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Actigraphy-based assessment of sleep parameters

journal article published in 2020

Actigraphy-based sleep parameters: the methodology for data scoring and derivation

abstract published in 2016

Addictions and the Criminal Justice System, What Happens on the Other Side? Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms and Cortisol Measures in a Police Cohort

scientific article published on February 1, 2012

Adiposity and depressive symptoms in police officers

abstract published in 2007

Adiposity in policing: mental health consequences

journal article published in 2011

Adiposity measures and oxidative stress among police officers

journal article published in 2008

Adiposity, muscle, and physical activity: Predictors of perturbations in heart rate variability

scientific article published on April 6, 2013

Alterations in cardiomyocyte function after pulmonary treatment with stainless steel welding fume in rats

journal article published in 2014

An analysis of shiftwork and self-reported depressive symptoms in a police cohort from Buffalo, New York

journal article published in 2021

An exploration of shift work, fatigue, and gender among police officers: the BCOPS study

journal article published in 2018

Antioxidants and pulmonary function among police officers

journal article published in 2010

Area under the curve and other summary indicators of repeated waking cortisol measurements

journal article published in 2007

Assessment of autofluorescent alveolar macrophages and centriacinar emphysema as markers of smoking status in decreased coal miners

conference abstract published in 2003

Association between Depressive Symptoms and Metabolic Syndrome in Police Officers: Results from Two Cross-Sectional Studies

scientific article published on January 18, 2012

Association between police-specific stressors and sleep quality: influence of coping and depressive symptoms

journal article published in 2014

Association between shiftwork and glomerular filtration rate in police officers

journal article published in 2013

Association between social avoidance and metabolic syndrome among police officers

abstract published in 2016

Association of Television Viewing Time With Overweight/Obesity Independent of Meeting Physical Activity Guidelines: Do Joint Exposures Yield Independence?

scientific article published on August 10, 2013

Association of a dietary inflammatory index with inflammatory indices and metabolic syndrome among police officers

journal article published in 2014

Association of occupational stress with waking, diurnal, and bedtime cortisol response in police officers

journal article published in 2019

Association of perceived stress with sleep duration and sleep quality in police officers

journal article published in 2011

Association of perceived stress with sleep duration and sleep quality in police officers.

scientific article

Association of self-reported and objectively measured sleep duration with carotid artery intima-media thickness among police officers

abstract published in 2012

Association of shift work with physical activity among police officers: the Buffalo cardio-metabolic occupational police stress study

scientific article published on September 1, 2011

Association of shiftwork and immune cells among police officers from the Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic Occupational Police Stress study

journal article published in 2017

Association of sleep quality with depression in police officers

journal article published in 2011

Association of the Period3 clock gene length polymorphism with salivary cortisol secretion among police officers

scientific article published on January 1, 2013

Associations between body fat percentage and fitness among police officers: a statewide study

journal article published in 2017

Associations between major life events, traumatic incidents, and depression among Buffalo police officers

journal article published in 2007

Associations between police officer stress and the metabolic syndrome

journal article published in 2011

Associations between police work stressors and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: examining the moderating effects of coping

journal article published in 2018

Associations between shiftwork and 25-hydroxy vitamin D3 levels among police officers

abstract published in 2017

Associations between shiftwork and biomarkers of subclinical cardiovascular disease: the BCOPS study

abstract published in 2017

Associations of Long-term Shift Work with Waking Salivary Cortisol Concentration and Patterns among Police Officers

scientific article published on October 8, 2012

Associations of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) with sleep duration and quality: the BCOPS study

journal article published in 2022

Associations of burnout with awakening and diurnal cortisol among police officers

journal article published in 2020

Associations of objectively measured and self-reported sleep duration with carotid artery intima media thickness among police officers

journal article published in 2013

Associations of objectively measured sleep characteristics and incident hypertension among police officers: the role of obesity

journal article published in 2020

Associations of sleep measures with retinal microvascular diameters among police officers

journal article published in 2020

Associations of work hours with carotid intima-media thickness and ankle-brachial index: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

journal article published in 2012

Associations of work hours, job strain, and occupation with endothelial function: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

journal article published in 2014

Associations with shift work with leptin, insulin, and adiponectin

abstract published in 2012

Atypical work hours and metabolic syndrome among police officers

journal article published in 2009

Authors' response to the letter to the editor: "Definition of sleep duration and carotid artery intima media thickness: caution for risk assessment."

