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AGRICOH: A Consortium of Agricultural Cohorts

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  • Maria E. Leon

    (Section of Environment and Radiation, International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon CEDEX 08, France
    Section of IARC Monographs (KS), International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon CEDEX 08, France
    AGRICOH coordinator.)

  • Laura E. Beane Freeman

    (Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6116 Executive Blvd 7004, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
    AGRICOH steering committee member.)

  • Jeroen Douwes

    (Centre for Public Health Research, School of Public Health, Massey University, P.O. Box 756, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
    AGRICOH steering committee member.)

  • Jane A. Hoppin

    (Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, 12 Davis Dr., Durham, NC 27703, USA
    AGRICOH steering committee member.)

  • Hans Kromhout

    (Environmental Epidemiology Division (IRAS), Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80125, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands
    AGRICOH steering committee member.)

  • Pierre Lebailly

    (Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer François Baclesse, Université de Caen, Esplanade de la Paix, 14000 Caen, France
    AGRICOH steering committee member.)

  • Karl-Christian Nordby

    (National Institute of Occupational Health, P.O. Box 8149 Dep, N-0033 Oslo, Norway
    AGRICOH steering committee member.)

  • Marc Schenker

    (Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616, USA
    AGRICOH steering committee member.)

  • Joachim Schüz

    (Section of Environment and Radiation, International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon CEDEX 08, France
    Section of IARC Monographs (KS), International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon CEDEX 08, France
    AGRICOH steering committee member.)

  • Stephen C. Waring

    (Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Epidemiology Research Centre, Webmaster, RL4, 1000 N. Oak Ave., Marshfield, WI 54449, USA
    AGRICOH steering committee member.)

  • Michael C.R. Alavanja

    (Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6116 Executive Blvd 7004, Rockville, MD 20852, USA)

  • Isabella Annesi-Maesano

    (Epidemiology of Allergic and Respiratory Diseases Department, UMR S 707 INSERM & UPMC Paris 6, Medical School Saint-Antoine, 27, rue Chaligny, 75571 Paris CEDEX 12, France)

  • Isabelle Baldi

    (Institut de Santé Travail Environnement, Université Bordeaux, 351 cours de la Libération, 33405 TALENCE Cedex, Bordeaux, France)

  • Mohamed Aqiel Dalvie

    (Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, Cape Town, South Africa)

  • Giles Ferro

    (Section of Environment and Radiation, International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon CEDEX 08, France
    Section of IARC Monographs (KS), International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon CEDEX 08, France)

  • Béatrice Fervers

    (Unité Cancer et Environnement, Centre Léon Bérard, 28 rue Laennec, 69008 Lyon, France)

  • Hilde Langseth

    (Cancer Registry of Norway, Institute of Population-Based Cancer Research, P.O. Box 5313 Majorstuen, N-0304 Oslo, Norway)

  • Leslie London

    (Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, Cape Town, South Africa)

  • Charles F. Lynch

    (Department of Epidemiology, The University of Iowa, 2222 Old Hwy 218 S, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA)

  • John McLaughlin

    (Cancer Care Ontario, 620 University Avenue Toronto Ontario M5G 2L7, Canada)

  • James A. Merchant

    (College of Public Health, General Hospital, The University of Iowa, 2222 Old Hwy 218 S, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA)

  • Punam Pahwa

    (Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Institution of Agricultural Rural and Environmental Health, University of Saskatchewan, Royal University Hospital, 300, 410-22nd Street East, Saskatoon SK S7K 5T6, Canada)

  • Torben Sigsgaard

    (School of Public Health, Department of Environmental & Occupational Medicine, University of Aarhus, Nordre Ringgade 1, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark)

  • Leslie Thomas Stayner

    (Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1603 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA)

  • Catharina Wesseling

    (Central American Institute for Studies on Toxic Substances (IRET), Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Calle 9, Avenidas 0 y 9 86-3000, Costa Rica)

  • Keun-Young Yoo

    (Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 3 Daehangno, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-799, Korea)

  • Shelia H. Zahm

    (Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6116 Executive Blvd 7004, Rockville, MD 20852, USA)

  • Kurt Straif

    (Section of Environment and Radiation, International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon CEDEX 08, France
    Section of IARC Monographs (KS), International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon CEDEX 08, France)

  • Aaron Blair

    (Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6116 Executive Blvd 7004, Rockville, MD 20852, USA)

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.

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  • Maria E. Leon & Laura E. Beane Freeman & Jeroen Douwes & Jane A. Hoppin & Hans Kromhout & Pierre Lebailly & Karl-Christian Nordby & Marc Schenker & Joachim Schüz & Stephen C. Waring & Michael C.R. Ala, 2011. "AGRICOH: A Consortium of Agricultural Cohorts," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 8(5), pages 1-17, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:8:y:2011:i:5:p:1341-1357:d:12224
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