Long-term health effects of the occupational exposure to DDT. A preliminary report

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 837, Issue , 1997, Pages 246-256

  Cocco, Pierluigi ^a   Blair, Aaron ^b   Congia, Patrizia ^a   Saba, Giovanna ^a   Ecca, Anna 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; INSECTICIDE;

ADULT; BILIARY TRACT CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; ITALY; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031587513     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb56878.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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