Dr. James A. Merchant

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University of Iowa
College of Public Health
Public Health - Administration
DeanAppointed: 1999
University of Iowa
College of Nursing
Nursing - Systems and Practice
Professor (Secondary)Appointed: 2004
University of Iowa
College of Public Health
Occupational & Environmental Health
Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health
Interim-DirectorAppointed: 2001
University of Iowa
College of Public Health
Center for International, Rural, & Environmental Health (CIREH)
Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health
I-CASH Board of DirectorsAppointed: 2001
University of Iowa
College of Public Health
Occupational & Environmental Health
ProfessorAppointed: 1999
University of Iowa
College of Public Health
Occupational & Environmental Health
Health of the Public Program
Founding DirectorAppointed: 1999
United States Senate
Subcommittee for Disability Policy
Health Policy FellowAppointed: 1992
University of Iowa
Carver College of Medicine
Internal Medicine
ProfessorAppointed: 1982
Professional Headshot of James A. Merchant

Mailing Address

E220H1 General Hospital
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (319) 384-5452
Fax: (319) 384-5455
james-merchant@uiowa.edu
http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/academics/faculty/james_merchant.html

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Epidemiology, 1973.
M.D., University of Iowa, 1966.
B.S., Iowa State University, Bacteriology, 1962.

Expertise and Research Interests

My research interests include:
Epidemiology of occupational lung diseases with an emphasis on organic dust induced lung disease
Epidemiology of rural injuries, especially agricultural injuries
Rural and occupational/environmental health care delivery models
Rural, environmental, and occupational health policy
International rural and environmental health

I conduct my research through the following programs and centers:
Environmental Health Sciences Research Center (Center Director and Director of the Occupational Health Core)
The Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health (Center Director and Director, Keokuk County Rural Health Study Core)
Injury Prevention Research Center (Director, Public Policy Core)
The Health of the Public Program (Director)
WORKSAFE IOWA (Director)

Other Expertise

Academic Experience:
Society for Occupational and Environmental Health:
Counselor, 1983-1984
President, 1986-1988

The American Thoracic Society:
Chairman, Nominating Committee of Assembly of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1983-1984
Member, ATS Scientific Advisory Council and Government Liaison Committee, 1985-1988
Member, Assembly of Occupational and Environmental Health Policy Planning Committee, 1990-92
Member, Joint ALA-ATS World Lung Committee, 1994-1995

Iowa Department of Public Health:
Center for Rural Health and Primary Care Advisory Committee (Chair 1996-98), 1992-


Permanent Commission and International Association of Occupational Health; Chairman, Permanent Commission on Organic Dusts and Natural Fibers, 1978-

Associate Editor, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 1978-present

Associate Editor, Archives of Environmental Health, 1983-85

Reviewer:
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Chest, Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Science
Journal of Occupational Medicine
American Journal of PublicHealth
Environmental Research
New England Journal of Medicine
American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Archives of Environmental Health
Enviromental Health Perspectives
Annals of Internal Medicine

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Agriculture, Asthma, Biomedical Research (Multidisciplinary), Environmental Health, Epidemiology, Farm Machinery, Grain Processing Or Storage, Health and Safety Education, Health Services Delivery, Injury, Occupational Health and Safety, Pulmonary Diseases, Rural Health.

Additional Terms:

Agricultural Health, Asthma, Biomedical Research, Environmental Health, Farm Machinery, Grain Processing, Grain Storage, Health Education, Health Services Delivery, Injury, Occupational Health, Occupational Safety, Organic Dust Induced Lung Diseases, Pulmonary Disease, Rural Health, Safety Education.

Memberships

Advisory Committee to the Director of CDC/DHHS (Consultant Member)
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
American College of Preventive Medicine
American Lung Association
American Public Health Association
American Thoracic Society
Association of University Environmental Health Science Centers
Blue Ribbon Panel on Ergonomics, Department of Labor and Industries, State of Washingson
Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS
Center for Rural Health and Primary Care Advisory Committee
Council of Scientific and Health Advisors, Iowa Department of Public Health
Institute of Medicine
Iowa Medical Society
Iowa Thoracic Society
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute Research Program Oversight Committee
National Coalition for Agricultural Safety and Health
Permanent Commission and International Association of Occupational Health
Ramazzini Society
Society for Occupational and Environmental Health
Wellmark, Inc. Board of Directors

Honors and Awards

2007, Emeritus Member, Collegium Ramazzini
2005, Distinguished Alumni Award, University of North Carolina
2003, James P. Keogh Award, NIOSH
1996, ACGIH William Steiger Memorial Award,
1992, Health Policy Fellowship, US Senate
1976, Commendation Medal, US Public Health Service
1973-1974, Edward Livingston Trudeau Fellowship, American Thoracic Society
1966, AOA,
1966, Iowa OB/GYN Society Student Research Award,

