Pesticide exposure and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 457-462

  Kamel, Freya ^a   Umbach, David M ^a   Bedlack, Richard S ^b   Richards, Marie ^c   Watson, Mary ^d   Alavanja, Michael C R ^e   Blair, Aaron ^e   Hoppin, Jane A ^a   Schmidt, Silke ^b   Sandler, Dale P ^a  

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

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WESTAT   (United States)

^d SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cohort study; Meta analysis; Motor neuron disease; Organochlorine insecticides; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ALDRIN; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; FUMIGANT; HERBICIDE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

AGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENDER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 84861194674     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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