Cancer mortality in agricultural regions of Minnesota

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 205-211

  Schreinemachers, Dina M ^a,c   Creason, John P ^a   Garry, Vincent F ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cancer mortality; Fungicides; Herbicides; Human; Pesticides; Rural population

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDE; PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD; EYE CANCER; FEMALE; GEOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIP CANCER; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; THYROID CANCER; UNITED STATES;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; GLYCINE MAX; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032917282     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107205     Document Type: Article

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