The effect of the type of respondent on risk estimates of pesticide exposure in a non-hodgkin’s lymphoma case-control study

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-50

  Olsen, Geary W ^a   Bodner, Kenneth M ^a  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

2; 4 d; 4 dichlorophenoxy acetic acid; Cancer; Epidemiological methods; Herbicide; Insecticide; Non hodgkin's lymphoma; Pesticide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001855647     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J096v03n01_04     Document Type: Article

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