Publications

• Methods
• Exposure Assessment (high pesticide exposure events, environmental measures)
• Health Outcomes (cancer, neurological, respiratory, reproductive, other)
• Diet
• Injury

1. Methods

• Alavanja, M. C., Akland, G., Baird, D., Blair, A., Bond, A., Dosemeci, M., Kamel, F., Lewis, R., Lubin, J., Lynch, C., et al. (1994). Cancer and noncancer risk to women in agriculture and pest control: the Agricultural Health Study. J Occup Med, 36(11):1247-1250.
• Alavanja, M. C., Sandler, D. P., McDonnell, C. J., Lynch, C. F., Pennybacker, M., Zahm, S. H., Mage, D. T., Steen, W. C., Wintersteen, W., Blair, A. (1999). Characteristics of pesticide use in a pesticide applicator cohort: the Agricultural Health Study. Environ Res, 80(2 Pt 1): 172-179.
• Alavanja, M. C., Sandler, D. P., McMaster, S. B., Zahm, S. H., McDonnell, C. J., Lynch, C. F., Pennybacker, M., Rothman, N., Dosemeci, M., Bond, A. E., Blair, A. (1996). The Agricultural Health Study. Environ Health Perspect, 104(4):362-369.
• Blair A., Tarone R., Sandler D., Lynch C. F., Roland A., Wintersteen W., Steen W. C., Samanic C., Dosemeci, M., Alavanja M. C. R. (2002). Reliability of reporting on lifestyle and agricultural factors by a sample of participants in the agricultural health study from Iowa. Epidemiology, 13:94-99.
• Engel L.S., Rothman N., Knott C., Lynch C.F., Logsden-Sackett N., Tarone R.E., Alavanja M.C. (2002). Factors associated with refusal to provide a buccal cell sample in the Agricultural Health Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 11:493-496.
• Garcia-Closas M., Egan K.M., Abruzzo J., Newcomb P.A., Titus-Ernstoff L., Franklin T., Bender P.K., Beck J.C., Le Marchand L., Lum A., Alavanja M., Hayes R.B., Rutter J., Buetow K., Brinton L.A., Rothman N. (2001). Collection of genomic DNA from adults in epidemiological studies by buccal cytobrush and mouthwash. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 10:687-696.
• Gardner, M., Spruill-McCombs, M., Beach J., Michael, L., Thomas, K., Helburn, R.S. (2005). Quantification of 2,4-D on solid-phase exposure sampling media by LC-MS-MS. Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 291(3):88-192.
• Hoppin, J. A., Yucel, F., Dosemeci, M., Sandler, D. P. (2002). Accuracy of self-reported pesticide use duration information from licensed pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol, 12:313-318.
• Lynch, C.F., Sprince, N.L., Heywood, E., Pierce J., Logsden-Sackett, N., Pennybacker, M., Alavanja, M.C. (2005). Comparison of farmers in the agricultural health study to the 1992 and the 1997 censuses of agriculture. Journal of Agromedicine, 10(1):13-22.
• Montgomery, M.P., Kamel, F., Hoppin, J.A., Freeman, L.E., Alavanja, M.C., Sandler, D.P. (2010). Effects of self-reported health conditions and pesticide exposures on probability of follow-up in a prospective cohort study. Am J Ind Med, 53(5):486-96, 2009 Dec 16. [Epub ahead of print]
• Tarone, R. E., Alavanja, M. C., Zahm, S. H., Lubin, J. H., Sandler, D. P., McMaster, S. B., Rothman, N., Blair, A. (1997). The Agricultural Health Study: factors affecting completion and return of self-administered questionnaires in a large prospective cohort study of pesticide applicators. Am J Ind Med, 31(2):233-242.

