Meta-analyses of prostate cancer and farming

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 580-586

  Keller Byrne, Jane E ^a   Khuder, Sadik A ^a   Schaub, Eric A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

herbicides; hormones; meta analyses; prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PROSTATE CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031004216     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199705)31:5<580::AID-AJIM13>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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