Exposure to animals and selected risk factors among Canadian farm residents with hodgkin's disease, multiple myeloma, or soft tissue sarcoma

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 857-868

  Pahwa, Punam ^a   McDuffie, Helen H ^a,f   Dosman, James A ^a   Robson, Diane ^b   McLaughlin, John R ^c   Spinelli, John J ^d   Fincham, Shirley ^e  

^a Institute of Agricultural Rural and Environmental Health   (Canada)

^b SASKATCHEWAN CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^e Prevention and Screening   (Canada)

^f NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HERBICIDES; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0043163498     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000083033.56116.c1     Document Type: Article

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