Carbaryl exposure and incident cancer in the Agricultural Health Study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1799-1805

  Mahajan, Rajeev ^a   Blair, Aaron ^a   Coble, Joseph ^a   Lynch, Charles F ^b   Hoppin, Jane A ^c   Sandler, Dale P ^c   Alavanja, Michael C R ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Carbamates; Carbaryl; Insecticides; Neoplasms; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

CARBARIL; INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CARBARYL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECTICIDES; IOWA; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548683432     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22836     Document Type: Article

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