Childhood cancer and agricultural pesticide use: An ecologic study in California

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 319-324

  Reynolds, Peggy ^a   Von Behren, Julie ^a   Gunier, Robert B ^a   Goldberg, Debbie E ^a   Hertz, Andrew ^a   Harnly, Martha E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Childhood cancer; Ecologic study; Epidemiologic study; Exposure assessment; Geographic information system; Pesticides; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; DICOFOL; METHYL BROMIDE; PESTICIDE; PROPARGITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER REGISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0036196642     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.02110319     Document Type: Article

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