Publications

Department of Medicine faculty members published more than 3,000 peer-reviewed articles in 2022.

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JAMA

Medicaid's Public Health Plan Options.

2020

Authors: Bindman A

Aging cell

Proteomic assessment of serum biomarkers of longevity in older men.

2020

Authors: Orwoll ES, Wiedrick J, Nielson CM, Jacobs J, Baker ES, Piehowski P, Petyuk V, Gao Y, Shi T, Smith RD, Bauer DC, Cummings SR, Lapidus J

Early-onset colorectal cancer: more than one side to the story

2020

Authors: Sanford NN, Dharwadkar P, Murphy CC

COVID-19 and Women in the US Criminal Legal System

2020

Authors: Cynthia Golembeski, Carolyn Sufrin, Brie Williams, Precious Bedell, Sherry Glied, Ingrid Binswanger, Donna Hylton, Tyler Winkelman, and Jaimie Meyer

Five things every clinician should know about AI ethics in intensive care.

2020

Authors: Shaw JA, Sethi N, Block BL

Commentary: GSK-3 Inhibition as a Therapeutic Approach Against SARs CoV2: Dual Benefit of Inhibiting Viral Replication While Potentiating the Immune Response.

2020

Authors: De Souza A, Tavora FA, Mahalingam D, Munster PN, Safran HP, El-Deiry WS, Carneiro BA

Costs incurred by patients with drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis in semi-urban and rural settings of Western India.

2020

Authors: Rupani MP, Cattamanchi A, Shete PB, Vollmer WM, Basu S, Dave JD

Detection of early stage pancreatic cancer using 5-hydroxymethylcytosine signatures in circulating cell free DNA.

2020

Authors: Guler GD, Ning Y, Ku CJ, Phillips T, McCarthy E, Ellison CK, Bergamaschi A, Collin F, Lloyd P, Scott A, Antoine M, Wang W, Chau K, Ashworth A, Quake SR, Levy S

Annals of Hematology & Oncology

Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP): Enigma of an Old Disease

2020

Authors: Caplan A, Ahlstrom S, Sharma A and Mollick J.

Volume 63 of Issue 12 | American journal of industrial medicine

Risk factors for occupational heat-related illness among California workers, 2000-2017.

2020

Authors: Heinzerling A, Laws RL, Frederick M, Jackson R, Windham G, Materna B, Harrison R

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BACKGROUND

As climate change increases global temperatures, heat-related morbidity and mortality are projected to rise. Outdoor workers and those who perform exertional tasks are particularly susceptible to heat-related illness (HRI). Using workers' compensation data, we aimed to describe rates of occupational HRI in California and identify demographic and occupational risk factors to inform prevention efforts.

METHODS

We identified HRI cases during 2000-2017 in the California Workers' Compensation Information System (WCIS) using International Classification of Diseases Ninth and Tenth Revision codes, WCIS nature and cause of injury codes, and HRI keywords. We assigned industry and occupation codes using the NIOSH Industry and Occupation Computerized Coding System (NIOCCS). We calculated HRI rates by sex, age group, year, county, industry, and occupation, and estimated confidence intervals using generalized linear models.

RESULTS

We identified 15,996 HRI cases during 2000-2017 (6.0 cases/100,000 workers). Workers aged 16-24 years had the highest HRI rate (7.6) among age groups, and men (8.1) had a higher rate than women (3.5). Industry sectors with the highest HRI rates were Agriculture, Farming, Fishing, and Forestry (38.6), and Public Administration (35.3). Occupational groups with the highest HRI rates were Protective Services (56.6) and Farming, Fishing, and Forestry (36.6). Firefighters had the highest HRI rate (389.6) among individual occupations.

CONCLUSIONS

Workers in certain demographic and occupational groups are particularly susceptible to HRI. Additional prevention efforts, including outreach and enforcement targeting high-risk groups, are needed to reduce occupational HRI. Workers' compensation data can provide timely information about temporal trends and risk factors for HRI.

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