Agricultural pesticide use and risk of glioma in Nebraska, United States

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 786-792

  Lee, W J ^a,b   Colt, J S ^a   Heineman, E F ^a   McComb, R ^c   Weisenburger, D D ^c   Lijinsky, W ^d   Ward, M H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ACETANILIDE; ALACHLOR; ALDRIN; ATRAZINE; BENTAZON; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BUFENCARB; BUTYLATE; CARBAMATE PESTICIDE; CARBOFURAN; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; COUMAFOS; DIMPYLATE; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; METOLACHLOR; METRIBUZIN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PARAQUAT; PENDIMETHALIN; PESTICIDE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE; TRIFLURALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGROCHEMICALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEBRASKA; NITROSO COMPOUNDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES;

EID: 27644518336     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.020230     Document Type: Article

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