Risk of childhood cancers associated with residence in agriculturally intense areas in the United States

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 559-565

  Carozza, Susan E ^a   Li, Bo ^b   Elgethun, Kai ^c   Whitworth, Ryan ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Agricultural pesticides; Childhood cancers; Farming; Pediatric cancers

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROPLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LAND USE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PESTICIDES; RISK FACTORS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45749086076     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9967     Document Type: Article

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