Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to chlorpyrifos in the agricultural health study

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 96, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 1781-1789

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

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

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

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPYRIFOS; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LICENCE; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM CANCER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CHLORPYRIFOS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECTICIDES; IOWA; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 10644292534     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djh324     Document Type: Article

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