The Relationship Between Atrazine Exposure and Breast and Ovarian Cancer Incidence Rates in Texas Agricultural Statistical Districts

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dc.contributor.advisorTerrance Gratton
dc.contributor.committeeMemberEric Johnson
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSejong Bae
dc.creatorHull, Kimberly M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-22T21:18:09Z
dc.date.available2019-08-22T21:18:09Z
dc.date.issued2006-05-01
dc.date.submitted2014-02-05T06:30:05-08:00
dc.description.abstractHull, Kimberly M., The Relationship Between Atrazine Exposure and Breast and Ovarian Cancer Incidence Rates in Texas Agricultural Statistical Districts. Masters of Public Health (Environmental Health), May 2006, 95pp., 16 tables, 7 illustrations, reference, 74 titles. The herbicide, atrazine, is suspected to cause cancer primarily through drinking water. This ecological study analyzed relationships between potential atrazine exposures and female breast and ovarian cancer incidence rates in Texas Agricultural Statistical Districts. Atrazine exposures are: atrazine usage, rural population, and public water systems. Study results indicate an inverse relationship between four atrazine exposures and breast and ovarian cancer incidence rates (county level). There is a positive relationship between surface water systems and ovarian cancer incidences rates (county level). There also is an inverse relationship between one atrazine usage index and ovarian cancer incidence rates (district level). Study results are similar to other atrazine and cancer studies; correlations prevent statements of causal inference.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/29228
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectAgriculture
dc.subjectCancer Biology
dc.subjectChemicals and Drugs
dc.subjectEcology and Evolutionary Biology
dc.subjectEnvironmental Health
dc.subjectEnvironmental Public Health
dc.subjectEpidemiology
dc.subjectLife Sciences
dc.subjectMedicine and Health Sciences
dc.subjectOther Chemicals and Drugs
dc.subjectOther Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subjectTerrestrial and Aquatic Ecology
dc.subjectAtrazine exposure
dc.subjectbreast cancer
dc.subjectovarian cancer
dc.subjectTexas Agricultural Statistical Districts
dc.subjectherbicide
dc.subjectdrinking water
dc.subjectsurface water
dc.subjectpublic water
dc.titleThe Relationship Between Atrazine Exposure and Breast and Ovarian Cancer Incidence Rates in Texas Agricultural Statistical Districts
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentSchool of Public Health
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Public Health

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