Francine Laden
Harvard University
370 Papers
1.4K Citations
Francine Laden is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Environmental exposure. The author has an hindex of 73, co-authored 306 publications. Previous affiliations of Francine Laden include Tufts University & San Diego State University.
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Papers
Assessing lung cancer risk in railroad workers using a first hitting time regression model
Mei-Ling Ting Lee,Mei-Ling Ting Lee,G. A. Whitmore,Francine Laden,Francine Laden,Jaime E. Hart,Jaime E. Hart,Eric Garshick,Eric Garshick +8 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that a job category in 1959 alters the risk of death from lung cancer, and the FHT model provides insights into factors influencing disease progression.
Intake of fruits and vegetables by pesticide residue status in relation to cancer risk.
Helena Sandoval-Insausti,Yu-Han Chiu,Dong-Hoon Lee,Siwen Wang,Jaime E. Hart,Lidia Mínguez-Alarcón,Francine Laden,Andres V. Ardisson Korat,Brenda M. Birmann,A. Heather Eliassen,Walter C. Willett,Jorge E. Chavarro +11 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the relation of intake of high and low-pesticide-residue FVs with cancer risk and found that neither high nor low residual FV intake was associated with cancer.
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County-level exposures to greenness and associations with COVID-19 incidence and mortality in the United States.
Jochem O. Klompmaker,Jaime E. Hart,Jaime E. Hart,Isabel Holland,M. Benjamin Sabath,Xiao Wu,Francine Laden,Francine Laden,Francesca Dominici,Peter James +9 more
TL;DR: Greenness was not associated with COVID-19 mortality in all counties; however, it was protective in counties with high percentages of Black residents, high median home value, and higher population density, especially in densely populated counties.
Air pollution and risk of uterine leiomyomata.
Shruthi Mahalingaiah,Jaime E. Hart,Francine Laden,Kathryn L. Terry,Renée Boynton-Jarrett,Ann Aschengrau,Stacey A. Missmer +6 more
TL;DR: Chronic exposure to PM2.5 may be associated with a modest increased risk of uterine leiomyomata, a hormonally sensitive tumor of the uterus.
Electric Blanket Use and Breast Cancer in the Nurses' Health Study
Francine Laden,Lucas M. Neas,Paige E. Tolbert,Michelle D. Holmes,Susan E. Hankinson,Donna Spiegelman,Frank E. Speizer,David J. Hunter +7 more
TL;DR: Results did not support an association between breast cancer risk and exposure to EMFs from electric blankets and analyses stratified by menopause and restricted to estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers.
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