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Dicamba Use and Cancer Incidence in the Agricultural Health Study: An Updated Analysis

Description
Highlights a study on the connection between colon and lung cancers in farmers and farmworkers and use of the herbicide dicamba. Draws data from the Agricultural Health Study and breaks it down by age, crops/animals produced, and other pesticides used, among other measures.
Author(s)
Catherine C Lerro, Jonathan N Hofmann, Gabriella Andreotti, et al.
Citation
International Journal of Epidemiology, 49(4), 1326-1337
Date
08/2020
Type
Document
Tagged as
Agricultural health and safety · Cancer · Environmental health · Farmers and farmworkers · Statistics and data · Iowa · North Carolina