2 Exposure Assessment

• Bakke, B., De Roos, A.J., Barr D.B., Stewart, P.A., Blair, A., Freeman, L.B., Lynch, C.F., Allen, R.H., Alavanja, M.C., Vermeulen, R. (2008). Exposure to atrazine and selected non-persistent pesticides among corn farmers during a growing season. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol, Dec 3. [Epub ahead of print]
• Alavanja, M.C. Introduction: pesticides use and exposure extensive worldwide. (2009).. Rev Environ Health, Oct-Dec; 24(4):303-9.
• Alavanja, M.C.R., Bonner M.R., Furlong, C.E., Allen, R., and Hodgson, E. (2005). The Agricultural Health Study Biomarker Workshop on Cancer Etiology: Discussions and Conclusions. Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology, 19(3):192-193.
• Bonner, M.R., and Alavanja, M.C.R. (2005). The Agricultural Health Study Biomarker Workshop on Cancer Etiology Introduction: Overview of Study Design, Results, and Goals of the Workshop. Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology, 19(3):169-171.
• Coble, J., Arbuckle, T., Lee, W., Alavanja, M., Dosemeci, M. (2005). The Validation of a Pesticide Exposure Algorithm Using Biological Monitoring Results. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 2:194-201.
• Coble, J., Hoppin, J.A., Engel, L., Elci, C.E., Dosemeci, M., Lynch, C.F., Alavanja, M.C.R. (2002). Prevalence of exposure to solvents, metals, grain dust and other hazards among farmers in the Agricultural Health Study. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 12(6):418-426.
• Curwin, B.D., Hein, M.J., Sanderson, W.T., Striley, C., Heederik, R., Kromhout, H., Reynolds, S.J., Alavanja, M.C. (2007). Pesticide dose estimates for children of Iowa farmers and non-farmers. Environmental Research, 105(3):307-315.
• Curwin, B.D., Hein, M.J., Sanderson, W.T., Striley, C., Heederik, R., Kromhout, H., Reynolds, S.J., Alavanja, M.C. (2007). Urinary pesticide concentrations among children, mothers and fathers living in farm and non-farm households in Iowa. Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 51(1):53–65.
• Curwin, B.D., Hein, M.J., Sanderson, W.T., Barr, D.B., Heederik, D., Reynolds, S.J., Ward, E.M., and Alavanja, M.C. (2005). Urinary and hand wipe pesticide levels among farmers and nonfarmers in Iowa. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 15(6):500-508.
• Curwin, B.D., Hein, M.J., Sanderson, W.T., Nishioka, M.G., Reynolds, S.J., Ward, E.M., and Alavanja, M.C. (2005). Pesticide contamination inside farm and nonfarm homes. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 2:357-367.
• Curwin, B., Sanderson, W., Reynolds, S., Hein, M., Alvanja, M.C.R. (2002). Pesticide Use and Practices In An Iowa Farm Family Pesticide Exposure Study. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 8(4):423-433.
• Dosemeci M., Alavanja M. C. R., Rowland A. S., Mage D., Zahm S. H., Rothman N., Lubin J. H., Hoppin J. A., Sandler D. P., Blair A. (2002). A quantitative approach for estimating exposure to pesticides in the Agricultural Health Study. Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 46(2):245-260.
• Gladen, B. C., Sandler, D. P., Zahm, S. H., Kamel, F., Rowland, A. S., Alavanja, M. C. (1998). Exposure opportunities of families of farmer pesticide applicators. Am J Ind Med, 34(6):581-587.
• Hines, C.J., Deddens, J.A., Jaycox, L.B., Andrews, R.M., Striley, C.A.F., Alavanja, M.C. (2008). Captan exposure and evaluation of a pesticide exposure algorithm among orchard pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 52(3):153–166.
• Hines, C.J., Deddens, J.A., Coble, J., Alavanja, M.C.R. (2007). Fungicide application practices and personal protective equipment use among orchard farmers in the Agricultural Health Study. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 13(2):205- 223.
• Hoppin, J.A. (2005). Integrating exposure measurements into epidemiologic studies in agriculture. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 31 Suppl 1:115-117; discussion 63-65.
• Kirrane, E.F., Hoppin, J.A., Umbach, D.M., Samanic, C., Sandler, D.P. (2004). Patterns of pesticide use and their determinants among wives of farmer pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. J Occup Environ Med, 46(8):856-65.
• Landgren, O., Kyle, R.A., Hoppin, J.A., Beane-Freeman, L.E., Cerhan, J.R., Katzmann, J.A., Rajkumar, S.V., Alavanja, M.C. (2009). Pesticide exposure and risk of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance in the Agricultural Health Study. Blood, Jun 18;113(25):6386-91. Epub 2009 Apr 22.
• Samanic, C., Hoppin, J.A., Lubin, J.H., Blair, A., Alavanja, M.C.R. (2005). Factor Analysis of pesticide use patterns among pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 15(3):225-233.
• Thomas, K.W., Dosemeci, M., Coble, J.B., Hoppin, J.A., Sheldon, L.S., Chapa, G., Croghan, C.W., Jones, P.A., Knott, C.E., Lynch, C.F., Sandler, D.P., Blair, A.E., Alavanja, M.C. (2009). Assessment of a pesticide exposure intensity algorithm in the agricultural health study. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol, 2009 Nov 4. [Epub ahead of print]
• White, K.E., Hoppin, J.A. (2004). Seed treatment and its implication for fungicide exposure assessment. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology, 14(3):195-203.

2.1 High Pesticide Exposure Events

• Alavanja, M. C., Sandler, D. P., McDonnell, C. J., Lynch, C. F., Pennybacker, M., Zahm, S. H., Lubin, J., Mage, D., Steen, W. C., Wintersteen, W., Blair, A. (1998). Factors associated with self-reported, pesticide-related visits to health care providers in the Agricultural Health Study. Environ Health Perspect, 106(7):415-420.
• Alavanja, M. C., Sandler, D. P., McDonnell, C. J., Mage, D. T., Kross, B. C., Rowland, A. S., Blair, A. (1999). Characteristics of persons who self-reported a high pesticide exposure event in the Agricultural Health Study. Environ Res, 80(2 Pt 1): 180-186.
• Alavanja, M. C., Sprince N. L., Oliver, E., Whitten, P., Lynch, C., Gillette, P. P., Logsden-Sacket, N., Zwerling, C. (2001). Nested case-control analysis of high pesticide exposure events from the Agricultural Health Study. Am J Ind Med, 39(6):557-63.
• Bell, E.M., Sandler, D.P., and Alavanja, M.C. (2006). High pesticide exposure events among farmers and spouses enrolled in the Agricultural Health Study. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 12(2):101-116.
• Keim, S. A., Alavanja, M. C. (2001). Pesticide use by persons who reported a high pesticide exposure event in the Agricultural Health Study. Environ Res, 85(3):256-259.
• Mage, D. T., Alavanja, M. C., Sandler, D. P., McDonnell, C. J., Kross, B., Rowland, A., Blair, A. (2000). A model for predicting the frequency of high pesticide exposure events in the Agricultural Health Study. Environ Res, 83(1):67-71.

