Exposure to farm crops, livestock, and farm tasks and risk of glioma

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 169, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1479-1491

  Ruder, Avima M ^a   Carreón, Tania ^a   Butler, Mary Ann ^a   Calvert, Geoffrey M ^a   Davis King, Karen E ^a   Waters, Martha A ^a   Schulte, Paul A ^a   Mandel, Jack S ^b   Morton, Roscoe F ^c   Reding, Douglas J ^d   Rosenman, Kenneth D ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Mercy Foundation   (United States)

^d MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Animals, domestic; Brain neoplasms; Case control studies; Crops, agricultural; Glioma; Occupational exposure; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; PESTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BRAIN; CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH RISK; LIVESTOCK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVENA; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649235519     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp075     Document Type: Article

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