Previous Positions

2000-2004, Professor, University of Iowa, College of Nursing, Organizations, Systems & Community Health
1997-1999, Head, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health
1993-1999, Founding Director, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, Health of the Public Program
1990-1991, Founding Director, University of Iowa, Office of the Provost, Center for International Rural and Environmental Health (CIREH)
1990-1991, Founding Director, University of Iowa, ISU, IDPH & Dept. of Ag & Land Stewardship, Iowa Center for Agricultural Safety and Health Consortium
1990-1995, Founding Director, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Envirnomental Health, Injury Prevention and Research Center
1990-1994, Founding Director, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health
1990-1997, Founding Director, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, Environmental Health Sciences Research Center
1989-1990, Founding Director, University of Iowa, Office of the Provost, Health and Development in Agrarian Societies (HADAS)
1988-1999, Founding Director and Medical Director, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, WORKSAFE IOWA
1983-1997, Director, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, Occupational and Environmental Health
1983-1997, Director, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, Institute for Rural & Environmental Health
1982-1983, Founding Director, University of Iowa, University Occupational Health Service
1982-1991, Founding Director, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, Occupational Medicine, Residency Program
1981-1999, Professor, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health
1977, Special Assistant Secretary, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
1975-1981, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Services, US Public Health Service, Division of Respiratory Disease Studies and Appalachian Lab
1975-1981, Adjunct Associate Professor, West Virginia University, Internal Medicine & Community Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine
1973-1974, Trudeau Fellowship (American Thoracic Society), University of London, Brompton Hospital, Cardiothoracic Institute
1973-1975, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine
1972-1973, Clinical Fellow, Duke University, Pulmonary and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine
1970-1972, Fellow, Duke University, Pulmonary and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine
1970-1973, Graduate Student, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health, Epidemiology
1968-1970, Epidemic Intelligence Service, North Carolina Department of Health, NCDC, USPHS, Epidemiology Unit
1967-1968, Resident, Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, Department of Medicine
1966-1967, Medical Intern, Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital

Funding Received

  • CDC/NIOSH: Evaluation of California Initiatives to Reduce Violence in Health Care Settings (PI: C Peek-Asa), $372,345, Sep 30, 2002 to Sep 29, 2005.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health, $4,864,368, Sep 30, 2001 to Sep 29, 2006.
  • NIEHS: Exposure Intervention in a Rural Pediatric Asthma Cohort (PI: P Thorne, Investigator: Merchant), $269,960, Sep 30, 2001 to Jul 31, 2006.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Childhood Health Outcomes in a Rural Cohort, $601,196, Sep 30, 1997 to Sep 29, 2000.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health, $9,802,948, Sep 30, 1990 to Sep 29, 2001.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Environmental Health Sciences Research Center, $14,392,862, Sep 29, 1990 to Mar 31, 2004.
  • Iowa Department of Natural Resources: Iowa Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Air Quality Study, $24,964, Sep 1, 2001 to Jan 31, 2002.
  • Chemical Manufacturers' Association: Phase III Quality Assurance Audit, $28,409, Sep 1, 1992 to Aug 31, 1993.
  • University of California at San Francisco: A Community-University Partnership in Rural Health Care and Prevention, $250,000, Oct 1, 1993 to Mar 31, 1997.
  • Northwest Area Foundation: Conference on Health Care Reform in Rural Communities America, $50,000, Oct 1, 1993 to Oct 1, 1994.
