Biography

    In 1977 David Ozonoff moved to Boston University as the first chair of the Department of Environmental Health in the new School of Public Health, a position he held until 2003. His research centers on community health effects of toxic exposures, especially from hazardous waste sites; new mathematical approaches to understanding the results of small case-control studies; and the use of scientific evidence in court. Dr. Ozonoff has been principal or co-investigator of several major studies of waste sites and is Director of the Superfund Basic Research Program—a multidisciplinary effort, funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, to understand basic scientific problems connected with the federal Superfund Program. He works with The Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science at Rutgers University on a Special Focus effort to bring together mathematicians and epidemiologists. Dr. Ozonoff is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the online journal, Environmental Health (www.ehjournal.net) and serves on the editorial boards of several journals. He is an elected Fellow of the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars and a Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini. In 2002 he received the Scientist for the Public Good award from the Massachusetts Clean Water Action Alliance.

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    1. Grandjean P, Ozonoff D. Portrait of the journal as a young adult. Environ Health. 2012; 11:30.
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    2. Aschengrau A, Weinberg JM, Janulewicz PA, Romano ME, Gallagher LG, Winter MR, Martin BR, Vieira VM, Webster TF, White RF, Ozonoff DM. Occurrence of mental illness following prenatal and early childhood exposure to tetrachloroethylene (PCE)-contaminated drinking water: a retrospective cohort study. Environ Health. 2012 Jan 20; 11(1):2.
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    3. Aschengrau A, Weinberg JM, Janulewicz PA, Romano ME, Gallagher LG, Winter MR, Martin BR, Vieira VM, Webster TF, White RF, Ozonoff DM. Affinity for risky behaviors following prenatal and early childhood exposure to tetrachloroethylene (PCE)-contaminated drinking water: a retrospective cohort study. Environ Health. 2011 Dec 2; 10(1):102.
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    4. Gallagher LG, Vieira VM, Ozonoff D, Webster TF, Aschengrau A. Risk of breast cancer following exposure to tetrachloroethylene-contaminated drinking water in Cape Cod, Massachusetts: reanalysis of a case-control study using a modified exposure assessment. Environ Health. 2011; 10:47.
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    5. Ozonoff DM, Grandjean P. Milestones and impact factors. Environ Health. 2010; 9:35.
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    6. Takaro TK, Davis D, Van Rensburg SJ, Arroyo Aguilar RS, Algranti E, Bailar JC, Belpoggi F, Berlin M, Bhattacharya S, Bonnier Viger YV, Brophy J, Bustinza R, Cameron RB, Dement JM, Egilman D, Castleman B, Chaturvedi S, Cherniack M, Choudhury H, Demers PA, Digangi J, Digon A, Edwards JG, Englund A, Erikson B, Corréa Filho HR, Franco G, Frank AL, Freund A, Gee D, Giordano A, Gochfeld M, Gilberg M, Goldsmith DF, Goldstein BD, Grandjean P, Greenberg M, Gut I, Harari R, Hindry M, Hogstedt C, Huff J, Infante PF, Järvholm B, Kern DG, Keifer M, Khatter K, Kjuus H, Keith M, Koo LC, Kumar A, LaDou J, Landrigan PJ, Lemen RA, Last JM, Lee CW, Leigh J, Levin SM, Lippman A, Madrid GA, McCulloch J, McDiarmid MA, Merchant JA, Monforton C, Morse T, Muir DC, Mukerjee D, Mulloy KB, Myers J, Nuwayhid I, Orris P, Ozonoff D, Paek D, Patra M, Pelclová D, Pepper L, Poje GV, Rahman Q, Reyes B, Robinson BW, Rodríguez E, Rose C, Rosenman KD, Rosenstock L, Ruchirawat M, Rydzynski K, Schneider J, Silverstein B, Siqueira CE, Slatin C, Soffritti M, Soskoline C, Sparer J, Stayner LT, Takaro TK, Tarkowski S, Teitelbaum DT, Tompa A, Trosic I, Turcotte F, Vilela RA, Waterman YR, Watterson A, Wegman DH, Welch LS, Woitowitz HJ, Yanri Z, Zavariz C. Scientists appeal to Quebec Premier Charest to stop exporting asbestos to the developing world. Int J Occup Environ Health. 2010 Apr-Jun; 16(2):241-8.
