Melissa Friesen
Professor Adjunct (Environmental Health)About
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2025
8249601 Benzene exposure and risk of colorectal cancer in the Norwegian offshore petroleum workers cohort
Babigumira R, Veierød M, Larsen I, Berge L, Shala N, Marjerrison N, Samuelsen S, Bråtveit M, Kirkeleit J, Nordby K, Dean Hosgood H, Demers P, Vermeulen R, Kromhout H, Engel L, Nilsen T, Silverman D, Friesen M, Rothman N, Lan Q, Grimsrud T, Stenehjem J. 8249601 Benzene exposure and risk of colorectal cancer in the Norwegian offshore petroleum workers cohort. 2025, a1.2-a1. DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2025-epicohabstracts.2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research8287348 Evaluation and update of an algorithm for quantitatively estimating non-occupational pesticide exposure for spouses in the agricultural health study
Friesen M, Xie S, Deziel N, Josse P, Madrigal J, Parks C, Sandler D, Andreotti G, Ward M, Hofmann J, Beane Freeman L. 8287348 Evaluation and update of an algorithm for quantitatively estimating non-occupational pesticide exposure for spouses in the agricultural health study. 2025, a12.1-a12. DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2025-epicohabstracts.29.Peer-Reviewed Original Research8274418 SOCcerNET: computer-based occupation coding that facilitates re-coding occupations to a unified system when pooling studies
Russ D, Josse P, Orszag L, Almeida J, Friesen M. 8274418 SOCcerNET: computer-based occupation coding that facilitates re-coding occupations to a unified system when pooling studies. 2025, a125.1-a125. DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2025-epicohabstracts.311.Peer-Reviewed Original Research8287355 Assessing the effectiveness of automatically assigning occupational exposure modules in a multi-center hospital-based case-control study in Asia
Friesen M, Locke S, Josse P, Ge C, Xu J, Lam T, Kwong Y, Bassig B, Hu W, Fritschi L, Sadkowsky T, Purdue M, Liang R, Chan J, Chen K, Xu C, Su Y, Chiu B, Hosgood D, Rothman N, Lan Q, Vermeulen R. 8287355 Assessing the effectiveness of automatically assigning occupational exposure modules in a multi-center hospital-based case-control study in Asia. 2025, a84.2-a85. DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2025-epicohabstracts.204.Peer-Reviewed Original Research8274114 Using the soccer occupation auto-coding tool to help participants self-code their occupation in online questionnaires
Josse P, Russ D, Orszag L, Gerlanc N, Almeida J, Beane Freeman L, Friesen M. 8274114 Using the soccer occupation auto-coding tool to help participants self-code their occupation in online questionnaires. 2025, a89.1-a89. DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2025-epicohabstracts.215.Peer-Reviewed Original Research8276833 A quantitative algorithm to estimate endotoxin exposure for the spouses in the Agricultural Health Study
Josse P, Shuai Xie L, Parks C, Sandler D, Andreotti G, Hofmann J, Friesen M. 8276833 A quantitative algorithm to estimate endotoxin exposure for the spouses in the Agricultural Health Study. 2025, a21.2-a21. DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2025-epicohabstracts.52.Peer-Reviewed Original Research8274428 Small Language model based NAICS 2022 classification of Industry from products and services: CLIPS
Russ D, Russ D, Josse P, Almeida J, Friesen M. 8274428 Small Language model based NAICS 2022 classification of Industry from products and services: CLIPS. 2025, a24.2-a24. DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2025-epicohabstracts.59.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA case-control study of early-life residential exposure to tetrachloroethylene and risks of childhood cancer and birth defects
Rhee J, Michalski A, Kuliszewski M, Musco J, Adler C, Xie S, Friesen M, Insaf T, Purdue M. A case-control study of early-life residential exposure to tetrachloroethylene and risks of childhood cancer and birth defects. Environment International 2025, 201: 109600. PMID: 40516285, PMCID: PMC12235603, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109600.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of childhood cancerCase-control studyChildhood cancerNew York CityNew York State Cancer RegistryBureau of Vital StatisticsOdds ratioCases of childhood cancerState Cancer RegistryNon-whiteConfidence intervalsUnconditional logistic regressionComputed odds ratiosBirth Defects RegistryBirth defectsCancer RegistryExposure-response effectTetrachloroethylene exposureBirth certificatesVital statisticsResidential exposureInvestigate associationsCollege-educatedLogistic regressionStrong associationsBenzene exposure and risk of colorectal cancer by anatomical subsite in the Norwegian offshore petroleum workers cohort
Babigumira R, Veierød M, Larsen I, Berge L, Shala N, Marjerrison N, Samuelsen S, Bråtveit M, Kirkeleit J, Nordby K, Hosgood H, Demers P, Vermeulen R, Kromhout H, Engel L, Nilsen T, Silverman D, Friesen M, Rothman N, Lan Q, Grimsrud T, Stenehjem J. Benzene exposure and risk of colorectal cancer by anatomical subsite in the Norwegian offshore petroleum workers cohort. Environmental Research 2025, 276: 121407. PMID: 40118315, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.121407.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRisk of colorectal cancerOffshore petroleum workersJob-exposure matrixHazard ratioColorectal cancerAnatomic subsiteColorectal cancer riskConfidence intervalsColorectal cancer casesEstimate hazard ratiosCase-cohort analysisPetroleum workersWork historyExposure-response associationsPositive exposure-response associationsBody mass indexRight-sided colon cancerPublic health implicationsPhysical activityBenzene exposureMeat intakeAlcohol intakeQuartile 4Mass indexCase cohortOccupational exposures and kidney cancer among 25 000 male offshore petroleum industry workers: relative risks and healthy worker survivor bias
Shala N, Veierød M, Babigumira R, Berge L, Samuelsen S, Kirkeleit J, Bråtveit M, Friesen M, Keil A, Silverman D, Rothman N, Qing L, Stenehjem J, Grimsrud T. Occupational exposures and kidney cancer among 25 000 male offshore petroleum industry workers: relative risks and healthy worker survivor bias. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2025, kwaf039. PMID: 40036895, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwaf039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealthy worker survivor biasCumulative exposure to benzeneSurvivor biasKidney cancerOffshore petroleum workersOccupational exposureExposure-response trendsPetroleum workersPetroleum industry workersHigh-risk individualsCase-cohort designNational registry dataWeighted Cox regressionIncident cancerExposure to benzeneHealth conditionsRegistry dataNon-casesEmployment durationConfidence intervalsCox regressionOccupational impactOccupational diseasesInverse trendWorkers