  • Radian Corporation: Inductively Coupled Plasma-atomic Emission Spectrophotometer (ICP-AES) Model ARL 3400, $112,000, Nov 1, 1995 to Nov 25, 1995.
  • Pan American Health Organization: Research Promotion of Women, Health, and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, $86,950, Nov 1, 1989 to Oct 31, 1991.
  • Iowa Department of Public Health: 1997 Iowa Health Fact Book, $10,000, May 1, 1997 to Apr 30, 1998.
  • Kellogg Foundation: The Third NIOSH Agricultural Health and Safety Conference, $5,000, Mar 1, 1996 to Aug 31, 1996.
  • Sheet Metal Workers International Association: Asbestos Screening for Sheet Metal Workers - Cedar Rapids Study, $27,000, Jun 25, 1994 to Jul 8, 1994.
  • Kellogg Foundation: Dissemination of the WORKSAFE IOWA Occupational Medicine Associates Network, $89,769, Jun 1, 1990 to Nov 30, 1991.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Agricultural and Environmental Health in Central Europe, $10,000, Jul 31, 2000 to Jul 30, 2001.
  • Dial Corporation: On-site Sampling of Methyl Chloroform, $1,065, Jul 17, 1990 to Jul 31, 1990.
  • Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.: Implementing Health Care Reform in Rural America - A National Conference, $50,000, Jul 1, 1993 to Jun 30, 1994.
  • General Motors Corporation: Saginaw Malleable Iron Foundry Surveillance Project, $106,099, Jul 1, 1991 to Mar 31, 1992.
  • Kellogg Foundation: A Community-based Problem-focused Health Services Program: WORKSAFE IOWA Occupational Medicine Associates Network, $613,190, Jul 1, 1990 to Jun 30, 1993.
  • Iowa Legislative Council: To Study the Occupational Health Problems of the Agricultural Workers, $250,000, Jul 1, 1990 to Jun 30, 1991.
  • Rockwell International Corporation: WORKSAFE IOWA, $95,835, Jul 1, 1988 to Feb 20, 1995.
  • Iowa Department of Public Health: 1999 Iowa Health Fact Book, $20,000, Feb 1, 1999 to Sep 30, 1999.
  • Iowa Department of Public Health: State of Iowa FACE Program, $982,134, Feb 1, 1995 to Aug 31, 2002.
  • Chemical Manufacturers' Association: Phase IV - Data Validation, $50,000, Feb 1, 1992 to Dec 31, 1996.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Capillary Electrochromatography System, $77,762, Aug 1, 1997 to Jul 1, 1998.
  • Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.: Rural America Rural Health Solutions, $11,500, Aug 1, 1997 to Jul 31, 1998.
  • Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.: Preventive Medicine, $68,000, Aug 1, 1994 to Jul 31, 1995.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Agriculture and Environmental Health in Central and Eastern Europe: Opportunities for Research and Intervention, $20,000, Apr 1, 2000 to Mar 31, 2001.
  • CDC: Healthier Workforce Center for Excellence, $5,000,000, 2006 to 2011.
  • US Department of Defense: Epidemiological and Medical Monitoring of Former Department of Defense Workers at the Iowa Army Ammunitions Plant in Middletown, IA (PI: L Fuortes, Consultant: Merchant), $729,075, 2005 to 2009.
  • CDC: Improving Health of Rural Iowan's through Nutrition and Exercise (Lowe PI), $932,694, 2004 to 2009.
  • CDC: The University of Iowa Upper Midwest Center for Public Health Preparedness (PI: C Atchison), $5,630,395, 2004 to 2009.
  • CDC: Great Plains Center for Ag Health, $12, 297,693, 2001 to 2011.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: The University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center (Zwerling PI), $661,159, 1990 to 2007.
  • Pioneer Hi-Bred International: Rural Community Health and Safety Communications - Program in a Global Society, $40,000, 10/1/95 to Present.
  • NIEHS/EPA: Airway Disease in Children from Rural Communities (Chrischilles PI, Merchant Co-PI), $290,400, 10/01/98 to 10/31/03.
  • NIEHS: Environmental Health Sciences Research Center (Thorne PI, Merchant Co-Investigator), $915,732, 09/29/90 to 03/31/04.
  • US Department of Energy: Phase II, Needs Assessment for Medical Monitoring of Former Atomic Weapons Workers at the IAAP (Fuortes PI, Merchant Consultant), $889,677, 08/01/00 to 07/31/05.
  • ASPH/CDC: Iowa Centers for Public Health Preparedness (Atchison PI, Merchant Co-I), $162,000, 04/30/01 to 09/30/02.

