Agricultural pesticide use and hypospadias in Eastern Arkansas

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1589-1595

  Meyer, Kristy J ^a   Reif, John S ^a   Rao Veeramachaneni, D N ^a   Luben, Thomas J ^a   Mosley, Bridget S ^b   Nuckols, John R ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Exposure assessment; Hypospadias; Male urogenital disorders; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ALACHLOR; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARITY; PHENOLOGY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ARKANSAS; HUMANS; HYPOSPADIAS; MALE; PESTICIDES;

EID: 33749431718     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9146     Document Type: Article

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