Mortality of farmers and farmers' wives in England and Wales 1979-80, 1982-90

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 730-735

  Inskip, Hazel ^a   Coggon, David ^a   Winter, Paul ^a   Pannett, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidents; Farmers; Mortality; Suicide

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029831740     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.11.730     Document Type: Article

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