2.2 Environmental Measures

• Brock, J. W., Melnyk, L. J., Caudill, S. P., Needham, L. L., Bond, A. E. (1998). Serum levels of several organochlorine pesticides in farmers correspond with dietary exposure and local use history. Toxicol Ind Health, 14(1-2): 275-289.
• Geno, P. W., Camann, D. E., Harding, H. J., Villalobos, K., Lewis, R. G. (1996). Handwipe sampling and analysis procedure for the measurement of dermal contact with pesticides. Arch Environmental Contamination Toxicology, 30(1):132-138.
• Melnyk, L. J., Berry, M. R., Sheldon, L. S. (1997). Dietary exposure from pesticide application on farms in the Agricultural Health Pilot Study. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol, 7(1):61-80.
• Shealy, D. B., Barr, J. R., Ashley, D. L., Patterson, D. G., Jr., Camann, D. E., Bond, A. E. (1997). Correlation of environmental carbaryl measurements with serum and urinary 1-naphthol measurements in a farmer applicator and his family. Environmental Health Perspectives, 105(5):510-513.
• Shealy, D., Bonin, M., Wooten, J., Ashley, D., Needham, L., Bond, A. (1996). Application of an improved method for the analysis of pesticides and their metabolites in the urine of farmer applicators and their families. Environmental International, 22(6):661-675.

3 Health Outcomes

• Blair, A., Sandler, D., Thomas, K., Hoppin, J., Kamel, F., Coble, J., Lee, W., Rusiecki, J., Knott, C., Dosemeci, M., Lynch, C.F., Lubin, J., Alavanja, M. (2005). Disease and Injury Among Participants in the Agricultural Health Study. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 11(2):141-150.
• Blair, A., Sandler, D.P., Tarone, R., Lubin, J., Thomas, K., Hoppin, J.A., Samanic, C., Coble, J., Kamel, F., Knott, C., Dosemeci, M., Zahm, S.H., Lynch, C.F., Rothman, N., and Alavanja, M.C.R. (2005). Mortality among participants in the Agricultural Health Study. Annals of Epidemiology, 15(4):279-285.
• Flower, K.B., Hoppin, J.A., Shore, D.L., Lynch, C.F., Blair, A., Knott, C., Alavanja, M.C.R., Sandler, D. (2006). Causes of mortality and risk factors for injury mortality among children in the Agricultural Health Study. Journal of Agromedicine, 11(3/4): 47-59.
• Lee, W.J., Alavanja, M.C.R., Hoppin, J.A., Rusiecki, J.A., Kamel, F., Blair, A., Sandler, D.P. (2007). Mortality among Pesticide Applicators Exposed to Chlorpyrifos in the Agricultural Health Study. Environmental Health Perspectives, 115(4):528-534.

