Farming, pesticide use and hairy-cell leukemia

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 285-293

  Clavel, Jacqueline ^a   Hémon, Denis ^a   Mandereau, Laurence ^a   Delemotte, Bernard ^b   Séverin, Fernand ^c   Flandrin, Georges ^d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Social Agricultural Insurance Fund   (France)

^c Assoc for Tech Coord in Agric   (France)

^d Laboratoire Central d'Hematologie   (France)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Case referent study; Pesticides; Smoking

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029823505     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.143     Document Type: Article

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