title: Cancer incidence among a cohort of female farm residents in New York State.
abstract: A retrospective cohort study of cancer incidence among 6,310 female farm residents who were New York Farm Bureau members, or members' spouses or relatives, was conducted from 1980 through 1993. Similar to the previous findings for New York State male farmers, the female farm resident cohort experienced significantly lower cancer rates for all cancers combined, and for lung cancer, compared with rural nonfarm female residents. In addition, significantly low rates for colorectal cancer and ovarian cancer were found among the female cohort members. Nonsignificant excesses were found for thyroid and liver cancers. The findings suggest that female farm residents in this cohort might have experienced some of the same cancer-protective factors as male farmers.
authors.affiliation: Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology, Center for Environmental Health, New York State Department of Health Troy, New York 12180-2216, USA. wxy01@health.state.ny.us
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Elizabeth L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Lewis-Michl
authors.forename: Syni-An
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Edward F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.forename: Alice D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Stark
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000383:Agriculture; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D010575:Pesticides / Q000032:analysis*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012423:Rural Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014504:Urban Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D010575:Pesticides