Open AccessResidential Proximity to Intensive Animal Agriculture and Risk of Lymphohematopoietic Cancers in the Agricultural Health Study
Author(s) -
Jared A. Fisher,
Laura E. Beane Freeman,
Jonathan N. Hofmann,
Aaron Blair,
Christine G. Parks,
Peter S. Thorne,
Mary H. Ward,
Rena R. Jones
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0000000000001186
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , confidence interval , environmental health , cancer , agriculture , veterinary medicine , biology , ecology
Although occupational exposure to animals has been associated with lymphohematopoietic malignancies, to our knowledge no studies have evaluated adult cancer risks associated with living near intensive animal agriculture.