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    7. Aschengrau A, Weinberg JM, Janulewicz PA, Gallagher LG, Winter MR, Vieira VM, Webster TF, Ozonoff DM. Prenatal exposure to tetrachloroethylene-contaminated drinking water and the risk of congenital anomalies: a retrospective cohort study. Environ Health. 2009; 8:44.
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    8. Aschengrau A, Weinberg JM, Gallagher LG, Winter MR, Vieira VM, Webster TF, Ozonoff DM. Exposure to Tetrachloroethylene-Contaminated Drinking Water and the Risk of Pregnancy Loss. Water Qual Expo Health. 2009 Feb 1; 1(1):23-34.
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    9. Nelson JW, Scammell MK, Altman RG, Webster TF, Ozonoff DM. A new spin on research translation: the Boston Consensus Conference on Human Biomonitoring. Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Apr; 117(4):495-9.
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    10. Spence LA, Aschengrau A, Gallagher LE, Webster TF, Heeren TC, Ozonoff DM. Evaluation of the Webler-Brown model for estimating tetrachloroethylene exposure from vinyl-lined asbestos-cement pipes. Environ Health. 2008; 7:24.
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    11. Aschengrau A, Weinberg J, Rogers S, Gallagher L, Winter M, Vieira V, Webster T, Ozonoff D. Prenatal exposure to tetrachloroethylene-contaminated drinking water and the risk of adverse birth outcomes. Environ Health Perspect. 2008 Jun; 116(6):814-20.
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    12. Landon MR, Amaro RE, Baron R, Ngan CH, Ozonoff D, McCammon JA, Vajda S. Novel druggable hot spots in avian influenza neuraminidase H5N1 revealed by computational solvent mapping of a reduced and representative receptor ensemble. Chem Biol Drug Des. 2008 Feb; 71(2):106-16.
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    13. Boden LI, Ozonoff D. Litigation-generated science: why should we care? Environ Health Perspect. 2008 Jan; 116(1):117-22.
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    14. Grandjean P, Ozonoff D. Environmental Health: the first five years. Environ Health. 2007; 6:27.
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    15. Ozonoff A, Webster T, Vieira V, Weinberg J, Ozonoff D, Aschengrau A. Cluster detection methods applied to the Upper Cape Cod cancer data. Environ Health. 2005; 4:19.
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    16. Vieira V, Webster T, Weinberg J, Aschengrau A, Ozonoff D. Spatial analysis of lung, colorectal, and breast cancer on Cape Cod: an application of generalized additive models to case-control data. Environ Health. 2005; 4:11.
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    17. Breilh J, Branco Jefer C, Castelman BI, Cherniack M, Christiani DC, Cicolella A, Cifuentes E, Clapp R, Cole DC, Corn M, De Ben S, Diaz R, Egilman D, Finkelstein Y, Franco G, Frank AL, Friedman L, Gassert TH, Gochfeld M, Greenberg M, Hansen ES, Hay A, Hogstedt C, Huff J, Joshi TK, Kriebel D, Laborde A, LaDou J, Levenstein C, Levin SM, Loewenson R, Mikheev M, Montenegro R, Naidoo R, Ozonoff D, Partanen T, Pendito RI, Povey G, Richter ED, Robbins A, Rodrigues Corrèa Filho H, Rosenman KD, Samuels SW, Sousa SV, Schwartz BS, Siqueira CE, Soskolne CL, Spiegel J, Stephens C, Mansoureh T, Takaro TK, Teitelbaum DT, Tickner JA, Tomatis L, Victora C, Waltner-Toews D, Wedeen RP, Wegman DH, Wesseling C, Wing S, Yassi A. Texaco and its consultants. Int J Occup Environ Health. 2005 Apr-Jun; 11(2):217-20.
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    18. Ozonoff D, Pepper L. Ticket to ride: spreading germs a mile high. Lancet. 2005 Mar 12-18; 365(9463):917-9.
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    19. Vieira V, Aschengrau A, Ozonoff D. Impact of tetrachloroethylene-contaminated drinking water on the risk of breast cancer: using a dose model to assess exposure in a case-control study. Environ Health. 2005; 4(1):3.