Publications

  • Merchant JA, Cook TM, Missen CC (Dec 2007) The role of information and communications technology., Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 85 (12), 970 Abstract
  • Peek-Asa C, Maxwell L, Stromquist A, Whitten P, Limbo MA, Merchant J (2007) Does parental physical violence reduce children's standardized test score performance?, Ann Epidemiol, 17 (11), 847-53
  • Kohatsu ND, Tsai R, Young T, Vangilder R, Burmeister LF, Stromquist AM, Merchant JA (2006) Sleep duration and body mass index in a rural population, Arch Intern Med, 166 (16), 1701-5
  • Myers KP, Olsen CW, Setterquist SF, Capuano AW, Donham KJ, Thacker EL, Merchant JA, Gray GC (2006) Are Swine Workers in the United States at Increased Risk of Infection with Zoonotic Influenza Virus?, Clin Infect Dis, 42
  • Sanderson WT, Madsen MD, Rautiainen, Rautiainen R, Kelly KM, Zwerling C, Taylor CD, Reynolds SJ, Stromquist AM, Burmeister LF, Merchant JA (2006) Tractor overturn concerns in Iowa: Perspectives from the Keokuk County Rural Health Study, Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 12 (1), 71-81
  • Flamme GA, Mudipalli R, Reynolds SJ, Kelly KM, Stromquist AM, Zwerling C, Burmeister LF, Peng SC, Merchant JA, Prevalence of Hearing Impairment in a Rural Midwestrn Cohort: Estimates From the Keokuk County Rural Health Study, 1994 to 1998, Ear and Hearing, 26(3), 350-60, Jun 2005
  • Peek-Asa C, Zwerling C, Young T, Stromquist AM, Burmeister L, Merchant JA, Population Based Study of Reporting Patterns and Characteristics of Men Who Abuse Their Female Partners, Injury Prevention, 11(3), 180-5, Jun 2005
  • Merchant JA, Naleway AL, Svendsen ER, Kelly KM, Burmeister LF, Stromquist AM, Taylor CD, Thorne PS, Reynolds SJ, Sanderson WT, Chrischilles EA, Asthma and Farm Exposures in a Cohort of Rural Iowa Children, Environmental Health Perspectives, 113(3), 350-6, 2005
  • LeVan TD, Von Essen S, Lambert GP, Martinez F, Vasquez M, Merchant JA, Polymorphisms in the CD14 Gene Are Associated With Pulmonary Function in Farmers, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 171(7), 773-9, 2005
  • Lambert GP, Spurzem JR, Romberger DJ, Wyatt TA, Lyden E, Stromquist AM, Merchant JA, Von Essen S, Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Hyper-Responsiveness to Endotoxin in Whole Blood Is Associated With Chronic Bronchitis in Farmers, J Agromedicine, 10(1), 39-44, 2005
  • Chrischilles E, Ahrens R, Kuehl A, Kelly K, Thorne P, Burmeister L, Merchant J, Asthma prevalence and morbidity among rural Iowa schoolchildren, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 113(1), 66-71, January 2004
  • Ettinger RL, Warren JJ, Levy SM, Hand JS, Merchant JA, Stromquist AM, Oral Health: Perceptions of Need in a Rural Iowa County, Specialty Care in Dentistry, 24(1), 13-21, 2004
  • Nordstrom DL, Zwerling C, Stromquist AM, Burmeister LF, Merchant JA, Identification of risk factors for non-fatal child injury in a rural area: Keokuk County Rural Health Study, Injury Prevention : Journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention., 9(3), 235-40, September 2003 Abstract
  • Murty SA, Peek-Asa C, Zwerling C, Stromquist AM, Burmeister LF, Merchant JA, Physical and emotional partner abuse reported by men and women in a rural community, American Journal of Public Health, 93(7), 1073-5, July 2003 Abstract
  • Park H, Reynolds SJ, Kelly KM, Stromquist AM, Burmeister LF, Zwerling C, Merchant JA, Characterization of agricultural tasks performed by youth in the Keokuk County Rural Health Study, Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 18(6), 418-29, June 2003 Abstract
  • Turvey C, Stromquist A, Kelly KM, Zwerling C, Merchant JA, Financial loss and suicidal ideation in a rural community sample, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 106(5), 373-80, November 2002
  • Merchant JA, Stromquist AM, Kelly KM, Zwerling C, Reynolds SJ, Burmeister LF, Chronic disease and injury in an agricultural county: The Keokuk County Rural Health Cohort Study, The Journal of Rural Health : Official Journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association., 18(4), 521-35, 2002 Abstract
  • Doebbeling BN, Jones MF, Hall DB, Clarke WR, Woolson RF, Torner JC, Burmeister LF, Snyders-Crumley T, Barrett DH, Falter KH, Merchant JA, Nusser S, Anderson D, Schwartz DA, Methodologic issues in a population-based health survey of Gulf War veterans, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 55(5), 477-87, May 2002 Abstract
  • Merchant JA, Stromquist, AM, Kelly KM, Zwerling C, Reynolds SJ, Burmeister LF, Chronic disease and injury in an agricultural county: baseline results from the Keokuk County rural health cohort study, Journal of Rural Health, 18(4), 521-35, 1 Feb 2002
  • Voelker MD, Saag KG, Schwartz DA, Chrischilles E, Clarke WR, Woolson RF, Doebbeling BN (2002) Health-related quality of life in gulf war military personnel, American Journal of Epidemiology, 155 (10), 899-907
  • Nordstrom DL, Zwerling C, Stromquist AM, Burmeister LF, Merchant JA, Rural population survey of behavioral and demographic risk factors for loaded firearms, Injury Prevention : Journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention, 7(2), 112-6, June 2001 Abstract
