Full text of most papers is provided in this list.

• 2006
  • Richard, A.M., Gold, L.S., and Nicklaus, M.C. Chemical structure indexing of toxicity data on the Internet: Moving towards a flat world. Curr. Opin. Drug Discovery Develop. 9:314-325 (2006). PDF
• 2005
  • Gold, L. S., Manley, N. B., Slone, T. H., Rohrbach, L., and Garfinkel, G.B. Supplement to the Carcinogenic Potency Database (CPDB): Results of Animal Bioassays Published in the General Literature through 1997 and by the National Toxicology Program in 1997 and 1998. Toxicol. Sci. 85: 747-800 (2005). PDF
• 2003
  • Gold, L.S. and Slone, T.H. Aristolochic acid, an herbal carcinogen, sold on the Web after FDA alert. New Engl. J. Med. 349: 1576-1577 (2003). PDF / Links
  • Picut, C.A., Aoyama, H., Holder, J.W., Gold, L.S., Maronpot, R.P., and Dixon, D. Bromoethane, chloroethane and ethylene oxide induced uterine neoplasms in B6C3F₁ mice from 2-year NTP inhalation bioassays: Pathology and incidence data revisited. Exp. Toxic. Pathol. 55: 1-10 (2003). PDF
  • Gold, L.S., Manley, N.B., and Slone, T.H. Letter to the Editor: Chemical interactions affecting tumor incidence rates. Regul. Toxicol. Pharmacol. 38: 105-106 (2003). PDF
  • Ames, B.N. and Gold, L.S. Cancer prevention and the environmental chemical distraction. In: Politicizing Science: The Alchemy of Policymaking (M. Gough, ed.), Stanford, CA: Hoover Institute, pp. 116-142 (2003). Reprinted in: Environment and Health Myths and Realities, (K. Okonshi & J. Morris, eds.), London, UK: International Policy Press, pp. 21-39 (2004). PDF
  • Gold, L.S., Gaylor, D.W., and Slone, T.H. Comparison of Cancer Risk Estimates Based on a Variety of Risk Assessment Methodologies. Regul. Toxicol. Pharmacol. 37: 45-53 (2003). PDF
• 2002
  • Gold, L.S., Slone, T.H., Manley, N.B., and Ames, B.N. Misconceptions About the Causes of Cancer. Vancouver, Canada: Fraser Institute (2002). PDF
    
  • Gold, L.S., Ames, B.N., and Slone, T.H. Misconceptions About the Causes of Cancer. In: Human and Environmental Risk Assessment: Theory and Practice (D. Paustenbach, ed.), New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp. 1415-1460 (2002). PDF
  • Gold, L.S. and Ames B.N. Trans Fat Nomination for Inclusion in the National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals (Letter). December 3, 2002 [Nomination accepted]. PDF
  • Gold, L.S. and Slone, T.H. The Importance of Toxicological Testing for Safety of Dietary Supplement Ingredients. Testimony to the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements Methods and Reference Materials Program Stakeholders Meeting, February 1, 2002. PDF
• 2001
  • Gold, L.S., Manley, N.B., Slone, T.H., and Ward, J.M. (2001). Compendium of chemical carcinogens by target organ: Results of chronic bioassays in rats, mice, hamsters, dogs and monkeys. Toxicol. Pathol. 29: 639-652. PDF
  • Gold, L.S., Slone, T.H., Ames, B.N., and Manley, N.B. Pesticide Residues in Food and Cancer Risk: A Critical Analysis. In: Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology, Second Edition (R. Krieger, ed.), San Diego, CA: Academic Press, pp. 799-843 (2001). PDF
  • Gold, L.S., Slone, T.H., and Ames, B.N. Natural and Synthetic Chemicals in the Diet: A Critical Analysis of Possible Cancer Hazards. In: Food Safety and Food Quality. R.E. Hester & R.M. Harrison, eds. Issues in Environmental Science and Technology 15. Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry, pp. 95-128 (2001). PDF
• 2000
  • Ames, B.N., and Gold, L.S. Misconceptions about pollution, pesticides and the prevention of cancer. In: The Standard Handbook of Environmental Science, Health and Technology. J. Lehr, ed. New York: McGraw-Hill (2000). Text
  • Ames, B. N. and Gold, L.S. Paracelsus to Parascience: The Environmental Cancer Distraction. Mutation Research 447, 3-13 (2000). Abstract PDF
• 1999
  • Ames, B.N. and Gold, L.S. Introductory preface. In: Toxicology (H. Marquardt, S. Schaefer, R.O. McClellan & F. Welsch, eds.), San Diego, CA: Academic Press, pp. 1-7 (1999).
