
Mortality among Pesticide Applicators Exposed to Chlorpyrifos in the Agricultural Health Study
Author(s) -
Won Jin Lee,
Michael C.R. Alavanja,
Jane A. Hoppin,
Jennifer Rusiecki,
Freya Kamel,
Aaron Blair,
Dale P. Sandler
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.9662
Subject(s) - chlorpyrifos , medicine , pesticide , confounding , toxicology , organophosphate , poisson regression , environmental health , relative risk , confidence interval , poison control , risk assessment , biology , population , computer security , computer science , agronomy
Chlorpyrifos is one of the most widely used organophosphate insecticides in the United States. Although the toxicity of chlorpyrifos has been extensively studied in animals, the epidemiologic data are limited.