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    20. Ozonoff D. Epistemology in the courtroom: a little "knowledge" is a dangerous thing. Am J Public Health. 2005; 95 Suppl 1:S13-5.
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    21. Ozonoff D. Legal causation and responsibility for causing harm. Am J Public Health. 2005; 95 Suppl 1:S35-8.
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    22. Grandjean P, Bailar JC, Gee D, Needleman HL, Ozonoff DM, Richter E, Sofritti M, Soskolne CL. Implications of the Precautionary Principle in research and policy-making. Am J Ind Med. 2004 Apr; 45(4):382-5.
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    23. Ozonoff D. On being careful what we wish for: some difficulties with operationalizing the Precautionary Principle. Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2004; 17(1):35-41.
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    24. Clapp RW, Ozonoff D. Environment and health: vital intersection or contested territory? Am J Law Med. 2004; 30(2-3):189-215.
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    25. Axelson O, Balbus JM, Cohen G, Davis D, Donnay A, Doolittle R, Duran BM, Egilman D, Epstein SS, Goldman L, Grandjean P, Hansen ES, Heltne P, Huff J, Infante P, Jacobson MF, Joshi TK, LaDou J, Landrigan PJ, Lee PR, Lockwood AH, MacGregor G, Melnick R, Messing K, Needleman H, Ozonoff D, Ravanesi B, Richter ED, Sass J, Schubert D, Suzuki D, Teitelbaum D, Temple NJ, Terracini B, Thompson A, Tickner J, Tomatis L, Upton AC, Whyatt RM, Wigmore D, Wilson T, Wing SB, Sharpe VA. Re: Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. Int J Occup Environ Health. 2003 Oct-Dec; 9(4):386-9; author reply 389-90.
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    26. Ozonoff D. Superfund basic research program: a model for contemporary research programs. Environ Health Perspect. 2003 Mar; 111(3):A140-1.
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    27. Aschengrau A, Rogers S, Ozonoff D. Perchloroethylene-contaminated drinking water and the risk of breast cancer: additional results from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA. Environ Health Perspect. 2003 Feb; 111(2):167-73.
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    28. Ozonoff D. Anthrax: the precautionary principle goes postal. Public Health Rep. 2002 Nov-Dec; 117(6):513-20.
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    29. Michaels D, Bingham E, Boden L, Clapp R, Goldman LR, Hoppin P, Krimsky S, Monforton C, Ozonoff D, Robbins A. Advice without dissent. Science. 2002 Oct 25; 298(5594):703.
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    30. Ozonoff D. Health toll of the Middle East crisis. Lancet. 2002 May 25; 359(9320):1859-60.
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    31. Ozonoff D, Robbins A. Collaborating on public health issues. Science. 2002 May 24; 296(5572):1400.
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    32. Paulu C, Aschengrau A, Ozonoff D. Exploring associations between residential location and breast cancer incidence in a case-control study. Environ Health Perspect. 2002 May; 110(5):471-8.
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    33. Vieira V, Webster T, Aschengrau A, Ozonoff D. A method for spatial analysis of risk in a population-based case-control study. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2002 Mar; 205(1-2):115-20.
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    34. White RF, Proctor SP, Heeren T, Wolfe J, Krengel M, Vasterling J, Lindem K, Heaton KJ, Sutker P, Ozonoff DM. Neuropsychological function in Gulf War veterans: relationships to self-reported toxicant exposures. Am J Ind Med. 2001 Jul; 40(1):42-54.
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    35. Clapp R, Ozonoff D. Where the boys aren't: dioxin and the sex ratio. Lancet. 2000 May 27; 355(9218):1838-9.
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    36. Ozonoff D, Clapp R. Cancer survival is no lottery. Lancet. 1999 Apr 24; 353(9162):1379-80.
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    37. Paulu C, Aschengrau A, Ozonoff D. Tetrachloroethylene-contaminated drinking water in Massachusetts and the risk of colon-rectum, lung, and other cancers. Environ Health Perspect. 1999 Apr; 107(4):265-71.
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    38. Proctor SP, Heeren T, White RF, Wolfe J, Borgos MS, Davis JD, Pepper L, Clapp R, Sutker PB, Vasterling JJ, Ozonoff D. Health status of Persian Gulf War veterans: self-reported symptoms, environmental exposures and the effect of stress. Int J Epidemiol. 1998 Dec; 27(6):1000-10.
