Cancer incidence among Icelandic pesticide users

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1117-1124

  Zhong, Yuna ^a,b   Rafnsson, Vilhjálmur ^b,c  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Administration of Occupational Safety and Health Reykjavik   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Adenoma; Cancer registry; Pesticide; Phenoxy acetic acids; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SEX DIFFERENCE; VILLOUS ADENOMA;

AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030456929     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.6.1117     Document Type: Article

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