Atrazine and cancer incidence among pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study (1994-2007)

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1253-1259

  Beane Freeman, Laura E ^a   Rusiecki, Jennifer A ^b   Hoppin, Jane A ^c   Lubin, Jay H ^a   Koutros, Stella ^a   Andreotti, Gabriella ^a   Zahm, Shelia Hoar ^a   Hines, Cynthia J ^d   Coble, Joseph B ^a   Barone Adesi, Francesco ^a   Sloan, Jennifer ^a   Sandler, Dale P ^c   Blair, Aaron ^a   Alavanja, Michael C R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

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

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

Author keywords

Agriculture; Atrazine; Cancer; Cohort study; Epidemiology; Pesticide

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; THYROID CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ATRAZINE; CARCINOGENS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 80052377503     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1103561     Document Type: Article

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