Javier Pintos

Research

My current research is focused on examining the etiological link between occupational exposures and cancer. I am particularly interested in the epidemiological analysis of time-dependent variables, where is important not only the duration of exposure, but also how long ago it took place, as well as the age of the subject.

Many of the exposures included in occupational databases are time-dependent variables: e.g. cigarette smoking, and most occupational exposures. I am involved in examining several different exposure indices depending on time of exposure, time since exposure, and intensity, in order to assess the best way to account for the association between exposure and cancer, while carefully controlling for the potential confounding effect of cigarette smoking and socio-demographic factors.

Education and training

Selected publications

1. Lacourt A, Pintos J, Lavoué J, Richardson L, Siemiatycki J. Lung cancer risk among workers in the construction industry: results from two case-control studies in Montreal. BMC Public Health. 2015 Sep 22;15:941. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2237-9.
2. Bigert C, Gustavsson P, Straif K, Pesch B, Brüning T, Kendzia B, Schüz J, Stücker I, Guida F, Brüske I, Wichmann HE, Pesatori AC, Landi MT, Caporaso N, Tse LA, Yu IT, Siemiatycki J, Pintos J, Merletti F, Mirabelli D, Simonato L, Jöckel KH, Ahrens W, Pohlabeln H, Tardón A, Zaridze D, Field J, ‘t Mannetje A, Pearce N, McLaughlin J, Demers P, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Lissowska J, Rudnai P, Fabianova E, Dumitru RS, Bencko V, Foretova L, Janout V, Boffetta P, Forastiere F, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Peters S, Vermeulen R, Kromhout H, Olsson AC. Lung cancer risk among cooks when accounting for tobacco smoking: a pooled analysis of case-control studies from Europe, Canada, New Zealand, and China. J Occup Environ Med. 2015 Feb;57(2):202-9. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000337.
3. Vallières E, Pintos J, Parent ME, Siemiatycki J. Occupational exposure to wood dust and risk of lung cancer in two population-based case-control studies in Montreal, Canada. Environ Health. 2015 Jan 7;14:1. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-14-1.
4. Siemiatycki J, Karp I, Sylvestre MP, Pintos J. Estimating the proportion of cases of lung cancer legally attributable to smoking: a novel approach for class actions against the tobacco industry.Am J Public Health. 2014 Aug;104(8):e60-6. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302040. Epub 2014 Jun 12.
5. Al-Zoughool M, Pintos J, Richardson L, Parent MÉ, Ghadirian P, Krewski D, Siemiatycki J. Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and risk of lung cancer in Montreal: a case-control study. Environ Health. 2013 Dec 18;12:112. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-12-112.
6. Parent MÉ, El-Zein M, Rousseau MC, Pintos J, Siemiatycki J. (2013). The authors reply. Am J Epidemiol. 2013 May 15;177(10):1166-7.
7. Lacourt A, Cardis E, Pintos J, Richardson L, Kincl L, Benke G, Fleming S, Hours M, Krewski D, McLean D, Parent ME, Sadetzki S, Schlaefer K, Schlehofer B, Lavoue J, van Tongeren M, Siemiatycki J. INTEROCC case-control study: lack of association between glioma tumors and occupational exposure to selected combustion products, dusts and other chemical agents. BMC Public Health. 2013 Apr 12;13:340. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-340.
8. Vallières E, Pintos J, Lavoué J, Parent MÉ, Rachet B, Siemiatycki J. Exposure to welding fumes increases lung cancer risk among light smokers but not among heavy smokers: evidence from two case-control studies in Montreal. Cancer Med. 2012 Aug;1(1):47-58. doi: 10.1002/cam4.6. Epub 2012 Jun 7.
9. Christensen KY, Naidu A, Parent M-E, Pintos J, Abrahamowicz M, Siemiatycki J, Koushik A. The risk of lung cancer related to dietary intake of flavonoids. Nutr Cancer 2012;64:964-74.
10. Lavoué J, Pintos J, Van Tongeren M, Kincl L, Richardson L, Kauppinen T, Cardis E, Siemiatycki J. Comparison of exposure estimates in the Finnish job-exposure matrix FINJEM with a JEM derived from expert assessments performed in Montreal. Occup Environ Med 2012;69:465-71.
11. Nkosi TM, Parent ME, Siemiatycki J, Pintos J, Rousseau MC. Comparison of indicators of material circumstances in the context of an epidemiological study. BMC Med Res Methodol 2011;11:108.
12. Olsson AC, Gustavsson P, Kromhout H, Peters S, Vermeulen R, Brüske I, Pesch B, Siemiatycki J, Pintos J, Brüning T, Cassidy A, Wichmann HE, Consonni D, Landi MT, Caporaso N, Plato N, Merletti F, Mirabelli D, Richiardi L, Jöckel KH, Ahrens W, Pohlabeln H, Lissowska J, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Zaridze D, Stücker I, Benhamou S, Bencko V, Foretova L, Janout V, Rudnai P, Fabianova E, Dumitru RS, Gross IM, Kendzia B, Forastiere F, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Brennan P, Boffetta P, Straif K. Exposure to diesel motor exhaust and lung cancer risk in a pooled analysis from case-control studies in Europe and Canada. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2011;183:941-8.
13. Vida S, Pintos J, Parent ME, Lavoué J, Siemiatycki J. Occupational exposure to silica and lung cancer: pooled analysis of two case-control studies in Montreal, Canada. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2010;19):1602-11.
14. Beveridge R, Pintos J, Parent ME, Asselin J, Siemiatycki J. Lung cancer risk associated with occupational exposure to nickel, chromium VI, and cadmium in two population-based case-control studies in Montreal. Am J Ind Med 2010;53:476-85.
15. Pintos J, Parent M-É, Case BW, Rousseau M-C, Siemiatycki J. Risk of mesothelioma and occupational exposure to asbestos and man-made vitreous fibers: evidence from two case-control studies in Montreal, Canada. J Occup Environ Med 2009;51:1177-84.
16. Pintos J, Parent M-E, Rousseau M-C, Case BW, Siemiatycki J. Occupational Exposure to Asbestos and Man-Made Vitreous Fibers, and Risk of Lung Cancer: evidence from two case-control studies in Montreal. J Occup Environ Med 2008;50:1273-1281.
17. Pintos J, Franco EL, Coutlée F, Viscidi R, Sadeghi N, Black M. Human papillomavirus infection and oral cancer: a case-control study. Oral Oncol 2008;44:242-50.