Women's Exposures at Work

Because most occupational studies have been done in men, much less is known about female workers. To fill that gap, we are partnering with communities and advocates to learn about women’s exposures at work to chemicals that increase breast cancer risk.

Publications and Presentations

Cardona B., K.M. Rodgers K.M., J. Trowbridge, H.B. Buren, R.A. Rudel. 2024. Breast Cancer-Related Chemical Exposures in Firefighters. Toxics. 12(10):707. DOI: 10.3390/toxics12100707

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Ohayon, J.L., S. Rasanayagam, R.A. Rudel, S. Patton, H. Buren, T. Stefani, J. Trowbridge, C. Clarity, J.G. Brody, R. Morello-Frosch. 2023. Translating community-based participatory research into broadscale sociopolitical change: insights from a coalition of women firefighters, scientists, and environmental health advocates. Environmental Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-023-01005-7

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Trowbridge, J., R. Gerona, M. McCaster, K. Ona, C. Clarity, V. Bessonneau, R. Rudel, H. Buren, R. Morello-Frosch. 2022. Organophosphate and Organohalogen Flame-Retardant Exposure and Thyroid Hormone Disruption in a Cross-Sectional Study of Female Firefighters and Office Workers from San Francisco. Environmental Science & Technology. 56 (1), 440-450. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c05140.

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Clarity, C.,  J. Trowbridge, R. Gerona, K. Ona, M. McMaster, V. Bessonneau, R. Rudel, H. Buren and R. Morello-Frosch. 2021. Associations between polyfluoroalkyl substance and organophosphate flame retardant exposures and telomere length in a cohort of women firefighters and office workers in San Francisco. Environmental Health. 20 (97). doi: 10.1186/s12940-021-00778-z

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Bessonneau, V., R.R. Gerona, J. Trowbridge, R. Grashow, T. Lin, H. Buren, R. Morello-Frosch, R.A. Rudel. 2021. Gaussian graphical modeling of the serum exposome and metabolome reveals interactions between environmental chemicals and endogenous metabolites. Scientific Reports. 11: 7607. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-87070-9

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Trowbridge, J., R.R. Gerona, T. Lin, R.A. Rudel, V. Bessonneau, H. Buren, R. Morello-Frosch. 2020. Exposure to Perfluoroalkyl Substances in a Cohort of Women Firefighters and Office Workers in San Francisco. Environmental Science & Technology. 54 (6), 3363-3374. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b05490

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Grashow, R., V. Bessonneau, R.R. Gerona, A. Wang, J. Trowbridge, T. Lin, H. Buren, R.A. Rudel, R. Morello-Frosch. 2020. Integrating exposure knowledge and serum suspect screening as a new approach to biomonitoring: An application in firefighters and office workers. Environmental Science & Technology. 54 (7), 4344-4355. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b04579

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