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Superfund Basic Research Program

Harvey Checkoway

University of Washington
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Box 357234
Seattle, WA 98195-7234
Phone: 206-543-2052
Fax: 206-685-3990
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2007
  • Costa-Mallen, Paola, Harvey Checkoway, and Cyrus P. Zabetian. 2007. The functional polymorphism of the hemoglobin-binding haptoglobin influences susceptibility to Parkinson's disease. American Journal of Medical Genetics. (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/33 129/home) Exit NIEHS Website (in press)
  • Ton, Thanh G., Susan R. Heckbert, William T. Longstreth, Mary Anne Rossing, Walter A. KuKull, Gary M. Franklin, Phillip D. Swanson, Terri Smith-Weller, and Harvey Checkoway. 2007. Calcium channel blockers and beta-blockers in relation to Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's & Related Disorders. 13(3):165-9.
  • Ton, Thanh G., Susan R. Heckbert, William T. Longstreth, Mary Anne Rossing, Walter A. KuKull, Gary M. Franklin, Phillip D. Swanson, Terri Smith-Weller, and Harvey Checkoway. 2007. Calcium channel blockers and ²-blockers in relation to Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's & Related Disorders. 13(3):165-169.
2006
  • Checkoway, Harvey. 2006. Methodological challenges in identifying occupational risk factors for neurodegenerative diseases. In: Regional North American Annual Meeting of the World. Federation of Neurology - Research Group on Neuroepidemiology; April 7. San Diego, CA.
  • Kelada, Samir N., Harvey Checkoway, Sharon LR Kardia, Christopher S. Carlson, Paola Costa-Mallen, David L. Eaton, Jordan A. Firestone, Karen M. Powers, Phillip D. Swanson, Gary M. Franklin, William T. Longstreth, Terri Smith-Weller, Zahra Afsharinejad, and Lucio G. Costa. 2006. 5' and 3' region variability in the dopamine transporter gene (SLC6A3), pesticide exposure and Parkinson's disease risk: a hypothesis-generating study. Human Molecular Genetics. (http://hmg.oupjournals.org/) Exit NIEHS Website 15(20):3055-3962.
  • Kelada, Samir N., Harvey Checkoway, Sharon LR Kardia, Christopher S. Carlson, Paola Costa-Mallen, David L. Eaton, Jordan A. Firestone, Karen M. Powers, Phillip D. Swanson, Gary M. Franklin, William T. Longstreth, Terri Smith-Weller, Zahra Afsharinejad, and Lucio G. Costa. 2006. 5' and 3' region variability in the dopamine transporter gene (SLC6A3), pesticide exposure and Parkinson's disease risk: a hypothesis-generating study. Human Molecular Genetics. (http://hmg.oupjournals.org/) Exit NIEHS Website 15(20):3055-3062.
  • Kelada, Samir N., Paola Costa-Mallen, Lucio G. Costa, and Harvey Checkoway. 2006. 5' and 3' region variation in the dopamine trasporter gene (SLC6A3) and Parkinson's disease risk. In: Regional North American Annual Meeting of the World. Federation of Neurology - Research Group on Neuroepidemiology; April 7. San Diego, CA.
  • Maraganore, Demetrius M., Mariza de Andrade, Alexis Elbaz, Matthew J. Farrer, John P. Ioannidis, Rejko Kruger, Walter A. Rocca, Nicole K. Schneider, Timothy G. Lesnick, Sarah J. Lincoln, Mary M. Hulihan, Jan O. Aasly, Tetsuo Ashizawa, Marie-Christine Chartier-Harlin, Harvey Checkoway, Carlo Ferrarese, Georgios Hadjigeorgiou, Nobutaka Hattori, Hideshi Kawakami, Jean-Charles Lambert, Timothy Lynch, George D. Mellick, Spiridon Papapetropoulos, Abbas Parsian, Aldo Quattrone, Olaf Riess, Eng-King Tan, and Christine Van Broeckhoven. 2006. Collaborative analysis of {alpha}-synuclein gene promoter variability and parkinson disease. JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association. (http://jama.ama-assn.org/) Exit NIEHS Website 296(6):661-670.
  • Powers, Karen M., Terri Smith-Weller, Gary M. Franklin, William T. Longstreth, Phillip D. Swanson, and Harvey Checkoway. 2006. Diabetes, smoking, and other medical conditions in relation to Parkinson's disease risk. Parkinson's & Related Disorders. 12(3):185-189.
  • Ritz, B., Alberto Ascherio, Harvey Checkoway, K.S. Marder, Lorene M. Nelson, Walter A. Rocca, G.W. Ross, D. Strickland, Stephen K. Van Den Eeden, and J. Gorell. 2006. Pooled anaylis of tobacco use and Parkinson's disease. Archives of Neurology. (http://archneur.ama-assn.org/) Exit NIEHS Website 64(7):990-997.
