Mortality study of pesticide applicators and other employees of a Lawn Care Service Company

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1055-1067

  Zahm, Shelia Hoar ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; OHIO; PESTICIDES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030694203     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199711000-00006     Document Type: Article

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