Cancer Fact Sheets


Journal Articles and Reports

  • Myers DJ, Hoppin P, Jacobs M, Clapp R, Kriebel D. Letter to the Editor: Cancer rates not explained by smoking: how to investigate a single county. Environ Health. 2021 May 21;20(1):62. doi: 10.1186/s12940-021-00737-8.
  • Myers DJ, Hoppin P, Jacobs M, Clapp R, Kriebel D. Cancer rates not explained by smoking: a county-level analysis. Environ Health. 2020 June 6;19(1):64. doi: 10.1186/s12940-020-00613-x.
  • Kripke M, Brody JG, Hawk E, Hernandez AB, Hoppin PJ, Jacobs MM, Rudel RA, Rebbeck TR. Rethinking Environmental Carcinogenesis. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2020 Oct;29(10):1870-1875. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-0541.
  • Kriebel D, Hoppin PJ, Jacobs MM, Clapp RW. Environmental and Economic Strategies for Primary Prevention of Cancer in Early Life. Pediatrics. 2016 Nov;138(Suppl 1):S56-S64. doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-4268I.
  • Reducing the use of carcinogens: the Massachusetts experience. Jacobs MM, Massey RI, Tenney H, Harriman E. Rev Environ Health. 2014;29(4):319-40.
  • Opportunities for Cancer Prevention: Trends in the Use and Release of Carcinogens in Massachusetts. Jacobs M, Tenney H, Massey R, Harriman E. Toxics Use Reduction Institute, University of Massachusetts Lowell. June 2013.
  • The Burden of Cancer from Organic Chemicals. Jacobs MM, Rachel RI, Clapp RW. The Burden of Cancer from Organic Chemicals. In: Carpenter, DO (ed). Effects of Persistent and Bioactive Organic Pollutants on Human Health. New York: Wiley and Sons, Inc. (2013).
  • Environmental and occupational causes of cancer: new evidence 2005-2007. Clapp RW, Jacobs MM, Loechler EL. Rev Environ Health. 2008 Jan-Mar;23(1):1-37. Review.
  • Clapp RW, Howe G, Jacobs M. Occupational and Environmental Causes of Cancer. In Heggenhougen and Quah: International Encyclopedia of Public Health. San Diego: Academic Press, 2008.
  • Clapp R, Howe G and Jacobs M. Environmental and Occupational Causes of Cancer Revisited, Journal of Public Health Policy. 27:61-76, 2006.