Cancer in offspring of parents engaged in agricultural activities in Norway: Incidence and risk factors in the farm environment

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-50

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

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^e Plant Protection Centre   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PESTICIDES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030030182     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960103)65:1<39::AID-IJC8>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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