  • Zwerling C, Merchant JA, Nordstrom DL, Stromquist AM, Burmeister LF, Reynolds SJ, Kelly KM, Risk factors for injury in rural Iowa: round one of the Keokuk County Rural Health Study, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 20(3), 230-3, April 2001 Abstract
  • Merchant JA, Lundell JA, Workplace Violence Intervention Research Workshop, April 5-7, 2000, Washington, DC. Background, rationale, and summary, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 20(2), 135-40, February 2001 Abstract
  • Nordstrom D, Zwerling C, Stromquist A, Burmeister L, Merchant J, Epidemiology of unintentional adult injury in a rural population, The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 51, 758-66, 2001
  • Merchant JA, Walkner L, Mikulski M, WORKSAFE IOWA Occupational Medicine Associates Network: a university--community partnership in occupational safety and health, International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 14(1), 29-33, 2001 Abstract
  • Donham KJ, Cumro D, Reynolds SJ, Whitten P, Merchant JA, Burmeister LF, Dose-response relationships between occupational aeorsol exposures and cross-shift decline of lung function in poultry workers, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 42(3), 260-9, 2000
  • Zwerling C, Torner JC, Clarke WR, Voelker MD, Doebbeling BN, Barrett DH, Merchant JA, Woolson RF, Schwartz DA, Self-reported postwar injuries among Gulf War veterans, Public Health Reports (Washington, DC : 1974), 115(4), 346-9, 2000
  • Taylor CD, Reynolds SJ, Stromquist A, Merchant J, Zwerling C, Kelly K, Environmental conditions in the homes of a rural Iowa county, JASH, 5, 407-16, 1999
  • Rohrer JE, Urdaneta M, Vaughn T, Merchant JA, Physician visits in a farming-dependent county., Journal of Rural Health, 14(4), 338-45, 1 Oct 1998 Abstract
  • Kullman G J, Thorne P S, Waldron P F, Marx J J, Ault B, Lewis D M, Siegel P D, Olenchock S A, Merchant J A, Organic dust exposures from work in dairy barns., American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 59(6), 403-13, June 1998 Abstract
  • Reynolds S J, Merchant J A, Stromquist A M, Burmeister L F, Taylor C, Lewis M Q, Kelly K M, Keokuk County Iowa Rural Health Study: self-reported use of pesticides and protective equipment, Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 67-77, 1998
  • Kullman GJ, Thorne PS, Marx JJ, Ault B, Olenchock SA, Merchant JA, Organic dusts exposures and respiratory symptoms among dail, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 1998
  • Fuortes L J, Weih L, Pomrehn P, Thorne P S, Jones M, Burmeister L, Merchant J A, Prospective epidemiologic evaluation of laboratory animal allergy among university employees., American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 32(6), 665-9, December 1997 Abstract
  • Rohrer JE, Dominguez D, Weaver M, Atchison CG, Merchant JA, Assessing public health performance in Iowa's counties, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 3(3), 10-15, May 1997
  • Self-reported illness and health status among Gulf War veterans. A population-based study. The Iowa Persian Gulf Study Group, JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 277(3), 238-45, 1997 Abstract
  • Thorne P S, Subramanian P, Sutphin J E, ONeill M E, Rautiainen R, Reynolds S J, Merchant J A, Ocular trauma from ballast fluid after a tractor tire explosion, Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 3(1), 41-54, 1997
  • Reynolds SJ, Merchant JA, Zwerling C, Stromquist AM, Burmeister LF, The Keokuk County rural health study: preliminary results of environmental exposure assessments, Journal of Agromedicine, 4, 55-62, 1997
  • Stromquist AM, Merchant JA, Burmeister LF, Zwerling C, Reynolds SJ, The Keokuk County rural health study: methodology and demographics, Journal of Agromedicine, 4, 243-8, 1997
  • Zwerling C, Merchant JA, Reynolds SJ, Burmeister LF, Stromquist AM, Risk factors for injury in rural Iowa: preliminary data from the Keokuk County rural health study, Journal of Agromedicine, 4, 295-302, 1997
  • Schootman M, Zwerling C, Miller ER, Torner JC, Fuortes L, Lynch CF, Merchant JA, Peterson TD, Method to electronically collect emergency department data, Annals of Emergency Medicine, 28(2), 213-9, August 1996 Abstract
  • Zwerling C, Merchant J A, Firearm injuries and deaths [letter; comment], New England Journal of Medicine, 335(1), 62-3, 4 Jul 1996 Abstract
  • Fuortes L J, Weih L, Jones M L, Burmeister L F, Thorne P S, Pollen S, Merchant J A, Epidemiologic assessment of laboratory animal allergy among university employees., American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 29(1), 67-74, January 1996 Abstract
  • Reynolds S J, Donham K J, Whitten P, Merchant J A, Burmeister L F, Popendorf W J, Longitudinal evaluation of dose-response relationships for environmental exposures and pulmonary function in swine production workers., American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 29(1), 33-40, January 1996 Abstract
  • Quinn T J, Donham K J, Merchant J A, Schwartz D A, Peak flow as a measure of airway dysfunction in swine confinement operators., Chest, 107(5), 1303-8, May 1995 Abstract
