Proportional mortality of dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (ddt) workers: A preliminary report

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 299-303

  Cocco, Pierluigi ^a   Congia, Patrizia ^a   Saba, Giovanna ^a   Flore, Costantino ^a   Blair, Aaron ^b   Ecca, Maria R ^a   Palmas, Costantino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031005549     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899709602202     Document Type: Article

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