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    39. Aschengrau A, Paulu C, Ozonoff D. Tetrachloroethylene-contaminated drinking water and the risk of breast cancer. Environ Health Perspect. 1998 Aug; 106 Suppl 4:947-53.
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    40. Ozonoff D. The uses and misuses of skepticism: epidemiology and its critics. Public Health Rep. 1998 Jul-Aug; 113(4):321-3.
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    41. Ozonoff D, Webster T. The lattice diagram and 2 x 2 tables. Toxicol Ind Health. 1997 Mar-Jun; 13(2-3):339-55.
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    42. Ozonoff DM. Fields of controversy. Lancet. 1997 Jan 11; 349(9045):74.
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    43. Aschengrau A, Ozonoff D, Coogan P, Vezina R, Heeren T, Zhang Y. Cancer risk and residential proximity to cranberry cultivation in Massachusetts. Am J Public Health. 1996 Sep; 86(9):1289-96.
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    44. Paulu CA, Ozonoff DM, Coogan P, Wartenberg D. Making environmental data accessible for public health aims. The Massachusetts Environmental Database project. Public Health Rep. 1995 Nov-Dec; 110(6):776-83.
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    45. Ozonoff D. Environmental medicine for all: getting there form here. Lancet. 1995 Sep 30; 346(8979):860.
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    46. Clapp R, Ozonoff D, Silverstone A, Weiss B. Dioxin and advisory board. Science. 1995 Sep 1; 269(5228):1204-5.
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    47. Kales SN, Feldman J, Pepper L, Fish SS, Ozonoff D, Christiani DC. Carboxyhemoglobin levels in patients with cocaine-related chest pain. Chest. 1994 Jul; 106(1):147-50.
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    48. Ozonoff D, Aschengrau A, Coogan P. Cancer in the vicinity of a Department of Defense superfund site in Massachusetts. Toxicol Ind Health. 1994 May-Jun; 10(3):119-41.
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    49. Ozonoff D. Lead on the range. Lancet. 1994 Jan 1; 343(8888):6-7.
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    50. Aschengrau A, Ozonoff D, Paulu C, Coogan P, Vezina R, Heeren T, Zhang Y. Cancer risk and tetrachloroethylene-contaminated drinking water in Massachusetts. Arch Environ Health. 1993 Sep-Oct; 48(5):284-92.
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    51. Evdokimoff V, Ozonoff D. Compliance with EPA guidelines for follow-up testing and mitigation after radon screening measurements. Health Phys. 1992 Aug; 63(2):215-7.
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    52. Maxwell NI, Burmaster DE, Ozonoff D. Trihalomethanes and maximum contaminant levels: the significance of inhalation and dermal exposures to chloroform in household water. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 1991 Dec; 14(3):297-312.
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    53. Clapp RW, Cupples LA, Colton T, Ozonoff DM. Cancer surveillance of Veterans in Massachusetts, USA, 1982-1988. Int J Epidemiol. 1991 Mar; 20(1):7-12.
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    54. Ozonoff D, Longnecker MP. Epidemiologic approaches to assessing human cancer risk from consuming aquatic food resources from chemically contaminated water. Environ Health Perspect. 1991 Jan; 90:141-6.
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    55. Wilson SN, Surman OS, Colvin R, Ozonoff D, Gelenberg AJ, Jenike MA, Manschreck T, Pato C. Unusual lymphocyte subset distribution in some depressed patients. J Clin Psychiatry. 1990 Feb; 51(2):51-2.
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    56. Wartenberg D, Agamennone VJ, Ozonoff D, Berry RJ. A microcomputer-based vital records data base with interactive graphic assessment for states and localities. Am J Public Health. 1989 Nov; 79(11):1531-6.
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    57. Ozonoff D. Medical and legal causation. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1989; 572:23-6; discussion 55-60.
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    58. Boden LI, Miyares JR, Ozonoff D. Science and persuasion: environmental disease in U.S. courts. Soc Sci Med. 1988; 27(10):1019-29.
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    59. Byers VS, Levin AS, Ozonoff DM, Baldwin RW. Association between clinical symptoms and lymphocyte abnormalities in a population with chronic domestic exposure to industrial solvent-contaminated domestic water supply and a high incidence of leukaemia. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 1988; 27(1):77-81.
