A prospective study of cancer risk among Agricultural Health Study farm spouses associated with personal use of organochlorine insecticides

• Main Authors: Lydia M. Louis (Author), Catherine C. Lerro (Author), Melissa C. Friesen (Author), Gabriella Andreotti (Author), Stella Koutros (Author), Dale P. Sandler (Author), Aaron Blair (Author), Mark G. Robson (Author), Laura E. Beane Freeman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Organochlorine insecticides (OCs) have historically been used worldwide to control insects, although most have now been banned in developed countries. Evidence for an association between OC exposures and cancer predominantly comes from occupational and population based-studies am...