . View in PubMed
• Early estimates of cancer incidence for 2015: Expanding to include estimates for white and black races Cancer. 2018 05 15; 124(10):2192-2204. . View in PubMed
• Socioeconomics, race, and ethnicity in childhood cancer survival: Accessing and addressing root causes of disparities Cancer. 2018 10 15; 124(20):3975-3978. . View in PubMed
• Conflicts and contradictions in current skin cancer screening guidelines Curr Dermatol Rep. 2017 Dec; 6(4):316-324. . View in PubMed
• Residential magnetic fields exposure and childhood leukemia: a population-based case-control study in California Cancer Causes Control. 2017 Oct; 28(10):1117-1123. . View in PubMed
• Early estimates of SEER cancer incidence, 2014 Cancer. 2017 Jul 01; 123(13):2524-2534. . View in PubMed
• Correlates of sun protection behaviors among Hispanic children residing in a high UVR environment Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed. 2017 Mar; 33(2):75-83. . View in PubMed
• Trends in childhood leukemia incidence over two decades from 1992 to 2013 Int J Cancer. 2017 Mar 01; 140(5):1000-1008. . View in PubMed
• Mucosal melanomas in the racially diverse population of California J Am Acad Dermatol. 2017 Feb; 76(2):250-257. . View in PubMed
• Organophosphate pesticides and PON1 L55M in Parkinson’s disease progression Environ Int. 2017 10; 107:75-81. . View in PubMed
• Exposure to ambient dichloromethane in pregnancy and infancy from industrial sources and childhood cancers in California Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2017 10; 220(7):1133-1140. . View in PubMed
• The role of spatially-derived access-to-care characteristics in melanoma prevention and control in Los Angeles county Health Place. 2017 05; 45:160-172. . View in PubMed
• Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Impact of Neighborhood Social and Built Environment on Breast Cancer Risk: The Neighborhoods and Breast Cancer Study Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2017 04; 26(4):541-552. . View in PubMed
• Maternal Preeclampsia and Odds of Childhood Cancers in Offspring: A California Statewide Case-Control Study Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2017 03; 31(2):157-164. . View in PubMed
• Risk of malignant childhood germ cell tumors in relation to demographic, gestational, and perinatal characteristics Cancer Epidemiol. 2017 02; 46:42-49. . View in PubMed
• Evaluating the use of friend or family controls in epidemiologic case-control studies Cancer Epidemiol. 2017 02; 46:9-13. . View in PubMed
• Interobserver reliability of teledermatology across all Fitzpatrick skin types J Telemed Telecare. 2017 Jan; 23(1):68-73. . View in PubMed
• Particulate matter air pollution and liver cancer survival Int J Cancer. 2017 08 15; 141(4):744-749. . View in PubMed
• Teledermatology as a tool to improve access to care for medically underserved populations: A retrospective descriptive study J Am Acad Dermatol. 2016 Dec; 75(6):1259-1261. . View in PubMed
• Low birth weight and air pollution in California: Which sources and components drive the risk? Environ Int. 2016 Jul-Aug; 92-93:471-7.. View in PubMed
• Tanning bed use and melanoma: Establishing risk and improving prevention interventions Prev Med Rep. 2016 Jun; 3:139-44. . View in PubMed
• Preliminary estimates of SEER cancer incidence for 2013 Cancer. 2016 May 15; 122(10):1579-87. . View in PubMed
• Maternal pre-pregnancy and gestational diabetes, obesity, gestational weight gain, and risk of cancer in young children: a population-based study in California Cancer Causes Control. 2016 10; 27(10):1273-85. . View in PubMed
• Air pollution affects lung cancer survival Thorax. 2016 10; 71(10):891-8. . View in PubMed
• A Statewide Nested Case-Control Study of Preterm Birth and Air Pollution by Source and Composition: California, 2001-2008 Environ Health Perspect. 2016 09; 124(9):1479-86. . View in PubMed
• Correlation of Insurance, Race, and Ethnicity with Pathologic Risk in a Controlled Retinoblastoma Cohort: A Children’s Oncology Group Study Ophthalmology. 2016 08; 123(8):1817-1823. . View in PubMed