  • Ton, Thanh G., Susan R. Heckbert, William T. Longstreth, Mary Anne Rossing, Walter A. KuKull, Gary M. Franklin, Phillip D. Swanson, Terri Smith-Weller, and Harvey Checkoway. 2006. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and risk of Parkinson's disease. Movement Disorders. (http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0885 -3185/) Exit NIEHS Website 21(7):964-969.
2005
  • Firestone, Jordan A., Terri Smith-Weller, Gary M. Franklin, Phillip D. Swanson, William T. Longstreth, and Harvey Checkoway. 2005. Pesticides and risk of Parkinson disease a population-based case-control study. Archives of Neurology. (http://archneur.ama-assn.org/) Exit NIEHS Website 62(1):91-95.
  • Kelada, Samir N., Paola Costa-Mallen, Harvey Checkoway, Christopher S. Carlson, Terri Smith-Weller, Phillip D. Swanson, Gary M. Franklin, William T. Longstreth, Zahra Afsharinejad, and Lucio G. Costa. 2005. Dopamine transporter (SLC6A3) 5' region haplotypes significantly affect transcriptional activity in vitro but are not associated with Parkinson's disease. Pharmacogenetics And Genomics. 15(9):659-668.
  • Okada, Starlyn, Federico M. Farin, Patricia L. Stapleton, Hanna A. Viernes, Sean D. Quigley, Karen M. Powers, Terri Smith-Weller, Gary M. Franklin, William T. Longstreth, Phillip D. Swanson, and Harvey Checkoway. 2005. No associations between Parkinson's disease and polymorphisms of the quinone oxidoreductase (NQO1, NQO2) genes. Neuroscience Letters. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/ 03043940) Exit NIEHS Website 375(3):178-180.
2004
  • Costa, Lucio G., Samir N. Kelada, Paola Costa-Mallen, Federico M. Farin, Hanna A. Viernes, Terri Smith-Weller, Gary M. Franklin, William T. Longstreth, Phillip D. Swanson, Harvey Checkoway, and Clement E. Furlong. 2004. Paraoxonase 2 (PON2) polymorphisms and Parkinson's disease. Neuroscience research communications. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi ?cmd=Retrieve&db=journals&list_uids=8285&dopt =full) Exit NIEHS Website 34(3):130-135.
  • Costa-Mallen, Paola, Zahra Afsharinejad, Samir N. Kelada, Lucio G. Costa, Gary M. Franklin, Phillip D. Swanson, William T. Longstreth, Hanna A. Viernes, Federico M. Farin, Terri Smith-Weller, and Harvey Checkoway. 2004. DNA sequence analysis of monoamine oxidase B gene coding and promoter regions in Parkinson's disease cases and unrelated controls. Movement Disorders. (http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0885 -3185/) Exit NIEHS Website 19(1):76-83.
2003
  • Kelada, Samir N., Paola Costa-Mallen, Harvey Checkoway, and Lucio G. Costa. 2003. Exploration of alternative splicing of monoamine oxidase B transcripts by the intron 13 polymorphism. In: Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicology (SOT), March 9-13, 2003. Salt Lake City, UT.
  • Kelada, Samir N., Paola Costa-Mallen, Harvey Checkoway, Hanna A. Viernes, Federico M. Farin, Lucio G. Costa, William T. Longstreth, Clement E. Furlong, Gail P. Jarvik, and Phillip D. Swanson. 2003. Paraoxonase 1 promoter and coding region polymorphisms in Parkinson's disease. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. (http://jnnp.bmjjournals.com/) Exit NIEHS Website 74(4):546-547.
  • Kelada, Samir N., Patricia L. Stapleton, Federico M. Farin, Theodor K. Bammler, David L. Eaton, Terri Smith-Weller, Gary M. Franklin, Phillip D. Swanson, William T. Longstreth, and Harvey Checkoway. 2003. Glutathione S-transferase M1, T1, and P1 polymorphisms and Parkinson's disease. Neuroscience Letters. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/ 03043940) Exit NIEHS Website 337(1):5-8.
  • Powers, Karen M., Terri Smith-Weller, Gary M. Franklin, William T. Longstreth, Phillip D. Swanson, and Harvey Checkoway. 2003. Parkinson's disease risks associated with dietary iron, manganese, and other nutrient intakes. Neurology. (http://www.neurology.org/) Exit NIEHS Website 60(11):1761-1766.
2002
  • Checkoway, Harvey, Karen M. Powers, Terri Smith-Weller, Gary M. Franklin, William T. Longstreth, and Phillip D. Swanson. 2002. Parkinson's disease risks associated with cigarette smoking, alcohol use, and caffeine intake. American Journal of Epidemiology. (http://www.aje.oupjournals.org/) Exit NIEHS Website 155:732-738.
