Cancer incidence among Finnish farmers, 1979-93

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-33

  Pukkala, Eero ^a   Notkola, Veijo ^b  

^a FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cancer incidence; Cattle; Farmers; Finland; Occupational exposures; Record linkage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LIP CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGRICULTURE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031056307     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018474919807     Document Type: Article

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