Occupational Exposure to Metribuzin and the Incidence of Cancer in the Agricultural Health Study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 388-395

  Delancey, John Oliver L ^b   Alavanja, Michael C R ^c   Coble, Joseph ^c   Blair, Aaron ^c   Hoppin, Jane A ^d   Austin, Harland D ^a   Beane Freeman, Laura E ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Agricultural Health Study; Cancer; Metribuzin; Occupation; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

METRIBUZIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; CARCINOGENS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; IOWA; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TRIAZINES;

EID: 65549126650     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.12.018     Document Type: Article

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