Risk of breast cancer for women living in rural areas from adult exposure to atrazine from well water in Wisconsin

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-214

  McElroy, Jane A ^a   Gangnon, Ronald E ^b   Newcomb, Polly A ^a,c   Kanarek, Marty S ^a,d   Anderson, Henry A ^e   Brook, Jim Vanden ^f   Trentham Dietz, Amy ^a,d   Remington, Patrick L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f Groundwater Protection Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Breast cancer; Drinking water; GIS; Rural women

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; WELL WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRAZINE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RURAL HEALTH; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; WISCONSIN;

EID: 34047192417     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jes.7500511     Document Type: Article

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