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Dick Heederik

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1 Exposure to environmental microorganisms and childhood asthma. N Engl J Med 2011 6.38
2 Quality of evidence must guide risk assessment of asbestos. Ann Occup Hyg 2012 2.68
3 Persistence of livestock associated MRSA CC398 in humans is dependent on intensity of animal contact. PLoS One 2011 2.20
4 What are the benefits of medical screening and surveillance? Eur Respir Rev 2012 2.05
5 Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in veal calf farming: human MRSA carriage related with animal antimicrobial usage and farm hygiene. PLoS One 2010 1.98
6 Bronchial responsiveness to adenosine 5'-monophosphate (AMP) and methacholine differ in their relationship with airway allergy and baseline FEV(1). Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002 1.92
7 Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in animals and humans. Int J Med Microbiol 2011 1.85
8 Air pollution from livestock farms, and asthma, allergic rhinitis and COPD among neighbouring residents. Occup Environ Med 2013 1.66
9 Persistence of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in field workers after short-term occupational exposure to pigs and veal calves. J Clin Microbiol 2011 1.63
10 Work related asthma. A causal analysis controlling the healthy worker effect. Occup Environ Med 2013 1.51
11 Cost-benefit analysis in occupational health: a comparison of intervention scenarios for occupational asthma and rhinitis among bakery workers. Occup Environ Med 2011 1.44
12 Predicting occupational diseases. Occup Environ Med 2009 1.44
13 Exposure assessment should be integrated in studies on the prevention and management of occupational asthma. Occup Environ Med 2008 1.40
14 Urinary pesticide concentrations among children, mothers and fathers living in farm and non-farm households in iowa. Ann Occup Hyg 2006 1.39
15 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and fatal ischemic heart disease. Epidemiology 2005 1.38
16 Endotoxin exposure and atopic sensitization in adult pig farmers. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2005 1.32
17 What's in the pool? A comprehensive identification of disinfection by-products and assessment of mutagenicity of chlorinated and brominated swimming pool water. Environ Health Perspect 2010 1.32
18 Gene-environment interaction for childhood asthma and exposure to farming in Central Europe. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2011 1.30
19 Neurological symptoms among Sri Lankan farmers occupationally exposed to acetylcholinesterase-inhibiting insecticides. Am J Ind Med 2003 1.28
20 Nurses with dermal exposure to antineoplastic drugs: reproductive outcomes. Epidemiology 2007 1.27
21 Endotoxin exposure and lung cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the published literature on agriculture and cotton textile workers. Cancer Causes Control 2009 1.20
22 Risk assessment of silicosis and lung cancer among construction workers exposed to respirable quartz. Scand J Work Environ Health 2005 1.19
23 The protective effect of farm milk consumption on childhood asthma and atopy: the GABRIELA study. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2011 1.15
24 Q fever and pneumonia in an area with a high livestock density: a large population-based study. PLoS One 2012 1.13
25 What we truly know about occupation as a risk factor for ALS: a critical and systematic review. Amyotroph Lateral Scler 2009 1.13
26 Protection from childhood asthma and allergy in Alpine farm environments-the GABRIEL Advanced Studies. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2012 1.12
27 Overview of personal occupational exposure levels to inhalable dust, endotoxin, beta(1-->3)-glucan and fungal extracellular polysaccharides in the waste management chain. Ann Occup Hyg 2005 1.11
28 Fetal growth and prenatal exposure to bisphenol A: the generation R study. Environ Health Perspect 2012 1.11
29 Evaluation of isolation procedures and chromogenic agar media for the detection of MRSA in nasal swabs from pigs and veal calves. Vet Microbiol 2009 1.11
30 Urinary and hand wipe pesticide levels among farmers and nonfarmers in Iowa. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 2005 1.10
31 Exposure to inhalable dust and endotoxins in agricultural industries. J Environ Monit 2005 1.10
32 Respiratory symptoms, sensitization, and exposure response relationships in spray painters exposed to isocyanates. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2007 1.10