  • Ames, B.N. and Gold, L.S. Pollution, pesticides and cancer misconceptions. In: Fearing Food: Risk, Health and Environment (J. Morris & R. Bate, eds.), Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, pp. 19-37 (1999).
  • Ames, B.N. and Gold, L.S. Nueve ideas recibidas pasadas por la criba de la ciencia (Misconceptions about Pollution, Pesticides, and the Prevention of Cancer). Mundo Cientifico 207:31-37 (1999).
  • Ames, B.N. and Gold, L.S. Neuf idées recues passées aucrible de la science (Misconceptions about Pollution, Pesticides, and the Prevention of Cancer). La Recherche 324:46-53 (1999).
  • Gold, L. S., Manley, N. B., Slone, T. H., and Rohrbach, L. Supplement to the Carcinogenic Potency Database (CPDB): Results of Animal Bioassays Published in the General Literature in 1993 to 1994 and by the National Toxicology Program in 1995 to 1996 Environmental Health Perspectives 107 (Suppl. 4): 527-600 (1999). Abstract Text
  • Gold, L.S. and Slone, T.H. Ranking Possible Toxic Hazards of Dietary Supplements Compared to Other Natural and Synthetic Substances. Testimony to the Food and Drug Administration on Dietary Supplements, Docket No. 99N-1174, August 16, 1999. PDF
  • Koop, C.E., Juberg, D.R., Benedek, E.P., Brecher, R.W., Chem, C., Brent, R.L., Cole, P., Corn, M. Covello, V., Downes, T.W., Gad, S.C., Gold, L.S., Guengerich, F.P., Higginson, J., Konemann, W.H., Lamb IV, J.C., Lioy, P.J., Lundberg, G.D., Thompson, K.M., A Scientific Evaluation of Health Effects of Two Plasticizers Used in Medical Devices and Toys: A Report from the American Council on Science and Health. Medscape General Medicine (1999). Text
• 1998
  • Ames, B.N. and Gold, L.S. The rodent high-dose cancer test is limited at best: When cell division is ignored, then risk assessment will be flawed. Comments Toxicol. 6(4): 271-276 (1998).
  • Ames, B. N., Gold, L. S., and Willett, W. C. The causes and prevention of cancer. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana: Enciclopedia del Novecento, XI: 341-350 (1998). Abstract (1998).
  • Ames, B. N., and Gold, L. S. Misconceptions About Environmental Pollution, Pesticides and the Causes of Cancer. NCPA Policy Report No. 214. Dallas, TX: National Center for Policy Analysis (1998). Executive Summary PDF
  • Gold, L. S., Slone, T. H., and Ames, B. N. What do animal cancer tests tell us about human cancer risk? Overview of analyses of the Carcinogenic Potency Database. Drug Metabolism Reviews 30: 359-404 (1998). Abstract PDF
  • Ames, B.N. and Gold, L.S. The Prevention of Cancer. Drug Metabolism Reviews 30: 203-225 (1998). PDF
  • Ames, B.N. and Gold, L.S. The Causes and Prevention of Cancer: The Role of Environment. Biotherapy 11: 205-220 (1998). PDF
  • Ames, B.N. and Gold, L.S. The Prevention of Cancer. In: Functional Foods for Disease Prevention I: Fruits, Vegetables, and Teas, (T. Shibamoto, J. Terao, T. Osawa, eds.), Washington, DC : American Chemical Society. ACS Symposium Series 701: pp. 2-15 (1998). PDF
  • Gaylor, D.W. and Gold, L.S. Regulatory cancer risk assessment based on a quick estimate of a benchmark dose derived from the Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD). Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology 28: 222-225 (1998). Abstract PDF
  • Gold, L.S. Testimony. In: The Science of Risk Assessment: Implications for Federal Regulation. Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the House Comm. on Science, 105^th Congress, 2^nd Session, July 15, 1998. PDF
• 1997
  • Ames, B. N., and Gold, L. S., The causes and prevention of cancer: Gaining perspective. Environ. Health Perspect. 105 (Suppl. 4): 865-873 (1997). Abstract Text
  • Ames, B.N. and Gold, L.S. Pollution, Pesticides, and Cancer: Misconceptions. In: What Risk?: Science, Politics and Public Health (R. Bate, ed.), Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann, pp. 173-190 (1997).
