This is a long-term study (began in 1994) of agricultural exposures and chronic disease, especially cancer, among commercial and private pesticide applicators and their spouses in North Carolina and Iowa.
- 89,658 subjects were enrolled in the first 5 years of the study
- Designed to identify occupational, lifestyle, and genetic factors that may affect the rate of diseases in farming populations
- Sponsored by NCI, NIEHS, and EPA
- Cancer Incidence and Mortality Data
