The agricultural health study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 362-369

  Alavanja, Michael C R ^a   Sandler, Dale P ^b   McMaster, Suzanne B ^f   Zahm, Shelia Hoar ^a   McDonnell, Cheryl J ^c   Lynch, Charles F ^d   Pennybacker, Margaret ^e   Rothman, Nathaniel ^a   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^a   Bond, Andrew E ^f   Blair, Aaron ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c SRA Technologies Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e Survey Research Associates   (United States)

^f U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancers; Exposure assessment; Farmers; Lymphoma; Noncancer toxicity; Pesticides; Prospective cohort

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HAIR DYE; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; NEUROTOXICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING HABIT; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0029982251     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104362     Document Type: Article

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