A case-control study of self-reported exposures to pesticides and pancreas cancer in southeastern Michigan

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 62-67

  Fryzek, Jon P ^a,d   Garabrant, David H ^b   Harlow, Sioban D ^b   Severson, Richard K ^c   Gillespie, Brenda W ^b   Schenk, Maryjean ^c   Schottenfeld, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; BULAN; CHLORFENETHOL; CHLORMITE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DICOFOL; ETHYLAN; METHOXYCHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PESTICIDES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SMOKING;

EID: 0030875148     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970703)72:1<62::AID-IJC9>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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