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Agricultural Health Study (AHS)

Agricultural Health Study (AHS)

A partial listing of recent papers from the Agricultural Health Study (AHS) involving NIEHS authors follows.  A more complete listing of papers with links to abstracts and journal articles may be found at the AHS Web site (http://www.aghealth.org/) Exit NIEHS.

2008

  1. Koutros S, Cross AJ, Sandler DP, Hoppin JA, Ma X, Zheng T, Alavanja MCR, Sinha R. Meat and meat mutagens and risk of prostate cancer in the Agricultural Health Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008;17:80-7.
  2. 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 2008;19:59-65. Epub 2007 Oct 18.

2007

  1. Bonner MR, Coble J, Blair A, Beane Freeman LE, Hoppin JA, Sandler DP, Alavanja MCR. Malathion exposure and the incidence of cancer in the Agricultural Health Study. Am J Epidemiol 2007;166:1023-34. Epub 2007 Aug 23.
  2. Flower KB, Hoppin JA, Shore DL, Lynch CF, Blair A, Knott C, Alavanja MC, Sandler DP. Causes of Mortality and Risk Factors for Injury Mortality among Children in the Agricultural Health Study. J Agromedicine 11:47-59, 2007.
  3. Hoppin JA, Umbach DM, Kullman GJ, Henneberger PK, London SJ, Alavanja MC, Sandler DP. Pesticides and other agricultural factors associated with self-reported farmer's lung among farm residents in the Agricultural Health Study. Occup Environ Med 64:334-41, 2007. Epub 2006 Dec 20. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=17182642) Exit NIEHS
  4. Kamel F, Engel LS, Gladen BC, Hoppin JA, Alavanja MCR, Sandler DP. Neurologic symptoms in licensed pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. Hum Exp Toxicol 2007;26:243-50.
  5. 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 2008;19:59-65. Epub 2007 Oct 18.
  6. Lee WJ, Alavanja MC, Hoppin JA, Rusiecki JA, Kamel F, Blair A, Sandler DP. Mortality among pesticide applicators exposed to chlorpyrifos in the Agricultural Health Study. Environ Health Perspect 115:528-34, 2007. Epub 2007 Jan 11.
  7. Lee WJ, Sandler DP, Blair A, Samanic C, Cross AJ, Alavanja MC. Pesticide use and colorectal cancer risk in the Agricultural Health Study. Int J Cancer 121:339-46, 2007. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=17390374) Exit NIEHS
  8. MacLehose RF, Dunson DB, Herring AH, Hoppin JA. Bayesian methods for highly correlated exposure data. Epidemiology 2007;18:199-207.
  9. Mahajan R, Blair A, Coble J, Lynch CF, Hoppin JA, Sandler DP, Alavanja MCR. Carbaryl exposure and incident cancer in the Agricultural Health Study. Int J Cancer 2007;121:1799-805.
  10. Purdue MP, Hoppin JA, Blair A, Dosemeci M, Alavanja MCR. Occupational exposure to organochlorine insecticides and cancer incidence in the Agricultural Health Study. Int J Cancer 2007;120:642-9.
  11. Saldana TM, Basso O, Hoppin JA, Baird DD, Knott C, Blair A, Alavanja MC, Sandler DP. Pesticide exposure and self-reported gestational diabetes mellitus in the Agricultural Health Study. Diabetes Care 30:529-34, 2007. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=17327316) Exit NIEHS

