Development of a Manitoba Occupational Disease Surveillance System
Dr. Peters
Occupational disease surveillance can help to identify and monitor trends in work-related diseases and risk factors, and consequently, to identify priority populations for primary prevention…
Cancer incidence: Outdoor air pollution and proximity to nuclear power plants
Dr. Peters and Dr. Yang
Dr. Peters is involved in two projects that draw from the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohorts (CanCHEC). CanCHEC comprises population-based, linked datasets that combine long-form census respondents with administrative health data and postal codes…
Antineoplastic drugs: policy levers and opportunities for occupational exposure reduction
Dr. Peters and Dr. Brenner
Antineoplastic drugs, also known as cytotoxic or hazardous drugs, are necessary tools in cancer treatment. However, many antineoplastic drugs can also cause cancer later in life…
COVID-19: Misinformation and outbreak investigation
Dr. Peters
Health misinformation may deter members of the public from taking appropriate health and safety measures and is thus a serious public health threat…
Solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure in outdoor workers
Dr. Peters
Solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure is a workplace hazard that can cause skin cancer, heat stress, and other serious health effects, all of which are preventable…
Exposure data enhancements
Dr. Peters
The Canadian Workplace Exposure Database (CWED) is a national exposure database, created as a part of CAREX Canada, that compiles and manages measurement data on exposure to known, probable and possible carcinogens, as well as non-carcinogens, in Canada…
CAREX Canada
Dr. Peters
Dr. Peters is the co-principal investigator and occupational exposure lead of CAREX (CARcinogen EXposure) Canada, a multi-institution team of researchers and specialists with expertise in epidemiology, risk assessment, toxicology, geographic information systems, and knowledge mobilization…