Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
School of Public Health
Division of Epidemiology
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-7360
m_bates@berkeley.edu
Office: 510-643-5998 | Mobile: 510-504-5424
Fax: 510-642-5815
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CHEERS Project Page:
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Current Research Interests
• Health effects of chronic exposure to hydrogen sulfide
• Neurologic and reproductive effects of n-hexane exposure
• Health effects of biomass smoke exposure in developing countries
• Health effects of inorganic arsenic in drinking water
• Cancer in firefighters
• Effects of mercury exposure from dental amalgams
 
Key Publications
• Bates M.N., Khalakdina A., Pai M., Chang L., Lessa F., Smith K.R. (2007). The risk of tuberculosis from exposure to tobacco smoke: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Arch Intern Med; 167:335-342.

• Pokhrel A.K., Smith K.R., Khalakdina A., Deuja A., Bates M.N. (2005). Case-control study of indoor cooking smoke exposure and cataract in Nepal and India. Int J Epidemiol; 34: 702-708.

• Bates M.N., Garrett N., Shoemack P. (2002). Investigation of health effects of hydrogen sulfide from a geothermal source. Arch Environ Health; 57:405-411.

• Bates M.N., Fawcett J., Garrett N., Cutress T., Kjellstrom T. (2004). Health effects of dental amalgam exposure: a retrospective cohort study. Int J Epidemiol, 33: 894-901.

• Bates M.N., Rey O.A., Biggs M.L., Hopenhayn C., Moore L.E., Kalman D., Steinmaus C., Smith A.H. (2004). Case-control study of bladder cancer and exposure to arsenic in Argentina. Amer J Epidemiol; 159:381-9.

• Bates M.N., Fawcett J., Garrett N., Arnold R., Pearce N., Woodward A. (2001). Is testicular cancer an occupational disease of fire fighters? Amer J Indust Med 40:263-70.
 
Teaching
• Epidemiologic Methods I (UCB)
• Global Health and Environment Program (UCB)