Mortality in the agricultural health study, 1993-2007

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-83

  Waggoner, Jenna K ^a,b   Kullman, Greg J ^a   Henneberger, Paul K ^a   Umbach, David M ^b   Blair, Aaron ^c   Alavanja, Michael C R ^c   Kamel, Freya ^b   Lynch, Charles F ^d   Knott, Charles ^e   London, Stephanie J ^b   Hines, Cynthia J ^f   Thomas, Kent W ^b   Sandler, Dale P ^b   Lubin, Jay H ^c   Beane Freeman, Laura E ^c   Hoppin, Jane A ^b  

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

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

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e US Environmental Protection Agency ^*

^f U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; healthy worker effect; mortality; neoplasms; pesticides; wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIABETES; ESTIMATION METHOD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; INJURY; MORTALITY; PESTICIDE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; MACHINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OVARY CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

IOWA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650479541     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq323     Document Type: Article

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