Pesticide use and adult-onset asthma among male farmers in the Agricultural Health Study

Although specific pesticides have been associated with wheeze in farmers, little is known about pesticides and asthma. We used data from 19,704 male farmers in the Agricultural Health Study to evaluate lifetime use of 48 pesticides and prevalent adult-onset asthma, defined as doctor-diagnosed asthma...

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Main Authors: Hoppin, Jane A., Umbach, David M., London, Stephanie J., Henneberger, Paul K., Kullman, Greg J., Coble, Joseph, Alavanja, Michael C.R., Beane Freeman, Laura E., Sandler, Dale P.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2822385/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19541724
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1183/09031936.00005509
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