Prostate cancer risk and exposure to pesticides in British Columbia Farmers

Prostate

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 168-183

  Band, Pierre R ^a   Abanto, Zenaida ^a   Bert, Joel ^a,b   Lang, Barbara ^a   Fang, Raymond ^a   Gallagher, Richard P ^a   Le, Nhu D ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cancer risk; farming; pesticide exposure

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; CARBARIL; CHLORPHENOTANE; DICAMBA; DINOSEB; ENDOSULFAN; LINDANE; MALATHION; PESTICIDE; SIMAZINE;

AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING;

AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DDT; HUMANS; LINDANE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMAZINE;

EID: 78650982219     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: 10970045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pros.21232     Document Type: Article

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