  • Gold, L. S., Stern, B. S., Slone, T. H., Brown, J. P. Manley, N. B., and Ames, B. N. Pesticide residues in food: Investigation of disparities in cancer risk estimates. Cancer Letters 117: 195-207 (1997). Abstract PDF
  • Ames, B. N., and Gold, L. S., Environmental pollution, pesticides, and the prevention of cancer: Misconceptions. FASEB J. 11: 1041-1052 (1997). Abstract PDF
  • Gold, L. S., Slone, T. H., and Ames, B. N. Prioritization of possible carcinogenic hazards in food. In: Food Chemical Risk Analysis (D. Tennant, ed.), London: Chapman and Hall, pp. 267-295 (1997). Text
  • Gold, L. S., Slone, T. H., Manley, N. B., Garfinkel, G. B., Rohrbach, L., and Ames, B. N. Carcinogenic Potency Database. In: Handbook of Carcinogenic Potency and Genotoxicity Databases (L. S. Gold & E. Zeiger, eds.), Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 1-605 (1997). The methods, guide and bibliography are available on this Web site.
  • Gold, L. S., Manley, N.B., and Slone, T.H. Summary of the Carcinogenic Potency Database by target organ. In: Handbook of Carcinogenic Potency and Genotoxicity Databases (L. S. Gold & E. Zeiger, eds.), Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 607-620 (1997).
  • Gold, L. S., Slone, T. H., and Ames, B. N. Summary of the Carcinogenic Potency Database by chemical. In: Handbook of Carcinogenic Potency and Genotoxicity Databases (L. S. Gold & E. Zeiger, eds.), Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 621-660 (1997).
  • Gold, L. S., Slone, T. H., and Ames, B. N. Overview of analyses of the Carcinogenic Potency Database. In: Handbook of Carcinogenic Potency and Genotoxicity Databases (L. S. Gold & E. Zeiger, eds.), Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 661-685 (1997).
  • Bogen, K. T., and Gold, L. S. Trichloroethylene cancer risks: simplified calculation of PBPK-based MCLs for cytotoxic endpoints. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 25: 26-42 (1997). Abstract PDF
• 1996
  • Ames, B. N., Gold., L. S., and Shigenaga, M. K. Cancer prevention, rodent high-dose cancer tests, and risk assessment. Invited editorial. Risk Analysis 16: 613-617 (1996). PDF
  • Ames, B. N., and Gold, L. S. Reply to Farber (Letter to the Editor): cell division and causation. Cancer Research 56: 4267-4274 (1996). PDF
  • Freedman, D., Gold, L. S., and Lin, T. Concordance Between Rats and Mice in Bioassays for Carcinogenesis. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology 23: 225-232 (1996). Abstract PDF
  • Ames, B. N., and Gold, L. S. The rodent high-dose cancer test is limited at best: When cell division is ignored, then risk assessment will be flawed. BELLE Newsletter 5(2-3): 4-7 (1996). Text
  • Ames, B. N., and Gold, L. S. Cell Division and DNA Lesions are key factors in mutagenesis, carcinogenesis, and cancer prevention. In: Encyclopedia of Cancer (J. R. Bertino, ed.), Orlando, FL: Academic Press, Volume 2, pp. 1120-1128 (1996). Abstract
  • Ames, B. N., and Gold, L. S. The causes and prevention of cancer: Gaining perspectives on management of risk. In: Improving Risk Management: From Science to Policy (R. W. Hahn, ed.), Oxford University Press, pp. 4-45 (1996).
