A case-control study of lung cancer among Vietnam veterans

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 740-747

  Mahan, Clare M ^a   Bullman, Tim A ^a   Kang, Han K ^a   Selvin, Steve ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MILITARY SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; SOLDIER; VIET NAM;

2,4,5-TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEFOLIANTS, CHEMICAL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TIME FACTORS; VETERANS; VIETNAM;

EID: 0030741407     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199708000-00009     Document Type: Article

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