• In Utero and Early-Life Exposure to Ambient Air Toxics and Childhood Brain Tumors: A Population-Based Case-Control Study in California, USA Environ Health Perspect. 2016 07; 124(7):1093-9. . View in PubMed
• Organophosphate Pesticide Exposures, Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Variants, and Gene-Pesticide Interactions in a Case-Control Study of Parkinson’s Disease, California (USA) Environ Health Perspect. 2016 05; 124(5):570-7. . View in PubMed
• Current Data on Risk Factor Estimates Does Not Explain the Difference in Rates of Melanoma between Hispanics and Non-Hispanic Whites J Skin Cancer. 2016; 2016:2105250. . View in PubMed
• Childhood leukaemia and distance from power lines in California: a population-based case-control study Br J Cancer. 2016 06 28; 115(1):122-8. . View in PubMed
• Smoking in pregnancy and risk of cancer among young children: A population-based study Int J Cancer. 2016 08 01; 139(3):613-6. . View in PubMed
• Risk of Childhood Cancer by Maternal Birthplace: A Test of the Hispanic Paradox JAMA Pediatr. 2016 06 01; 170(6):585-92. . View in PubMed
• Patterns of sun protective behaviors among Hispanic children in a skin cancer prevention intervention Prev Med. 2015 Dec; 81:303-8. . View in PubMed
• Genetic variability in ABCB1, occupational pesticide exposure, and Parkinson’s disease Environ Res. 2015 Nov; 143(Pt A):98-106. . View in PubMed
• Modeling spatial effects of PM(25) on term low birth weight in Los Angeles County. Environ Res. 2015 Oct; 142:354-64. . View in PubMed
• Race/ethnicity and the risk of childhood leukaemia: a case-control study in California J Epidemiol Community Health. 2015 Aug; 69(8):795-802. . View in PubMed
• Prevalence and predictors of recent skin examination in a population-based twin cohort Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2015 Aug; 24(8):1190-8. . View in PubMed
• SunSmart: evaluation of a pilot school-based sun protection intervention in Hispanic early adolescents Health Educ Res. 2015 Jun; 30(3):371-9. . View in PubMed
• Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and Parkinson’s disease in a population with high ultraviolet radiation exposure J Neurol Sci. 2015 May 15; 352(1-2):88-93. . View in PubMed
• Rising rates of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Hispanic children: trends in incidence from 1992 to 2011 Blood. 2015 May 07; 125(19):3033-4. . View in PubMed
• Retinoblastoma and ambient exposure to air toxics in the perinatal period J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2015 Mar-Apr; 25(2):182-6. . View in PubMed
• Epidemiologic study of residential proximity to transmission lines and childhood cancer in California: description of design, epidemiologic methods and study population J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2015 Jan; 25(1):45-52. . View in PubMed
• In utero exposure to toxic air pollutants and risk of childhood autism Epidemiology. 2014 Nov; 25(6):851-8. . View in PubMed
• Sources and contents of air pollution affecting term low birth weight in Los Angeles County, California, 2001-2008 Environ Res. 2014 Oct; 134:488-95. . View in PubMed
• The effect of neighborhood and individual characteristics on pediatric critical illness J Community Health. 2014 Aug; 39(4):753-9. . View in PubMed
• Risk of leukemia in relation to exposure to ambient air toxics in pregnancy and early childhood Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2014 Jul; 217(6):662-8. . View in PubMed
• Exposure to infections and risk of leukemia in young children Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 Jul; 23(7):1195-203. . View in PubMed
• Prenatal exposure to air toxics and risk of Wilms’ tumor in 0- to 5-year-old children J Occup Environ Med. 2014 Jun; 56(6):573-8. . View in PubMed
• Impact of neighborhood and individual socioeconomic status on survival after breast cancer varies by race/ethnicity: the Neighborhood and Breast Cancer Study Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 May; 23(5):793-811. . View in PubMed
• The association between ambient exposure to organophosphates and Parkinson’s disease risk Occup Environ Med. 2014 Apr; 71(4):275-81. . View in PubMed