  • Ames, B. N., and Gold, L. S. The causes and prevention of cancer: An overview. In: Accomplishments in Cancer Research 1995 (J. G. Fortner and P. A. Sharp, eds.), Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven, pp. 70-91 (1996).
• 1995
  • Gray, C. B., Anderson, F. R., Fischoff, B., Gold, L. S., Hornig, D., Jasanoff, S., Landy, M., Melnick, R. S., Merrill, R., Portney, P. R., Powers, C., Ruckelshaus, W. D., Stewart, R., Sunstein, C., and Zimmerman, R. Reform of risk regulation: Achieving more protection at less cost. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 1: 183-206 (1995). PDF
  • Gold, L. S., and Slone, T. H. The mouse liver in perpsective: Comparison of target organs of carcinogenicity for mutagens and non-mutagens in chronic bioassay. Fifth Workshop on Mouse Liver Tumors: Summary Report. Washington, DC: International Life Sciences Institute, 1995. Text
  • Oldenburg, C., S. Benson, K. Pruess, J. Daisey, N. Brown, L. Gold, and J. Macfarlane. The SELECT environmental remedy selection tool: A platform for T2VOC multiphase transport modeling. AIChE Symposium Series, vol. 91, no.306, 38-43, 1995. PDF
  • Gold, L.S., Manley, N.B., Slone, T.H., Garfinkel, G.B., Ames, B.N., Rohrbach, L., Stern, B.R., and Chow, K. Sixth Plot of the Carcinogenic Potency Database: Results of Animal Bioassays Published in the General Literature 1989-1990 and by the National Toxicology Program 1990-1993. Environmental Health Perspectives 103 (Suppl. 8): 3-122 (1995). Abstract Text
  • Gaylor, D W., and Gold, L S. Quick estimate of the regulatory virtually safe dose based on the maximum tolerated dose for rodent bioassays. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 22: 57-63 (1995). Abstract PDF
  • Lin, T., Gold, L.S., and Freedman, D. Carcinogenicity tests and interspecies concordance. Statistical Science, 10: 337-353 (1995). Abstract PDF
  • Ames, B. N., Gold, L. S., and Willett, W. C. The causes and prevention of cancer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 92: 5258-5265 (1995). PDF
  • Ames, B. N., and Gold, L. S. The Causes and Prevention of Cancer: The Role of Environment. In: The True State of the Planet (ed. R. Bailey), Washington, D.C.: Free Press, 1995, pp. 141-175. Abstract
• 1994
  • Gold, L.S, Slone, T.H., Manley, N.B., Ames, B.N. Heterocyclic Amines Formed by Cooking Food: Comparison of Bioassay Results with Other Chemicals in the Carcinogenic Potency Database. Cancer Letters 83: 21-29 (1994). Abstract PDF
  • Gold, L. S. Garfinkel, G. B., and Slone, T. H. Setting Priorities Among Possible Carcinogenic Hazards in the Workplace. In: Chemical Risk Assessment and Occupational Health: Current Applications, Limitations, and Future Prospects (C. M. Smith, D. C. Christiani, and K. T. Kelsey, eds.), Westport, CT: Auburn House, pp. 91-103, 1994. Abstract PDF
• 1993
  • Gold, L.S. The Importance of data on mechanism of carcinogenesis in efforts to predict low dose human risk. Risk Analysis 13(4): 399-401 (1993). PDF
  • Slone, T.H. Body Surface Area Misconceptions. Risk Analysis, Letter to the editor, 13(4): 375-377 (1993). PDF
  • Gold, L.S., and Slone, T.H. Prediction of carcinogenicity from 2 vs. 4 sex-species groups in the Carcinogenic Potency Database. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health 39: 147-161 (1993). Abstract PDF
  • Gold, L.S., Slone, T.H., Stern, B.R., and Bernstein, L. Comparison of target organs of carcinogenicity for mutagenic and non-mutagenic chemicals. Mutation Research 286: 75-100 (1993). Abstract PDF
  • Ames, B.N., Shigenaga, M.K., and Gold, L.S. DNA lesions, inducible DNA repair, and cell division: Three key factors in mutagenesis and carcinogenesis. Environmental Health Perspectives 101 (Suppl. 5): 35-44 (1993). Abstract PDF
  • Gold, L.S., Manley, N.B., Slone, T.H., Garfinkel, G.B., Rohrbach, L., and Ames, B.N. The fifth plot of the Carcinogenic Potency Database: Results of animal bioassays published in the general literature through 1988 and by the National Toxicology Program through 1989. Environmental Health Perspectives 100: 65-135 (1993). Abstract PDF
  • Freedman, D.A., Gold, L.S., and Slone, T.H. How tautological are interspecies correlations of carcinogenic potency? Risk Analysis 13: 265-272 (1993). Abstract PDF
  • Gold, L.S., Slone, T.H., Stern, B.R., Manley, N.B., and Ames, B.N. Possible carcinogenic hazards from natural and synthetic chemicals: Setting priorities. Comparative Environmental Risk Assessment (R. Cothern, ed.), Boca Raton, FL: Lewis Publishers, pp. 209-235 (1993). Abstract
  • Ames, B.N., and Gold, L.S. Environmental pollution and cancer: some misconceptions. Phantom Risk: Scientific Inference and the Law (K. R. Foster, D. E. Bernstein, P. W. Huber, eds.), M.I.T. Press, pp. 153-181 (1993).
