Characteristics of Pesticide Use in a Pesticide Applicator Cohort: The Agricultural Health Study

• Published in: Environmental research Vol. 80; no. 2; pp. 172 - 179
• Main Authors: Alavanja, Michael C.R., Sandler, Dale P., McDonnell, Cheryl J., Lynch, Charles F., Pennybacker, Margaret, Zahm, Shelia Hoar, Mage, David T., Steen, William C., Wintersteen, Wendy, Blair, Aaron
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Inc 01.02.1999; Elsevier
• Subjects: Agriculture; Biological and medical sciences; cancers; Cohort Studies; Data Collection; Environmental Exposure; farmers; Female; Humans; Iowa; Male; Medical sciences; noncancer toxicity; North Carolina; Occupational Exposure; Pesticides; Pesticides, fertilizers and other agrochemicals toxicology; Prospective Studies; Public Health; Risk Assessment; Toxicology; United States; North America; America; North Carolina; Iowa; cancers; noncancer toxicity; farmers; pesticides; occupational exposure; Human; Carcinogen; Toxicity; Pesticides; Agriculture; Malignant tumor; Farmer; Occupational exposure; Epidemiology; Public health

Data on recent and historic pesticide use, pesticide application methods, and farm characteristics were collected from 35,879 restricted-use pesticide applicators in the first 2 years of the Agricultural Health Study, a prospective study of a large cohort of private and commercial licensed pesticide...