Meta-analyses of brain cancer and farming

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 252-260

  Khuder, Sadik A ^a   Mutgi, Anand B ^a   Schaub, Eric A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain cancer; Infections; Meta analyses; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031904212     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199809)34:3<252::AID-AJIM7>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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