• Molecular characteristics of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in human immunodeficiency virus-infected and -uninfected patients in the pre-highly active antiretroviral therapy and pre-rituximab era Leuk Lymphoma. 2014 Mar; 55(3):551-7. . View in PubMed
• Aldehyde dehydrogenase variation enhances effect of pesticides associated with Parkinson disease Neurology. 2014 Feb 04; 82(5):419-26. . View in PubMed
• Birth characteristics and risk of lymphoma in young children Cancer Epidemiol. 2014 Feb; 38(1):48-55. . View in PubMed
• Epstein-Barr virus patterns in US Burkitt lymphoma tumors from the SEER residual tissue repository during 1979-2009 APMIS. 2014 Jan; 122(1):5-15. . View in PubMed
• Trends in childhood brain tumor incidence, 1973-2009 J Neurooncol. 2013 Nov; 115(2):153-60. . View in PubMed
• An exploratory study of ambient air toxics exposure in pregnancy and the risk of neuroblastoma in offspring Environ Res. 2013 Nov; 127:1-6. . View in PubMed
• Childhood cancer and traffic-related air pollution exposure in pregnancy and early life Environ Health Perspect. 2013 Nov-Dec; 121(11-12):1385-91. . View in PubMed
• Prenatal exposure to traffic-related air pollution and risk of early childhood cancers Am J Epidemiol. 2013 Oct 15; 178(8):1233-9. . View in PubMed
• Alterations of DNA methylome in human bladder cancer Epigenetics. 2013 Oct; 8(10):1013-22. . View in PubMed
• Pesticides that inhibit the ubiquitin-proteasome system: effect measure modification by genetic variation in SKP1 in Parkinson? s disease. Environ Res. 2013 Oct; 126:1-8.. View in PubMed
• Childhood infections and adult height in monozygotic twin pairs Am J Epidemiol. 2013 Aug 15; 178(4):551-8. . View in PubMed
• Case-control study of birth characteristics and the risk of hepatoblastoma Cancer Epidemiol. 2013 Aug; 37(4):390-5. . View in PubMed
• Birth weight and other perinatal factors and childhood CNS tumors: a case-control study in California Cancer Epidemiol. 2013 Aug; 37(4):402-9. . View in PubMed
• Solar UV radiation and cancer in young children Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2013 Jun; 22(6):1118-28. . View in PubMed
• The joint effects of census tract poverty and geographic access on late-stage breast cancer diagnosis in 10 US States Health Place. 2013 May; 21:110-21. . View in PubMed
• Ambient air pollution and autism in Los Angeles county, California Environ Health Perspect. 2013 Mar; 121(3):380-6. . View in PubMed
• The USC Adult Twin Cohorts: International Twin Study and California Twin Program Twin Res Hum Genet. 2013 Feb; 16(1):366-70. . View in PubMed
• Aldehyde dehydrogenase inhibition as a pathogenic mechanism in Parkinson disease Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jan 08; 110(2):636-41. . View in PubMed
• Treatment and Mortality in Men with Localized Prostate Cancer: A Population-Based Study in California Open Prost Cancer J. 2013; 6:1-9. . View in PubMed
• Epidemiology of rhabdoid tumors of early childhood Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2013 Jan; 60(1):77-81. . View in PubMed
• Comorbidities and endometrial cancer survival in Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites Cancer Causes Control. 2013 Jan; 24(1):61-9. . View in PubMed
• Birth weight and other perinatal characteristics and childhood leukemia in California Cancer Epidemiol. 2012 Dec; 36(6):e359-65. . View in PubMed
• Evidence of genetic susceptibility to infectious mononucleosis: a twin study Epidemiol Infect. 2012 Nov; 140(11):2089-95. . View in PubMed
• A simple intervention to reinforce awareness of tanning bed use and skin cancer in non-medical skin care professionals in Southern California Int J Dermatol. 2012 Nov; 51(11):1307-12. . View in PubMed
• Perinatal characteristics and retinoblastoma Cancer Causes Control. 2012 Sep; 23(9):1567-75. . View in PubMed
• Assessing the influence of traffic-related air pollution on risk of term low birth weight on the basis of land-use-based regression models and measures of air toxics Am J Epidemiol. 2012 Jun 15; 175(12):1262-74. . View in PubMed
