A Cohort Study of Pesticide Poisoning and Depression in Colorado Farm Residents

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 768-774

  Beseler, Cheryl L ^a   Stallones, Lorann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive Symptoms; Farm Residents; Pesticide Poisoning

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BOTHERSOMENESS; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTOXICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PESTICIDE POISONING; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; COLORADO; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 52049083202     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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