Incidence and risk factors of cancer among men and women in Norwegian agriculture

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 14-26

  Kristensen, Petter ^a   Andersen, Aage ^b   Irgens, Lorentz M ^c   Laake, Petter ^d   Bye, Anne S ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c Medical Birth Registry of Norway   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Animal husbandry; Cohort study; Farming; Leukemia; Life style; Multiple myeloma; Neoplasm; Pesticide

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS; CANCER INCIDENCE; HEALTH RISK; WORKERS' HEALTH;

NORWAY;

ANIMALIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0029669707     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.104     Document Type: Article

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