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Beate Ritz is a Professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, specifically within the Department of Epidemiology. Her research primarily focuses on the effects of occupational environmental toxins, including pesticides, ionizing radiation, and air pollution, on chronic diseases and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease. She has contributed significantly to understanding the relationships between environmental exposures and adverse birth outcomes, as well as the risk of childhood cancers. Her work has led to several highlighted publications, which investigate issues such as maternal preeclampsia and childhood cancers, residential pesticide exposures during pregnancy, and risk factors associated with cancer in young children.
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