3.1 Cancer

• Alavanja, M.C., Ward, M.H., Reynolds, P. (2007). Carcinogenicity of Agricultural Pesticides in Adults and Children. Journal of Agromedicine, 12(1):39-56.
• Alavanja, M.C.R., Sandler, D.P., Lynch, C.F., Knott, C., Lubin, J.H., Tarone, R., Thomas, K., Dosemeci, M., Barker, J., Hoppin, J.A., Blair, A. (2005). Cancer Incidence in the Agricultural Health Study. Scand J Work Environ Health, 31(S1): 39–45.
• Alavanja, M.C.R., Dosemeci, M., Samanic, C., Lubin, J., Lynch, C.F., Knott, C., Barker, J., Hoppin, J.A., Sandler, D.P., Coble, J., Thomas, K., and Blair, A. (2004). Pesticides and Lung Cancer Risk in the Agricultural Health Study Cohort. American Journal of Epidemiology, 160:876-885.
• Alavanja, M.C.R, Samanic, C., Dosimeci, M., Lubin, J., Tarone, R., Lynch, C.F., Knott, C., Thomas, K., Hoppin, J.A., Barker, J., Coble, J., Sandler, D.P., Blair, A. (2003). Use of agricultural pesticides and prostate cancer risk in the Agricultural Health Study cohort. American Journal of Epidemiology, 157(9):800-814.
• Andreotti, G., Freeman, L.E., Hou, L., Coble, J., Rusiecki, J., Hoppin, J.A., Silverman, D.T., Alavanja, M.C. (2009). Agricultural pesticide use and pancreatic cancer risk in the Agricultural Health Study Cohort. Int J Cancer, 124(10):2495-500.
• Beane-Freeman, L.E., Bonner, M.R., Blair, A., Hoppin, J.A., Sandler, D.P., Lubin, J.H., Dosemeci, M., Lynch, C.F., Knott, C., and Alavanja, M.C.R. (2005). Cancer Incidence among Male Pesticide Applicators in the Agricultural Health Study Cohort Exposed to Diazinon. American Journal of Epidemiology, 162(11):1070-9.
• Bonner, M.R., Williams, B.A., Rusiecki, J.A., Blair, A., Beane-Freeman, L.E., Hoppin, J.A., Dosemeci, M., Lubin, J., Sandler, D.P., Alavanja, M.C. (2010). Occupational exposure to terbufos and the incidence of cancer in the Agricultural Health Study. Cancer Causes Control, 21(6):871-7, 2010 Feb 13. [Epub ahead of print]
• Bonner, M.R., Coble, J., Blair, A., Beane-Freeman, L.E., Hoppin, J.A., Sandler, D.P., and Alavanja, M.C.R. (2007). Malathion Exposure and the Incidence of Cancer in the Agricultural Health Study. American Journal of Epidemiology, [E-pub ahead of print].
• Bonner, M.R., Lee, W.J., Sandler, D.P., Hoppin, J.A., Dosemeci, M., and Alavanja, M.C.R. (2005). Occupational Exposure to Carbofuran and the Incidence of Cancer in the Agricultural Health Study. Environmental Health Perspectives, 113(3):285-289.
• Christensen, C.H., Platz, E.A., Andreotti, G., Blair, A., Hoppin, J.A., Koutros, S., Lynch, C.F., Sandler, D.P., Alavanja, M.C. (2010). Coumaphos exposure and incident cancer among male participants in the Agricultural Health Study (AHS). Environmetnal Health Perspectives, 118(1):92-6.
• De Roos, A.J., Blair, A., Rusiecki, J.A., Hoppin, J.A., Svec, M., Dosemeci, M., Sandler, D.P., and Alavanja, M.C. (2005). Cancer Incidence among Glyphosate-Exposed Pesticide Applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. Environmental Health Perspectives, 113(1):49-54.
• Delancey, J.O., Alavanja, M.C., Coble, J., Blair, A., Hoppin, J.A., Austin, H.D., Beane-Freeman, L.E. (2009). Occupational exposure to metribuzin and the incidence of cancer in the Agricultural Health Study. Annals of Epidemiology, 19(6):388-95. Epub 2009 Apr 15.
• Dennis, L.K., Lynch, C.F., Sandler, D.P., Alavanja, M.C. (2010). Pesticide use and cutaneous melanoma in pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Heath Study. Environ Health Perspectives, 118(6):812-7, 2010 Feb 17. [Epub ahead of print]
• Dennis, L.K., Lowe, J.B., Lynch, C., Alavanja, M. (2008). Cutaneous melanoma and obesity in the Agricultural Health Study. Annals of Epidemiology, 18(3):214-21.
• Engel, L., Hill, D.A., Hoppin, J.A., Lubin, J.H., Lynch, C.F., Pierce, J., Samanic, C., Sandler, D.P., Blair, A., and Alavanja, M.C. (2005). Pesticide Use and Breast Cancer Risk among Farmers' Wives in the Agricultural Health Study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 161:121-135.
• Flower, K.B., Hoppin, J.A., Lynch, C.F., Blair, A., Knott, C., Shore, D.L., Sandler, D.P. (2004). Cancer risk and parental pesticide application in children of Agricultural Health Study participants. Environmental Health Perspectives, 112:631-635.
• Greenburg, D.L., Rusiecki, J., Koutros, S., Dosemeci, M., Patel, R., Hines, C.J., Hoppin, J.A., Alavanja, M.C. (2008). Cancer Incidence Among Pesticide Applicators Exposed to Captan in the Agricultural Health Study. Cancer Causes Control, 19(10):1401-7.
• Hou, L., Lee, W.J., Rusiecki, J.A., Hoppin, J.A., Blair, A., Bonner. M.R., Lubin, J.H., Samanic, C., Sandler, D.P., Dosemeci, M., and Alavanja, M.C. (2006). Pendimethalin exposure and cancer incidence among pesticide applicators. Epidemiology, 17(3):1-6.
• Jiao, L., Berrington de Gonzalez, A., Hartge, P., Pfeiffer, R.M., Park, Y., Freedman, D.M., Gail, M.H., Alavanja, M.C., Albanes, D., Beane-Freeman, L.E., Chow, W.H., Huang, W.Y., Hayes, R.B., Hoppin, J.A., Ji, B.T., Leitzmann, M.F., Linet, M.S., Meinhold, C.L., Schairer, C., Schatzkin, A., Virtamo, J., Weinstein, S.J., Zheng, W., Stolzenberg-Solomon, R.Z. (2010). Body mass index, effect modifiers, and risk of pancreatic cancer: a pooled study of seven prospective cohorts. Cancer Causes Control, 21(8):1305-14 Epub 2010 Apr 10.
• Kang, D., Park, S.K., Beane-Freeman, L., Lynch, C.F., Knott, C.E., Sandler, D.P., Hoppin, J.A., Docemeci, M., Coble, J., Lubin, J., Blair, A. (2008). Cancer Incidence Among Pesticide Applicators Exposed to Trifluralin in the Agricultural Health Study. Environmental Research, 107(2):271-6.