publication published in 2014

Awakening cortisol and subclinical cardiovascular disease markers in police officers: the Buffalo cardio-metabolic occupational police stress (BCOPS) pilot study

abstract published in 2006

Cancer risks of police officers: the retrospective cohort mortality study of police, Buffalo, NY 1950 to 2005

abstract published in 2011

Central adiposity and subclinical cardiovascular disease in police officers

journal article published in 2013

Comparison of statistical approaches to evaluate factors associated with metabolic syndrome

journal article published in 2010

Correlates of hopelessness in the high suicide risk police occupation

journal article published in 2016

Correlates of pulmonary function in urban police officers

abstract published in 2009

Cortisol patterns and brachial artery reactivity in a high stress environment

journal article published in 2009

Current work hours and coronary artery calcification (CAC): the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

journal article published in 2020

Depressive Symptoms and Bone Mineral Density among Police Officers in a Northeastern US City

scientific article published on April 28, 2012

Dietary intake by shift work among police officers

abstract published in 2009

Does shiftwork modify associations of age with injury among police?

abstract published in 2019

Dying for the job: police mortality, 1950-2018

journal article published in 2021

Effort-reward imbalance and overcommitment at work: associations with police burnout

journal article published in 2018

Effort-reward imbalance in police work: associations with the cortisol awakening response

journal article published in 2018

Estimation of the maximum flow-mediated brachial artery response using local regression methods

journal article published in 2007

Fatigue and on-duty injury among police officers: the BCOPS study

journal article published in 2017

Fatigue and short-term unplanned absences among police officers

journal article published in 2020

Gender and age differences in posttraumatic stress disorder and depression among Buffalo police officers

journal article published in 2006

Gene-environment interaction in Parkinson's disease

abstract published in 2005

Generalizability of a biomathematical model of fatigue's sleep predictions

journal article published in 2020

Hardiness and psychological distress in a cohort of police officers

journal article published in 2008

Health disparities among police officers

chapter published in 2014

Health disparities in police officers: comparisons to the U.S. general population

journal article published in 2011

Health disparity in an occupational context: law enforcement

abstract published in 2011

Hidden danger: a 22-years analysis of law enforcement deaths associated with duty-related illnesses (1997-2018)

journal article published in 2020

High-protein meal challenge reveals the association between the salivary cortisol response and metabolic syndrome in police officers

journal article published in 2016

Highly rated and most frequent stressors among police officers: gender differences

journal article published in 2016

Influence of work characteristics on the association between perceived police stress severity and sleep quality

abstract published in 2017

Influence of work characteristics on the association between police stress and sleep quality

journal article published in 2019

Is suicide higher among separated/retired police officers? an epidemiological investigation

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Law Enforcement Appreciation Day

NIOSH Science Blog post published in 2023

Law enforcement suicide: a review

journal article published in 2019

Leptin, adiponectin, and heart rate variability among police officers

abstract published in 2014

Leptin, adiponectin, and heart rate variability among police officers

journal article published in 2015

Life expectancy in police officers: a comparison with the U.S. general population

journal article published in 2013

Long Work Hours and Adiposity Among Police Officers in a US Northeast City

scientific article published on November 1, 2012

Longitudinal and cross-sectional associations between the dietary inflammatory index and objectively and subjectively measured sleep among police officers

journal article published in 2022

Maternal work in a technical field is associated with autism spectrum disorder

abstract published in 2015

Metabolic Syndrome and Carotid Intima Media Thickness in Urban Police Officers

scientific article published on May 1, 2011

Metabolic syndrome and salivary cortisol: is there dysregulation among a group of active duty urban police officers?

