Estimated risk of death among employees in agriculture and agriculture-related industries in georgia, 1985-1994

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-38

  Tedders, Stuart H ^a   Jobin, Tracy L ^b   Dever, G E A ^b   Vogel, Robert L ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Farmer mortality; Georgia; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEGRO; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0642374571     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J096v09n01_05     Document Type: Article

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