• The effect of administrative boundaries and geocoding error on cancer rates in California Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol. 2012 Apr; 3(1):39-54. . View in PubMed
• Traffic-related air toxics and term low birth weight in Los Angeles County, California Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Jan; 120(1):132-8. . View in PubMed
• e-Health Tools for Targeting and Improving Melanoma Screening: A Review J Skin Cancer. 2012; 2012:437502. . View in PubMed
• Breast cancer stage at diagnosis: is travel time important? J Community Health. 2011 Dec; 36(6):933-42.. View in PubMed
• Melanoma surveillance in the United States: overview of methods J Am Acad Dermatol. 2011 Nov; 65(5 Suppl 1):S6-16. . View in PubMed
• Association between cutaneous melanoma incidence rates among white US residents and county-level estimates of solar ultraviolet exposure J Am Acad Dermatol. 2011 Nov; 65(5 Suppl 1):S50-7. . View in PubMed
• Traffic-related air toxics and preterm birth: a population-based case-control study in Los Angeles County, California Environ Health. 2011 Oct 07; 10:89. . View in PubMed
• Challenges in identifying Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in population-based cancer registries in the US. J Immigr Minor Health. 2011 Oct; 13(5):860-6. . View in PubMed
• Wavelength dependence of ultraviolet radiation-induced DNA damage as determined by laser irradiation suggests that cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers are the principal DNA lesions produced by terrestrial sunlight FASEB J. 2011 Sep; 25(9):3079-91. . View in PubMed
• Adulthood residential ultraviolet radiation, sun sensitivity, dietary vitamin D, and risk of lymphoid malignancies in the California Teachers Study Blood. 2011 Aug 11; 118(6):1591-9. . View in PubMed
• Geographic proximity to treatment for early stage breast cancer and likelihood of mastectomy Breast. 2011 Aug; 20(4):324-8. . View in PubMed
• Increases in melanoma among adolescent girls and young women in California: trends by socioeconomic status and UV radiation exposure Arch Dermatol. 2011 Jul; 147(7):783-9. . View in PubMed
• Preliminary evidence for mediation of the association between acculturation and sun-safe behaviors Arch Dermatol. 2011 Jul; 147(7):814-9. . View in PubMed
• Parkinson’s disease risk from ambient exposure to pesticides Eur J Epidemiol. 2011 Jul; 26(7):547-55. . View in PubMed
• Cutaneous melanoma and other skin cancer screening among Hispanics in the United States: a review of the evidence, disparities, and need for expanding the intervention and research agendas Arch Dermatol. 2011 Jun; 147(6):743-5. . View in PubMed
• Prostate cancer and ambient pesticide exposure in agriculturally intensive areas in California Am J Epidemiol. 2011 Jun 01; 173(11):1280-8. . View in PubMed
• The expanding melanoma burden in California hispanics: Importance of socioeconomic distribution, histologic subtype, and anatomic location Cancer. 2011 Jan 01; 117(1):152-61. . View in PubMed
• Interaction of area-level socioeconomic status and UV radiation on melanoma occurrence in California Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010 Nov; 19(11):2727-33. . View in PubMed
• Moderated mediation regarding the sun-safe behaviors of US. Latinos: advancing the theory and evidence for acculturation-focused research and interventions. J Immigr Minor Health. 2010 Oct; 12(5):691-8. . View in PubMed
• Racial and social class gradients in life expectancy in contemporary California Soc Sci Med. 2010 May; 70(9):1373-80. . View in PubMed
• Hidden breast cancer disparities in Asian women: disaggregating incidence rates by ethnicity and migrant status Am J Public Health. 2010 Apr 01; 100 Suppl 1:S125-31. . View in PubMed
• Efficacy of skin self-examination for the early detection of melanoma Int J Dermatol. 2010 Feb; 49(2):126-34. . View in PubMed
• a-Synuclein gene may interact with environmental factors in increasing risk of Parkinson’s disease Neuroepidemiology. 2010; 35(3):191-5. . View in PubMed
• Paraoxonase 1, agricultural organophosphate exposure, and Parkinson disease Epidemiology. 2010 Jan; 21(1):87-94. . View in PubMed
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