Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to metolachlor in the Agricultural Health Study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3118-3123

  Rusiecki, Jennifer A ^a,d   Hou, Lifang ^a   Lee, Won Jin ^a,b   Blair, Aaron ^a   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^a   Lubin, Jay H ^a   Bonner, Matthew ^a   Samanic, Claudine ^a   Hoppin, Jane A ^c   Sandler, Dale P ^c   Alavanja, Michael C R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

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

^d Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Applicators; Cancer; Herbicides; Metolachlor; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; HERBICIDE; METOLACHLOR; SURFACE WATER;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; UNITED STATES;

ACETAMIDES; ADULT; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IOWA; LIFE STYLE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646427748     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21758     Document Type: Article

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