journal article published in 2010

Model-derived estimates of police officers' sleepiness using actual and predicted sleep/wake behavior

abstract published in 2019

Mortality of a Police Cohort: 1950-2005

scientific article (publication date: March 2014)

Mortality of a police cohort: 1950-2005

journal article published in 2014

Nuclear polyhedrosis virus as a biological control agent for Malacosoma americanum (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)

journal article published in 2010

Obesity and oxidative stress among police officers

abstract published in 2008

Obesity and sleep: the Buffalo Police health study

journal article published in 2007

Obesity, white blood cell counts, and platelet counts among police officers

journal article published in 2007

Objective measures of sleep duration and quality with ankle brachial index in police officers

abstract published in 2019

Occupational and other risk factors for hand-grip strength: the Honolulu-Asia aging study

journal article published in 2006

Occupational exposure and autism spectrum disorder

abstract published in 2009

Occupational exposure to pesticides, metals, and solvents: the impact on mortality rates in the Honolulu Heart Program

journal article published in 2010

Occupational exposures and hand grip strength: the Honolulu-Asia aging study (HAAS)

abstract published in 2005

Occupational exposures and movement abnormalities among Japanese-American men: the Honolulu-Asia aging study

journal article published in 2006

Occupational injury and psychological distress among U.S. workers: the National Health Interview Survey, 2004-2016

journal article published in 2020

On-duty nonfatal injury that lead to work absences among police officers and level of perceived stress

journal article published in 2017

Parental occupational exposures and autism spectrum disorder

journal article published in 2012

Police stress and depressive symptoms: role of coping and hardiness

journal article published in 2020

Police stress and posttraumatic stress disorder: the role of coping

abstract published in 2014

Police stressors and health: a state-of-the-art review

journal article published in 2017

Police stressors and health: a state-of-the-art review.

scientific article

Police trauma and cardiovascular disease: association between PTSD symptoms and metabolic syndrome

journal article published in 2006

Police trauma and cardiovascular disease: association between PTSD symptoms and metabolic syndrome.

scientific article published in January 2006

Police work absence: an analysis of police-specific stress

abstract published in 2014

Police work absence: an analysis of stress and resiliency

journal article published in 2014

Police work stressors and cardiac vagal control

journal article published in 2017

Posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol drinking behavior in police officers

journal article published in 2015

Potential risk factors for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM): data from the Honolulu heart program/Honolulu Asia aging study (HHP/HAAS)

abstract published in 2004

Potential risk factors for incident glioblastoma multiforme: the Honolulu Heart Program and Honolulu-Asia Aging Study

journal article published in 2012

Prevalence and trends of leisure-time physical activity by occupation and industry in U.S. workers: the National Health Interview Survey 2004-2014

journal article published in 2016

Prevalence of injury in occupation and industry: role of obesity in the National Health Interview Survey 2004 to 2013

journal article published in 2016

Prevalence of workplace discrimination and mistreatment in a national sample of older U.S. workers: the REGARDS cohort study

journal article published in 2019

Proportionate mortality and national rate of death from COVID-19 among US law enforcement officers: 2020

journal article published in 2022

Relationship between shift work and sleep problems among police officers: the Buffalo police health study

abstract published in 2006

Risk factors for fractures among Japanese-American men: The Honolulu Heart Program and Honolulu–Asia Aging Study

scientific article published on November 12, 2011

Salivary cortisol response to a high-protein challenge and metabolic syndrome in police officers

