Coumaphos exposure and incident cancer among male participants in the Agricultural Health Study (AHS)

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-96

  Christensen, Carol H ^a,b   Platz, Elizabeth A ^b   Andreotti, Gabriella ^c   Blair, Aaron ^c   Hoppin, Jane A ^d   Koutros, Stella ^c   Lynch, Charles F ^e   Sandler, Dale P ^d   Alavanja, Michael C R ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cancer; Coumaphos; Insecticide; Livestock; Neoplasms; Occupational exposure; Organophosphate; Pesticide; Prostate

Indexed keywords

COUMAFOS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LICENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; COHORT STUDIES; COUMAPHOS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77149139454     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0800446     Document Type: Article

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