33 Exposure to chemicals and metals and risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a systematic review. Amyotroph Lateral Scler 2009 1.08
34 IARC monographs: 40 years of evaluating carcinogenic hazards to humans. Environ Health Perspect 2015 1.03
35 Risk factors of Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) seropositivity in veterinary medicine students. PLoS One 2012 1.03
36 Pesticide dose estimates for children of Iowa farmers and non-farmers. Environ Res 2007 1.02
37 Interlaboratory evaluation of endotoxin analyses in agricultural dusts--comparison of LAL assay and mass spectrometry. J Environ Monit 2005 1.02
38 Time-to-pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes in a South African population. BMC Public Health 2010 1.01
39 Guidelines to evaluate human observational studies for quantitative risk assessment. Environ Health Perspect 2008 1.00
40 DREAM: a method for semi-quantitative dermal exposure assessment. Ann Occup Hyg 2003 1.00
41 Cancer mortality among European asphalt workers: an international epidemiological study. II. Exposure to bitumen fume and other agents. Am J Ind Med 2003 0.98
42 Bioaerosol exposure assessment in the workplace: the past, present and recent advances. J Environ Monit 2012 0.98
43 Farming environments and childhood atopy, wheeze, lung function, and exhaled nitric oxide. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2012 0.98
44 Inter- and intraindividual variation of endotoxin- and beta(1 --> 3)-glucan-induced cytokine responses in a whole blood assay. Toxicol Ind Health 2002 0.97
45 Sources of bias in studies among infertility clients. Am J Epidemiol 2002 0.96
46 Effects of errors in the measurement of agricultural exposures. Scand J Work Environ Health 2005 0.96
47 Atopic and non-atopic asthma in a farming and a general population. Am J Ind Med 2004 0.95
48 Mortality from obstructive lung diseases and exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons among asphalt workers. Am J Epidemiol 2003 0.93
49 Inhalation exposure to isocyanates of car body repair shop workers and industrial spray painters. Ann Occup Hyg 2005 0.93
50 Blood serum concentrations of perfluorinated compounds in men from Greenlandic Inuit and European populations. Chemosphere 2012 0.93
51 A meta-analysis of asbestos and lung cancer: is better quality exposure assessment associated with steeper slopes of the exposure-response relationships? Environ Health Perspect 2011 0.93
52 Exposure to wood dust and endotoxin in small-scale wood industries in Tanzania. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 2004 0.93
53 Sensitisation to common allergens and respiratory symptoms in endotoxin exposed workers: a pooled analysis. Occup Environ Med 2011 0.93
54 Evaluation of 2 self-administered questionnaires to ascertain dermatitis among metal workers and its relation with exposure to metalworking fluids. Contact Dermatitis 2007 0.92
55 Cancer mortality among European asphalt workers: an international epidemiological study. I. Results of the analysis based on job titles. Am J Ind Med 2003 0.92
56 Interaction of atopy and smoking on respiratory effects of occupational dust exposure: a general population-based study. Environ Health 2004 0.92
57 A simple diagnostic model for ruling out pneumoconiosis among construction workers. Occup Environ Med 2007 0.91
58 Prenatal Phthalate, Perfluoroalkyl Acid, and Organochlorine Exposures and Term Birth Weight in Three Birth Cohorts: Multi-Pollutant Models Based on Elastic Net Regression. Environ Health Perspect 2015 0.91
59 Detection of Coxiella burnetii DNA in inhalable airborne dust samples from goat farms after mandatory culling. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012 0.91
60 Effect of extraction and assay media on analysis of airborne endotoxin. Appl Environ Microbiol 2008 0.91
61 A pooled analysis to study trends in exposure to antineoplastic drugs among nurses. Ann Occup Hyg 2007 0.90
62 Dust control measures in the construction industry. Ann Occup Hyg 2003 0.90
63 Variability in endotoxin exposure levels and consequences for exposure assessment. Ann Occup Hyg 2008 0.89
64 The management of work-related asthma guidelines: a broader perspective. Eur Respir Rev 2012 0.89
65 Pesticide exposure and respiratory health of indigenous women in Costa Rica. Am J Epidemiol 2009 0.89
66 The combined effects of family size and farm exposure on childhood hay fever and atopy. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2013 0.88