• Koutros, S., Berndt, S.I., Sinha, R., Ma, X., Chatterjee, N., Alavanja, M.C., Zheng, T., Huang, W.Y., Hayes, R.B., Cross, A.J. (2009). Xenobiotic metabolizing gene variants, dietary heterocyclic amine intake, and risk of prostate cancer. Cancer Res, 69(5):1877-84. Epub 2009 Feb 17.
• Koutros, S., Cross, A.J., Sandler, D.P., Hoppin, J.A., Ma, X., Zheng, T., Alavanja, M.C., Sinha, R. (2008). Meat and meat mutagens and risk of prostate cancer in the agricultural health study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 17(1):80-7.
• Koutros, S., Lynch, C.F., Ma, X., Lee, W.J., Hoppin, J.A., Christensen, C.H., Andreotti, G., Freeman, L.B., Rusiecki, J.A., Hou, L., Sandler, D.P., Alavanja, M.C. (2009). Heterocyclic aromatic amine pesticide use and human cancer risk: results from the US Agricultural Health Study. Int J Cancer, 124(5):1206-12.
• Koutros, S., Mahajan, R., Zheng, T., Hoppin, J.A., Ma, X., Lynch, C.F., Blair, A., Alavanja, M.C. (2007). Dichlorvos exposure and human cancer risk: results from the Agricultural Health Study. Cancer Causes Control, [Epub ahead of print]
• Lee, W.J., Sandler, D.P., Blair, A., Samanic, C., Cross, A.J., and Alavanja, M.C.R. (2007). Pesticide use and colorectal cancer risk in the Agricultural Health Study. Int J Cancer, 121:339-346.
• Lee, W.J., Blair, A., Hoppin, J.A., Lubin, J.H., Rusiecki, J.A., Sandler, D.P., Dosemeci, M., Alavanja, M.C. (2004). Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to chlorpyrifos in the Agricultural Health Study. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 96(23):1781-9.
• Lee, W.J., Hoppin, J.A., Blair, A., Lubin, J.H., Dosemeci, M., Sandler, D.P., Alavanja, M.C.R. (2004). Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to alachlor in the Agricultural Health Study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 159:373-380.
• Lynch, S.M., Mahajan, R., Beane-Freeman, L.E., Hoppin, J.A., Alavanja, M.C. (2009). Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to butylate in the Agricultural Health Study (AHS). Environ Res, 2009 Jul 15. [Epub ahead of print]
• Lynch, S.M., Rusiecki, J.A., Blair, A., Dosemeci, M., Lubin, J., Sandler, D.P., Hoppin, J.A., Lynch, C.F., Alavanja, M.C.R. (2006). Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to cyanazine in the Agricultural Health Study. Environmental Health Perspectives, 114(8):1248-1252.
• Mahajan, R., Blair, A., Coble, J., Lynch, C.F., Hoppin, J.A., Sandler, D.P., Alavanja, M.C. (2007). Carbaryl exposure and incident cancer in the Agricultural Health Study. Int J Cancer, 121(8):1799-805.
• Mahajan, R., Blair, A., Lynch, C.F., Schroeder, P., Hoppin, J.A., Sandler, D.P., Alavanja, M.C.R. (2006). Fonofos Exposure and Cancer Incidence in the Agricultural Health Study. Environmental Health Perspectives, 114:1838-1842.
• Mahajan, R., Bonner, M.R., Hoppin, J.A., Alavanja, M.C.R. (2006). Phorate exposure and incidence of cancer in the Agricultural Health Study. Environmental Health Perspectives, 114(8):1205-1209.
• Mozzachio, A.M., Rusiecki, J.A., Hoppin, J.A., Mahajan, R., Patel, R., Beane-Freeman, L., Alavanja, C.R. (2008). Chlorothalonil Exposure and Cancer Incidence Among Pesticide Applicator Participants in the Agricultural Health Study. Environmental Research, 108(3):400-3.
• Park, S.K., Kang, D., Beane-Freeman, L., Blair, A., Hoppin, J.A., Sandler, D.P., Lynch, C.F., Knott, C., Gwak, J., Alavanja, M. (2009). Cancer incidence among paraquat exposed applicators in the agricultural health study: prospective cohort study. Int J Occup Environ Health, 15(3):274-81.
• Purdue, M.P., Hoppin, J.A., Blair, A., Dosemeci, M., Alavanja, M.C. (2007). Occupational exposure to organochlorine insecticides and cancer incidence in the Agricultural Health Study. International Journal of Cancer, 120(3):642-649.
• Rusiecki, J.A., Patel, R., Koutros, S., Beane-Freeman, L., Landgren, O., Bonner, M.R., Coble, J., Lubin, J., Blair, A., Hoppin, J.A., Alavanja, M.C. (2009). Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to permethrin in the Agricultural Health Study. Environmental Health Perspectives, 117(4):581-6. Epub 2008 Nov 10.
• Rusiecki, J.A., Hou, L., Lee, W.J., Blair, A., Dosemeci, M., Lubin, J.H., Bonner, M.R., Samanic, C., Hoppin, J.A., Sandler, D.P., and Alavanja, M.C. (2006). Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to metolachlor in the Agricultural Health Study. International Journal of Cancer, 118(12):3118-23.
• Rusiecki, J.A., De Roos, A., Lee, W.J., Dosemeci, M., Lubin, J.H., Hoppin, J.A., Blair, A., Alavanja. M.C.R. (2004). Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to Atrazine in the Agricultural Health Study. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 96(18):1375-1382.
• Samanic. C., Rusiecki, J.A., Dosemeci, M., Hou, L., Hoppin, J.A., Sandler, D.P., Lubin, J., Blair, A., Alavanja, M.C.R. (2006). Cancer incidence among applicators exposed to dicamba in the Agricultual Health Study. Environmental Health Perspectives, 114:1521-1526.
• van Bemmel, D.M., Visvanathan, K., Beane-Freeman, L.E., Coble, J., Hoppin, J.A., Alavanja, M.C. (2008). S-ethyl-N,N-dipropylthiocarbamate exposure and cancer incidence among male pesticide applicators in the agricultural health study: a prospective cohort. Environ Health Perspectives, 116(11):1541-6.

