Cancer incidence among women living on farms: Findings from the Iowa women's health study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1171-1176

  Folsom, Aaron R ^a   Zhang, Shumin ^a   Sellers, Thomas A ^a   Zheng, Wei ^a   Kushi, Lawrence H ^a   Cerhan, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; RURAL AREA;

EID: 0029857432     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199611000-00018     Document Type: Article

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