Cancer risk and parental pesticide application in children's of agricultural health study participants

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 631-635

  Flower, Kori B ^a   Hoppin, Jane A ^b   Lynch, Charles F ^c   Blair, Aaron ^d   Knott, Charles ^e   Shore, David L ^f   Sandler, Dale P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural workers; Cancer; Children; Occupational exposure; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATHER; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARENT; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16544378273     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6586     Document Type: Article

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