Cancer risks in New Zealand farmers

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 768-774

  Reif, John ^a,b   Pearce, Neil ^b   Fraser, James ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c National Health Statistics Centre ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

ADULT MALES; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS; CANCER RISK; FARMERS; NEW ZEALAND CANCER REGISTRY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0024855272     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/18.4.768     Document Type: Article

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