67 Lung function decrease in relation to pneumoconiosis and exposure to quartz-containing dust in construction workers. Am J Ind Med 2003 0.88
68 Presence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in environmental samples collected on commercial Dutch dairy farms. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010 0.87
69 Endotoxin exposure and symptoms in wastewater treatment workers. Am J Ind Med 2005 0.86
70 Progression of self-reported symptoms in laboratory animal allergy. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2005 0.86
71 Performance of different exposure assessment approaches in a study of bitumen fume exposure and lung cancer mortality. Am J Ind Med 2003 0.86
72 Respiratory symptoms and occupation: a cross-sectional study of the general population. Environ Health 2002 0.86
73 Exposure assessment for a nested case-control study of lung cancer among European asphalt workers. Ann Occup Hyg 2010 0.85
74 Intestinal infection following aerosol challenge of calves with Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis. Vet Res 2011 0.85
75 Leukemia from dermal exposure to cyclophosphamide among nurses in The Netherlands: quantitative assessment of the risk. Ann Occup Hyg 2014 0.84
76 The GABRIEL Advanced Surveys: study design, participation and evaluation of bias. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2011 0.84
77 Endotoxin exposure, CD14 and wheeze among farmers: a gene--environment interaction. Occup Environ Med 2011 0.84
78 Estimating exposures in the asphalt industry for an international epidemiological cohort study of cancer risk. Am J Ind Med 2003 0.83
79 A graphical tool to evaluate temporal coverage of occupational history by exposure measurements. Occup Environ Med 2010 0.83
80 A case-control study of lung cancer nested in a cohort of European asphalt workers. Environ Health Perspect 2010 0.82
81 Hay fever and asthma symptoms in conventional and organic farmers in The Netherlands. Occup Environ Med 2006 0.82
82 Exposure to inhalable dust and endotoxin among Danish livestock farmers: results from the SUS cohort study. J Environ Monit 2011 0.82
83 Airborne cultivable microflora and microbial transfer in farm buildings and rural dwellings. Occup Environ Med 2011 0.81
84 Exposure to inhalable dust and endotoxin among Danish pig farmers affected by work tasks and stable characteristics. Ann Occup Hyg 2013 0.81
85 Serum concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and a polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) in men from Greenland, Poland and Ukraine. Environ Int 2013 0.81
86 Rapid detection of fungal alpha-amylase in the work environment with a lateral flow immunoassay. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2006 0.81
87 Plasma dioxin levels and cause-specific mortality in an occupational cohort of workers exposed to chlorophenoxy herbicides, chlorophenols and contaminants. Occup Environ Med 2011 0.81
88 Occupational endotoxin exposure reduces the risk of atopic sensitization but increases the risk of bronchial hyperresponsiveness. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2009 0.80
89 Quantitative risk assessment for lung cancer after exposure to bitumen fume. Toxicol Ind Health 2002 0.80
90 Evaluation of two self-administered questionnaires to ascertain dermatitis among metal workers and its relation with exposure to metal working fluids. Contact Dermatitis 2007 0.80
91 A diagnostic model for the detection of sensitization to wheat allergens was developed and validated in bakery workers. J Clin Epidemiol 2010 0.79
92 Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and sperm DNA global methylation in Arctic and European populations. Environ Mol Mutagen 2014 0.79
93 What is the best strategy to reduce the burden of occupational asthma and allergy in bakers? Occup Environ Med 2010 0.79
94 Change in airway responsiveness over a workweek in organic waste loaders. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2007 0.79
95 Lung cancer risk at low cumulative asbestos exposure: meta-regression of the exposure-response relationship. Cancer Causes Control 2012 0.78
96 Serum metabolomic pertubations among workers exposed to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). Environ Mol Mutagen 2013 0.78
97 On the hygiene hypothesis: regulation down, up, or sideways? J Allergy Clin Immunol 2005 0.78
98 Applying quality criteria to exposure in asbestos epidemiology increases the estimated risk. Ann Occup Hyg 2011 0.78
