Cancer incidences among women living on farms : finding the Iowa women's health study
Folsom, Aaron R. ; Zhang, Shumin ; Sellers, Thomas A. ; Zheng, Wei ; Kushi Lawrence H ; Cerhan James R
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
1996
38
11
1171-1176
agricultural sector ; cancer ; epidemiologic study ; frequency rates ; lymphoma ; occupational disease ; questionnaire survey ; report ; women
Occupational diseases
English
Bibliogr.
This cohort study, based on a questionnaire survey of 37,148 women living on farms, analyzed site-specific cancer incidence among them. Overall cancer risk was lower than among non-farm residents. One striking finding was the elevated risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in farm residents. Although the aetiology of this disease is unknown, literature data on exposure to herbicides and pesticides do suggest a possible relationship to the disease among women as well as among men.
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