Occupational exposure to organochlorine insecticides and cancer incidence in the Agricultural Health Study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 642-649

  Purdue, Mark P ^a   Hoppin, Jane A ^b   Blair, Aaron ^a   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^a   Alavanja, Michael C R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cancer; Cohort study; Organochlorines; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ALDRIN; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MELANOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM CANCER; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ALDRIN; CHLORDAN; DIELDRIN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HEPTACHLOR; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INCIDENCE; INSECTICIDES; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33845718063     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22258     Document Type: Article

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