The upper midwest health study: A case-control study of pesticide applicators and risk of glioma

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Yiin, James H ^a   Ruder, Avima M ^a   Stewart, Patricia A ^b   Waters, Martha A ^a   Carreán, Tania ^a   Butler, Mary Ann ^a   Calvert, Geoffrey M ^a   Davis King, Karen E ^a   Schulte, Paul A ^a   Mandel, Jack S ^c   Morton, Roscoe F ^d   Reding, Douglas J ^e   Rosenman, Kenneth D ^f  

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

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Mercy Foundation   (United States)

^e MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applicators; Brain cancer; Case control; Farmers; Gardens; Glioma; Pesticides; Upper Midwest

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACID; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE; PHENOXYACETIC ACID;

AGE CLASS; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BRAIN; CANCER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH RISK; HISTOLOGY; METROPOLITAN AREA; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESIDENT POPULATION; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864487860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-11-39     Document Type: Article

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