Selected Publications
Slutsky A, An Y, Hu T(X), Burstyn I: Automatic approaches to clustering occupational description data for prediction of probability of workplace exposure to beryllium. The 2011 IEEE International Conference on Granular Computing (GrC-2011), Kaohsiung,Taiwan, November 21-23, 2011, paper No.: G217 (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4285761/publications/AntonClustering-eXpress.pdf)
de Vocht F, Burstyn I, Cherrie JW: Time trends (1998-2007) in brain cancer incidence rates in relation to mobile phone use in England. Bioelectromagnetics 32(5):334-9 (2011)
Burstyn I, Wang X, Yasui Y, Sithole F, Zwaigenbaum L: Autism spectrum disorders and fetal hypoxia in a population-based cohort: Accounting for missing exposures via Estimation-Maximization algorithm. BMC Medical Research Methodology 11:2 (2011) (http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/11/2).
Gustafson P, Burstyn I: Bayesian inference of gene-environment interaction from incomplete data: What happens when information on environment is disjoint from data on gene and disease? Statistics in Medicine 30(8):877-89 (2011)
Chan E, Burstyn I, Bamforth F, Cherry NM, Martin JW:Perfluorinated acids and hypothyroxinemia in pregnant women. Environmental Research 111:559–64(2011)
Burstyn I: Impact of measurement error on quantifying the importance of proximity to point sources of air pollution. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology 20:12-8 (2010).
Liu J, Gustafson P, Cherry NM, Burstyn I: Bayesian analysis of a matched case-control study with expert prior information on both the misclassication of exposure and the exposure-disease association. Statistics in Medicine 28(27):3411–23 (2009).
Burstyn I, Kapur N, Shalapay C, Bamforth F, Wild TC, Liu J, LeGatt D: Evaluation of the accuracy of self-reported smoking in pregnancy when biomarker level in an active smoker is uncertain. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 11(6):670-8 (2009).
Burstyn I, Kim HM, Yasui Y, Cherry NM: The virtues of a deliberately misspecified disease model in demonstrating a gene-environment interaction. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 66(6):374-80 (2009).
Burstyn I, Kromhout H, Partanen T, Svane O, Langård S, Ahrens W, Kauppinen T, Stücker I, Shaham J, Heederik D, Ferro G, Heikkilä P, Hooiveld M, Johansen C, Randem BG, Boffetta P: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and fatal ischemic heart disease. Epidemiology 16(6):744-50 (2005).
Burstyn I, Boffetta P, Järvholm B, Partanen T, Svane O, Langård S, Ahrens W, Kauppinen T, Stücker I, Shaham J, Heederik D, Ferro G, Kromhout H: Risk of fatal industrial accidents and death from other external causes among asphalt workers. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 61(1): 86-88 (2004).
Burstyn I, Boffetta P, Heederik D, Partanen T, Kromhout H, Svane O, Langård S, Frentzel-Beyme R, Kauppinen T, Stücker I, Shaham J, Ahrens W, Cenée S, Ferro G, Heikkilä P, Hooiveld M, Johansen C, Randem BG, Schill W: Mortality from obstructive lung diseases and exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons among asphalt workers. American Journal of Epidemiology 158(5): 468-478 (2003).
Burstyn I, Boffetta P, Kauppinen T, Heikkilä P, Svane O, Partanen T, Stücker I, Frentzel-Beyme R, Ahrens W, Merzenich H, Heederik D, Hooiveld M, Langård S, Randem BG, Järvholm B, Bergdahl I, Shaham J, Ribak J, Kromhout H: Estimating exposures in asphalt industry for an international epidemiological cohort study of cancer risk. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 43(1): 3-17 (2003).
Burstyn I, Kromhout H: Trends in inhalation exposure to hydrocarbons among commercial painters in the Netherlands. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health 28(6): 429-438 (2002).
Burstyn I and Teschke K: Studying the determinants of exposure: A review of methods. American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal 60:57-72 (1999).