abstract published in 2014

Self-report versus expert-assessed occupational exposure

journal article published in 2007

Separate and joint associations of shift work and sleep quality with lipids

journal article published in 2016

Shift work adaptation among police officers: the BCOPS study

journal article published in 2021

Shift work and bone mineral density in Buffalo police officers

abstract published in 2014

Shift work and health in policing

chapter published in 2014

Shift work and ideal cardiovascular health among law enforcement officers

abstract published in 2019

Shift work and injuries among police officers

abstract published in 2009

Shift work and long-term injury among police officers

journal article published in 2013

Shift work and occupational stress in police officers

journal article published in 2015

Shift work and overtime across a career in law enforcement: a 15-year study

journal article published in 2021

Shift work and sleep quality among police officers: is age a factor?

abstract published in 2018

Shift work and sleep quality among urban police officers

abstract published in 2014

Shift work and sleep quality among urban police officers: the BCOPS study

journal article published in 2016

Shift work and sleep: the Buffalo Police health study

journal article published in 2007

Shift work and the incidence of injury among police officers

scientific article published on January 6, 2012

Shift-work and suicide ideation among police officers

journal article published in 2008

Shiftwork Duration and the Awakening Cortisol Response Among Police Officers

scientific article published on May 1, 2011

Shiftwork and Sickness Absence Among Police Officers: The BCOPS Study

scientific article published on June 28, 2013

Shiftwork and biomarkers of subclinical cardiovascular disease: the BCOPS Study

journal article published in 2019

Shiftwork and decline in endothelial function among police officers

journal article published in 2016

Shiftwork and diurnal salivary cortisol patterns among police officers

journal article published in 2016

Shiftwork and leisure-time physical inactivity (LTPI) among U.S. workers

journal article published in 2024

Shiftwork and symptoms of anxiety and depression in police officers

abstract published in 2019

Shiftwork and the retinal vasculature diameters among police officers

journal article published in 2017

Silicosis in the lymph nodes: the canary in miner?

journal article published in 2009

Sleep Duration and Biomarkers of Metabolic Function Among Police Officers

scientific article published on August 1, 2011

Sleep duration and biomarkers of metabolic function among police officers

abstract published in 2009

Sleep duration and oxidative stress: the Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic Occupational Police Stress (BCOPS) study

journal article published in 2008

Sleep quality among police officers: associations with overtime and second jobs

abstract published in 2014

Sleep quality and the cortisol awakening response (CAR) among law enforcement officers: the moderating role of leisure time physical activity

journal article published in 2018

Smoking increases human nasal epithelial cytochrome P450 1A1 gene transcription

abstract published in 2003

Social avoidance in policing: associations with cardiovascular disease and the role of social support

journal article published in 2018

Subclinical cardiovascular risk among police: a longitudinal study of baseline cortisol awakening response (CAR) and change in brachial artery reactivity over time: the BCOPS study

abstract published in 2017

Subclinical markers of cardiovascular disease among police officers: a longitudinal assessment of the cortisol awakening response and flow mediated artery dilation

journal article published in 2018

Suicide in police work: exploring potential contributing influences

journal article published in 2009

Temporal trends in prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and CVD risk factors among U.S. older workers: NHIS 2004-2018

journal article published in 2021

The CHARGE study: an assessment of parental occupational exposures and autism spectrum disorder

journal article published in 2019

The impact of perceived intensity and frequency of police work occupational stressors on the cortisol awakening response (CAR): findings from the BCOPS study

journal article published in 2017

Validation of the sex difference in the trend of carotid artery intima media thickness by the number of metabolic components: is this a result related to occupational factors? Authors response

publication published in 2012

Waist circumference and endothelial function in police officers

abstract published in 2012

Winter season, frequent hand washing, and irritant patch test reactions to detergents are associated with hand dermatitis in health care workers

journal article published in 2013

Work hours and absenteeism among police officers

journal article published in 2013

Work hours and cognitive function: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

journal article published in 2020

Work hours, job strain, and occupation with endothelial function: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

abstract published in 2014