Occupational exposure to pesticides and bladder cancer risk

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 792-805

  Koutros, Stella ^a   Silverman, Debra T ^a   Alavanja, Michael C R ^a   Andreotti, Gabriella ^a   Lerro, Catherine C ^a   Heltshe, Sonya ^b   Lynch, Charles F ^c   Sandler, Dale P ^d   Blair, Aaron ^a   Beane Freeman, Laura E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Epidemiology; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ALACHLOR; ALDICARB; ALDRIN; AROMATIC AMINE; ATRAZINE; BENTAZON; BUTYLATE; CARBARIL; CARBOFURAN; CHLORDANE; CHLORIMURON ETHYL; CHLORPYRIFOS; CYANAZINE; DICAMBA; ENALAPRIL MALEATE; FUNGICIDE; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; IMAZAQUIN; INSECTICIDE; METOLACHLOR; METRIBUZIN; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE; PARAQUAT; PENDIMETHALIN; PESTICIDE; PETROLEUM; TRIFLURALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX-SMOKER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IOWA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONSMOKER; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; VERY ELDERLY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BLADDER TUMOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLASSIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FARMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 85013748567     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv195     Document Type: Article

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