Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to trifluralin in the Agricultural Health Study

Environmental Research

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 271-276

  Kang, Daehee ^a,b   Park, Sue Kyung ^b   Beane Freeman, Laura ^a   Lynch, Charles F ^c   Knott, Charles E ^d   Sandler, Dale P ^e   Hoppin, Jane A ^e   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^a   Coble, Joseph ^a   Lubin, Jay ^a   Blair, Aaron ^a   Alavanja, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cancer; Occupational exposure; Pesticides; Trifluralin

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; TRIFLURALIN;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CANCER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SURVEY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POISSON RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRIFLURALIN; TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOUSE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; FEMALE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIFLURALIN; UNITED STATES;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

POACEAE;

EID: 43149121788     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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