Agricultural exposures and chronic bronchitis: Findings from the AGRICAN (AGRIculture and CANcer) cohort

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 539-545

  Tual, Séverine ^a,b,c   Clin, Bénédicte ^a,b,d   Levêque Morlais, Noémie ^a,b,c   Raherison, Chantal ^b,e,f   Baldi, Isabelle ^b,e,f   Lebailly, Pierre ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CLCC Centre de Lutte Contre le Cancer François Baclesse   (France)

^d CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^f BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Animals; Bronchitis; Chronic; Crops; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BARLEY; CATTLE FARMING; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; FRUIT; GOAT; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE; HORSE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PEA; PIG FARMING; POTATO; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPESEED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SHEEP FARMING; SUNFLOWER; TOBACCO; VEGETABLE; VINEYARD; WHEAT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC; CROPS; PESTICIDES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; CATTLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PESTICIDES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881662443     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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