  • Donham K J, Reynolds S J, Whitten P, Merchant J A, Burmeister L, Popendorf W J, Respiratory dysfunction in swine production facility workers: dose-response relationships of environmental exposures and pulmonary function., American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 27(3), 405-18, March 1995 Abstract
  • Schwartz D A, Donham K J, Olenchock S A, Popendorf W J, Van Fossen D S, Burmeister L F, Merchant J A, Determinants of longitudinal changes in spirometric function among swine confinement operators and farmers., American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 151(1), 47-53, January 1995 Abstract
  • Popendorf W, Merchant JA, Leonard S, Burmeister LF, Olenchock SA, Respirator protection and acceptability among agricultural workers, Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 10(7), 595-605, 1995
  • Schwartz D A, Davis C S, Merchant J A, Bunn W B, Galvin J R, Van Fossen D S, Dayton C S, Hunninghake G W, Longitudinal changes in lung function among asbestos-exposed workers., American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 150(5 Pt 1), 1243-9, November 1994 Abstract
  • Shih J F, Wilson J S, Broderick A, Watt J L, Galvin J R, Merchant J A, Schwartz D A, Asbestos-induced pleural fibrosis and impaired exercise physiology, Chest, 105(5), 1370-6, May 1994 Abstract
  • Hartley P G, Galvin J R, Hunninghake G W, Merchant J A, Yagla S J, Speakman S B, Schwartz D A, High-resolution CT-derived measures of lung density are valid indexes of interstitial lung disease., Journal of Applied Physiology, 76(1), 271-7, January 1994 Abstract
  • Schwartz D A, Galvin J R, Frees K L, Dayton C S, Burmeister L F, Merchant J A, Hunninghake G W, Clinical relevance of cellular mediators of inflammation in workers exposed to asbestos., American Review of Respiratory Disease, 148(1), 68-74, July 1993 Abstract
  • Shih J F, Hunninghake G W, Goeken N E, Galvin J R, Merchant J A, Schwartz D A, The relationship between HLA-A, B, DQ, and DR antigens and asbestos-induced lung disease., Chest, 104(1), 26-31, July 1993 Abstract
  • Schwartz D A, Galvin J R, Yagla S J, Speakman S B, Merchant J A, Hunninghake G W, Restrictive lung function and asbestos-induced pleural fibrosis. A quantitative approach., Journal of Clinical Investigation, 91(6), 2685-92, June 1993 Abstract
  • Marx J J Jr, Twiggs J T, Ault B J, Merchant J A, Fernandez-Caldas E, Inhaled aeroallergen and storage mite reactivity in a Wisconsin farmer nested case-control study., American Review of Respiratory Disease, 147(2), 354-8, February 1993 Abstract
  • Merchant J, Hanson J, Lynch C, Schwartz D, UI researches environmental health risks, Iowa Medicine, 83(4), 147-8, 1993
  • Zwerling C, McMillan D, Cook P, Gunderson P, Johnson N, Kellermann A, Lee R, Loftin C, Merchant J, Teret S, Firearm injuries: public health recommendations, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 9(Suppl), 52-56, 1993
  • Zwerling, Merchant JA, Firearm injuries: a public health approach, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 9(Suppl), 1-2, 1993
  • Schwartz D A, Landas S K, Lassise D L, Burmeister L F, Hunninghake G W, Merchant J A, Airway injury in swine confinement workers., Annals of Internal Medicine, 116(8), 630-5, 15 Apr 1992 Abstract
  • Broderick A, Fuortes L J, Merchant J A, Galvin J R, Schwartz D A, Pleural determinants of restrictive lung function and respiratory symptoms in an asbestos-exposed population [see comments], Chest, 101(3), 684-91, March 1992 Abstract
  • Schwartz D A, Galvin J R, Merchant R K, Dayton C S, Burmeister L F, Merchant J A, Hunninghake G W, Influence of cigarette smoking on bronchoalveolar lavage cellularity in asbestos-induced lung disease., American Review of Respiratory Disease, 145(2 Pt 1), 400-5, February 1992 Abstract
  • Bates DV, Gotsch AR, Brooks S, Landrigan PJ, Hankinson JL, Merchant JA, Prevention of occupatinal lung disease. Task force on research and education for the prevention and control of respiratory diseases, Chest, 102(3 Suppl), 257S-276S, 1992
  • Merchant JA, Byssinosis, Pulmonary and Critical Care Update, 8(7), 1-8, 1992
  • Schwartz D A, Galvin J R, Burmeister L F, Merchant R K, Dayton C S, Merchant J A, Hunninghake G W, The clinical utility and reliability of asbestos bodies in bronchoalveolar fluid, American Review of Respiratory Disease, 144(3 Pt 1), 684-8, September 1991 Abstract
  • Merchant J A, Agricultural injuries., Occupational Medicine, 6(3), 529-39, July 1991 Abstract
  • Barkman HW, Merchant JA, Yeung M, When asthma is work-related, Patient Care, 25(16), 42-52, 1991
  • Gjerde C, Ferguson K, Mutel C, Donham K, Merchant J, Results of an educational intervention to improve the health knowledge, attitudes and self-reported behaviors of swine confinement workers, Journal of Rural Health, 7(3), 278-286, 1991
  • Merchant J A, Human epidemiology: a review of fiber type and characteristics in the development of malignant and nonmalignant disease., Environmental Health Perspectives, 88, 287-93, August 1990 Abstract
  • Schwartz D A, Galvin J R, Dayton C S, Stanford W, Merchant J A, Hunninghake G W, Determinants of restrictive lung function in asbestos-induced pleural fibrosis, Journal of Applied Physiology, 68(5), 1932-7, May 1990 Abstract