• 1992
  • Gold, L.S., Manley, N.B., and Ames, B.N. Extrapolation of carcinogenicity between species: Qualitative and quantitative factors. Risk Analysis 12: 579-588 (1992). Abstract PDF
  • Gold, L.S., Slone, T.H., Stern, B.R., Manley, N.B., and Ames, B.N. Rodent carcinogens: Setting priorities. Science 258: 261-265 (1992). Abstract PDF
  • Ames, B.N., and Gold, L.S. Animal cancer tests and cancer prevention. Journal of the National Cancer Institute Monograph #12: 125-132 (1992). Abstract
  • Gold, L.S., Manley, N.B., and Ames, B.N. Quantitative and qualitative extrapolation of carcinogenesis between species. Proceedings of the conference on chemical risk assessment in the DoD: Science, policy, and practice (H. J. Clewell III, ed.), Cincinnati, OH: American Conference of Government Industrial Hygienists, pp. 59-66 (1992).
  • Ames, B.N., and Gold, L.S. Too many rodent carcinogens: mitogenesis increases mutagenesis. Rational Readings on Environmental Concerns (J. Lehr, ed.), Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, pp. 181-186 (1992).
• 1991
  • Ames, B.N., and Gold, L.S. Endogenous mutagens and the causes of aging and cancer. Mutation Research 250: 3-16 (1991). Abstract PDF
  • Gold, L.S., Slone, T.H., Manley, N.B., Garfinkel, G.B., Hudes, E.S., Rohrbach, L., and Ames, B.N. The Carcinogenic Potency Database: Analyses of 4000 chronic animal cancer experiments published in the general literature and by the U.S. National Cancer Institute/National Toxicology Program. Environmental Health Perspectives 96: 11-15 (1991). Abstract PDF
  • Gold, L.S., Slone, T.H., Manley, N.B., and Bernstein, L. Target organs in chronic bioassays of 533 chemical carcinogens. Environmental Health Perspectives 93: 233-246 (1991). Abstract PDF
  • Ames, B.N., and Gold, L.S. Risk assessment of pesticides. Chemical Engineering News 69 (1): 28-32 (1991). Rebuttals. 48-9 (1991).
  • Ames, B.N., and Gold, L.S. Mitogenesis, mutagenesis, and rodent cancer tests. CSHL Symposium on the Origins of Human Cancer, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, pp. 125-135 (1991).
  • Ames, B.N., and Gold, L.S. Natural chemicals, synthetic chemicals, risk assessment, and cancer. Xenobiotics and Cancer (L. Ernster et al., eds.), Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 303-314 (1991). Abstract
  • Ames, B.N., Profet, M., and Gold, L.S. Dietary carcinogens and mutagens from plants. Mutagens in Food: Detection and Prevention (H. Hayatsu, ed.), Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 29-50 (1991).
  • Ames, B.N., and Gold, L.S. Mitogenesis, mutagenesis, and animal cancer tests. Chemically Induced Cell Proliferation: Implications for Risk Assessment (B. Butterworth, W. Farland, and M. McClain, eds.), New York: Alan R. Liss, pp. 1-20 (1991).