  • Costa-Mallen, Paola, Samir N. Kelada, Hanna A. Viernes, Sengkeo L. Srinouanprachanh, Federico M. Farin, Lucio G. Costa, and Harvey Checkoway. 2002. DNA sequencing analysis of the monoamine oxidase B gene coding region in Parkinson's disease cases and controls. In: Proceedings of the Tenth International Aamine Oxidases Workshop, August. Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Firestone, Jordan A., Gary M. Franklin, William T. Longstreth, Terri Smith-Weller, Phillip D. Swanson, and Harvey Checkoway. 2002. Occupational exposures to pesticides and risk of Parkinson's disease. In: Proceedings of the World Federation of Neurology Annual Meeting, June. Denver, CO.
  • Firestone, Jordan A., Gary M. Franklin, William T. Longstreth, Terri Smith-Weller, Phillip D. Swanson, and Harvey Checkoway. 2002. Residential pesticide exposures and risk of Parkinson's disease. Presented at the 14th Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Vancouver, BC, August 2002. Epidemiology. (http://www.epidem.com/) Exit NIEHS Website 13:222Suppl.S.
  • Hernan, Miguel A., Harvey Checkoway, R. O'Brien, Paola Costa-Mallen, Immaculata De Vivo, Graham A. Colditz, David Hunter, Karl T. Kelsey, and Alberto Ascherio. 2002. MAOB intron 13 and COMT codon 158 polymorphisms, cigarette smoking, and the risk of PD. Neurology. (http://www.neurology.org/) Exit NIEHS Website 58(9):1381-1387.
  • Kelada, Samir N., Paola Costa-Mallen, Lucio G. Costa, Terri Smith-Weller, Gary M. Franklin, Phillip D. Swanson, William T. Longstreth, and Harvey Checkoway. 2002. Gender difference in the interaction of smoking and monoamine oxidase B intron 13 genotype in Parkinson's disease. NeuroToxicology. (http://www.neurotoxicology.com/) Exit NIEHS Website 23(4-5):515-519.
2001
  • Farin, Federico M., Yolanda Hitosis, Sarah E. Hallagan, John V. Kushleika, James S. Woods, Patricia Janssen, Terri Smith-Weller, Gary M. Franklin, Phillip D. Swanson, and Harvey Checkoway. 2001. Genetic polymorphisms of superoxide dismutase in Parkinson's disease. Movement Disorders. (http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0885 -3185/) Exit NIEHS Website 16(4):705-707.
  • Farin, Federico M., Patricia Janssen, Sean D. Quigley, Denise Abbott, Christopher Hassett, Terri Smith-Weller, Gary M. Franklin, Phillip D. Swanson, William T. Longstreth, Curtis J. Omiecinski, and Harvey Checkoway. 2001. Genetic polymorphisms of microsomal and soluble epoxide hydrolase and the risk of Parkinson's disease. Pharmacogenetics And Genomics. 11(8):703-708.
2000
  • Costa-Mallen, Paola, Harvey Checkoway, Mark Fishel, Alex W. Cohen, Terri Smith-Weller, Gary M. Franklin, Phillip D. Swanson, and Lucio G. Costa. 2000. The EcoRV genetic polymorphism of human monoamine oxidase type A is not associated with Parkinson's disease and does not modify the effect of smoking on Parkinson's disease. Neuroscience Letters. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/ 03043940) Exit NIEHS Website 278(1-2):33-36.
  • Costa-Mallen, Paola, Lucio G. Costa, Terri Smith-Weller, Gary M. Franklin, Phillip D. Swanson, and Harvey Checkoway. 2000. Genetic polymorphism of dopamine D2 receptors in Parkinson's disease and interactions with cigarette smoking and MAO-B intron 13 polymorphism. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. (http://jnnp.bmjjournals.com/) Exit NIEHS Website 69(4):535-7.
  • Kirchner, Sandy C., Sarah E. Hallagan, Federico M. Farin, James Dilley, Paola Costa-Mallen, Terri Smith-Weller, Gary M. Franklin, Phillip D. Swanson, and Harvey Checkoway. 2000. Mitochondrial Complex I (ND1 subunit) sequence analysis and association of the T4216C mutation with Parkinson's disease. NeuroToxicology. (http://www.neurotoxicology.com/) Exit NIEHS Website 21:441-446.
1999
  • Anderson, Cheryl, Harvey Checkoway, Gary M. Franklin, Shirley Beresford, Terri Smith-Weller, and Phillip D. Swanson. 1999. Dietary factors in Parkinson's disease: the role of food groups and specific foods. Movement Disorders. (http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0885 -3185/) Exit NIEHS Website 14(1):21-27.