3.2 Neurological

• Beseler, C.L., Stallones, L., Hoppin, J.A., Alavanja, M.C., Blair, A., Keefe, T., Kamel, F. (2008). Depression and pesticide exposures among private pesticide applicators enrolled in the Agricultural Health Study. Environ Health Perspect, 116(12):1713-9. Epub 2008 Sep 9.
• Beseler, C.L., Stallones, L., Hoppin, J.A., Alavanja, M.C., Blair, A., Keefe, T., Kamel, F. (2006). Depression and pesticide exposures in female spouses of licensed pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study cohort. J Occup Environ Med, 48(10):1005-1013.
• Kamel, F., Boyes, W. K., Gladen, B. C., Rowland, A. S., Alavanja, M. C., Blair, A., Sandler, D. P. (2000). Retinal degeneration in licensed pesticide applicators. Am J Ind Med, 37(6):618-628.
• Kamel, F., Tanner, C.M., Umbach, D.M., Hoppin, J.A., Alavanja, M.C., Blair, A., Comyns, K., Goldman, S.M., Korell, M., Langston, J.W., Ross, G.W., Sandler, D.P. (2006). Pesticide exposure and self-reported Parkinson’s disease in the Agricultural Health Study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 165(4):364-374.
• Kamel, F., Engel, L.S., Gladen, B.C., Hoppin, J.A., Alavanja, M.C.R., and Sandler, D.P. (2005). Neurologic Symptoms in Licensed Private Pesticide Applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. Environmental Health Perspectives, 113(7):877-882.
• Kamel, F., Engel, L.S., Gladen, B.C., Hoppin, J.A., Alavanja, M.C.R., and Sandler, D.P. (2007). Neurologic symptoms in licensed pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. Hum Exp Toxicol, 26(3):243-50.
• Kirrane, E.F., Hoppin, J.A., Kamel, F., Umbach, D.M., Boyes, W.K., DeRoos, A.J., Alavanja, M., Sandler, D.P. (2005). Retinal Degeneration and Other Eye Disorders in Wives of Farmer Pesticide Applicators Enrolled in the Agricultural Health Study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 161(11):1020-1029.
• MacLehose, R.F., Dunson, D.B., Herring, A.H., Hoppin, J.A. (2007). Bayesian Methods for Highly Correlated Exposure Data. Epidemiology, 18(2):199-207.
• Martin, S. A., Sandler, D. P., Harlow, S. D., Shore, D. L., Rowland, A. S., Alavanja, M. C. R. (2002). Pesticide use and pesticide-related symptoms among black farmers in the Agricultural Health Study. American Journal of Ind Med, 41:202-209.

