Cancer mortality among rice growers in Novara province, Northern Italy

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 435-441

  Gambini, G F ^a   Mantovani, C ^a   Pira, E ^b   Piolatto, P G ^b   Negri, E ^c  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

agricultural workers; cancer mortality; cohort; phenoxyacids; rice growing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORYZA SATIVA; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030947081     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199704)31:4<435::AID-AJIM9>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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