  • Checkoway, Harvey and Lorene M. Nelson. 1999. Epidemiologic approaches to the study of Parkinson's disease etiology. Epidemiology. (http://www.epidem.com/) Exit NIEHS Website 10(3):327-336.
1998
  • Alexander, Bruce H., Harvey Checkoway, Paola Costa-Mallen, Elaine M. Faustman, James S. Woods, Karl T. Kelsey, Chris Van Netten, and Lucio G. Costa. 1998. Interaction of blood lead and delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase genotype on markers of heme synthesis and sperm production in lead smelter workers. Environmental Health Perspectives. 106(4):213-216.
  • Alexander, Bruce H., Harvey Checkoway, Paola Costa-Mallen, Elaine M. Faustman, James S. Woods, Karl T. Kelsey, Chris Van Netten, and Lucio G. Costa. 1998. Interaction of blood lead and ´-aminolevulinic dehydratase genotype on markers of heme synthesis and sperm production in lead smelter workers. Environmental Health Perspectives. 106(4):213-216.
  • Checkoway, Harvey, Federico M. Farin, Paola Costa-Mallen, Sandy C. Kirchner, and Lucio G. Costa. 1998. Genetic polymorphisms in Parkinson's disease. NeuroToxicology. (http://www.neurotoxicology.com/) Exit NIEHS Website 19:635-643.
  • Checkoway, Harvey, Gary M. Franklin, Paola Costa-Mallen, Terri Smith-Weller, James Dilley, Phillip D. Swanson, and Lucio G. Costa. 1998. A genetic polymorphism of MAO-B modifies the association of cigarette smoking and Parkinson's disease. Neurology. (http://www.neurology.org/) Exit NIEHS Website 50(5):1458-1461.
1997
  • Costa-Mallen, Paola, Harvey Checkoway, Diane Levy, Terri Smith-Weller, Gary M. Franklin, Phillip D. Swanson, and Lucio G. Costa. 1997. Association of a polymorphism in intron 13 of the monoamine oxidase B gene with Parkinson's Disease. American Journal of Medical Genetics. (http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/33 129/home) Exit NIEHS Website 74:154-156.
1996
  • Alexander, Bruce H., Harvey Checkoway, Chris Van Netten, C.H. Muller, T.G. Ewers, Joel D. Kaufman, B.A. Mueller, T.L. Vaughan, and Elaine M. Faustman. 1996. Semen Quality of Men Employed at a Lead Smelter. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. (http://www.joem.org/) Exit NIEHS Website 53(6):411-416.
  • Alexander, Bruce H., Harvey Checkoway, Chris Van Netten, C.H. Muller, Joel D. Kaufman, T.L. Vaughan, B.A. Mueller, and Elaine M. Faustman. 1996. Paternal Occupational Lead Exposure and Pregnancy Outcome. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health. (http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals /00420/) Exit NIEHS Website 2(4):280-285.
  • Kushleika, John V., Harvey Checkoway, and James S. Woods. 1996. Selegiline and lymphocyte superoxide dismutase activities in Parkinson's disease. Annals of Neurology. (http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0364 -5134/) Exit NIEHS Website 39:278-281.
  • Kushleika, John V., Harvey Checkoway, James S. Woods, Jai-Dong Moon, Terri Smith-Weller, Gary M. Franklin, and Phillip D. Swanson. 1996. Selegiline (L-Deprenyl) mediates increased lymphocyte cytosolic and mitochondrial superoxide dismutase activities in Parkinson's Disease. Annals of Neurology. (http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0364 -5134/) Exit NIEHS Website 39(3):378-381.
1995
  • Brodkin, Carl A., William E. Daniell, Harvey Checkoway, Diana Echeverria, J. Johnson, K. Wang, Roya Sohaey, D. Green, Carrie A. Redlich, and David Gretch. 1995. Hepatic ultrasonic changes in workers exposed to perchlorethylene. British Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. (http://oem.bmjjournals.com/) Exit NIEHS Website 52(10):667-685.
  • Heyer, Nicholas J., Diana Echeverria, Harvey Checkoway, Gabrielle Toutonghi, and N. Ronhovde. 1995. Behavioral effects from exposure to styrene among reinforced plastic laminators. British Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. (http://oem.bmjjournals.com/) Exit NIEHS Website
  • Muller, C.H., Harvey Checkoway, Bruce H. Alexander, Chris Van Netten, T.G. Ewers, and Elaine M. Faustman. 1995. Relationship Between metal exposure and sperm acrosomal function tests among workers at a lead smelter. In: Proceedings of the American Society of Andrology. Raliegh, NC.
  • Muller, C.H., Harvey Checkoway, Bruce H. Alexander, Chris Van Netten, T.G. Ewers, and Elaine M. Faustman. 1995. Sperm function and motility tests among workers at a lead smelter. In: Proceedings of the International Congress of Toxicology - VII. Seattle, WA.
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