Abstract
AGRICOH is a recently formed consortium of agricultural cohort studies involving 22 cohorts from nine countries in five continents: South Africa (1), Canada (3), Costa Rica (2), USA (6), Republic of Korea (1), New Zealand (2), Denmark (1), France (3) and Norway (3). The aim of AGRICOH, initiated by the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) and coordinated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), is to promote and sustain collaboration and pooling of data to investigate the association between a wide range of agricultural exposures and a wide range of health outcomes, with a particular focus on associations that cannot easily be addressed in individual studies because of rare exposures (e.g., use of infrequently applied chemicals) or relatively rare outcomes (e.g., certain types of cancer, neurologic and auto-immune diseases). To facilitate future projects the need for data harmonization of selected variables is required and is underway. Altogether, AGRICOH provides excellent opportunities for studying cancer, respiratory, neurologic, and auto-immune diseases as well as reproductive and allergic disorders, injuries and overall mortality in association with a wide array of exposures, prominent among these the application of pesticides.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1341-1357 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2011 |
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Keywords
- Agriculture
- Cohort studies
- Consortium
- Occupational exposures
- Pesticides
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
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AGRICOH : A consortium of agricultural cohorts. / Leon, Maria E.; Beane Freeman, Laura E.; Douwes, Jeroen; Hoppin, Jane A.; Kromhout, Hans; Lebailly, Pierre; Nordby, Karl Christian; Schenker, Marc B; Schüz, Joachim; Waring, Stephen C.; Alavanja, Michael C R; Annesi-Maesano, Isabella; Baldi, Isabelle; Dalvie, Mohamed Aqiel; Ferro, Giles; Fervers, Béatrice; Langseth, Hilde; London, Leslie; Lynch, Charles F.; McLaughlin, John; Merchant, James A.; Pahwa, Punam; Sigsgaard, Torben; Stayner, Leslie; Wesseling, Catharina; Yoo, Keun Young; Zahm, Shelia H.; Straif, Kurt; Blair, Aaron.
In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 8, No. 5, 05.2011, p. 1341-1357.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - Leon, Maria E.
AU - Beane Freeman, Laura E.
AU - Douwes, Jeroen
AU - Hoppin, Jane A.
AU - Kromhout, Hans
AU - Lebailly, Pierre
AU - Nordby, Karl Christian
AU - Schenker, Marc B
AU - Schüz, Joachim
AU - Waring, Stephen C.
AU - Alavanja, Michael C R
AU - Annesi-Maesano, Isabella
AU - Baldi, Isabelle
AU - Dalvie, Mohamed Aqiel
AU - Ferro, Giles
AU - Fervers, Béatrice
AU - Langseth, Hilde
AU - London, Leslie
AU - Lynch, Charles F.
AU - McLaughlin, John
AU - Merchant, James A.
AU - Pahwa, Punam
AU - Sigsgaard, Torben
AU - Stayner, Leslie
AU - Wesseling, Catharina
AU - Yoo, Keun Young
AU - Zahm, Shelia H.
AU - Straif, Kurt
AU - Blair, Aaron
PY - 2011/5
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N2 - AGRICOH is a recently formed consortium of agricultural cohort studies involving 22 cohorts from nine countries in five continents: South Africa (1), Canada (3), Costa Rica (2), USA (6), Republic of Korea (1), New Zealand (2), Denmark (1), France (3) and Norway (3). The aim of AGRICOH, initiated by the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) and coordinated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), is to promote and sustain collaboration and pooling of data to investigate the association between a wide range of agricultural exposures and a wide range of health outcomes, with a particular focus on associations that cannot easily be addressed in individual studies because of rare exposures (e.g., use of infrequently applied chemicals) or relatively rare outcomes (e.g., certain types of cancer, neurologic and auto-immune diseases). To facilitate future projects the need for data harmonization of selected variables is required and is underway. Altogether, AGRICOH provides excellent opportunities for studying cancer, respiratory, neurologic, and auto-immune diseases as well as reproductive and allergic disorders, injuries and overall mortality in association with a wide array of exposures, prominent among these the application of pesticides.
AB - AGRICOH is a recently formed consortium of agricultural cohort studies involving 22 cohorts from nine countries in five continents: South Africa (1), Canada (3), Costa Rica (2), USA (6), Republic of Korea (1), New Zealand (2), Denmark (1), France (3) and Norway (3). The aim of AGRICOH, initiated by the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) and coordinated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), is to promote and sustain collaboration and pooling of data to investigate the association between a wide range of agricultural exposures and a wide range of health outcomes, with a particular focus on associations that cannot easily be addressed in individual studies because of rare exposures (e.g., use of infrequently applied chemicals) or relatively rare outcomes (e.g., certain types of cancer, neurologic and auto-immune diseases). To facilitate future projects the need for data harmonization of selected variables is required and is underway. Altogether, AGRICOH provides excellent opportunities for studying cancer, respiratory, neurologic, and auto-immune diseases as well as reproductive and allergic disorders, injuries and overall mortality in association with a wide array of exposures, prominent among these the application of pesticides.
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KW - Consortium
KW - Occupational exposures
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