Farming, Reported Pesticide Use, and Prostate Cancer

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 102-109

  Ragin, Camille ^a   Davis Reyes, Brionna ^b   Tadesse, Helina ^a   Daniels, Dennis ^b   Bunker, Clareann H ^c   Jackson, Maria ^d   Ferguson, Trevor S ^d   Patrick, Alan L ^e   Tulloch Reid, Marshall K ^d   Taioli, Emanuela ^f  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^e Tobago Health Studies Office   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^f DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; case control; hormone disruptors; meta analysis

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSTATE TUMOR; RISK;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PESTICIDES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84873946544     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988312458792     Document Type: Article

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