3.3 Respiratory

• Hoppin, J.A., Umbach, D.M, Kullman, G.J., Henneberger, P.K., London, S.J., Alavanja, M.C., Sandler, D.P. (2007). Pesticides and other Agricultural Factors Associated with Self-reported Farmer’s Lung among Farm Residents in the Agricultural Health Study. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 64:334-342.
• Hoppin, J.A., Umbach, D.M., London, S.J., Henneberger, P.K., Kullman, G.J., Alavanja, M.C., Sandler, D.P. (2007). Pesticides and atopic and non-atopic asthma among farm women in the Agricultural Health Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 177(1):11-8.
• Hoppin, J.A., Umbach, D.M., London, S.J., Henneberger, P.,K., Kullman, G.J., Coble, J., Alavanja, M.C., Beane-Freeman, L.E., Sandler, D.P. (2009). Pesticide use and adult-onset asthma among male farmers in the Agricultural Health Study. European Respiratory Journal, June 18. [Epub ahead of print]
• Hoppin, J.A., Valcin, M., Henneberger, P.K., Kullman, G.J., Umbach, D.M., London, S.J., Alavanja, M.C., Sandler, D.P. (2007). Pesticide use and chronic bronchitis among farmers in the agricultural health study. Am J Ind Med, 50(12):969-979.
• Hoppin, J.A., Umbach, D.M., London, S.J., Lynch, C.L., Alavanja, M.C., Sandler, D.P. (2006). Pesticides and Adult Respiratory Outcomes in the Agricultural Health Study. Ann New York Academy of Sciences, 1076:343-354.
• Hoppin, J.A., Umbach, D.M., London, S.J., Lynch, C.L., Alavanja, M.C.R., and Sandler, D.P. (2006). Pesticides associated with Wheeze among Commercial Pesticide Applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 163(12):1129-1137.
• Hoppin, J.A., Umbach, D.M., London, S.J., Alavanja, M.C.R., Sandler, D.P. (2003). Animal production and wheeze in the Agricultural Health Study: Interactions with atopy, asthma, and smoking. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 60(8):e3.
• Hoppin, J. A., Umbach, D. M., London, S. J., Alavanja, M. C. R., Sandler, D. P. (2002). Chemical predictors of wheeze among farmer pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. Am J Resp Crit Care Med, 165(5):683-9.
• Hoppin, J. A., Umbach, D. M., London, S. J., Alavanja, M. C. R., Sandler, D. P. (2004). Diesel exhaust and solvents are risk factors for wheeze among farmers in the Agricultural Health Study. Am J Resp Crit Care Med, 169:1308-1313.
• Slager, R.E., Poole, J.A., Levan, T.D., Sandler, D.P., Alavanja, M.C., Hoppin, J.A. (2009). Rhinitis Associated with Pesticide Exposure among Commercial Pesticide Applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. Occup Environ Med, Mar 15. [Epub ahead of print]
• Valcin, M., Henneberger, P.K., Kullman, G.J., Umbach, D.M., London, S.J., Alavanja, M.C.R., Sandler, D.P., Hoppin, J.A . (2007). Chronic bronchitis among non-smoking farm women in the Agricultural Health Study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 49(5):574-583.

3.4 Reproductive

• Farr, S.L., Cai, J., Savitz, D.A., Sandler, D.P., Hoppin, J.A., and Cooper, G.S. (2006). Pesticide exposure and timing of menopause: the Agricultural Health Study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 163(8):731-742..
• Farr, S.L., Cooper, G.S., Cai, J., Savitz, D.A., Sandler, D.P. (2004). Pesticide Use and Menstrual Cycle Characteristics Among Premenopausal Women in the Agricultural Health Study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 160(12):1194-204.
• Martin, S.A. Jr., Harlow, S.D., Sowers, M.F., Longnecker, M.P., Garabrant, D., Shore, D.L., Sandler, D.P. (2002). DDT metabolite and androgens in African-American farmers. Epidemiology, 13(4):454-8.
• Rowland, A. S., Baird, D. D., Long, S., Wegienka, G., Harlow, S. D., Alavanja, A, Sandler, D. P. (2002). Influence of Medical Conditions and Lifestyle Factors on the Menstrual Cycle. Epidemiology, 13(6):668-674.
• Saldana, T.M., Basso, O., Baird, D.D., Hoppin, J.A., Weinberg, C.R., Blair, A., Alavanja, M.C., Sandler, D.P. (2009). Pesticide exposure and hypertensive disorders during pregnancy. Environmental Health Perspective, 117(9):1393-6. Epub 2009 Jun 4.
• Saldana, T.M., Basso, O., Hoppin, J.A., Baird, D.D., Knott, C., Blair, A., Alavanja, M.C., Sandler, D.P. (2007). Pesticide exposure and self-reported gestational diabetes mellitus in the Agricultural Health Study. Diabetes Care, 30(3):529-534.
• Sallmén, M., Baird, D.D., Hoppin, J.A., Blair, A., Sandler, D.P. (2006). Fertility and exposure to solvents among families in the Agricultural Health Study. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 63:469-475.
• Sallmén, M., Sandler, D.P., Hoppin, J.A., Blair, A., Baird, D.D. (2006). Reduced fertility among overweight and obese men. Epidemiology, 17:520–523.
• Sathyanarayana, S., Basso, O., Karr, C.J., Lozano, P., Alavanja, M., Sandler, D., Hoppin, J.A. (2010). Maternal Pesticide Use and Birth Weight in the Agricultural Health Study. Journal of Agromedicine, 15(2):127-136.

