David O Carpenter

No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus
observational 2018
Environmental research ·doi:10.1016/j.envres.2018.03.021

Although several recent studies suggest endocrine disrupting compounds, such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p', DDE), and hexachlorobenzene (HCB), target different organs and systems in the body, th…

review 2015
Carcinogenesis ·doi:10.1093/carcin/bgv039

Lifestyle factors are responsible for a considerable portion of cancer incidence worldwide, but credible estimates from the World Health Organization and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) suggest that the fraction of ca…

review 2002
Environmental health perspectives ·doi:10.1289/ehp.02110s125

Most research on the effects of chemicals on biologic systems is conducted on one chemical at a time. However, in the real world people are exposed to mixtures, not single chemicals. Although various substances may have totally independent …