Pesticide use and thyroid disease among women in the agricultural health study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 455-464

  Goldner, Whitney S ^a   Sandler, Dale P ^c   Yu, Fang ^b   Hoppin, Jane A ^c   Kamel, Freya ^c   Levan, Tricia D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Agriculture; Environmental exposure; Hyperthyroidism; Hypothyroidism; Pesticides; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

BENOMYL; CARBAMIC ACID; CHLORDANE; FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; MANCOZEB; MANEB; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PARAQUAT; PESTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SPOUSE; THYROID DISEASE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGRICULTURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUMIGATION; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; IOWA; LOGISTIC MODELS; NORTH CAROLINA; PESTICIDES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPOUSES; THYROID DISEASES;

IOWA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76649087962     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp404     Document Type: Article

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