  • Schwartz D A, Fuortes L J, Galvin J R, Burmeister L F, Schmidt L E, Leistikow B N, LaMarte F P, Merchant J A, Asbestos-induced pleural fibrosis and impaired lung function., American Review of Respiratory Disease, 141(2), 321-6, February 1990 Abstract
  • Merchant JA, editor, Priorities for the management of environmental and occupational asthma, Chest, 98(5), 146S-7S, 1990
  • Donham KJ, Kross B, Merchant JA, Pratt D, Agricultural, occupational and environmental health: policy strategies for the future - the scientific basis, American Journal of Ind Hyg Special Issue (Parts I-III), 18(2-4), 105-527, 1990
  • Donham K J, Merchant J A, Lassise D, Popendorf W J, Burmeister L F, Preventing respiratory disease in swine confinement workers: intervention through applied epidemiology, education, and consultation., American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 18(3), 241-61, 1990 Abstract
  • Fuortes L J, Merchant J A, Van Lier S F, Burmeister L F, Muldoon J, 1983 occupational injury hospital admissions in Iowa: a comparison of the agricultural and non-agricultural sectors., American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 18(2), 211-22, 1990 Abstract
  • Donham K J, Leistikow B, Merchant J, Leonard S, Assessment of U.S. poultry worker respiratory risks., American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 17(1), 73-4, 1990 Abstract
  • Marx J J, Guernsey J, Emanuel D A, Merchant J A, Morgan D P, Kryda M, Cohort studies of immunologic lung disease among Wisconsin dairy farmers., American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 18(3), 263-8, 1990 Abstract
  • Merchant JA, A Kellogg-supported program at The University of Iowa, Toxicology and Industrial Health, 5(4), 1989
  • Ferguson KJ, Gjerde CL, Mutel C, Donham KJ, Hradek C, Johansen K, Merchant JA, An educational intervention program for prevention of occupational illness in agricultural workers, Journal of Rural Health, 5(1), 33-47, 1989
  • LaMarte FP, Mrchant JA, Casale TB, Acute systemic reactions to carbonless copy paper associated with histamine relsease, JAMA, 260(2), 242-3, 1988
  • Merchant JA, Agricultural exposures to organic dusts, Occupational Medicine, 2(2), 409-25, 1987 Abstract
  • Merchant JA, New dimensions in occupational medicine, Iowa Medicine, 77(4), 177-9, April 1987 Abstract
  • Barkman Jr HW, Chan-Yeung M, Merchant JA, When asthma is work related, Patient Care, May 15, 42-61, 1987
  • Muldoon JT, Wintermeyer LA, Eure JA, Fuortes L, Merchant JA, Van Lier SF, Richard TB, Occupational disease surveillance data sources, 1985, American Journal of Public Health, 77(8), 1006-8, 1987
  • Merchant JA, Agriculural respiratory diseases, Seminars in Respiratory Medicine, 7(3), 211-24, 1986
  • Omenn GS, Merchant JA, Boatman E, Dement JM, Kuschner M, Nicholson W, Peto, J, Rosenstock L, Contribution of environmental fibers to respiratory cancer, Environmental Health Perspectives, 70, 51-6, 1986
  • Mason RJ, Buist AS, Fisher EB, Merchant JA, Samet JM, Welsh CH, Cigarette smoking and health, American Review of Respiratory Disease, 132(5), 1133-36, 1985
  • Engleberg AL, Piacitelli GM, Petersen M, Zey J, Piccirillo R, Morey PR, Carlson ML, Merchant JA, Medical and industrial hygiene characterization of the cotton waste utilization industry, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 7(2), 93-108, 1985
  • Donham KJ, Zavala D, Merchant JA, Acute effects of the work environment on pulmonary function of swine confiement workers, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 5, 367-76, 1984
  • Donham KJ, Zavala D, Merchant JA, Respiratory symptoms and lung function among workers in swine confinement buildings: a cross-sectional epidemiological study, Archives of Environmental Health, 39(2), 96-101, 1984
  • Sepulveda MJ, Merchant JA, Roentgenographic evidence of asbestos exposure in a select population of railroad workers, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 4(5), 631-9, 1983
  • Reger RB, Ames RG, Merchant JA, Polakoff PP, Sargent EN, Silbiger M, Whittlesey P, The detection of thoracic abnormalities using posterior-anterior (PA) vs PA and oblique roentgenograms, Chest, 81(3), 290-5, March 1982 Abstract
  • Reger RB, Hancock J, Wheeler B, Hearl F, Merchant J, On respiratory health: coal miners exposed to diesel emissions. Proceedings of the Fifth Internationial Symposium on Inhaled Particles; Cardiff, UK, Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 26, 799-815, 1982
  • Merchant JA, Baxter P, Bernstein R, McCawley M, Falk H, Stein G, Ing R, Attfield M, Health implications of the Mount St. Helen's eruption: epidemiological considerations, Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 26(1-4), 911-9, 1982 Abstract
  • Merchant JA, Ortmeyer C, Mortality of employees of two cotton mills in North Carolina, Chest, 79(4 Suppl), 6S-11S, April 1981 Abstract
  • Boehlecke BA, Merchant JA, The use of pulmonary function testing and questionnaires as epidemiologic tools in the study of occupational lung disease, Chest, 79(4 Suppl), 114S-122S, April 1981 Abstract
  • Castellan RM, Boehlecke BA, Petersen MR, Thedell TD, Merchant JA, Pulmonary function and symptoms in herbal tea workers, Chest, 79(4 Suppl), 81S-85S, April 1981 Abstract
