Parental occupational exposure to pesticides and childhood brain cancer

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 157, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 989-997

  Van Wijngaarden, Edwin ^a,d   Stewart, Patricia A ^b   Olshan, Andrew F ^a   Savitz, David A ^a   Bunin, Greta R ^c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d Applied Epidemiology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Case control studies; Child; Occupational exposure; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE;

CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN CANCER; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038351063     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg082     Document Type: Article

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