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    60. Ozonoff D, Colten ME, Cupples A, Heeren T, Schatzkin A, Mangione T, Dresner M, Colton T. Health problems reported by residents of a neighborhood contaminated by a hazardous waste facility. Am J Ind Med. 1987; 11(5):581-97.
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    61. Epstein SS, Ozonoff D. Leukemias and blood dyscrasias following exposure to chlordane and heptachlor. Teratog Carcinog Mutagen. 1987; 7(6):527-40.
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    62. Ozonoff D. "One man's meat, another man's poison": two chapters in the history of public health. Am J Public Health. 1985 Apr; 75(4):338-40.
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    63. Ozonoff D. Medical aspects of the hazardous waste problem. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1982 Dec; 3(4):343-8.
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    64. Ozonoff, D, Krimsky, S. Genetic Alchemy: A Social History of the Recombinant DNA Controversy (S. Krimsky). Ch. 1: The Recombinant DNA Controversy: The Social and Political Climate. Cambridge:MIT Press. 1982; 3 - 22.
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    65. Ozonoff D, Krimsky S. Genetic Alchemy: A Social History of the Recombinant DNA Controversy (S. Krimsky). Ch. 2: The Recombinant DNA Controversy: A Troublesome Experiment. 1982:MIT Press. 1982; 24 - 38.
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    66. Ozonoff D, Krimsky S. Chapter 3: The Recombinant DNA Controversy: The Adeno-SV40 Virus Episode. Genetic Alchemy: A Social History of the Recombinant DNA Controversy (S. Krimsky). 1982; 39 - 57.
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    67. Ozonoff D. Artificial sweetner and bladder cancer. N Engl J Med. 1980 Aug 7; 303(6):341-2.
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    68. Krimsky S, Ozonoff D. Recombinant DNA research: the scope and limits of regulation. Am J Public Health. 1979 Dec; 69(12):1252-9.
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    69. Ozonoff D, Ozonoff VV. Registering baby: data base or private record? Hastings Cent Rep. 1979 Dec; 9(6):7-9.
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    70. Ozonoff, D. Epidemics and History. Encyclopedia Britannica Health and Medical Annual. 1978; 88 - 102.
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    71. Ozonoff D. Human experimentation: who are the guinea pigs? Sci People. 1977 Mar-Apr; 9(2):18-21.
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    72. Ozonoff VV, Ozonoff D. On helping those who help themselves. Hastings Cent Rep. 1977 Feb; 7(1):7-10.
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    73. Herman PG, Gerson DE, Hessel SJ, Mayer BS, Watnick M, Blesser B, Ozonoff D. Disagreements in chest roentgen interpretation. Chest. 1975 Sep; 68(3):278-82.
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    74. Blesser B, Ozonoff D. A model for the radiologic process. Radiology. 1972 Jun; 103(3):515-21.
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    75. Ozonoff D. Special Problems: Mutagens; Carcinogens; Teratogens. Health Hazards of the Human Environment, prepared by Specialists of l5 Countries and published by the World Health Organization. 1972; 228 - 233.
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    76. Ozonoff D. Air. Health Hazards of the Human Environment, prepared by Specialists of l5 Countries and published by the World Health Organization. 1972; 19 - 38.
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    77. Ozonoff D. Congenital Malformation, Chromosomal Abberations, Biochemical Profiles. Health Hazards of the Human Environment, prepared by Specialists of l5 Countries and published by the World Health Organization. 1972; 298 - 302.
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    78. Tretiak, O., Klopping, J., Ozonoff, D., Eden, M., Simon, W. Calculation of Internal Structure from Multiple Radiograms. Proceedings of the Second Missouri Conference on Computers in Radiology. 1970.
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    79. Ozonoff, D. An Attack on 'A Defense of Vitalism'. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 1969; 24:121.
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    80. Eden, M., Rutstein, D., Drinker, P., Meadow, H., O'Connor, J., Bowman, H., Matthews, W., Ozonoff, D. Harvard University/M.I.T. Program in Engineering and Living Systems, A Study prepared for the National Academy of Engineering. Cambridge:MIT Press. 1968.
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