3.5 Other

• Cooper, G.S., Martin, S.A., Longnecker, M.P., Sandler, D.P., and Germolec, D.R. (2004). Associations between Plasma DDE Levels and Immunologic Measures in African-American Farmers in North Carolina. Environmental Health Perspectives, 112(10):1080-1084.
• Crawford, J.M., Hoppin, J.A., Alavanja, M.C., Blair, A., Sandler, D.P., Kamel, F. (2008). Hearing Loss Among Licensed Pesticide Applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. Journal of Occup Environ Med, 50(7):817-826.
• Dayton, S.B., Sandler, D.P., Blair, A., Alavanja, M., Beane-Freeman, L.E., Hoppin, J.A. (2010). Pesticide use and myocardial infarction incidence among farm women in the agricultural health study. Journal of Occup Environ Med, 52(7):693-7.
• De Roos, A.J., Cooper, G.S., Alavanja, M.C., Sandler, D.P. (2005). Rheumatoid Arthritis Among Women in the Agricultural Health Study: Risk Associated with Farming Activities and Exposures. Annals of Epidemiology, 15(10):762-770.
• De Roos, A.J., Cooper, G.S., Alavanja, M.C., Sandler, D.P. (2008). Personal and family medical history correlates of rheumatoid arthritis. Annals of Epidemiology, 18(6):433-9.
• Gray, G.C., McCarthy, T., Capuano, A.W., Setterquist, S.F., Alavanja, M.C., Lynch, C.F. (2008). Evidence for avian influenza A infections among Iowa’s agricultural workers. Influenza Other Respi Viruses, 2(2):61-9.
• Gray, G.C., McCarthy, T., Capuano, A.W., Setterquist, S.F., Olsen, C.W., Alavanja, M.C., Lynch, C.F. (2007). Swine workers and swine influenza virus infections. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 13(12):1871-1878.
• Mills, K.T., Blair, A., Beane-Freeman, L.E., Sandler, D.P., Hoppin, J.A. (2009). Pesticides and Myocardial Infarction Incidence and Mortality Among Male Pesticide Applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. American Journal of Epidemiology, Aug 21. [Epub ahead of print].
• Montgomery, M.P., Kamel, F., Saldana, T.M., Alavanja, M.C., Sandler, D.P. (2008). Incident Diabetes and Pesticide Exposure Among Licensed Pesticide Applicators: Agricultural Health Study, 1993-2003. American Journal of Epidemiology, 167(10):1235-46.
• Thomas, K.W., Dosemeci, M., Hoppin, J.A., Sheldon, L.S., Croghan, C.W., Gordon, S.M., Jones, M.L., Reynolds, S.J., Raymer, J.H., Akland, G.G., Lynch, C.F., Knott, C.E., Sandler, D.P., Blair, A.E., Alavanja. M.C. (2009). Urinary biomarker, dermal, and air measurement results for 2,4-D and chlorpyrifos farm applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol, Feb 25. [Epub ahead of print]
• Vermeulen, R., De Roos, A.J., Bakke, B., Blair, A., Hildesheim, A., Pinto, L., Gillette, P.P., Lynch, C.F., Allen, R.H., and Alavanja, M.C. (2005). A Study on Immunological Responses to Exposures Encountered in Corn Farming. Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology, 19(3):172.

4 Diet

• Keating, G. A., Sinha, R., Layton, D., Salmon, C. P., Knize, M. G., Bogen, K. T., Lynch, C. F., Alavanja, M. (2000). Comparison of heterocyclic amine levels in home-cooked meats with exposure indicators (United States). Cancer Causes Control, 11(8):731-739.

5 Injury

• Sprince, N.L., Zwerling, C., Whitten, P.S., Lynch, C.F., Burmeister, L.F., Gillette, P.P., Thu, K., Alavanja, M.C. (2008). Farm activities associated with eye injuries in the Agricultural Health Study. Journal of Agromedicine, 13(1):17-22.
• Sprince, N.L., Park, H., Zwerling, C., Lynch, C.F., Whitten, P.S., Thu, K., Burmeister, L.F., Gillette, P.P., Alavanja, M.C.R. (2003). Risk factors for animal-related injury among Iowa livestock farmers: a case-control study nested in the Agricultural Health Study. The Journal of Rural Health, 19(2):165-173.
• Sprince, N.L., Park, H., Zwerling, C., Whitten, P.A., Lynch, C.F., Burmeister, L.F., Thu, K., Gillette, P.P., Alavanja, M.C.R. (2007). Risk Factors for Low Back Injury Among Farmers in Iowa: A Case-Control Study Nested in the Agricultural Health Study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 4:10-16.
• Sprince, N.L., Zwerling, C., Lynch, C.F., Whitten, P.S., Thu, K., Logsden-Sackett, N., Burmeister, L.F., Sandler, D.P., Alavanja, M.C.R. (2003). Risk factors for agricultural injury: a case-control analysis of Iowa farmers in the Agricultural Health Study. Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 9(1):5-18.
• Sprince, N.L., Zwerling, C., Lynch, C.F., Whitten, P.A., Thu, K., Gillette, P.P., Burmeister, L.F., Alavanja, M.C.R. (2003). Risk factors for falls among Iowa farmers: a case-control study nested in the Agricultural Health Study. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 44:265-272.
• Sprince, N.L., Park, H., Zwerling, C., Lynch, C.F., Whitten, P.A., Thu, K., Gillette, P.P., Burmeister, L.F., Alavanja, M.C.R. (2002). Risk factors for machinery-related injury among Iowa livestock farmers: a case-control study nested in the Agricultural Health Study. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 8:332-338.