99 Modelling exposure in flour processing sectors in the Netherlands: a baseline measurement in the context of an intervention program. Ann Occup Hyg 2007 0.78
100 Exhaled nitric oxide in spray painters exposed to isocyanates: effect modification by atopy and smoking. Occup Environ Med 2014 0.78
101 Exposure to flour dust and sensitization among bakery employees. Am J Ind Med 2010 0.78
102 A review of the role of lymphoma markers and occupational and environmental exposures. Vet Q 2012 0.78
103 Risk estimation for carcinogens based on epidemiological data: a structured approach, illustrated by an example on chromium. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2006 0.78
104 Lung function, bronchial hyperresponsiveness, and atopy among firefighters. Scand J Work Environ Health 2011 0.77
105 Reply: response to the letter by Drs Berman and Case. Ann Occup Hyg 2013 0.77
106 Variability in quartz exposure in the construction industry: implications for assessing exposure-response relations. J Occup Environ Hyg 2004 0.77
107 Evaluation of peak exposures in the dutch flour processing industry: implications for intervention strategies. Ann Occup Hyg 2008 0.77
108 Lung cancer mortality in a Dutch cohort of asphalt workers: evaluation of possible confounding by smoking. Am J Ind Med 2003 0.77
109 Exposure to flour dust in South African supermarket bakeries: modeling of baseline measurements of an intervention study. Ann Occup Hyg 2010 0.77
110 Long-term effects on humoral immunity among workers exposed to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). Occup Environ Med 2010 0.77
111 Exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers and male reproductive function in Greenland, Poland and Ukraine. Reprod Toxicol 2014 0.77
112 Characterizing worker exposure to bitumen during hot mix paving and asphalt mixing operations. AIHA J (Fairfax, Va) 2002 0.76
113 Serum pneumoproteins in firefighters. Biomarkers 2011 0.76
114 An official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report: presentations and discussion of the fifth Jack Pepys Workshop on Asthma in the Workplace. Comparisons between asthma in the workplace and non-work-related asthma. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2015 0.76
115 Respiratory symptoms and dust exposure among male workers in small-scale wood industries in Tanzania. J Occup Environ Med 2002 0.76
116 'Relieved Working' study: systematic development and design of an intervention to decrease occupational quartz exposure at construction worksites. BMC Public Health 2014 0.75
117 Skin symptoms in bakery and auto body shop workers: associations with exposure and respiratory symptoms. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2012 0.75
118 What are the benefits of medical screening and surveillance? Eur Respir Rev 2013 0.75
119 Plasma Cytokine Concentrations in Workers Exposed to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). Front Oncol 2012 0.75
120 Pesticide exposure in dwellings near bulb growing fields in The Netherlands: an explorative study. Ann Agric Environ Med 2004 0.75
121 Diagnostic model for sensitization in workers exposed to occupational high molecular weight allergens. Am J Ind Med 2005 0.75
122 Assessment of exposure to wheat flour and the shape of its relationship with specific sensitization. Scand J Work Environ Health 2005 0.75
123 Circulating soluble CD27 and CD30 in workers exposed to 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2013 0.75
124 The Dutch diagnostic model for laboratory animal allergen sensitization was generalizable in Canadian apprentices. J Clin Epidemiol 2008 0.75
125 Validation of transferability of DBA derivatization and LC-MS/MS determination method for isocyanates via an interlaboratory comparison. Ann Occup Hyg 2008 0.75
126 Process evaluation of an intervention program to reduce occupational quartz exposure among Dutch construction workers. J Occup Environ Med 2015 0.75
127 [Health effects of occupational endotoxin exposure: a review and relevance to veterinary practice]. Tijdschr Diergeneeskd 2009 0.75
128 An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report: Presentations and Discussion of the Sixth Jack Pepys Workshop on Asthma in the Workplace. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2017 0.75
129 Skin symptoms in the construction industry: occurrence and determinants. Am J Ind Med 2014 0.75
130 Respiratory, allergy and eye problems in bagasse-exposed sugar cane workers in Costa Rica. Occup Environ Med 2012 0.75