Martha Montgomery, M.H.S., is a predoctoral fellow under the guidance of Freya Kamel, Ph.D. She is studying the effect of pesticide exposures on incident age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in pesticide applicators and their spouses in the Agricultural Health Study. This study is a continuation of findings depicting a relationship between pesticide exposures and prevalent cases of AMD both in pesticide applicators (Kamel et al., 2000) and their spouses (Kirrane et al., 2005).
Studies
Agricultural Health Study (AHS)(http://www.niehs.nih.gov//research/atniehs/labs/epi/studies/ahs/index.cfm)
The AHS explores potential causes of cancer and other diseases among farmers, their families and commercial pesticide applicators.
Selected Publications
Kirrane EF, Hoppin JA, Kamel F, Umbach DM, Boyes WK, Deroos AJ, Alavanja M, Sandler DP. Retinal degeneration and other eye disorders in wives of farmer pesticide applicators enrolled in the agricultural health study. American Journal of Epidemiology 161:1020-1029, 2005. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=15901622&query_hl=4&itool=pubmed_docsum) [Full Text] (http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/161/11/1020) [PDF] (http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/161/11/1020.pdf)
Kamel F, Boyes WK, Gladen BC, Rowland AS, Alavanja MC, Blair A, Sandler DP. Retinal degeneration in licensed pesticide applicators. Am J Ind Med. 37:618-628, 2000. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=10797505&query_hl=4&itool=pubmed_docsum) [download the PDF] (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/72001135/PDFSTART?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0)
Návar AM, Halsey NA, Carter TC, Montgomery MP, Salmon DA. Missed Opportunities for Prenatal Immunization Education: the pediatric prenatal visit, routine obstetric prenatal care, and hospital education classes. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Submitted, 2006.
Montgomery MP, Kanungo R, Coles CL. Risk Factors for Anemia in South Indian Primary School Children. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. In submission, 2006.
Montgomery MP, Kanungo R, Coles CL. Epidemiologic Assessment of Intestinal Parasitosis in South Indian Primary School Children. In preparation, 2007.
O'Brien KO, Montgomery M, Abrams SA, Zavaleta N. Iron absorption in 2 and 5 month old Peruvian infants is not significantly affected by neonatal iron stores in early infancy. In preparation, 2007.