Occupational exposure to pesticides and risk of adult brain tumors

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 167, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 976-985

  Samanic, Claudine M ^a   De Roos, Anneclaire J ^b   Stewart, Patricia A ^a   Rajaraman, Preetha ^a   Waters, Martha A ^c   Inskip, Peter D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system neoplasms; Incidence; Pesticides; United States

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE;

BRAIN; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH RISK; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL ADMISSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42049099680     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm401     Document Type: Article

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