Effects of self-reported health conditions and pesticide exposures on probability Of Follow-Up in a prospective cohort study

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 486-496

  Montgomery, Martha P ^a   Kamel, Freya ^a   Hoppin, Jane A ^a   Freeman, Laura E Beane ^a   Alavanja, Michael C R ^b   Sandler, Dale P ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cohort studies; Follow up studies; Pesticides; Prospective studies; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOWA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PESTICIDES; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION BIAS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951466590     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20789     Document Type: Article

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