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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-1-5
pubmed:abstractText
The authors examined the association between pesticide use and breast cancer incidence among farmers' wives in a large prospective cohort study in Iowa and North Carolina. Participants were 30,454 women with no history of breast cancer prior to cohort enrollment in 1993-1997. Information on pesticide use and other information was obtained by self-administered questionnaire at enrollment from the women and their husbands. Through 2000, 309 incident breast cancer cases were identified via population-based cancer registries. Rate ratios were calculated for individual pesticides using Poisson regression, controlling for confounding factors. Breast cancer standardized incidence ratios were 0.87 (95% confidence interval: 0.74, 1.02) for women who reported ever applying pesticides and 1.05 (95% confidence interval: 0.89, 1.24) for women who reported never applying pesticides. There was some evidence of increased risk associated with use of 2,4,5-trichloro-phenoxypropionic acid (2,4,5-TP) and possibly use of dieldrin, captan, and 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-TP), but small numbers of cases among those who had personally used the pesticides precluded firm conclusions. The authors found no clear association of breast cancer risk with farm size or washing of clothes worn during pesticide application, but risk was modestly elevated among women whose homes were closest to areas of pesticide application. Further follow-up of this cohort should help clarify the relation between pesticide exposure and breast cancer risk.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0002-9262
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
161
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
121-35
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15632262-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:15632262-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:15632262-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15632262-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:15632262-Agricultural Workers' Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:15632262-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:15632262-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15632262-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:15632262-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15632262-Iowa, pubmed-meshheading:15632262-Life Style, pubmed-meshheading:15632262-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15632262-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15632262-North Carolina, pubmed-meshheading:15632262-Occupational Exposure, pubmed-meshheading:15632262-Pesticides, pubmed-meshheading:15632262-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:15632262-Reproductive History, pubmed-meshheading:15632262-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15632262-Spouses
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Pesticide use and breast cancer risk among farmers' wives in the agricultural health study.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. engell@mskcc.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article