Pesticide exposure and depression among agricultural workers in France

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1051-1058

  Weisskopf, Marc G ^a   Moisan, Frédéric ^b   Tzourio, Christophe ^c,d   Rathouz, Paul J ^e   Elbaz, Alexis ^c,f  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

Author keywords

agricultural workers; depression; herbicides; pesticides

Indexed keywords

2,4 DINITROPHENOL; AMIDE; ARSENIC; CARBAMIC ACID; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COPPER DERIVATIVE; DITHIOCARBAMIC ACID; FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; NITRILE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; PICOLINIC ACID; PYRETHROID; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TRIFLURALIN; URACIL DERIVATIVE; UREA DERIVATIVE;

AGE CLASS; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; COGNITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; GARDENING; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; SELF REPORT; SMOKING;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS; DEPRESSION; HERBICIDES; PESTICIDES;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRANCE; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES;

FRANCE;

EID: 84884952617     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt089     Document Type: Article

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