Mortality in New Zealand workers exposed to phenoxy herbicides and dioxins

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-40

  'T Mannetje, A ^a   McLean, D ^a   Cheng, S ^a   Boffetta, P ^a,b   Colin, D ^a,b   Pearce, N ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; HERBICIDE;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOMA; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DIOXINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 11244261315     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2004.015776     Document Type: Article

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