Biomarkers of Exposure and Effect in Agriculture (BEEA) Study Publications

Shearer JJ, Sandler DP, Andreotti G...Hofmann JN. Pesticide use and kidney function among farmers in the Biomarkers of Exposure and Effect in Agriculture Study. Environ Res 2021.

Fisher JA, Spaur M, Buller I...Ward MH. Spatial heterogeneity in positional errors: A comparison of two residential geocoding efforts in the Agricultural Health Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021.

Hofmann JN, Beane Freeman LE, Murata K, et al. Lifetime pesticide use and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance in a prospective cohort of male farmers. Environ Health Perspect 2021.

Sauvé JF, Locke SJ, Josse PR...Friesen MC. Characterization of inhalable endotoxin, glucan, and dust exposures in Iowa farmers. Int J Hyg Environ Health 2020.

Sauvé JF, Stapleton EM, O’Shaughnessy PT...Friesen MC. Diesel exhaust exposure during farming activities: Statistical modeling of continuous black carbon concentrations. Ann Work Expo Health 2020.

Parks CG, de Souza Espindola Santos A, Lerro CC...Hofmann JN. Lifetime pesticide use and antinuclear antibodies in male farmers from the Agricultural Health Study. Front Immunol 2019.

Shearer JJ, Beane Freeman LE, Liu D...Hofmann JN. Longitudinal investigation of haematological alterations among permethrin-exposed pesticide applicators in the Biomarkers of Exposure and Effect in Agriculture study. Occup Environ Med 2019.

Stapleton EM, O’Shaughnessy PT, Locke SJ...Friesen MC. A task-based analysis of black carbon exposure in Iowa farmers during harvest. J Occup Environ Hyg 2018.

Hofmann JN, Shiels MS, Friesen MC...Beane Freeman LE. Industrial hog farming is associated with altered circulating immunological markers. Occup Environ Med 2018.

Lerro CC, Beane Freeman LE, DellaValle C...Hofmann JN*, Ward MH*. Occupational pesticide exposure and subclinical hypothyroidism among male pesticide applicators. Occup Environ Med 2018. *Co-senior author

Hofmann JN, Beane Freeman LE, Lynch CF...Alavanja MC. The Biomarkers of Exposure and Effect in Agriculture (BEEA) Study:  Rationale, design, methods, and participant characteristics. J Toxicol and Environ Health, Part A 2015.