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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.

  1. 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.  Amer 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
  2. Blair A, Sandler DP, Tarone, R, Lubin J, Thomas K, et al.  Mortality among participants in the Agricultural Health Study.  Annals of Epidemiology 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. 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
  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. 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 Agricultural Safety & 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
  6. 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.  Amer 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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.  Amer 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
  10. 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
  11. Sallmen M, Baird DD, Hoppin JA, Blair AE, Sandler DP.  Fertility and exposure to solvents among families in the Agricultural Health Study. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 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
  12. 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
  13. Bell EM, Sandler DP, Alavanja MCR.  High pesticide exposure events among farmers and spouses enrolled in the Agricultural Health Study. J Agricultural Safety and 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
  14. Farr SL, Cai J, Savitz DA, Sandler DP, Cooper GS.  Pesticide exposure and timing of menopause in the Agricultural Health study. Amer 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
  15. 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
  16. Sallmen 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
  17. 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
  18. 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.
  19. 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. Amer 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
  20. Mahajan R, Blair A , Lynch CF, Hoppin JA, Sandler DP, Alavanja MCR.  Fonofos exposure and incidence of cancer in the Agricultural Health Study.  Environ Health Persp, 114: 1838-42. [Abstract] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=17185272) Exit NIEHS
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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.
  25. 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

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