• 1990
  • Ames, B.N., and Gold, L.S. Misconceptions on pollution and the causes of cancer. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 29: 1197-1208 (1990). Reprinted in L’actualite chimique pp. 391-393 (1991). Abstract
  • Ames, B.N., and Gold, L.S. Perspective: Too many rodent carcinogens: Mitogenesis increases mutagenesis. Science 249: 970-971 (1990). Letters: 250: 1498 (1990); 250: 1645-1646 (1990); 251: 12-13 (1991); 251: 606-608 (1991); 252: 902 (1991). PDF
  • Gold, L.S., Slone, T.H., Backman, G.M., Eisenberg, S., Da Costa, M., Wong, M., Manley, N.B., Rohrbach, L., and Ames, B.N. Third chronological supplement to the Carcinogenic Potency Database: Standardized results of animal bioassays published through December 1986 and by the National Toxicology Program through June 1987. Environmental Health Perspectives 84: 215-286 (1990). Abstract PDF
  • Ames, B.N., and Gold, L.S. Chemical carcinogenesis: Too many rodent carcinogens. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 87: 7772-7776 (1990). PDF
  • Ames, B.N., Profet, M., and Gold, L.S. Dietary pesticides (99.99% all natural). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 87: 7777-7781 (1990). PDF
  • Ames, B.N., Profet, M., and Gold, L.S. Nature’s chemicals and synthetic chemicals: Comparative toxicology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 87: 7782-7786 (1990). PDF
  • Gold, L.S., Bernstein, L., and Ames, B.N. The importance of ranking possible carcinogenic hazards using HERP. Risk Analysis 10 (4): 625-628 (1990). PDF Letters
  • Ames, B.N., and Gold, L.S. Dietary carcinogens, environmental pollution, and cancer: some misconceptions. Medical Oncology and Tumor Pharmacotherapy 7(3-4): 69-85 (1990). Abstract
• 1989
  • Gold, L.S., Bernstein, L., Magaw, R., and Slone, T.H. Interspecies extrapolation in carcinogenesis: Prediction between rats and mice. Environmental Health Perspectives 81: 211-219 (1989). Abstract PDF
  • Ames, B.N., and Gold, L.S. Pesticides, risk, and applesauce. Science 244: 755-757 (1989). PDF
  • Gold, L.S., Slone, T.H., and Bernstein, L. Summary of carcinogenic potency (TD₅₀) and positivity for 492 rodent carcinogens in the Carcinogenic Potency Database. Environmental Health Perspectives 79: 259-272 (1989). Abstract PDF
  • Ames, B.N., and Gold, L.S. Misconceptions regarding environmental pollution and cancer causation. In: Health Risks and the Press (M. Moore, ed.), The Media Institute in cooperation with the American Medical Association, Washington, DC, pp. 19-34 (1989).
• 1988
  • McCann, J., Gold, L.S., Horn, L., McGill, R., Graedel, T.E., and Kaldor, J. Statistical analysis of Salmonella test data and comparison to results of animal cancer tests. Mutation Research 205: 183-195 (1988). Abstract PDF
• 1987
  • Gold, L.S., Backman, G.M., Hooper, N.K., and Peto, R. Ranking the potential carcinogenic hazards to workers from exposures to chemicals that are tumorigenic in rodents. Environmental Health Perspectives 76: 211-219 (1987). Abstract PDF
  • Gold, L.S., Slone, T.H., Backman, G.M., Magaw, R., Da Costa, M., Lopipero, P., Blumenthal, M., and Ames, B.N. Second chronological supplement to the Carcinogenic Potency Database: Standardized results of animal bioassays published through December 1984 and by the National Toxicology Program through May 1986. Environmental Health Perspectives 74: 237-329 (1987). Abstract PDF
  • Gold, L.S., Wright, C., Bernstein, L., and de Veciana, M. Reproducibility of results in “near-replicate” carcinogenesis bioassays. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 78: 1149-1158 (1987). Abstract PDF
  • Ames, B.N., Magaw, R., and Gold, L.S. Ranking possible carcinogenic hazards. Science 236: 271-280 (1987). Letters: 237: 235 (1987); 237: 1283-1284 (1987); 237: 1399-1400 (1987); 238: 1633-1634 (1987). Abstract PDF
    Reprinted in: The Risk Assessment of Environmental and Human Health Hazards (D. J. Paustenbach, ed.), New York: John Wiley & Sons, pp. 1082-1104 (1989).
