Cancer in banana plantation workers in Costa Rica

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1125-1131

  Wesseling, Catharina ^a,b   Ahlbom, Anders ^b   Antich, Daniel ^a   Rodriguez, Ana Cecilia ^a   Castro, Roberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Ministry of Health   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Banana workers; Cancer; Cohort study; DBCP; Developing country; Pesticides; Registries

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIBROMO 3 CHLOROPROPANE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NORMAL HUMAN; PENIS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPANE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

CANCER INCIDENCE; COHORT STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE PATTERN; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PESTICIDE USE; PLANTATION WORKERS;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0030303436     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.6.1125     Document Type: Article

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