Geographical differences of cancer incidence in Costa Rica in relation to environmental and occupational pesticide exposure

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 365-374

  Wesseling, Catharina ^a,b,c   Antich, Daniel ^a   Hogstedt, Christer ^c,d   Rodríguez, Ana Cecilia ^a,e   Ahlbom, Anders ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Ministry of Health   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Cancer; Developing country; Environmental exposure; Epidemiology; Occupational exposure; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACID; LEAD; PARAQUAT; PESTICIDE;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE; REGIONAL PATTERN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COSTA RICA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OVARY CANCER; PENIS CANCER; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN CANCER; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMACH CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COSTA RICA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PESTICIDES; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0033000070     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.3.365     Document Type: Article

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