2006

  1. Bell EM, Sandler DP, Alavanja MCR.  High pesticide exposure events among farmers and spouses enrolled in the Agricultural Health Study. J Agric Saf Health 2006;12:101-116. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16724787) Exit NIEHS
  2. Beseler CL, Stallone L, Hoppin JA, Alavanja MC, Blair A, Keefe T,Kamel F. Depression and pesticide exposures in female spouses of licensed pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study cohort. J Occup Environ Med 2006;48:1005-13.
  3. Farr SL, Cai J, Savitz DA, Sandler DP, Cooper GS.  Pesticide exposure and timing of menopause in the Agricultural Health study. Am J Epidemiol, 2006; 163:731-742. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16495469) Exit NIEHS
  4. Hoppin JA, Umbach DM, London SJ, Lynch CL, Alavanja MC, Sandler DP. Pesticides and adult respiratory outcomes in the Agricultural Health Study. Ann NY Acad Sci 2006;1076:343-54.
  5. Hoppin JA, Umbach DM, London SJ. Lynch CF, Alavanja MCR, Sandler DP. Pesticides associated with wheeze among commercial pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study.  Am J Epidemiol 2006;163:1129-37. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16611668) Exit NIEHS
  6. Hou L, Lee WJ, Rusiecki J, Hoppin JA, Blair A, Bonner MR, Lubin JH, Samanic C, Sandler DP, Dosemeci M, Alavanja MCR. Pendimethalin exposure and cancer incidence among pesticide applicators. Epidemiology 2006;17:302-7. [Abstract] ("http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16452832) Exit NIEHS
  7. Kamel F, Tanner CM, Umbach DM, Hoppin JA, Alavanja MCR, Blair A, Comyns K, Goldman SM, Korell M, Langston JW, Ross GW, Sandler DP. Pesticide exposure and self-reported Parkinson’s Disease in the agricultural health study. Am J Epidemiol 2006; 165: 364-74. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=17116648) Exit NIEHS
  8. Lynch SM, Rusiecki JA, Blair A, Dosemeci M, Lubin J, Sandler DP, Hoppin JA, Lynch CF, Alavanja MCR. Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to cyanazine in the Agricultural Health Study. Environ Health Perspect 2006;114:1248-1252. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16882534) Exit NIEHS
  9. Mahajan R, Blair A , Lynch CF, Schroeder P, Hoppin JA, Sandler DP, Alavanja MCR.  Fonofos exposure and incidence of cancer in the Agricultural Health Study. Environ Health Perspect 2006, 114: 1838-42. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=17185272) Exit NIEHS
  10. Mahajan R, Bonner MR, Hoppin JA, Alavanja MCR. Phorate exposure and incidence of cancer in the Agricultural Health Study. Environ Health Perspect 2006;114:1205-9.
  11. Rusiecki JA, Hou L, Lee WJ, Blair A, Dosemeci M, Lubin JH, Bonner M, Samanic C, Hoppin JA, Sandler DP, Alavanja MCR. Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to metolachlor in the Agricultural Health Study. Int. J. Cancer 2006;118:3118-3123. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16425265) Exit NIEHS
  12. Sallmén M, Baird DD, Hoppin JA, Blair AE, Sandler DP. Fertility and exposure to solvents among families in the Agricultural Health Study. Occup Environ Med 2006;63:469-75. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16698811) Exit NIEHS
  13. Sallmén M, Sandler DP, Hoppin JA, Blair AE, Baird DD. Evidence for reduced fertility among overweight and obese men. Epidemiology 2006;17:520-523. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16837825) Exit NIEHS
  14. Samanic C, Rusiecki, Dosemeci M, Hou L, Hoppin JA, Sandler DP, Lubin J, Blair A, Alavanja MCR. Cancer incidence among applicators exposed to dicamba in the Agricultural Health Study. Env Health Perspect 2006; 114: 1521-26. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=17035136) Exit NIEHS

2005

  1. Beane-Freeman LE, Bonner MR, Blair A, Hoppin JA, Sandler DP, Lubin JH, Dosemeci M, Lynch CF, Knott C, Alavanja CR. Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to diazinon in the Agricultural Health Study Cohort.  Am J Epidemiol 2005;162:1070-1079. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16236997) Exit NIEHS
  2. Blair A, Sandler DP, Tarone, R, Lubin J, Thomas K, et al.  Mortality among participants in the Agricultural Health Study. Ann Epidemiol 2005;15:279-285. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15780775) Exit NIEHS
  3. Blair A, Sandler D, Thomas K, Hoppin JA, Kamel F, Coble J, Lee WJ, Rusiecki J, Knott C, Lynch CF, Alavanja M.  Disease and injury among participants in the Agricultural Health Study.   J Agric Saf Health 2005;11:141-150. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15931940) Exit NIEHS
  4. Bonner M, Lee WJ, Sandler DP, Hoppin JA, Dosemeci M, Alavanja MCR.  Occupational exposure to carbofuran and the incidence of cancer in the Agricultural Health Study.  Environ Health Perspect 2005;113:285-289. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15743716) Exit NIEHS
  5. De Roos AJ, Blair A, Hoppin J, Rusiecki J, Svec M, Dosemeci M, Sandler DP, Alavanja MC.  Cancer incidence among glyphosate-exposed pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. Environ Health Perspect 2005;113:49-54. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15626647) Exit NIEHS
  6. De Roos AJ, Cooper GS, Alavanja MC, Sandler DP.  Rheumatoid arthritis among women in the Agricultural Health Study:  Risk associated with farming activities and exposures.  Ann Epidemiol 2005; 15:762-770. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16257361) Exit NIEHS
  7. Engel LS, Hill DA, Hoppin JA, Lubin JH, Lynch CF, Pierce J, Samanic C, Sandler DP, Blair A, Alavanja MCR.  Pesticide use and breast cancer risk among farmers’ wives in the Agricultural Health Study.  Am J Epidemiol 2005;161:121-135. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15632262) Exit NIEHS
  8. Kamel F, Engel LS, Gladen BC, Hoppin JA, Alavanja MCR, Sandler DP.  Neurologic symptoms in licensed pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study (AHS).  Environ Health Perspect 2005;113:877-82. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=16002376) Exit NIEHS
  9. Kirrane EF, Hoppin JA, Kamel F, Umbach DM, Boyes WK, DeRoos A, Alavanja M, Sandler DP.  Retinal degeneration and other eye disorders in wives of farmer pesticide applicators enrolled in the Agricultural Health Study.  Am J Epidemiol 2005;161:1020-1029. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15901622) Exit NIEHS

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