Childhood cancer in Texas counties with moderate to intense agricultural activity

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-24

  Walker, Kristina M ^a,b   Carozza, Susan ^c   Cooper, Sharon ^c   Elgethun, Kai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Texas AandM School of Rural Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Brain tumors; Childhood cancer; Pesticides; Rural health

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PESTICIDES; RURAL HEALTH; TEXAS;

EID: 33947690267     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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