• 1986
  • Gold, L.S., de Veciana, M., Backman, G.M., Magaw, R., Lopipero, P., Smith, M., Blumenthal, M., Levinson, R., Bernstein, L., and Ames, B.N. Chronological supplement to the Carcinogenic Potency Database: Standardized results of animal bioassays published through December 1982. Environmental Health Perspectives 67: 161-200 (1986). Abstract PDF
  • Gold, L.S., Bernstein, L., Kaldor, J., Backman, G., and Hoel, D. An empirical comparison of methods used to estimate carcinogenic potency in long-term animal bioassays: Lifetable vs. summary incidence data. Fundamental and Applied Toxicology 6: 263-269 (1986). Abstract PDF
  • Gold, L.S., Ward, J.M., Bernstein, L., and Stern, B. Association between carcinogenic potency and tumor pathology in rodent carcinogenesis bioassays. Fundamental and Applied Toxicology 6: 677-690 (1986). Abstract PDF
  • Hooper, K., and Gold, L.S. Ranking the carcinogenic hazards of occupational exposures: Exposure-Potency Index (EPI) values for nine volatile industrial chemicals. In: Monitoring of Occupational Genotoxicants (M. Sorsa and H. Norppa, eds.), New York: Alan R. Liss, pp. 217-228 (1986). Abstract
• 1985
  • Bernstein, L., Gold, L.S., Ames, B.N., Pike, M.C., and Hoel, D.G. Some tautologous aspects of the comparison of carcinogenic potency in rats and mice. Fundamental and Applied Toxicology 5: 79-86 (1985). Abstract PDF
  • Bernstein, L., Gold, L.S., Ames, B.N., Pike, M.C., and Hoel, D.G. Letter to the editor: Toxicity and carcinogenic potency. Risk Analysis 5: 263-264 (1985). PDF Letters
• 1984
  • Gold, L.S., Sawyer, C.B., Magaw, R., Backman, G.M., de Veciana, M., Levinson, R., Hooper, N.K., Havender, W.R., Bernstein, L., Peto, R., Pike, M.C., and Ames, B.N. A Carcinogenic Potency Database of the standardized results of animal bioassays. Environmental Health Perspectives 58: 9-319 (1984). Abstract PDF
  • Peto, R., Pike, M.C., Bernstein, L., Gold, L.S., and Ames, B.N. The TD₅₀: A proposed general convention for the numerical description of the carcinogenic potency of chemicals in chronic-exposure animal experiments. Environmental Health Perspectives 58: 1-8 (1984). Abstract PDF
  • Sawyer, C., Peto, R., Bernstein, L., and Pike, M.C. Calculation of carcinogenic potency from long-term animal carcinogenesis experiments. Biometrics 40: 27-40 (1984). Abstract PDF
• 1980
  • Gold, L.S. Human exposures to ethylene dichloride. In: Banbury Report 5: Ethylene Dichloride: A Potential Health Risk? (B. N. Ames, P. Infante, R. Reitz, eds.), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, pp. 209-225 (1980). PDF
  • Hooper, N.K., Gold, L.S., and Ames, B.N. The carcinogenic potency of 1,2-dichloroethane (EDC) in two animal bioassays: A comparison of inhalation and gavage studies. In: Banbury Report 5: Ethylene Dichloride: A Potential Health Risk? (B.N. Ames, P. Infante, R. Reitz, eds.), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, pp. 65-81 (1980). PDF
  • Ames, B.N., Hooper, N.K., Sawyer, C.B., Peto, R., Havender, W., Gold, L.S., Harris, R.H., and Rosenfeld, M. Carcinogenic Potency: A progress report. In: Banbury Report 5: Ethylene Dichloride: A Potential Health Risk? (B.N. Ames, P. Infante, R. Reitz, eds.), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, pp. 55-63 (1980). PDF

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