Prostate cancer and ambient pesticide exposure in agriculturally intensive areas in California

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1280-1288

  Cockburn, Myles ^a,b   Mills, Paul ^c   Zhang, Xinbo ^a   Zadnick, John ^a   Goldberg, Dan ^b   Ritz, Beate ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

fungicides, industrial; hydrocarbons, brominated; pesticides; prostatic neoplasms; selection bias

Indexed keywords

CAPTAN; FUNGICIDE; MANEB; METHYL BROMIDE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PARAQUAT; SIMAZINE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CANCER; CARCINOGEN; FUNGICIDE; GIS; HEALTH RISK; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE; METHYL BROMIDE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING BIAS; SIMAZINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957853252     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr003     Document Type: Article

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