Research
North American Pooled Project: pesticides, agricultural exposures, and cancer
The objective of the North American Pooled Project is to assess the effects of exposure to specific pesticides and other agricultural factors in association with different cancer types.
The Examination of Accepted Workplace Fatality Claims Within Ontario and Canada
Completed. This study examines patterns and trends of accepted workplace fatality claims in Ontario compared with Canada as a whole, with a specific emphasis on occupational cancer.
The Toronto lung cancer case-control study and SYNERGY project
Completed. The goal of this project was to examine associations between multiple occupational exposures and smoking within a Toronto-based lung cancer case-control study, and to contribute data to an international pooled case-control study.
Wood dust and sinonasal cancer in Canada
Completed. This study investigates occupational exposure to wood dust and the rate of sinonasal cancers in Ontario and across Canada.
Exposures to emerging environmental contaminants and risk of breast cancer in young women: A case-control study using biomarkers of exposure
Complete. This study evaluated the associations between polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) exposure and the risk of breast cancer in young women.
Shiftwork in Canadian industries: A probable cancer risk factor
Completed. Our goal is to raise awareness of shiftwork as a probable cancer risk factor, and identify practical interventions that can be used in workplaces to reduce the negative health effects of shiftwork.
Occupational cancer surveillance using the 1991-2006 Canadian census mortality & cancer cohort
Completed. The goal of this project is to identify occupations, industries, or exposures that lead to an increased risk of cancer, by using a database containing information from the 1991 long form census linked to the Canadian Cancer Registry data.
Surveillance of occupational cancer risks through linkage of WSIB claims to the Ontario Cancer Registry
Completed. The goal of this project is to develop a new way to monitor and measure workplace risk factors for cancer, by linking occupation and industry data to the Ontario Cancer registry via records of WSIB claims.
