2015
Organophosphate insecticide use and cancer incidence among spouses of pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study
Lerro CC, Koutros S, Andreotti G, Friesen MC, Alavanja MC, Blair A, Hoppin JA, Sandler DP, Lubin JH, Ma X, Zhang Y, Freeman L. Organophosphate insecticide use and cancer incidence among spouses of pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. Occupational And Environmental Medicine 2015, 72: 736. PMID: 26150671, PMCID: PMC4909328, DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2014-102798.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer incidenceRelative riskCancer riskPesticide applicatorsAgricultural Health Study cohortOP useHealth Study cohortAgricultural Health StudyNon-Hodgkin lymphomaReproductive health historyStudy cohortPotential confoundersOvarian cancerThyroid cancerBreast cancerElevated riskEpidemiological studiesHealth StudyHealth historyPoisson regressionMale populationCancerFurther evaluationDemographic informationSpecific organophosphates
2007
Dichlorvos exposure and human cancer risk: results from the Agricultural Health Study
Koutros S, Mahajan R, Zheng T, Hoppin JA, Ma X, Lynch CF, Blair A, Alavanja MC. Dichlorvos exposure and human cancer risk: results from the Agricultural Health Study. Cancer Causes & Control 2007, 19: 59-65. PMID: 17943454, PMCID: PMC2822646, DOI: 10.1007/s10552-007-9070-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDDVP exposurePesticide applicatorsRate ratioAgricultural Health Study cohortCumulative exposure daysHealth Study cohortSmall excess riskConfidence intervalsLicensed pesticide applicatorsPoisson regression analysisLymphohematopoietic cancersStudy cohortIncident casesPotential confoundersExcess riskProstate cancerFamily historyCancer riskExposure daysCancerComprehensive questionnaireRegression analysisCohortExposureRisk