Julia Heck

Research Focus: Environmental Epidemiology, Occupational Epidemiology, Environmental Health.

 

Selected publications:

 

1.            Y Chen, D van Deventer, R Nianogo, M Vinceti, W Kang, M Cockburn, N Federman, JE Heck. Maternal exposure to heavy metals from industrial sources during pregnancy and childhood cancer risk in California. J Occup Environ Med. 66(9):714-721, September 2024.

 

2.            JE Heck, D He, B Ritz, SE Wing, B Ritz, CD Carey, J Yang, DO Stram, L Le Marchand, SL Park, I Cheng, AH Wu. Exposure to outdoor ambient air toxics and risk of breast cancer: The Multiethnic Cohort.   International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 259:114362, June 2024.

 

3.            Y Chen, KC Paul, DI Walker, DP Jones, X Wang, B Ritz, JE Heck. Neonatal per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance exposure in relation to retinoblastoma. Environmental Research. 240(Pt 2): 117435, January 2024.

 

4.            S Thompson, B Ritz, M Cockburn, JE Heck. Prenatal Ambient Pesticide Exposure and Childhood Retinoblastoma. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 245:114025, August 2022.

 

5.            B Langholz, LA Escobedo, DW Goldberg, JE Heck, LK Thompson, B Ritz, M Cockburn. Analysis of epidemiologic study data when there is geolocation uncertainty. Spatial Statistics. 46(100486), December 2021.

 

6.            C Hall, J Hansen, O von Ehrenstein, D He, J Olsen, B Ritz, JE Heck. Occupational livestock or animal dust exposure and offspring cancer risk in Denmark, 1968-2016. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. 93(5), 659-668, July 2020.

 

7.            J Volk, JE Heck, K Schmiegelow, J Hansen. Parental occupational exposure to diesel engine exhaust in relation to childhood leukemia and central nervous system cancers: A register-based nested case-control study in Denmark 1968-2016. Occupational and Environmental Medicine.76(11):809-817, November 2019.

 

8.            Q Yan, Z Liew, K Uppal, X Cui, C Ling, JE Heck, O Von Ehrenstein, J Wu, D Walker, D Jones, B Ritz. Maternal serum metabolome and traffic-related air pollution exposure in pregnancy. Environment International.  130: 104872, September 2019.

 

9.            JE Heck, D He, ZA Contreras, B Ritz, J Olsen, J Hansen. Parental occupational exposure to benzene and the risk of childhood and adolescent acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a population-based study. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 76(8): 527-9, August 2019.

 

10.         T Filippini, EE Hatch, KJ Rothman, JE Heck, A Park, A Crippa, N Orsini, M Vinceti. Association between Outdoor Air Pollution and Childhood Leukemia: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis. Environmental Health Perspectives. 127(4):46002, April 2019.