Pancreatic cancer mortality and organochlorine pesticide exposure in California, 1989-1996

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 306-313

  Clary, Tim ^b   Ritz, Beate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

California; Mortality odds ratio study; Organochlorines; Pancreatic cancer; Pesticide use

Indexed keywords

1,3 DICHLOROPROPENE; CAPTAFOL; DIELDRIN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PROPYLENE; QUINTOZENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANCREAS CANCER; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0142010878     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10188     Document Type: Article

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