Pesticides and lung cancer risk in the agricultural health study cohort

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 160, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 876-885

  Alavanja, Michael C R ^a   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^a   Samanic, Claudine ^a   Lubin, Jay ^a   Lynch, Charles F ^b   Knott, Charles ^c   Barker, Joseph ^d   Hoppin, Jane A ^e   Sandler, Dale P ^e   Coble, Joseph ^a   Thomas, Kent ^f   Blair, Aaron ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d IMS   (United States)

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

^f U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung neoplasms; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

CHLORPYRIFOS; DIMPYLATE; METOLACHLOR; PENDIMETHALIN; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CANCER; HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; OBSERVATION; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPOUSE; STANDARDIZATION;

ACETAMIDES; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGROCHEMICALS; ANILINE COMPOUNDS; CHLORPYRIFOS; DIAZINON; FEMALE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IOWA; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 7444248541     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh290     Document Type: Article

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