  • Banks DE, Morring KL, Boehlecke BA, Althouse RB, Merchant JA, Silicosis in silica flour workers, American Review of Respiratory Disease, 124(4), 445-50, 1981
  • Baxter PJ, Ing R, Falk H, French J, Stein GF, Bernstein RS, Merchant JA, Allard J, Mount St. Helens' eruptions, May 18 to June 12, 1980: An overview of the acute health impact, JAMA, 246(22), 2585-89, 1981
  • Green FH, Vallyathan V, Mentnech MS, Tucker JH, Merchant JA, Kiessling PJ, Antonius JA, Parshley P, Is volcanic ash a pneumoconiosis risk?, Nature, 293(5829), 216-7, 1981
  • Petsonk L, Boehlecke B, Cocke F, Bragg K, Hancock J, Piccirillo R, Merchant JA, Pulmonary function responses to standard and closed boll harvested cotton, Chest, 79, 755, 1981
  • Whong W-Z, Steward J, McCawley M, Major P, Merchant J, Ong T-M, Mutagenecity of airborne particles from a non-industrial town, Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, 3, 617-26, 1981
  • Hahon N, Booth JA, Boehlecke BA, Merchant JA, Enhanced viral interferon induction by the mineral wollastonite, Journal of Interferon Research, 1(1), 49-60, 1980
  • Rodriguez-Roisin R, Merchant JA, Cochran GM, Hickey BPH, Turner-Warwick M, Clark TJH, Maximal expiratory flow volume curves in workers exposed to asbestos, Respiration, 39, 158-65, 1980
  • Heise ER, Mentnech MS, Olenchock SA, Kutz SA, Morgan WK, Merchant JA, Major PC, HLA-AI and coal workers' pneumoconiosis, American Review of Respiratory Disease, 119(6), 903-8, 1979
  • Bridbord K, Costello J, Gamble J, Groce D, Hutchison M, Jones W, Ortmeyer C, Reger R, Wagner WL, Merchant JA, Occupational safety and health implications of increased coal utilization, Environmental Health Perspectives, 33, 285-302, 1979
  • Fawcett IW, Merchant JA, Simmonds SP, Pepys J, The effect of sodium-cromoglycate, beclomethasone diproprionate and salbutamol on the ventilatory response to cotton dust in mill workers, Br J Dis Chest, 72(1), 29-38, 1978
  • Haslam PL, Lukoszek A, Merchant JA, Turner-Warwick M, Lymphocyte responses to phytohaemagglutinin in patients with asbestosis and pleural mesothelioma, Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 31(2-4), 178-188, 1978
  • Merchant JA, Halprin GM, Hudson AR, Kilburn KH, McKenzie WN, Hurst DJ, Bermazohn P, Responses to cotton dust, Archives of Environmental Health, 30(5), 222-9, May 1975 Abstract
  • Merchant JA, Klouda PT, Soutar CA, Parkes WR, Lawler SD, Turner-Warwick M, The HL-A system in asbestos workers, British Medical Journal, 1(5951), 189-91, 1975 Abstract
  • Merchant JA, Halprin GM, Hudson AR, Kilburn KH, McKenzie WM, Hurst DJ, Hamilton JD, Germino VH, Evaluation before and after exposure - the pattern of physiological response to cotton dust, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 221, 38-43, 1974
  • Merchant JA, Lumsden JD, Kilburn KH, O'Fallon WM, Germino FH, McKenzie WN, Baucom D, Currin P, Stilman J, Intervention studies of cotton steaming to reduce biological effects of cotton dust, British Journal of Industrial Medicine, 31, 261-74, 1974
  • Hamilton J, Germino V, Merchant J, Kilburn K, Lumsden J, Byssinosis in a non-textile worker - a case study, American Review of Respiratory Disease, 107, 464-6, 1973
  • Hamilton JD, Halprin GH, Kilburn KH, Merchant JA, Ujda JR, Differential aerosol challenge studies in byssinosis, Archives of Environmental Health, 26, 120-4, 1973
  • Merchant J, Lumsden J, Kilburn K, Germino V, Hamilton J, Preprocessing cotton to prevent byssinosis, British Journal of Industrial Medicine, 30, 237-47, 1973
  • Kilburn KH, Kilburn GG, Merchant JA, Byssinosis: matter from lint to lungs, American Journal of Nursing, 73, 1952-6, 1973
  • Merchant JA, Kilburn KH, O'Fallon WM, Hamilton JD, Lumsden JC, Byssinosis and chronic bronchitis among cotton textile workers, Annals of Internal Medicine, 76(3), 423-33, March 1972 Abstract
  • Harris TR, Merchant JA, Kilburn KH, Hamilton JD, Byssinosis and other conditions of cotton textile workers, Journal of Occupational Medicine, 14, 199, 1972
  • Ayre HE, Battigelli M, Fraser DA, Hamilton JD, Kilburn KH, Lumbsden JD, Lynch JR, Merchant JA, Stevens AD, The status of byssinosis in the US: a summary of the National Conference on Cotton Dust and Health, and the Recommendations of the Organizing Committee, Archives of Environmental Health, 23, 230-4, 1971
  • Dunn LJ, Merchant JA, Gradbury JT, Stone DB, Glucose tolerance and endometrial carcinoma, Archives of Internal Medicine, 121, 246-54, 1968
  • Merchant JA, Bernstein IL. Cotton and other textile dusts. In: Bernstein IL, Chan-Yeung M, Malo JL, Berstein DI, editors. Asthma in the Workplace. NY, NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc.: 1993:551-76
  • Merchant JA, Slater T, editors. Federal and State Rural Health Care Reform Legislation. A Compendium prepared for: Implementing Health Care Reform in Rural America - State and Community Roles; 1993 Dec 2-5; Des Moines, IA. The University of Iowa, 1993
  • Merchant JA, Ungar R, McMillan D, editors. Conference proceedings. A record of the national conference: Implementing Health Care Reform in Rural American - State and Community Roles; 1993 Dec 2-5; Des Moines, IA. The University of Iowa, 1994

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