Cancer risk among female agricultural workers: A multi-center case- control study

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 135-141

  Settimi, Laura ^a,i   Comba, P ^a   Carrieri, P ^a   Boffetta, P ^b   Magnani, C ^c   Terracini, B ^c   Andrion, A ^d   Bosia, S ^d   Ciapini, C ^e   De Santis, M ^a   Desideri, E ^f   Fedi, A ^g   Luccoli, L ^h   Maiozzi, P ^a   Masina, A ^g   Perazzo, P L ^g   Axelson, O ⁱ  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Martini   (Italy)

^e Local Health Unit   (Italy)

^f Local Health Unit   (Italy)

^g Local Health Unit   (Italy)

^h MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agricultural work; Bladder cancer; Cancer; Case referent study; Lung cancer; Skin melanoma; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVARY CANCER; POSTMENOPAUSE; RECTUM CANCER; SKIN CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0033019829     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199907)36:1<135::AID-AJIM19>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Conference Paper

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