Reported residential pesticide use and breast cancer risk on Long Island, New York

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 643-651

  Teitelbaum, Susan L ^a   Gammon, Marilie D ^b   Britton, Julie A ^a   Neugut, Alfred I ^c,d   Levin, Bruce ^c   Stellman, Steven D ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Case control studies; Environmental exposure; Gardening; Housing; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INSECT REPELLENT; PESTICIDE;

CANCER; HEALTH RISK; HOME GARDEN; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; ODDS RATIO; PESTICIDES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

LONG ISLAND [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA; IXODIDA; PHTHIRAPTERA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 33847392128     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwk046     Document Type: Article

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