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

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1521-1526

  Samanic, Claudine ^a   Rusiecki, Jennifer ^b   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^a   Hou, Lifang ^a   Hoppin, Jane A ^c   Sandler, Dale P ^c   Lubin, Jay ^a   Blair, Aaron ^a   Alavanja, Michael C R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Farming; Neoplasms; Pesticides; United States

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; DICAMBA;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; DICAMBA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORTH CAROLINA; PESTICIDES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 33749444628     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9204     Document Type: Article

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