Deep-learning (DL) algorithms, which learn the representative and discriminative features in
a hierarchical manner from the data, have recently become a hotspot in the machine …

Pesticides are widely used in agricultural and other settings, resulting in continuing human
exposure. Epidemiologic studies indicate that, despite premarket animal testing, current …

Worldwide it is estimated that approximately 1.8 billion people engage in agriculture and
most use pesticides to protect the food and commercial products that they produce. Others …

Geographic information systems (GIS) are being used with increasing frequency in
environmental epidemiology studies. Reported applications include locating the study …

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and the leading cause of cancer death
among women 35-54 years of age. Rising incidence, increased risk among migrants to …

▪ Abstract We review literature that uses spatial analytic tools in contexts where Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) is the organizing system for health data or where the methods …

We investigated a potential mechanism for the estrogenic properties of three chloro-s-
triazine herbicides and six metabolites in vitro in several cell systems. We determined effects …

Residential proximity to applications of agricultural pesticides may be an important source of
exposure to agents that have been classified as developmental toxins. Data on two case …

The agriculture sector plays a critical role in global food security and economy, but it is also
among the greatest contributors to environmental degradation and global warming through …

Rural residents can be exposed to agricultural pesticides through the proximity of their
homes to crop fields. Previously, we developed a method to create historical crop maps …