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EDRI Federal Project Inventory:
33047-007 Cancer among Men & Women in Agriculture (Survey)
- Sponsor Organization: NIH/NCI
- Project Title: 33047-007 CANCER AMONG MEN & WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE (SURVEY)
- Project Focus: HUMAN HEALTH EFFECTS
- Description: This contract will support a prospective epidemiological study of
cancer among farmers and their dependents andother pest control
workers. The study will establish a large cohort to be followed
prospectively for 10 years or more toobtain detailed information on
agricultural exposures, diet, cooking practices, and other factors of
etiologic interest forcancer and other diseases. The cohort will
include men and women who are either farm owners/operators, their
spousesand dependents, or commercial or non commercial pesticide
applicators. The work will be carried out by oneCoordinating Center
and two Field Stations, each supported under separate contracts. This
contract will establish aField Station in the state of North Carolina
to select pesticide applicators for inclusion in the cohort, to
collect data frompesticide applicators, to monitor cancer incidence
and mortality in the portion of the cohort in the state of
NorthCarolina, and to fulfill the goals of the study, i.e., to
evaluate cancer risks among farmers producing grains and
livestockincluding minority farmers. This five-year study is being
conducted by the Office of the Associate Director (OAD),Epidemiology
and Biostatistics Program (EBP), Division of Cancer Etiology (DCE),
National Cancer Institute (NCI) toexplain why farmers experience an
excess of several cancers.
- References:
- Category: METHODS
- Subcategory: EXPOSURE AND RISK MODELS
- Keywords for Experimental System/Species: HUMAN, FIELD STUDY
- Keywords for Experimental Endpoints: EXPOSURE MONITORING, CARCINOGENESIS
- Chemical Agents: PESTICIDES
- Performing Institution: SURVEY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES
- Contact: ELAINE C. LEE; BUILDING 31; 11A21, NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE,
NIH,BETHESDA, MD 20892-2590; 301- 496-5515; LEEE@OD.NCI.NIH.GOV
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