Cancer Incidence among Pesticide Applicators Exposed to Alachlor in the Agricultural Health Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 373-380

  Lee, Won Jin ^a   Hoppin, Jane A ^b   Blair, Aaron ^a   Lubin, Jay H ^a   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^a   Sandler, Dale P ^b   Alavanja, Michael C R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cohort studies; Herbicides; Leukemia; Multiple myeloma; Neoplasms; Occupational exposure; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ALACHLOR; PESTICIDE;

ALACHLOR; CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK FACTOR;

ACETAMIDES; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1042299867     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh040     Document Type: Article

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